Web Designer
A Web Designer, or Web Applications Designer, is responsible for designing the overall layout and aesthetic for websites. Their duties include coding webpages or entire websites, meeting with clients to review website templates or refine their designs and running tests to preview layouts and website features.
To excel as a Web Designer, a candidate must fulfill a number of important duties and responsibilities. They need to work closely with each customer so they can translate the customer’s thoughts into a visually appealing design. They are also responsible for turning that design into a functional site and uploading it to a web server
Recommended Majors: Art, Applied Design, Applied Communication, Computer Programming, Computer Science, Cyber Security, Mass Communication, Information Science, WebDesign & Development, Marketing
Skills:
- Creating a suitable color scheme or incorporating the client’s color scheme into the design
- Coding the site’s navigation
- Designing buttons and other controls for the site
- Creating mock-ups of the site for the client’s approval
- Fixing any functionality issues, including the removal of “dead links”
- Updating and maintaining the site
- Making backup files of the site
- Design websites or web applications.
- Develop specifications or procedures for website development or maintenance.
- Update website content.
- Collaborate with others to resolve information technology issues.
- Conduct research to gain information about products or processes.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.