Profession interior planner

Interior planners help clients in planning their interiors for commercial and private use.

Personality Type

• Artistic / Enterprising
• Artistic / Realistic

Knowledge

• Materials for interior design

  Varieties and functionalities of interior materials and pieces of furniture, equipment and fixtures.

• Room aesthetics

  Assessment of how different pieces of a visual design can ultimately fit together to create the intended interior and visual environment.

Skills

• Evaluate spatial information

  Manipulate, organise, and interpret spatial information to better determine the layout and placement of objects within the given space.

• Measure interior space

  Calculate measurements of the interior's size in addition to the materials and objects that will be used.

• Develop design plans

  Develop design plans by using computer-aided-design (CAD); work in accordance with budget estimates; organise and conduct meetings with clients.

• Estimate budget for interior design plans

  Estimate the budget for interior design plans. Keep track of total costs and material requirements.

• Meet deadlines

  Ensure operative processes are finished at a previously agreed-upon time.

• Create new concepts

  Come up with new concepts.

• Ensure customer focus

  Attitude that puts customers at the centre of the business in all cases.

• Guarantee customer satisfaction

  Handle customer expectations in a professional manner, anticipating and addressing their needs and desires. Provide flexible customer service to ensure customer satisfaction and loyalty.

• Manage schedule of tasks

  Maintain an overview of all the incoming tasks in order to prioritise the tasks, plan their execution, and integrate new tasks as they present themselves.

• Execute feasibility study

  Perform the evaluation and assessment of the potential of a project, plan, proposition or new idea. Realise a standardised study which is based on extensive investigation and research to support the process of decision making.

• Meet building regulations

  Communicate with construction inspection, e.g. by submitting schemes and plans, to make sure all construction regulations, laws and codes are dealt with correctly.

• Conduct research on trends in design

  Conduct research on present and future evolutions and trends in design, and associated target market features.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB