A professional who designs furniture for manufacture, according to knowledge of design trends, offerings of competition, production costs, capability of production facilities, and characteristics of company's market. Responsibilities include:

• Confers with production, design, and sales personnel to obtain design suggestions and customer orders.
• Evaluates orders and proposals to determine feasibility of producing item.
• Sketches freehand design of article.
• Obtains approval from customer, design committee, or authorized company officials, and originates scale or full size drawing, using drawing instruments.
• Prepares itemized production requirements to produce item.
• Traces drawing on material for use in production of blueprints, using drawing instruments.
• Prepares or directs preparation of blueprints containing manufacturing specifications, such as dimensions, kind of wood, and upholstery fabrics to be used in manufacturing article.
• Attends staff conference with plant personnel to explain and resolve production requirements.
• May design and prepare detailed drawings of jigs, fixtures, forms, or tools required to be used in production.
• May plan modifications for completed furniture to conform to changes in design trends and increase customer acceptance.
• May design custom pieces or styles according to specific period or country.
• May build or oversee construction of models or prototypes.
• May design fixtures and equipment, such as counters and display cases, and be designated Fixture Designer.