Also called: Retail Fixture Designer, Display Fixture Engineer
Designs the shelves, racks, and display stands in stores, from sneaker walls to makeup counters, so they look great and ship flat.
A store fixture designer gets a brief for a new makeup counter going into 500 drugstores. They model it in CAD with lit shelves and hidden wiring, pick metal and wood finishes, and work with the factory so it can be built cheaply, shipped, and installed in one night.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in industrial or interior design.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Industrial Design, Interior Design, Mechanical Engineering Technology.
Growing about average. Stores keep remodeling, even as shopping moves online.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI speeds renderings and options, but making fixtures buildable, safe, and cheap at scale needs designers who know factories.
Classes: Woodshop or metals CTE, Art, Geometry.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-1021.
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