Web Design Job Description
Web design
provides creative input and innovation for a variety of digital/web projects, recognizing web protocols, standards and technologies that may contribute to business success.
Web Design Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective web design job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included web design job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Create working prototypes production ready html, CSS and Javascript (with Javascript primarily focused on interactive components, animations and AJAX)
Create the lo-fidelity blueprints that document and defend our approach to the final product
Create high-fidelity visualizations of the digital experiences we intend to create
Advocate and be the voice of our customer in all our endeavors
Utilize Design Thinking, Agile and Lean methodologies to deliver elegant and delightful customer experiences that serve tens of millions of customers
Translate business requirements into visual concepts and prototypes to be used in testing
Partner with Product Managers to influence product design, express and own the UX strategy
Develop and maintain artifacts that express humanity, simplicity and ingenuity while advocating our brand’s principles
Work with development teams across multiple locations to see our experiences through to customer launch
Participate in empathy research, persona development, and a wide variety of usability studies
Web Design Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Web Design
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PMP, NOTE, SPECIAL, LUMA, ITIL, J2EE, JAVA
Education for Web Design
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the web design job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Computer Science, Graphic Design, Web Design, Education, Design, Marketing, Business, Information Technology, Communications, Technology
Skills for Web Design
Desired skills for web design include:
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Digital marketing and website optimization strategies
Ansible
Cloud technologies
Commercial internet/web tools and protocols
Git
JQuery
Desired experience for web design includes:
Must be 18 years or older and be either a junior or senior level student
Comfortable working in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign with a working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Team leadership or management
Facilitation and workshop design
Presenting design concepts to peers, management, and executive stakeholders
Partnering with executives, leaders, and other stakeholders to define strategies
Web Design Examples
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of web design. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for web design
- Create compelling concepts for new promotions and campaigns to be used across different channels
- Maintain internal documentation outlining what information is available on each site, account manager for the site, when various pieces of information need to be updated for each site and other key details
- Manage queue of assigned requests ensuring all website maintenance is released within SLA guidelines
- The Digital Development & Design Specialist supports the Digital team on multiple projects simultaneously, including Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Read and interpret client briefs
- Given the wireframes and content strategy described in the client brief, design and build an elegant and responsive web presence for our client
- Our current design tool is Webflow, as it allows a seamless transition from visual design to pixel-perfect deployable websites
- As a fast-growing platform there will be adjacent opportunities as reviewers and mentors for the right candidates who wish to grow with us
- Perform competitive analysis and research to better understand the landscape, and present those findings as needed to management
- Assist with strategic planning, prioritizaton, and phasing discussions
Qualifications for web design
- Facilitating cross-disciplinary teams through each stage of the design process
- Speaking, writing, and teaching in the broader design community
- At least 5 years of experience designing digital product or at least 5 years of experience designing omni-channel services
- Minimum of 3 months experience with web development in an IDE, Dreamweaver or equivalent
- Excellent oral and written communication skills to be able to clearly convey information
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in product design, digital design, and / or content strategy
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of web design. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for web design
- Building innovative web and interactive content and materials for bankers
- Working with partners to produce highly effective content and websites
- Providing support for team with regards to the websites
- Strategy of branch and banker engagement of materials to gain consistency in the learning process
- Participation in Contact Manger Governance and applicable meetings
- Maintaining open communication and partnership with the partners
- Engage and liaise with stakeholders/SPOT team to identify business requirements and work with the content team to execute on those requirements
- Develop processes & solutions to deliver Partner content in an efficient and timely manner
- Help create and maintain online Partner content, manage content globalization and drive
- Lead global online platform projects to completion
Qualifications for web design
- Have a passion for all things digital (web, tablets, mobile, video, social)
- You are comfortable turning copy, wireframes, and client preferences into pixel-perfect web designs that work on all devices
- You have experience working on design teams that hand off work between information architects and visual designers
- You are excited to receive feedback from a design lead/art director, and are equally excited to push back on design decisions you disagree with
- You have desktop and mobile web design experience
- You are happy to work on a client deliverable for a day or two, and then move on to a different client deliverable
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of web design. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for web design
- Develop and implement operational processes and key success metrics
- Develops and drives the use of content management best practices across multiple online platforms and teams
- Manages multiple projects, within given constraints of time, and quality
- Ensures the scope & schedule are reasonable and achievable
- With oversight and guidance from a senior designer, assists in executing digital elements of a creative concept, including developing web pages and website components
- Works with account management team to gather and add content to development webpages in a CMS (content management system)
- Serves clients by taking requests and making edits and updates to existing websites
- Provides suggestions and ideas for improving the design of existing web content for clients
- Update website using CMS
- Strong creative skills with an understanding of technical building of sites and graphics
Qualifications for web design
- You have some sample designs you can share with us so that we can evaluate your work
- Currently pursuing a degree (Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD) in design
- Passion for web & mobile technology, gaming, and for creating great user-centered experiences
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (specifically Photoshop and Illustrator)
- Strong visual design, typography, layout, and composition skills, and understanding of the Blizzard art & visual style
- Experience creating wireframes, flows, and prototypes (using either Visio, Balsamiq, Axure, Omnigraffle, Adobe Suite, HTML)
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of web design. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for web design
- Experience in identifying and evolving new customer journeys for a major brand
- Experience in Mobile First Design
- Expert skills in Photoshop (CS5)
- Basic understanding of InDesign and Illustrator
- The WCS I receives requests to make changes to live websites via escalated electronic cases
- Develop a content architecture practice that communicates a shared understanding of how content should be structured, managed, published, and iterated upon
- Design the content architecture, structural hierarchy, and taxonomy for all new content initiatives and investments that best fits user needs and aligns with brand and content strategy
- Solicit and manage new content projects throughout the planning, creation, release, and retirement of content across our major web properties
- Work as the conduit between content partners and the experience design team, guiding partners through the content and experience design process including education on content best practices, listening to content partners’ needs, and creating insightful content architecture recommendations
- Develop & maintain content project calendar, soliciting relevant content from content owners, working closely with content team through delivery of content assets and implementation
Qualifications for web design
- Experience with designing experiences for mobile devices / responsive design
- Knowledge of methods for gathering and analyzing UX research data through competitive analysis, surveys, interviews
- Understanding of web technical basics (HTML5, CSS3, Javascript)
- Comfortable working with Adobe Creative Suite (specifically Photoshop, Illustrator, with After Effects proficiency a plus)
- Working knowledge of iOS and Android design patterns
- Experience creating wireframes, flows, and prototypes (using either Framer, Adobe Suite, Pixate, HTML5/CSS3)
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a web design. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for web design
- Educate our content partners on digital content voice & tone
- Create copy deck systems and templates to standardize content and content creation across the organization with an emphasis on brand and content strategy consistency
- Listen, learn, and champion the needs of our users through analytics, user research, and conversations with content partners
- Work in agile product development teams
- Participate in design studios, critiques, and prototyping user interfaces with software like InVision
- Ability to work in a digital only atmosphere
- Assist in annual degree program assessment
- Participate in shared governance by serving on university committees, volunteering for university events and initiatives, participating in co-curricular activities, and recruiting
- Assists with identification of appropriate training opportunities
- Assists with Global Position Profiles
Qualifications for web design
- Strong visual design, typography, layout, and composition skills, and understanding of the Blizzard art and visual style
- At ease working on Macs
- As a plus – working knowledge of XCode / Android Studio
- Web and Mobile Design Experience
- Prior work experience as Product Manager, Business/Systems Analyst, or Project Manager
- Good knowledge of financial services, with a passion for investing