Web design encompasses many different skills and disciplines in the production and maintenance of websites. The different areas of web design include web graphic design; user interface design; authoring, including standardised code and proprietary software; user experience design; and search engine optimization.

What do Web designers do?

As a web designer, you'll plan, create and code web pages, using both technical and non-technical skills to produce websites that fit your customers' requirements. Being involved in the technical and graphical aspects of pages, you'll determine not only the look of the website but how it works as well.

What exactly is a web designer?

Web design refers to the design of websites that are displayed on the internet. It usually refers to the user experience aspects of website development rather than software development. ... A web designer works on the appearance, layout, and, in some cases, content of a website.