Web Designer
Combine creative thinking and technical skills to design web-based content.
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What's it like to be a Web Designer?
A Web Designer designs and develops website content. They aim to create websites that are easy to use and navigate. They can play a role in the development of text, pictures, animation, sound, colours, layout and data. Web Designers create web content on computers using programming code, and utilise a mixture of creative thought and technical processes to fulfil their design briefs. They may work as freelancers or within teams in many industries with a digital footprint.
Tasks and duties
- Planning a work schedule and budget for design creation and production.
- Preparing sketches, diagrams, illustrations and layouts to communicate design concepts.
- Using a variety of software to produce user-friendly designs.
- Writing and modifying programming code.
- Updating designs to fulfil a brief and client requests.
- Pitching ideas to clients and team members.
How to become a Web Designer
- Complete a qualification in Web Design. This may be a Certificate IV in Information Technology (Web Development) (ICT40120) or Certificate IV in Information Technology (ICT40120), Diploma of Information Technology (ICT50220) or Bachelor degree majoring in Web Design.
- Develop a portfolio of work to show prospective employers. This can include work you’ve done on mock web design projects.
- Set up a blog or website to showcase your portfolio.
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AustraliaProjected job growth
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2026
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Latest Web Designer reviews
Latest reviews from 9 Web Designers surveyed on SEEK.
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Oct 2018
Web design is may tougher in some cases but Good design is making something intelligible and memorable.
Reviewer's Qualification
Bachelor of Information Technology
Experience
1 – 4 years
Organisation size
Small (1-19 employees)
Specialisation
Web Development
The good things
Creativity is the main part of this Job. Every day work got the opportunity to work on different criteria. You have work with different layout and colours on every tasks. It's really interesting. The ...
The challenges
You have to think faster than usual to get the different creative ideas on every assigned projects. At the same time you have to satisfy the client needs. Most challenge is if design don't get approve...
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May 2021
Web Design is challenging and satisfying.
Reviewer's Qualification
Certificate IV in Information Technology
Experience
1 – 4 years
Organisation size
Small (1-19 employees)
Specialisation
Web Designer
The good things
Being a web designer is both challenging and satisfying, the difficulty depends on the size and type of Web project you're working on.
The challenges
If you don't have a system in place to help manage your projects you can be overwhelmed when projects start to overlap.
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