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Overview
Textile designers create concepts for fabrics, yarns, patterns, colours and textile surfaces, often using sketches, mood boards, reference material and textile design software.
In job descriptions, look for textile materials, woven or knitted fabric design, printing technology, yarn design, colour recipes, fabric properties, portfolios, market direction and collaboration with production teams.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Textile designers turn visual and functional ideas into textile concepts. Work can include mood boards, sketches, yarn and fabric choices, woven or knitted structures, print direction, colour recipes and portfolio material.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes properties of textile materials, textile printing, fabric distinction, knit and woven design, design software, market techniques and awareness of textile industry challenges.
Salary context
Salary context depends on design ownership, technical textile knowledge, portfolio strength, product category, production collaboration and whether the role includes colour, print, yarn or fabric specialization.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward textile design specialist roles, print design, knitwear or woven fabric design, design management, product development or textile marketing work.
Good to know
Check whether the advert needs creative concept work, technical fabric construction, CAD drawing, production handover or market research. A clear role should name the textile product area.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Manufacture of textiles
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include textile product developer, textile colourist and industrial designer.
Industrial product and fashion design activities
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Other occupations there include textile product developer, clothing fashion designer and fashion designer.
Visual arts creation activities
Another possibility is this activity. Other occupations there include jewellery designer, puppet designer and illustrator.
These examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Fashion Designers
27-1022.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
74.11Industrial product and fashion design activities13Manufacture of textiles90.12Visual arts creation activities
Alternative labels
Occupation group
industrial designer (2163.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0f7c84c5-1c0d-4fc1-8949-07dbe8bd34ef |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2163.1.8 |
| ISCO group | 2163 |
| Concept type | Occupation |