Our main Skills is: - consulting managers/clients about design requirements - negotiating/agreeing contracts, budgets and time-scales - clarifying design issues - investigating appropriate materials and production processes - producing sketches and sample designs - testing product designs using models, prototypes, specialist computer software and --computer-aided design (CAD) technology - maintaining awareness of current design trends and influences - liaising with sales, marketing and production sections - correcting product faults - presenting designs, samples and/or final work to customers for evaluation