What makes a professional web designer professional? How does he conduct himself? How accessible should he be? What are some red flags I should look for when dealing with a web designer? What should I do in case things go wrong?
However, I don’t anticipate becoming a professional web designer after college. I do, however, anticipate continuing to learn about CSS, XHTML, JS, and other technologies. Here’s my thoughts: If you are to make this professional body of
Royall & Company, a direct marketing agency working exclusively with many well-known colleges and universities, is seeking a creative and professional Web Designer. To claim this spot, you need to prove you're an HTML/ CSS expert - but
There are some great points in this article and comments, and this discussion follows on nicely from Mark Boulton’s post, and also fits in nicely with the kerfuffle over alcoholic design rips at Airbag Industries.
oh man have you hit the nail on the head! multiple times!!!! “consumers of design are uneducated�. so true! is it our job to educate them? to some extent, it is. but then, is the money worth it? i know i’ve been guilty (aka am currently
Great post, Jeff. I am not a designer, though I like to design for fun. I am also not a professional programmer (I even turned down a web developer job opportunity, because I felt it should be left for someone who is not only more
You have to be careful to not let the client think you’re insulting his/her judgement or the competence of his/her employee, buddy, nephew or other potential “web designer�. At the same time you do need to deliver the hard facts about
Great post Jeff and some fantastic comments here also. There are some very familiar points coming up here. One of them - the old ‘clients just don’t get good design’ - is, to be frank, getting a little boring. Clients shouldn’t have to.
I have come across countless situations were a friend or relative of an employee/board member etc is doing the site. My first questions are. Do they use Web Standards? Do they cater to impending disability/accessibility guidelines?
I agree with client AND developer education. Many on both sides of the line are completely ignorant to good design—both graphically and semantically. Something needs to be done. I originally became interested in Web design after
Jeff writes:. They think, “Sure, a high-end designer would do even better, but this guy will be plenty good enough.� But is it really plenty good enough? –-. Isn’t that their decision to make? If they go cheap and get a bad site and
Jeff, you accuse people of mistaking the design tools for the design job, but doesn’t this technology certification you’re talking about do just that? To clarify (again), I’m not in favor of a certification. I don’t think it’s practical
Jeff, you accuse people of mistaking the design tools for the design job, but doesn’t this technology certification you’re talking about do just that? After all, as you said, the skills that really earn us our money are our
You can’t teach people taste, it seems. They either have it or they don’t. Yeah, but it’s not just about taste. Taste has to do with style. Design is far more than style. Design has to do with communication, solving problems,
Hi Mark! Anyway yes it is up to us to sell ourselves and our services. how many times has a customer tried to chip in with their ‘design input’. I will take it on board but politely tell them my view ‘as a professional designer’ and
Once you’ve got the membership set up, what’s to make a potential client care one way or the other? Good question, it’s still an ideas in progress. I see this as something akin to a Get Firefox campaign where those who are members help
We, as professional web designers, need to come together to find some way to educate clients and companies on the difference between us and the hacks that permeate our industry. You need to be careful doing it though because trying to
Yes! I’ve had similar discussions and ideas but it always comes down to who’s going to do all the work to set this up and maintain it. Sadly, AIGA doesn’t seem interested otherwise they would have done it already (which is weird to me
Design is one of those places where you get what you pay for. Yes, I could buy those $15 “Faded Glory� jeans from Wal-Mart, and they’ll cover me. But I buy the $130 jeans from Seven (or whomever) *because they make my butt look better.
(Fairfield, NJ) In-house creative services department seeks highly proficient web designer to join our team. This is an on-site position; local candidates only please. Must be an expert at coding semantic XHTML/CSS based layouts,
