Floral Designers

Career Overview

Design, cut, and arrange live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage.

Also Known As

• Designer
• Floral Clerk
• Floral Designer
• Florist

Alternate Job Titles

• Artificial Foliage Arranger
• Corsage Maker
• Custom Framer
• Design Consultant
• Design Maker
• Design Studio Specialist
• Designer
• Floral Arranger
• Floral Artist
• Floral Assistant
• Floral Associate
• Floral Clerk
• Floral Decorator
• Floral Department Specialist
• Floral Designer

What You'll Do

In this role, your typical responsibilities include:

• Confer with clients regarding price and type of arrangement desired and the date, time, and place of delivery.
• Select flora and foliage for arrangements, working with numerous combinations to synthesize and develop new creations.
• Order and purchase flowers and supplies from wholesalers and growers.
• Deliver arrangements to customers, or oversee employees responsible for deliveries.
• Plan arrangement according to client's requirements, using knowledge of design and properties of materials, or select appropriate standard design pattern.
• Water plants, and cut, condition, and clean flowers and foliage for storage.
• Trim material and arrange bouquets, wreaths, terrariums, and other items, using trimmers, shapers, wire, pins, floral tape, foam, and other materials.

Knowledge You'll Use

You'll need solid knowledge in these areas:

• Customer and Personal Service
• Production and Processing

Essential Skills

Success in this career requires strong skills in:

1. Active Listening
2. Speaking

Key Abilities

This career requires key abilities in:

• Oral Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Visualization
• Visual Color Discrimination
• Near Vision
• Speech Clarity
• Originality
• Category Flexibility
• Fluency of Ideas
• Speech Recognition

Work Style

People who excel in this career typically demonstrate:

• Attention to Detail
• Dependability
• Innovation
• Social Orientation
• Cooperation

What Matters in This Career

This career tends to satisfy these work values:

• Achievement
• Relationships
• Independence
• Working Conditions
• Recognition

Education & Preparation

Typical Education: High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)

Related Work Experience Needed: Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months

On-the-Job Training: Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month

Education Details: Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.

Experience Required: Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.

Technology You'll Use

Popular Technologies & Software

• Facebook
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word

Tools & Equipment

• Artists' paint brushes
• Box cutters
• Bunch cutters
• Bypass pruners
• Candle cups
• Digital calculators
• Digital cash registers
• Floral grafting knives
• Floral netting
• Floral storage coolers
• Floral wire cutters
• Florists' pruning shears
• Garden shovels
• Hand misters
• Heat shrink dryers

Work Environment

• Telephone Conversations
• Deal With External Customers or the Public in General
• Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams
• Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals
• Contact With Others

Salary & Job Market

Salary Percentile	Annual Wage
Entry-Level (10th percentile)	$27,260
Median	$36,120
Top Earners (90th percentile)	$48,690

Workers Employed Nationally: 40,160

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Occupational data sourced from the O*NET OnLine database, developed by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Wage data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), 2024.