A Web Designer is a professional who creates and manages websites and landing pages. They are responsible for the look, feel, and functionality of a website, and must have a strong understanding of both design and code.
Typical Responsibilities of a Web Designer
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Execute all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to engineering
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Conceptualize original website design ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex roadblocks
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Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to communicate interaction and design ideas
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Present and defend designs and key deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders
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Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards
Typical Requirements for Web Design
- Demonstrable graphic design skills with a strong portfolio
- Solid experience in creating wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps
- Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator or other visual design and wire-framing tools
- Proficiency in HTML, CSS and JavaScript for rapid prototyping
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
- Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction
- Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively
- Up-to-date with the latest Web trends, techniques and technologies
- Preferably a degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design or a Visual Arts subject
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