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Industrial designer

Latest available data: March 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
3d cad design expert 3d cad design specialist 3d cad designer Cad design expert Cad design specialist Cad designer Ceramic products designer Ergonomic designer Glass products designer Industrial design expert Industrial design specialist Industrial designer Packaging designer Product design expert Product design specialist Product designer Toy designer

Industrial designers work out ideas and develop them into designs and concepts for a wide variety of manufactured products. They integrate creativity, aesthetics, production feasibility, and market relevance in the design of new products.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Determining the objectives and constraints of the design brief by consulting with clients and stakeholders;
(b) Formulating design concepts for clothing, textiles, industrial, commercial and consumer products, and jewellery;
(c) Harmonizing aesthetic considerations with technical, functional, ecological and production requirements;
(d) Preparing sketches, diagrams, illustrations, plans, samples and models to communicate design concepts;
(e) Negotiating design solutions with clients, management, and sales and manufacturing staff;
(f) Selecting, specifying and recommending functional and aesthetic materials, production methods and finishes for manufacture;
(g) Detailing and documenting the selected design for production;
(h) Preparing and commissioning prototypes and samples;
(i) Supervising the preparation of patterns, programmes and tooling, and of the manufacturing process.

Knowledge

  • Software and applications development and analysis
  • Management and administration
  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
  • Building and civil engineering
  • Fashion, interior and industrial design

Digital competencies

  • Designing systems and products
  • Creating artistic designs or performances
  • Collaborating and liaising
  • Developing solutions
  • Analysing business operations

Digital competencies

  • Using computer aided design and drawing tools
  • Creating visual displays and decorations
  • Using digital tools for processing sound and images
  • Using word processing, publishing and presentation software

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Taking a proactive approach
  • Demonstrating willingness to learn
  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Professionals

Science and engineering professionals

Architects, planners, surveyors and designers

Product and garment designers

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Product and garment designers

258

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

42,57%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

2,38% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

80,23%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

16,67%

Part-time contracts

1,07% Turnover index

421

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

6%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Science and engineering professionals

59%

41%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Science and engineering professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Architects, planners, surveyors and designers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Product and garment designers

No experience
3%
Less than 1 year
58%
Between 1 and 2 years
3%
Between 2 and 4 years
11%
Between 4 and 8 years
6%
More than 8 years
19%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
38%
Manufacturing
26%
Arts, entertainment and recreation
8%
Information and communication
8%
Administrative and support service activities
7%
Others
13%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.