Webdesign Job Qualifications list
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- ohhhhhsnap
All the things a Web Designer should* know in today's field.
Strong fluency:
- HTML and CSS (CSS3/HTML5 a plus)
- Knowledge of Javascript a plus
- Knowledge of jQuery
- Responsive Web design experience
- Mastery of Photoshop, Illustrator
- Familiarity with designing for Content Management Systems
- Strong typographic skills, including web typography (experience with web technologies such as Type Kit, and WordPress)
- Proven experience with interaction principles particularly usability and information architecture
- Motion and video editing experience is a plus...anymore
- prophetone0
"Proven experience with interaction principles particularly usability and information architecture..."
to me this is the biggest qualification of all because it won't matter how great it looks if it's a confusing mess... just look at that sulia site. prob millions invested and they have chosen to overlook some very basic user experience opportunities, which is shocking but not uncommon. i see this all over the place and it drives me nuts!
- sulia.com, as an ie. of what you're talking about?ohhhhhsnap
- yesprophetone
- i mean, yes, be a ninja with all the tools and standards but simple logic applied to the experience is key, alwaysprophetone
- An"ie"? Do you mean an e.g.?eoin
- ie = in other words
eg = for exampleGnash
- ohhhhhsnap0
i hear that. note taken.
- tOki0
I've not met an individual who had strong fluency in the entire list above. Smacks of a firm looking for a generalist, jack of trades, master of none?
Also lol, anyone who can't do this should stay in 1999 where they came from:
- Familiarity with designing for Content Management Systems- I agree with you about the CMS... i'm just listing it all up there. This comes from a job post.ohhhhhsnap
- yurimon0
UX in some cases. Agile, or Axure plus
- + UIohhhhhsnap
- Axure is a bit of a dog to work in, but clients and suits love them interactive wireframes loltOki
- ohhhhhsnap0
tOki, I've heard you have to take 3 things... and know it incredibly well. Designers have to wear many hats, just need a understanding of all that might be asked/needed to make myself a little bit more marketable (in a bit of a slump)
- tOki0
Designers only wear many hats in places that don't appreciate the nuances of the different skills required, which sadly is too many.
That said everything on your list above IS relevant, it really depends on the kind of job you want to get as to which you focus on the most.
- instrmntl0
Those first 4 are more for a front end developer, not a designer.
- ukit20
I think the designer should have a decent familiarity with HTML/CSS even if they don't code themselves. JavaScript is less necessary. Video editing? Not sure why that's on the list unless it's part of the specific job.
- dan53820
If they list everything in a posting like that then you have to question who your going to work for. You can't be master of all (small exceptions). I have yet to meet a great front end coder/ dev that also is a master of design.
PS. if you find this mythical creature. I've got a job for em.
- pockets0
social media at times
- yurimon0
I am seeing web design is turning into front end design position with more leaning toward programing like jquery, ajax, javascript along with the graphics, media ability. sometimes leans toward one or the other of these, ui, ux. more web architecture, mix bag product designer. depending on who your working for. but if you look at some new positions in the job market this seems to be a trend.
Reason I attribute this to more dynamic function of web pages and related to the new frameworks, also bootstrap. functionality seems to be a priority then comes design comes it seems nowadays.
When webpages were more static, visual design was more of a priority.
- qTime0
Its sad to see design jobs turn into a list of technical programming skills.
Where in this list is the ability provide a creative solution to anything?
- animatedgif0
Required web designer qualifications:
- mikotondria30
From that list I don't understand how one could have arrived at proficiency in more than one of them without having at least a working and workable knowledge (if not flair) in the others. Who would be billable in html (5?)/css (3?) without having used any jQuery ? Who would not have done the several years apprenticeship with Photoshop, 7,8, CSn..., and not become deft at wielding the right typography - how could anyone have made a living over the last few years just doing one of that list ?
And more besides ? Written custom plugins for a CMS ? Slaved over a 2 minute animated 3d movie, suitably honed in After Effects with a custom music track, then been buried in some awful regex in _htaccess and server configuration the next ? Sure. We all have.
- yurimon0
to me the comparison reminds me of what my typography teacher was going through with computer fonts.
She had an impeccable eye for spacing, widths and her eye for type was perfection. She was retired but she saw computer fonts as horrific in alot of the visual aspects and all the issues that a typography professionals solved in the perfection of the craft, those things just weren't important enough to the speed cost of page layout in a digital environment.
Its similar with what platforms like bootstrap are, and front end frameworks are doing to web design.
I witnessed 2 programmers create a program with a simple front-end using bootstrap without a designer involved. its was acceptable to them because it was clean and functional. They were so excited because they thought the interface looked good with cute bootstrap buttons. and css highlights.
To me it was functional but it had no soul or feel of a brand. just function with soulless unexpressive, usable front end. It wasn't optimized visually for design and function what you would get if someone put their heart into it. It was a saving of time/money in production.
- vaxorcist0
qualifications....how about things like:
Knows how to handle situations like "make the logo bigger"
Knows when to defend ideas and when to ask questions
Knows who to listen to when random opinions are bouncing around... and who to ignore.
Knows how to make tasteful and beautiful work that is aimed towards a defined target market and fulfills a business objective.
- Maaku0
According to whom, Human Resources?
- see_thru0
All the things a Web Designer should* know in today's field:
Dreamweaver
How to best utilize their bedroom as a workspace
Best empty spots in coffee houses for free Wi-Fi
- stewart0
No Fireworks? Tsss...