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Overview
Jewellery designers plan wearable or decorative pieces using metals, gemstones and design specifications, often following a piece from concept through making or adjustment.
In job descriptions, look for jewellery equipment, metal marking, gemstone selection, casting, heating, smoothing, repair, design specifications, client commissions, production ranges and project budgets.
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Jewellery designer work combines material choice, design intent and making constraints. The designer may sketch pieces, mark metal, choose gems, plan casting or adjustment and check the result against design specifications.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include using jewellery equipment, selecting metals and gems, creating jewellery, heating or casting metal, smoothing rough parts, repairing pieces and recording processing time accurately.
Salary context
Salary context depends on client type, material value, design complexity, production scale, hand-making involvement, repair or conservation work, budget responsibility and whether the role creates custom pieces or repeatable ranges.
Career paths
Paths can move toward independent jewellery design, studio leadership, product-line development, specialist repair, gem selection, artistic project management or design work for larger production clients.
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This guide gives editorial career context for jewellery designer work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
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Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
51-9071.00
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Occupation group
industrial designer (2163.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/34c57104-ff9b-4003-809e-56eece3cb4d5 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2163.1.5 |
| ISCO group | 2163 |
| Concept type | Occupation |