Local available web design jobs

It turns out that there are quite a few jobs for web designing available locally. If potential employees are willing to apply for a job that doesn’t have the title “web designer”, there are a number of positions up for grab in the web world.  There are many different roles that one can play in the process of designing a webpage. Not all of them carry that infamous title of “web designer” but they are just as important in the hard work they are expected to bring to the development of the website. Web design is not necessarily a “one man” job, it is something that can be divvied up amongst a team of multiple design professionals. That way each person can add something to the design because everyone has a different perspective on the same situations. So, if one is looking for a local job that is involved with web design…try to journey from that specific title.  There are many titles that don’t have the word “web” in them but they are just as involved in their work requirements. For example, here are some titles that lack “web design” in their official title, but not in their job description: producer; writer or copywriter; editor or copyeditor; information architect; product or program manager; graphic designer; layout artist; and digital developer.

SEO

SEO, or search engine optimization, increases a sites’ capability of being found by a larger amount of search engines. SEO helps bring the site up earlier, faster, and more often than other results that were created without it. SEO is a great tool to use for the profit business owners that want to make an impact before their competition does. 

design, usability, and accessibility on the web

More goes into web design that most people expect. I know I was blown away when I realized just how much is to be considered when attempting to design and create a functional web page. There are three major points that need to be present to have succeeded in delivering the viewer with a top notch website. First is design. Design is the visual aspect of a webpage…it is what intrigues the viewer’s eyes and creates curiosity to explore. As Jeffrey Zeldman explains in his article, “web design is the creation of digital environments that facilitate and encourage human activity; reflect or adapt to individual voices and content; and change gracefully over time while always retaining their identity”. The second is usability. Usability is the part a web page that makes that exploration possible and less confusing for the explorer. It serves as a map for the viewer and points them in the directions of present, past, and future. Dereck Powazek states in one of his articles over web design, “navigation also has three parts, which are used to communicate to the user about their past, present, and future. Any good global navigation scheme should, at a glance, answer the top three questions every user has at the back of their mind on any page: where am I (Present); where can I go (Future); and where have I been (Past)”. The third element of web design is accessibility. Accessibility is what aids the viewer and whatever needs they have for the website. All three things must be, but very seldom are, present to succeed in creating a well thought out webpage.