Web Designer
What the work is
Plans, designs, develops and prepares information for websites using text, pictures, colours, layout and data sources to deliver information tailored to an intended audience and purpose.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Researches client needs, target audience and current web design trends
- Creates sketches or digital mock-ups of the website's layout, navigation and content placement
- Creates, reviews or redesigns existing wireframes to plan out the structure and functionality of the site
- Ensures website accessibility for all users, considering diverse abilities and devices
- Works closely with Web Developers to ensure that the final website looks and functions as intended
- Establishes design guidelines based on standards and best practices
- May identify and secure domain names for the websites
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a small studio designing websites and apps for local businesses and community groups. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- You watch someone use your design for the first time and they never get stuck
- A messy form becomes a simple three step flow that people actually finish
- A client who started out sceptical shows your prototype to their whole team
Hard days
- A client falls in love with a design that tests badly with real users
- Feedback arrives from six people who all want different things
- You spend a week on something that turns out to need starting again
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 242133, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.