We believe career development should start well before graduation - it starts from day one. SDS Connect, our dedicated Careers Service, is integrated into your student experience and continues throughout your study with us.
Our career service sets us apart
Every career looks different. We work with students to understand their strengths and carve out a personal career path.
We help you explore career direction across the interiors industry, whether you’re starting out or changing careers, and build the tools you need to move forward: your resume, portfolio, LinkedIn and professional presence.
You’ll learn how to research studios and employers, approach the job market strategically, prepare for interviews and build relationships through networking. Career changers get extra support translating past experience into a strong design story.
Meet our Careers Coach
Our in-house Careers Coach, Michelle Burke works individually with students and graduates to help them understand their strengths, explore career direction and develop practical strategies to enter the interiors industry.
Alongside this, she develops relationships with industry and the wider design community to keep students connected with what is happening in the industry, from the types of roles available to the skills employers are looking for and the different ways students can begin building experience and industry connections.
“We have had terrific success with SDS graduates and have generally found that they can hit the ground running with practical skills that are relevant to the industry.”
Paul Pitronaci / Associate Director of BN Group
Every career path
looks different
There isn’t one career path in interiors. Your skills can take you into studios, brands, suppliers, property, styling and many other parts of the design industry.
Interior design · Interior decoration · Styling · Residential design · Hospitality · Workplace · Retail · Property & development · Furniture, lighting & design brands · Showrooms & suppliers · Visual merchandising · Design sales · Freelance · Your own business
Gradspace, where your
career takes of
Through Gradspace, our dedicated job portal, students and graduates get direct access to real job opportunities, internships and placements across interior design, styling and the creative industries. Whether you’re looking for your first industry experience while studying or your next role after graduating.
Gradspace connects you with employers actively seeking design-ready talent, giving you a genuine head start well beyond the classroom.
Build industry experience while you study
Internships, work experience and part-time industry opportunities can be an invaluable way to understand studio life, develop professional confidence, make connections and put your growing skills into practice.
SDS regularly shares suitable opportunities with students as they arise.
You stay part of our community after graduation
Alumni retain access to SDS Connect, Gradspace and selected career and industry events. Many also remain actively involved in the School, returning as guest speakers, employers, industry contacts and contributors to student events. It creates an ongoing connection between our students, graduates and the wider interiors community.
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