Interior Design Sales Consultant Program Fact Sheet

What is an Interior Design Sales Consultant?	The Interior Design Sales Consultant is a service offered by many retail furniture companies and design showrooms. As an Interior Design Sales Consultant, you will learn to offer design selection services to new homeowners, retail customers or assist designers in their client choices. Students learn how to maintain customer relations, to achieve sales goals, and to market products and services as required for the professional planning and designing of residential and commercial interior spaces.
Certificates?	Interior Design Sales Consultant, Certificate
Prerequisite Courses	FYES 1000 Diploma level proficiency in English and reading required to take INDS technical courses. Please refer to course descriptions in the online catalog for specific prerequisites. Students must be 16 years of age before enrolling in INDS 1100 .
Length of Program	Certificate: 2 semesters minimum 22 Credit hours
Semester Program Begins	Fall, spring or summer
Application Process	Applicants to the Interior Design Sales Consultant program must meet all Admission requirements; complete an application and pay the application fee. Individuals apply to Gwinnett Technical College at GwinnettTech.edu, submit all transcripts from high school and previous college work, and take the ACCUPLACER test, if required.
Program Deadlines	You may enter in the fall, spring or summer terms.
For more information, contact:	Susan Arnold, program director, SArnold@GwinnettTech.edu, 678-226-6632.
For admission and enrollment, contact:	Enrollment Support Center in Building 100 at the Lawrenceville campus, or Building A at the Alpharetta-North Fulton campus, or email BusinessArtDesignTeam@GwinnettTech.edu.

Quick Facts

(This data was compiled from the American Society for Interior Design.)

Interior Design Sales Consultant

2016 Median pay	$35,000 - $48,900
Entry level education	Certificate
Number of jobs, 2016	32,200
Job growth, 2010 - 2020	4%

The ASID State of Industry shows that Interior Design has fully recovered to pre-recession levels. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census reflect an 11.9% growth in the number of Interior Designers, 6% growth in Design firms and 8 to 9% growth in the construction industry. Interior Design is a strong growing sector. It is complex, changing, and accelerating as the building environment grows and changes.