Design team member vs design coordinator

The differences between design team members and design coordinators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a design team member, becoming a design coordinator takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a design coordinator has an average salary of $53,594, which is higher than the $27,937 average annual salary of a design team member.

The top three skills for a design team member include strong work ethic, wordpress and solidworks. The most important skills for a design coordinator are revit, sketch, and BIM.

Design team member vs design coordinator overview

	Design Team Member	Design Coordinator
Yearly salary	$27,937	$53,594
Hourly rate	$13.43	$25.77
Growth rate	21%	3%
Number of jobs	183,698	57,107
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 78%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Average age	39	38
Years of experience	4	12

Design team member vs design coordinator salary

Design team members and design coordinators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Design Team Member	Design Coordinator
Average salary	$27,937	$53,594
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $35,000	Between $38,000 And $74,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Jacobs Engineering Group
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between design team member and design coordinator education

There are a few differences between a design team member and a design coordinator in terms of educational background:

	Design Team Member	Design Coordinator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 78%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Most common major	Mechanical Engineering	Graphic Design
Most common college	Georgia Institute of Technology	University of Pennsylvania

Design team member vs design coordinator demographics

Here are the differences between design team members' and design coordinators' demographics:

	Design Team Member	Design Coordinator
Average age	39	38
Gender ratio	Male, 61.0% Female, 39.0%	Male, 44.7% Female, 55.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.7% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 8.5% Asian, 29.7% White, 52.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.4% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 10.6% Asian, 10.4% White, 70.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	8%	13%

Differences between design team member and design coordinator duties and responsibilities

Design team member example responsibilities.

Lead HVAC engineering resource realignment from U.S. to Mexico.
Manage functional, integration, UAT and policy and claims conversion testing.
Design, develop solution and lead team members to successfully create and deploy SharePoint solutions.
Lead the successful upgrade of the ISO quality system to include the design engineering function.
Deliver high-level n-tier architecture design, managing project expectations and timetables throughout all phases of development process.
Used SolidWorkds CFD and FEA software to predict thermal and structural performancecharacteristics of embed cooling channels.

Design coordinator example responsibilities.

Manage all POS project costs, invoice and bill clients.
Manage the conversion of catalog data to HTML for FTG's on-line purchasing initiative.
Develop construction drawings using AutoCAD; coordinate bid process and vendor selection; and manage construction process through final punch list.
Participate in sketch reviews, fittings, and inspiration meetings.
Create PDF application forms, edit photos and create PowerPoint presentations.
Make Microsoft PowerPoint presentations including all sales aids for each market.

Design team member vs design coordinator skills

Common design team member skills

Strong Work Ethic, 85%
WordPress, 4%
Solidworks, 2%
CAD, 1%
R, 1%
Autocad, 1%

Common design coordinator skills

Revit, 13%
Sketch, 8%
BIM, 7%
Design Projects, 6%
Project Management, 6%
Graphic Design, 5%

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