Hot Job Areas: Web Designers/Developers
Web designers are responsible for everything from designing a website's "look and feel" to incorporating features such as e-commerce, online community, search engine optimization, animations, interactive applications, and advertising hosting into the site—all while ensuring that the site's design is optimized for the specific technologies supporting it.
Web designers usually need to possess general design skills, such as an understanding of drawing and a knack for creating aesthetically pleasing combinations of color and form, they also need to have an understanding of Web-specific design factors—screen resolution, image compression, usability, accessibility, and website architecture.
Smaller companies may use external developers, yet many large companies keep their website activities in-house. The advent of intranets, or company-specific HTML-based networks, means that Web-savvy individuals are needed in every department to create and maintain each division's information site within the overall corporate 'Net. Most relatively large companies, and certainly all companies involved in high tech or the media, have full-blown teams to handle their websites.
Web designers and developers work differently. Some use complex scripts and programming languages, however all need a working knowledge of HTML and graphic design software. They need to possess general design skills, such as an understanding of drawing and a knack for creating aesthetically pleasing combinations of color and form, they also need to have an understanding of Web-specific design factors—screen resolution, image compression, usability, accessibility, and website architecture.
Other qualifications/skills needed or expected:
- University degree in Multimedia or related field
- Highly proficient in HTML, Javascript, CSS, XML, XSL, and XML Schema.
- Skills in ASP.NET, PHP, JSP, Flash, and Photoshop
- Good knowledge of Internet networking, management and security protocols.
- Minimum of 2 years commercial web development experience;
- Good understanding of programming methodologies
- Excellent problem-solving skills
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