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How can I become an Interior Designer
- The most common career steps to get to Interior Designer are Intern, Interior Design Intern and Designer based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- While Intern is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Interior Designer that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Interior Designer career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming an Interior Designer so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Intern isn't from the same job family as Interior Designer, Interior Design, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Interior Design Intern also being a common career path to Interior Designer.
- If you are looking for more potential career paths to Interior Designer, you should also consider Customer Service Representative, Project Designer and Design Consultant as they commonly lead to Interior Designer as well.
What should I know about the Interior Designer career path
- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Interior Designer are Bachelor Degree In Interior Design, Bachelor Degree In Fine Arts, and Associate Degree In Interior Design. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Intern being on the path to and from Interior Designer. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Interior Designer is part of the Interior Design job family which has a limited number of unique role types (7) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Interior Designer are Junior Interior Designer.