Essential Skills of a Production Designer
- Working knowledge of the visual arts and production processes and theories
- Sketching ability, and ability to communicate ideas through drawings and models
- Ability to solve problems and be resourceful and adaptable
- Ability to plan, schedule and monitor progress across of a large project
- Well-developed technical and creative skills
- IT skills, including CAD
- Communication and interpersonal skills
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Consulting managers and clients about design requirements.
- clarifying and solving design issues
- producing sketches and sample designs
- correcting product faults
- presenting designs, samples and final work to customers for evaluation
- understand different materials and production methods
- have technical, practical and scientific knowledge and ability
- be interested in the way people choose and use products.
- be good at explaining ideas to people with varying levels of technical knowledge
- be able to use drawings, 3D models and computer designs to express creative ideas.
