Toy Designer

Job Description:

Toy designers come up with ideas and create prototypes for toys. They often work in teams to develop their own or other people's ideas. They're also responsible for ensuring their ideas work and that manufacturable and marketable toys are produced.

Salary:

Toy designers make $52,809 per year on average, or $25.39 per hour, in the United States. Toy designers on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $34,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $80,000.

Occupational Outlook:

Part Time opportunities: Low – around 20% of Toy Designers work part-time
Future career growth: Very strong
Demand for Toy Designers is highest in Victoria.

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Educational Requirements:

Diploma in Toy Design and Production-
Diploma in Game Art
Bachelors in Fine Arts- Toy Design
Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Toy Design and development
Masters in Fine Arts

Cornell University

Address: Ithaca, New York

Website:

https://www.cornell.edu/

Information on the Major:

https://gradschool.cornell.edu/academics/fields-of-study/field/art/

Morehead State University

Address: Morehead, KY

Website:

https://moreheadstate.edu/

Information on the Major:

https://moreheadstate.edu/academics/programs/art-ma

University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts

Address: Lexington, KY

Website:

https://finearts.uky.edu/

Information on the Major:

https://finearts.uky.edu/savs/art-education-ma

Soft Skills, Characteristics, and/or Abilities Need For This Career:

Creative and innovative
Good communication and presentation abilities
Excellent computer skills with knowledge of CAD, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Solidworks and similar software
Basic understanding of manufacturing process and material properties
Artistic with strong drawing and model making skills
Ability to think in 3D
Interested in continual learning
Great at problem solving
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Software Knowledge Needed For This Career:

CAD
Adobe Illustrator
Photoshop
Solidworks

Pros and Cons to Choosing This Career

Pros (Positives to this Career)

Toy designers get to be creative and display their child-like side to design and develop ideas.
The marketed products they make that become successful bring joy to children.
Toy designers gain lots and lots of fame off their products.

Cons (Negatives to this Career)

Toy designers must develop products that will allow them to earn a living.
Overall stress derives from investing money in a product, and being unable to pay the money back due to a failed product.
Their product/design must be safe so there isn’t a wrong toy design that can result in injury or worse, death.

Typical Working Conditions For This Career:

Most of your work will be done indoors, in an office or studio environment.
Average hours for full-time workers: 44 hours a week, which is just above average.

Career Researched By: Julio Perez

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