Web Designer | Amman, Jordan
- Web designers are responsible for the layout, visual appearance and usability of a website. This role may overlap with that of a Multimedia programmer and web architect. Using a combination of graphic design skills and technical knowledge of how web pages are created, the work involves:
- Liaising closely with a customer or client at the design stage and finding the answers to questions about why the site is needed, who the target audience will be, who the leading competitors.
- Producing a design that will be attractive to the target user, has a logical navigation system and has all the features required.
- Ensuring that material on the web site is accessible to all groups including those with disabilities;
- Testing the site for functionality in different browsers and at different resolutions;
- Fixing errors.
Skills
- Web designers will have knowledge of graphic design packages such as Fireworks or Photoshop in order to produce basic layout and manipulate images.
- Skills in e-commerce and server side technologies, such as PHP and .Net, and internet security are also important.
- As users gain faster access to the internet via broadband, web designers with skills in multimedia and interactivity are likely to be in greater demand.
