Developing a Website requires a variety of skills.

In many companies, a variety of professionals work together

to create Websites. It often takes a team of people with diverse skill to create a website.

What Talents are needed to be a Web Professional?

  • Motivation, Self-Starter
  • Creativity
  • Independence
  • Ability to Work with and Motivate Others
  • Visual Layout Skills
  • Organized

Where do Web

Professionals Work?

  • Large Corporations
  • Web Design Firms
  • Government Agencies
  • Academic Organizations
  • At Home
  • Schools
  • Internet Companies
  • Everywhere

Web Designer

  • Translating a client's marketing or informational content into a functional website.

  • Mapping or outlining a website's structural content.

  • Creating or editing images and graphics for website use. 

The educational requirement for employment at most companies as a web designer is a Bachelor of Arts degree. Many list a Bachelor of Science degree as the educational requirement.

 

Web Developer

As a Web developer, you'll be responsible for the layout, look and feel of websites. You'll build sites using programming languages and graphic design, and often manage a website after it's been developed.

 

While hands-on experience is the most important type of preparation you'll need to become a Web developer, many employers look to hire those with at least a bachelor's degree in Web development or Web design.

 

 

Webmaster

A webmaster is in charge of maintaining Web sites for companies and individuals on the World Wide Web. This is a job that requires a wide range of skills and abilities, The webmaster is ultimately responsible for ensuring that a Web site is easy to navigate and that it addresses the needs of the client and its customers.

 

There are no official requirements. Anybody with a basic knowledge of the internet and web sites can be the webmaster. As such, the main requirement to become a webmaster is to learn to the basics and expand upon that.

Web Author
 

A web author/editor is responsible for the content and images used on a website. They plan, research, write copy and edit the content of a website.

 

Degree course subjects such as communications, journalism and multimedia may be useful.