1. Website Design: Creating the visual layout and overall look of a website, including colour schemes, typography, and image placement. 2. User Experience (UX) Design: Ensuring the website is user-friendly and intuitive, focusing on the user journey and interaction. 3. User Interface (UI) Design: Designing interactive elements of the website, such as buttons, menus, and forms, to enhance user interaction. 4. Responsive Design: Designing websites to be functional and aesthetically pleasing on various devices and screen sizes, such as desktops, tablets, and smartphones. 5. Wireframing and Prototyping: Developing wireframes (basic layout structures) and prototypes (interactive mockups) to plan and test website design before full development. 6. Graphic Design: Creating visual elements such as logos, icons, banners, and infographics to enhance the website’s appearance and branding. 7. Front-End Development: Translating designs into functional websites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This might involve some coding, though it’s often more aligned with front-end developers. 8. Content Creation: Designing and formatting content, including text, images, and videos, to ensure it is engaging and well-presented. 9. SEO Optimization: Implementing design practices that improve search engine rankings, such as optimizing page load times, image sizes, and creating SEO-friendly layouts. 10. Accessibility Design: Ensuring the website is accessible to users with disabilities, following guidelines such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). 11. Maintenance and Updates: Making regular updates to keep the website current, fixing issues, and improving functionality over time. 12. Collaboration and Consultation: Working with clients, developers, and other stakeholders to understand needs, provide recommendations, and ensure that design goals align with business objectives. 13. Performance Optimization: Ensuring the website loads quickly and efficiently by optimizing images, reducing code bloat, and implementing best practices for performance. 14. Testing and Quality Assurance: Conducting tests to identify and fix design issues, ensuring cross-browser and cross-device compatibility. A web designer’s role can be quite varied and may overlap with other roles, especially in smaller teams or freelance settings. The exact responsibilities can depend on the scope of the project and the specific needs of the client or employer.
