What is web designing?

Website designing or development has two facets — creative and technical. The creative aspect involves visualizing and conceptualizing. While, technical aspect takes care of converting the designed layout into HTML, giving it effects with Java Scripting and using AJAX. The initial step of creating a website starts with the web-designer surfing the Internet to take ideas from other websites or using his own creativity, creates a design template. After the client approves the design, the technical phase of the site starts.

The pay
For web practitioners who do not have a degree, the average starting pay is around Rs 10,000 to 15,000 per month. However, for graduate web designers, the pay is about Rs 2.5 lakh per annum. For someone at the mid-management level, it is about Rs 9 lakh per year, which also same for a graphic designer with a team of three to five people and a Master’s degree. For someone at senior level, it comes to around Rs 18 lakh a year as a creative director. For a graphic head, at GM/VP level, it can reach to about Rs 27 lakh a year. With 12 years’ experience, a person can lead a team of more than 10 people.

Required skills
Imagination, imagination and loads of imagination. Along with willingness to experiment, learn and grow. Aptitude to understand a brief clearly and thinking of original and creative solutions.
Analytical thinking is also important. Team spirit is an important aspect as designing is not a solitary activity, it involves a number of tools and professionals.

How do I go about it?
After HSC i.e class XII, one can join a web designing course conducted at many institutes. To become a designer, one needs to learn all about the web, HTML (HyperText Mark-up Language), PhotoShop, Dreamweaver and Flash, CSS (Cascading Style Sheet, for managing content formatting) and at least one programming language such as ASP, ASP.NET or PHP.

~ by webdesigners4india on September 30, 2009.