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What You'll Do: The job entails: doing market research to get an idea of who uses the product and what they are looking for, brainstorming designs and translating them into sketches and blueprints, transforming rough sketches into precise models using CAD software, determining the cost of materials and manufacturing to assess feasibility of production, collaborating with engineers and other experts to get their opinion on your designs, taking your designs to company executives to gain approval for production, and examining and testing prototypes to check for defects.

Much of your modeling work will be done in an office setting on a computer using CAD software, and you will likely enjoy a regular schedule with full-time hours.

Education and Training: Most employers require that industrial designers have a bachelor's degree in industrial design, architecture, or an engineering field. It is important that you have artistic skill and creativity so that you can sketch your ideas onto paper or with a CAD program. During school, you will take courses that enhance these skills and build new ones. You will study subjects such as art and design, industrial processes and materials, methods of manufacturing, and computer-aided design.

Over the course of your studies, you should build a portfolio of your best works to show during interviews. Examples from your classes, internships, and temporary jobs can all be added to the portfolio to display your talent to employers.

In addition to artistic skills, having business skills will also be very beneficial for the job. Employers will look for individuals with a master's degree in business administration or business-related work experience.

The Future: The Industrial Design profession is expected to grow at about 10% through 2020, with the highest growth likely to be for jobs focused on the design of precision instruments and medical equipment.

The Pay: Annual salaries for Industrial Designers in the U.S. range from $33,100 to $94,200, with the average median annual wage hitting $60,700 in 2011 as per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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