my job?
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- Benja82
I am a designer in a web company, my job is pretty much doing the design work on a site before a team of programmers build it. I mostly work in photoshop and illustrator and dont get involved in any of the programming. Is this quite common in the web design industry? I feel that when I look for my next job I'd like to stay in the same sector but dont know if there is a large demand for a 'design only' designer?
- blaw0
Being able to take that comp. and build a working CSS/XHTML version is pretty important, in my opinion.
It's not vital, but would certainly improve your value and make it easier to find another position.
Plus, it's really not that hard. Once you get one under your belt, the rest follow pretty easily.
- caput580
I'd say you're a very lucky individual. I do everything from design to coding, inc. MySQL+PHP and still it is not easy to find work. Webdesign has become a huge playing field.
On the other hand I am located in a third world country :)
- jkmohr0
i don't think you should have a problem finding work elsewhere if your portfolio is strong.
- ethanfink0
My experience has been that it depends on the company you are working at. If you are at a small start up, you will be doing multi-tasking. Designing everything to programming and flash. If you are in a large company with large budgets, depending on what you are hired for, there are different roles within that company.
You are on the right track to be a interactive senior designer/art director, however, the knowledge of this field is knowing how the ground troops put together your work. Make sure you are up on all the trends in programming so you don't design something that is impossible to implement.
- OSFA0
My advice would be to become good friends with the codrs and programmers at your actual job. Learn from them, ask questions and get schooled in whatever you can learn. Then practice. Knowing both ends will definitely help your chances.
- BonSeff0
its pretty common to be in a design only position. that's how things have worked at my last 2 positions.. sometimes i'll make a 'working comp' in dreamweaver and tables to show flow to the client or internal team. but ultimately the front end coders take my layouts and code it up the right way. its a smart way to develop.
- db_gd0
For me, i'd much rather build the site i'd design than pass it over for someone else to build. As an answer to your Q. I think it's pretty rare to find a job asking for web-designers who can't build sites themselves anyway, seems like half a job.
- neue75_bold0
just get the fuck out of web design as fast as you can...
- and print design as wellDr_Rand
- stay in direct mailing though..wordssssss
- Jaline0
It really depends on where you work. I do both at my place of work, but mainly coding.
- wordssssss0
All resepectable design firms operate this way. Some non-resepectable design firms too. On the flip side some resepectable design firms dont operate this way... Point is, as was said above, if your portfolio is strong you shouldn't have a hard time finding a job. But as well, its always good to know more..
- creative-0
Check your contract, web designer or web programmer?
- Jaline0
^ mine says "web master" (*shudder*) and "web designer" and I am actually more like a web developer.
- ukit0
I do some dev now but would actually prefer if all jobs were like yours. Let us designers do the high-minded thinking part and have the developers get their hands dirty with the code. My main problem is that the developers would always fuck up things like spacing even if I wrote out a detailed spec.
- ". Let us designers do the high-minded thinking part and have the developers get their hands dirty with the code. "Jaline
- interesting...Jaline
- hahahaukit
- coders = trolls?neue75_bold
- Getting dirty is not all that bad...Jaline
- ...when you're a troll it's a way of life?neue75_bold
- Do you mean a troll that lives under a bridge, because, then, yes....Jaline
- actually, either way...you're right. You're too clever for me...Jaline
- Jaline0
I think it would be more consistent and communication wouldn't be as lost if you did both. However, it is more time-consuming, obviously.
- Fariska0
On this current position i'm working as a designer, comping on photoshop. But I'm able to code both in flash and XHTML/CSS. Out there is plenty of jobs for a position like yours. As a personal suggestion, i'd say get dirty handed with code as much as you can, since you'll get better knowledge of the technology you're working with, and this will help you building more doable designs as well as you will interact better with devs.