Web Designer

Job Description:

Web designers help businesses design their "home page" on the World Wide Web. The web designer decides how the site should look and what information it should provide and how that information should be organize. The web designer then writes the text, creates the art, builds the graphics and writes the software code to run the program. Some web page designers also maintain the site for a consulting fee after the site has been completed. A detailed description of the job of Web Designer can be found in the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Job Outlook:

For further information on job outlook please see the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Job Requirement:

Web design requires creativity and graphic design talent. Technical and programming skills are also used to write the software code needed to design and maintain the web page. Course work may include art, math, computer, business and English courses. Because web design is relatively new there are no set job requirements.

Expected Salary:

Please see any of the following websites: 

Occupational Outlook Handbook 

 Harper Training:

Possible training available at Harper would be our:

 

Certificate in Web Visual Design
Certificate in Web Development
Associate in Applied Science Degree - Web Develoment

 Related Occupations:

Other related occupations involving working with computers are:

Graphic Designer