This document discusses the role and requirements of a web designer. It explains that a web designer is responsible for constructing and designing websites, including interface design, layouts, templates and ensuring usability. Web designers need skills in HTML/CSS, content management systems, image editing software, and programming languages like JavaScript, PHP and ASP.NET. Experience, education and technical skills can affect a web designer's salary, which typically ranges from $40,000 to $55,000 per year as an employee, or $35-70 per hour as a freelancer. The document provides resources on how to become a web designer and learn additional skills.
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Job webdesigner
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2. What does a webdesigner in the main?
What does he have to know and what
else should he know?
How can one become a webdesigner?
What does a webdesigner earn?
3. Constructing and cultivating websites
Interface Design &Corporate Design
Layouts
Webtemplates
Compromise between client, user and
possibilities
4. User-friendly designing and accessibility
Digital image processing with softwares
HTML/XHTML for structuring the content
CSS for layout and design
Flash with ActionScript for animations
Content-Management-Systems
HTML-Editors
9. JavaScript/DHTML combined with AJAX
PHP Java/JSP
ASP/ASP.NET
Python
SQL for select SQL data bases
Silverlight
Webserver
Application server
Operating systems
10. Mostly educated graphic designer,
media designer or IT specialists
Sometimes without any education
No subject to legal regulation
Everyone could call himself a
webdesigner
Quality varies in education and
experiences
11. Salary depends on company and
employment
$ 40 000 - $ 55 000 per year
„Freelancing“
› No stable salary
› “hourly rate“ until completion of task
› Varies by education, experience, references
In the lower range $ 35 - 45 / hour
In the higher range $ 60 - 70 / hour
12. Salary at company per
year
$ 70 000
Working hours per year 1400
Salary per hour $ 50
Addition for home-work + 50%
Profit margin + 20%
= $ 90 / hour
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