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Creative careers: What can you do with a Textile Design degree?  | Birmingham City University

• Reformatting purchaced work
• Producing colour chips, correcting file formats for manufaction
• Colourway production
• Using seasonal trends/colour guidelines to design new patterns/illustrations
• Creating trend forcast boards and palette guidelines

• need to live near a company that designs products. can work remotely but the heavy reliance on team communication and hardware is an issue
• desire to learn quickly and hands on
• want to see work in store, but understand it wont be credited back to you.
• the company will own your work
• desire financial security
• don't need to stick to one style

• want to see work in stores, okay with no recognition
• confident in skills
• patient
• willing/able to sell self
• enjoy working to client briefs/with the guidance of an art director

• more design work, creating new patterns/illustrations
• some production, reformatting art/reworking due to manufacturer request
• new colourways

• want to see your work in store with credit
• have a relatively set style/ recognisably you and on trend 
• patient
• self starter/very creative
• willing/able to sell self

• design work, creating new patterns/illustrations

• want to see work in stores with no credit. could be under non discolsure agreements.
• confident in marketability of your art
• not interested in promoting your work
• enjoy getting trend direction/ working to a lot of different styles
• okay with the one-and-done style of work. once a piece has been sold it can no longer be reused.

• mainly design work
• reworking designs to site specifaction
• file management
• tagging/desc work to increase traffic to product

• low entry barrier
• consistent/prolific
• have an audience/ a way to send traffic to your art
• self motivated, little feedback
• patient

• Clothing/textile technologist
• Colour technologist
• Illustrator
• Interior and spatial designer
• Fashion designer
• Textile designer

• modifying and/or developing new pigments and dyes
• liaising with suppliers, customers, manufacturers and factory production managers
• providing technical advice to design, dying, marketing and production staff
• devising precise bulk colour reproduction processes
• using specialist computer systems, including CAD software
• evaluating, identifying and selecting products from suppliers
• checking products for suitability and testing for performance under various conditions
• controlling production and quality standards
• ensuring colour fastness, accurate colour reproduction, stability and durability of products
• using colour measuring equipment to ensure colour reliability in dyes and pigments
• keeping up to date with trends and innovations within the profession'

• liaising with editors, authors or designers
• negotiating contracts and timescales
• undertaking relevant research and generating ideas
• drawing rough sketches for approval
• producing final illustrations
• promoting and running a business.

• interiors, such as upholstery, soft furnishings, and carpets
• fabrics for fashion or specialist areas like fireproof materials.

• use printmaking techniques like etching, screen printing, lithography, relief printing (e.g. woodcut, linocut), intaglio printing, letterpress and computer-generated images to produce prints
• print on a variety of surfaces, e.g. plastics, metal, glass, textiles, wood and paper
• respond to a client's brief
• advise clients on the technical aspects of production
• create prints to specifications, e.g. working as a master printer for artists
• produce multiple copies of an artist's work, otherwise known as editioning
• be aware of and follow health and safety procedures.

• producing promotional items, such as catalogues, t-shirts, and signs
• printing on exhibition display stands
• silk screen printing for posters
• planning and delivering classes and workshops to teach printmaking techniques to artists, students or the general public.

• take responsibility for the running and financing of premises, like a workshop or studio
• oversee the day-to-day tasks associated with running a small business, for example keeping accounts or developing an advertising strategy
• undertake part-time work, such as teaching, to supplement your income.'

• meet with clients to establish the design brief, including concept, performance and production criteria 
• work on ideas as part of a team or developing design concepts using computer-aided design (CAD), being mindful of the client's budget
• take part in specialist or multidisciplinary team meetings
• sketch initial design ideas
• identify the suitability and availability of materials
• produce detailed, final hand drawings and specifications or, more likely, using dedicated computer software (CAD) to produce design specifications, including parts lists and costings
• make samples or working models by hand or by using computerised prototyping equipment
• test the design concept by computerised modelling or physical hands-on testing of models
• research materials, processes or market requirements
• arrange meetings and liaise with engineers and other departments, including marketing, to discuss and negotiate appropriate production processes, costs and commercial issues
• occasionally travel to clients' production facilities to evaluate the feasibility of production
• make presentations to senior design management or clients, either when bidding for a contract or to present design proposals
• carry out administrative duties, if you work as a freelance designer.'

• interiors, such as upholstery, soft furnishings, and carpets
• fabrics for fashion or specialist areas like fireproof materials.