Exhibit Designer

Friday, May 7, 2010

Career Selector

Career Selector Choice: Exhibit Designer

Job Description:

Exhibit designers create appealing displays in educational settings like science centers, museums, and zoos. They also create displays in commercial settings, like industry trade exhibitions.

Exhibit designers take into consideration their clients’ goals, objectives, and ideas. For a camping gear trade show, the objective may be to show off the latest tents and other related equipment. For a natural history museum, the aim may be to present the evolution of humankind. Regardless of the type of display, designers must have a good understanding of the subject matter

What do people in this career do?

People in this career do, is they make museums, zoos, ECT. They make them look nice.

What skills do people in this career have?

The skills they have are being creative and having good ideas.

Working Conditions:

Where do people in this career work?

They work in offices using computers to create designing, and sketching.

What kind of hours do they work? Do they work days, nights, shifts, overtime, how many hours per week or day?

Exhibit designers set up their displays wherever goods or services are being shown. The work is not usually physically demanding. However, exhibit designers work to meet deadlines. This can be stressful, especially for those involved in trade shows, where deadlines are tighter and there is a lot of pressure. In addition, there may be some frustration when clients or employers reject design ideas. Exhibit designers usually work a 40-hour week. However, some overtime may be required to finish displays. Freelance designers may travel to different towns and cities to set up displays.

Interview Person Name:Michael
Day in the Life
Three important work activities this person performs during the day

1.Visiting a client to present an idea for a campaign using design models, videos, or a series of still drawings.
2.Continuing to work on several design projects using AutoCAD.
3.Preparing and presenting a design idea to a client; presenting a current design to another client in the office.

Breakdown of Activities
Three activities this person spends the most time on

1.Making or creating things
2.Working inside
3.Writing or drawing

Likes and Dislikes
What does this person like about the job?

“What I like most about being an exhibit designer is the fact that I get to work on a multitude of projects in very diverse industries.

What does this person dislike about the job?

I dislike about my job and the first would be the long hours. This isn’t a 9-to-5 job. We’re expected to put in a lot of overtime and usually it’s without pay.

What are three things that you think are good about this job?
1.Drawing
2. Creativitie
3.Uniqueness
What are three things you think are bad about this job?
1. The stress
2. The pressure
3. The expaectations
Could you see yourself doing this job in the future? Why or why not?

No because this job is not for me.