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Interior designer CV example

A design studio reads an interior designer’s CV for the projects you have run and how far you took them: brief, scheme, drawings, costs and site. Give project types and budgets, your software and one project finished on time.

This example is an interior designer at a Brighton studio applying for a senior post.

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Imogen Hartley
Interior Designer
Brighton · 07700 900268 · [email protected] · imogenhartley-interiors.example.com

Profile

Interior designer with six years in residential and hospitality projects, from first brief to handover. Runs about ten projects a year with budgets from £40,000 to £350,000, drawing 2D plans in AutoCAD and 3D visuals in SketchUp. Specifies finishes, furniture and lighting, prices the options and runs site meetings with contractors. Looking for a senior designer post at a studio with hotel and restaurant work.

Experience

Interior Designer Saltmarsh Interiors, Brighton · 2022–present

Run about ten projects a year for homeowners, boutique hotels and restaurants, with budgets from £40,000 to £350,000.

Meet each client to agree the brief, then present mood boards, layouts and colour and material schemes.

Draw 2D plans and elevations in AutoCAD, and 3D visuals in SketchUp and Enscape.

Price two or three design options for each client, with materials, labour and a timescale.

Source furniture, fabrics, lighting and wall and floor finishes from about 40 suppliers.

Issue drawings and schedules to contractors and run site meetings to handover; the 24 bedrooms of a seafront hotel reopened on budget after 11 weeks in 2025.

Design Assistant, then Junior Interior Designer Saltmarsh Interiors, Brighton · 2020–2022

Drew up plans, built sample boards and kept the supplier library and order tracker.

Education

BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design, 2:1 University of Elmbridge · 2017–2020

Skills

Space planning and layouts

AutoCAD, SketchUp, Enscape and Photoshop

Colour, material and lighting schemes

Costing options to a budget

Furniture and finish schedules

Contractor drawings and site meetings

Additional information

Member of the British Institute of Interior Design. Portfolio of homes, hotel rooms and a restaurant at the address above. Full UK driving licence.

Fictional example for an interior designer. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What interior design studios, architects and developers look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Work with clients to understand their ideas and what they wantA brief agreed with every client, then mood boards and schemes
Advise on use of space, colour schemes, fabrics, fittings and furnitureLayouts and colour and material schemes presented to each client
Prepare detailed 2D and 3D plans using design software2D plans in AutoCAD; 3D visuals in SketchUp and Enscape
Provide estimates for materials, work and timescales for different design optionsTwo or three priced options for each client, with a timescale
Find suppliers of fittings, furniture, fabrics, and wall and floor coveringsFinishes, furniture and lighting from about 40 suppliers
Draw up instructions for contractors, or act as a project manager from start to finishDrawings and schedules for contractors; site meetings to handover

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for an interior designer.

Average pay: £23,000 a year for a starter and £45,000 for an experienced interior designer, working 37 to 42 hours a week (National Careers Service, checked 17 October 2026).

Facts checked against National Careers Service: Interior designer on .

Skills to list for this job

The skills the National Careers Service lists for an interior designer, in CV wording. Put down only the ones you can show, each with where you used it.

  • Design
  • Thorough, with close attention to detail
  • Customer service
  • Finding new ways of doing things
  • Taking feedback and working well under pressure
  • Building and construction knowledge
  • Using initiative
  • Working well with others
  • Confident with computers and everyday software
Choose them in the editor

From the National Careers Service profile, checked 17 October 2026.

A profile if you are starting out

This CV's profile is written for someone with experience. Here is the same job at the other level: copy it, or open it in the editor with this CV and write over it.

Interior design graduate with a portfolio of residential schemes and a café fit-out drawn for a live brief. Confident in AutoCAD, SketchUp and Photoshop, after a summer placement building sample boards and tracking orders for a Brighton studio. Looking for a design assistant or junior interior designer role.
Use in the editor
Inside this example
  • Profile: 65 words here
  • Experience: 134 words here
  • Education: 11 words here
  • Skills: 28 words here
  • Additional information: 24 words here

How to write yours

01

Give the size of your projects

Project types, budgets and timescales tell a studio which jobs you can run.

02

Point to your portfolio

Put its address in your contact lines and lead with the projects most like the studio’s own.

03

Name your software

Studios list AutoCAD, SketchUp, Revit or 3ds Max in adverts; give the ones you use.

04

Show you finish projects

One project handed over on budget and on time shows you can manage contractors.

Questions about an interior designer CV

Which interior design courses should I list?

You could take a foundation degree, higher national diploma or degree in a subject like interior design, art and design, interior architecture or spatial design (National Careers Service). Give the course, where you studied and the years under Education.

How do I show I started as a design assistant?

You could start as an interior design assistant with a company, and with further training and qualifications become an interior designer (National Careers Service). Give each step its own line, even at the same studio.

Should I list a furniture design apprenticeship?

You could apply to do a Furniture Design Technician Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship, which may lead into an interior design assistant role (National Careers Service). List it with its level and years.

Can I list a T Level in Craft and Design?

College courses include the T Level in Craft and Design (National Careers Service). If it is your highest qualification, give it with its grade and year.

Should I list BIID membership?

You could join the British Institute of Interior Design for professional development and to make contacts in the industry (National Careers Service). Put your membership under Additional information.

Creative and one page: the CV points to the portfolio, so it stays short. The colour band suits a design studio; for an online form, switch to Plain.

Guides for this CV

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