web designer is a person with artistic taste and knowledge of Internet technologies who creates Web pages and combines them into Web sites. The main task of a web designer is to design an Internet project in such a way that as many users as possible become interested in it. The profession is suitable for those who are interested in drawing and computer science (see choosing a profession for interest in school subjects).

The profession of a web designer appeared only with the advent of the World Wide Web (WWW), in which it is possible to create websites for advertising purposes (late 1980s - early 1990s). A web designer is a person with artistic taste and knowledge of Internet technologies who creates Web pages and combines them into Web sites.

The specific task of a web designer is to be able to develop a stylistic design of the project, taking into account the specifics of the Internet. That is, in addition to making the design of the project simply stylish, it must meet the standard requirements set by the network: graphic elements (logos, banners, drawings, etc.) must be optimized, when choosing a color and font, it is necessary to take into account the fact that that the user will see a graphical embodiment of the project on the monitor, and not on paper. A web designer is responsible for how a website looks and feels. He comes up with logos, banners and other graphic elements, thinks through site navigation, determines where text should be placed. The designer needs not only to create an interesting site, but also to take into account the time it takes to load. Creation of interactive web-sites is the aerobatics of web-design.

To make such a site, a web designer must not only be proficient in HTML and have an artistic flair, but simply must know “classical” programming and understand databases.

In addition to sites, web designers develop banners, Internet postcards, electronic presentations.

Features of the profession

Web page design is information design, not graphic design.

In the process of work, the web designer solves the following tasks, on which the success of the created project directly depends in the future:

  • determining the goals and objectives of site visitors;
  • design and planning of the site structure;
  • interface development;
  • development of navigation;
  • concern for user interaction with the system;
  • content preparation and quality control.

The main functions of a web designer:

  • site design;
  • creating an idea and developing a server layout;
  • creating a performance style for the server layout;
  • ensuring the best perception of web-documents on the monitor screen, taking into account the loading time of documents, the bandwidth of the data transfer channel, the size of the graphic files of the document, the quality of the color palette;
  • determination of web page layout rules, choice of format, background, quantity and quality of design elements;
  • creation of style samples of web-documents;
  • work with the Internet node, the Internet;
  • writing the program part and page code;
  • management of hypertext documents;
  • carrying out the information policy of the company in the World Wide Web (WWW);
  • installation and work with tools for preparing and checking web pages;
  • creation of interactive web-applications;
  • update, modernization of the web-document;
  • creating and working with applications for static processing.

Pros and cons of the profession

Pros:

  • constant demand in the labor market,
  • work is not limited to one country,
  • the possibility of remote work,
  • wide opportunities for professional growth,
  • you can implement almost any idea without spending money,
  • decent pay.

Minuses:

  • discrepancy (sometimes) between the artistic vision of the customer and the contractor, because of which it is necessary either to convince of the need for a specific design solution, or to agree with the amendments.

Place of work

  • design studios;
  • website development companies;
  • any organizations that use a personal website in their work and wish to develop, modernize it;
  • freelance or custom work to develop an individual style for the company's website.

Important qualities

  • developed aesthetic and artistic taste;
  • a high level of development of distribution, volume, concentration and switching of attention;
  • high level of development of figurative thinking;
  • high level of memory development;
  • logical thinking;
  • analytical thinking;
  • creativity;
  • thoroughness, systematic work;
  • attentiveness;
  • patience;
  • accuracy;
  • perseverance;

A qualified web designer must have relevant knowledge of both design software and graphics.

Need to know: Adobe Photoshop, HTML/CSS

Desirable to know: Corel Draw, Illustrator, Macromedia Flash.

web designer training

An annual practical course for those who want to learn web design from the very beginning with an individual mentor, make an excellent portfolio and get their first orders (or an internship in the studio). At the end of the training, students create their own project according to the brief of a real customer. After a successful presentation of the work, graduates of the course have the opportunity to receive an invitation to an internship. Web design training from zero to professional.

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Salary

Salary as of 01/07/2020

Russia 20000—100000 ₽

Moscow 35000—140000 ₽

Salary depends on the prestige of the studio and the experience of the designer. It also depends on the number of orders for the design. The range of prices for website design is very large - everything is determined by the quality of work and services. Creating a design for a website is a creative process. It may take a different amount of time. There are certain "service packages" with a fixed price, but they do not accurately determine the price and quality of the design. The same work can be done for $50 and $1500.

Career steps and prospects

A successful novice designer in the future can apply for positions: web programmer, banner maker, project manager.

Prominent web designers:

Artemy Lebedev. Born February 13, 1975. Son of writer Tatiana Tolstaya and philologist Andrei Lebedev. After school, he entered the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov, who never graduated, having expelled from the 2nd year. In the summer of 1992, he founded the A-square studio with a partner, where he worked until the end of the year. In January 1993, he founded an independent studio "Artografika", where he was engaged in graphic, printing, calligraphic and other types of paper design. Participated in the creation of books and magazines. From 1993 to 1995, he worked part-time as the art director of the MakTsentr company. In 1995, he founded WebDesign Studio (renamed Artemy Lebedev Studio in 1998), which is one of the first and largest web design studios in Runet. Since 2001, the Art. Lebedev Studio has also become involved in industrial design.

Activity. Artemy Lebedev founded the studio, which has more than 1000 works on its account, including corporate identities, books, magazines, signs, logos, graphic and physical interfaces, websites, industrial design and industrial graphics objects, shop windows. Lebedev is not only a designer; he spends most of his time setting and inventing problems, developing information architecture, researching ergonomics and usability of sites. Design finds of his studio are widely used in Runet.

DESIGN (BY DIRECTIONS)

Training is carried out in educational institutions:

  • - Graphic design- days - >>>
  • EE "Belarusian State Academy of Arts" - Virtual environment design- days - >>>
  • - Packaging production (by directions)- days - >>>
  • Belarusian National Technical University - Packaging production- part-time, shortened term - >>>
  • EE "Brest State Technical University" - Architectural design- days - >>>
  • - Design (communicative)- days - >>>
  • EE "Vitebsk State Technological University" - - days - >>>
  • EE "Vitebsk State Technological University" - Design (suit and fabrics)- days - >>>
  • EE "Vitebsk State Technological University" - Design (virtual environment)- days - >>>
  • EE "Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov" - Design (object-spatial environment)- days - >>>
  • - Design (graphic)- days - >>>
  • Educational Establishment "Grodno State University named after Yanka Kupala" - Design (suit and fabrics)- days - >>>
  • - Design (suit and fabrics)- days - >>>
  • PIU "Institute of Modern Knowledge named after Shirokov" - Design (object-spatial environment)- days - >>>
  • PIU "Institute of Modern Knowledge named after Shirokov" - Virtual environment design- days - >>>
  • - - days shortened term - >>>
  • Belarusian State University - - days shortened term - >>>
  • Belarusian State University - Design (communicative design)- days - >>>
  • Belarusian State University - Design (design of the object-spatial environment)- days - >>>
  • EE "Polotsk State University" - Design of the object-spatial environment- days - >>>
  • - visual design- daily - >>>
  • European Humanities University - visual design- Correspondence (remote) - >>>
  • Branch of BNTU "Minsk State College of Architecture and Civil Engineering" - Design (by directions)- days - >>>
  • EE "Minsk State Gymnasium-College of Arts" - Graphic design (container and packaging design)- days - >>>
  • EE "Minsk State Art College named after A.K. Glebov" - Design (graphic)- days - >>>
  • EE "Minsk State College of Technology and Design of Light Industry" - Design (3D)- Daily - >>>
  • EE "Vitebsk State College of Culture and Arts" - Design (graphic)- days - >>>
  • - Design (graphic)- days - >>>
  • EE "Pinsk State College of Arts" - Design (graphic, typography)- days - >>>
  • - - day - >>>
  • EE "Gomel State Art College" - Design (according to directions). (Design (graphic).- day - >>>
  • Volkovysk College of Educational Establishment "Grodno State University named after Y. Kupala" - Design (graphic)- days - >>>
  • Humanitarian College of EE "Grodno State University named after Ya. Kupala" - Design (graphic)- days - >>>
  • - Design (3D)- days - >>>
  • Educational Establishment "Grodno State College of Arts" - Design (3D)- days - >>>
  • Educational Establishment "Nesvizh State College named after Ya. Kolas" - Design- days - >>>
  • EE "Mogilev State College of Arts" - Design (3D)- days - >>>

Programmer-Designer

Designers are creators of the world around them. These specialists are engaged in the artistic design of objects, striving to make them not only beautiful, but also practical. The specifics of the designer's activity depends on the chosen direction. Visual designers, interior designers and landscape designers are involved in the artistic design of buildings and their surroundings. In the fashion industry, designers of clothes, shoes and accessories are always in demand. Graphic designers are engaged in the design of printed materials, websites, mobile applications, design logos for brands, etc. Creating 3D graphics is the responsibility of specialists in the field of volumetric design. An interesting and at the same time complex variety of it is game design.

Where can you work?

Design studios, enterprises, publishing houses, urban planning firms, advertising companies, clothing companies, furniture factories, show business.

Programmer-Designer

Creative, resourceful, attentive, has a good imagination, aesthetic taste, a developed eye and spatial thinking, knows how to concentrate.

qualification: programmer-Web-designer

The obtained qualification allows to carry out:
  • designing Web sites, Web applications, Web services, Web user interfaces and evaluating them;
  • development of visual design of Web projects and graphic elements, Web sites, Web applications, Web services;
  • operation of Web sites, Web applications, Web services;
  • organization of marketing activities on the Internet;
  • web project management.
The graduate will be able to solve the following tasks:
  • analyze the structure of the organization in order to develop a concept for the effective use of the Internet to achieve the goals of the organization;
  • analyze the subject area and develop requirements for the created Web sites, Web applications, Web services;
  • conduct system analysis and justify design decisions;
  • develop concepts of information design, navigation design, interaction design, design user Web-interfaces;
  • develop visual design concepts for Web projects;
  • carry out draft and technical design, develop the information architecture of Web-projects;
  • implement graphic and animation elements of Web pages, Web sites, Web applications, Web services;
  • design, code, test, implement, maintain and operate Web sites, Web applications, Web services;
  • manage the configuration of provisioning services;
  • redesign Web sites, Web applications, Web services;
  • determine the goals and objectives of the site, conduct segmentation and determine the target audience;
  • conduct marketing research on the Internet;
  • develop a marketing strategy and a set of marketing activities for the development of the Web-project;
  • develop and conduct marketing activities to promote Web-projects;
  • evaluate deadlines, budget, Web-project resource;
  • define control criteria and create control systems for the design process;
  • form and manage a development team;
  • develop a system of staff motivation.

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DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE ADMISSION COMMISSION

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3) the original and a copy of the Diploma Supplement (extract from the test and examination sheet);
4) the original and a copy of the certificate of recognition of the document of education issued in a foreign state, and the establishment of its equivalence (compliance) with the document of education of the Republic of Belarus;
5) passport and a copy of the passport;


8) the original and a copy of the document on the change of surname (first name, patronymic), if the surname (first name, patronymic) in the passport and in the diploma do not match;
9) 4 envelopes with stamps.

foreign citizens and stateless persons permanently residing in the Republic of Belarus (residents of the Republic of Belarus) submit the following documents:


2) the original and a copy of the diploma of higher education;
3) Diploma Supplements (extracts from the examination record);
4) passport and a copy of the passport;

6) 3 photographs 3x4 cm;
7) medical certificate on the state of health in the form 1 zdr / u-10, established by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus;
8) residence permit, registration;
9) 4 envelopes with stamps.

BUDGET

citizens of the Republic of Belarus submit the following documents:

1) an application of the established form addressed to the rector of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University;
2) the original and a copy of the diploma of higher education;

4) passport and a copy of the passport (pp. 31-33);
5) the original and a copy of the certificate of recognition of a document on education issued in a foreign state, and establishing its equivalence (compliance) with the document on education of the Republic of Belarus (for persons who have received higher education in organizations of foreign states);



9) 3 photographs 3 x 4 cm;

11) the original and a copy of the document on the change of surname (first name, patronymic), if the surname (first name, patronymic) in the passport and in the diploma do not match;
12) 4 envelopes with stamps.

foreign citizens and stateless persons permanently residing in the Republic of Belarus (residents of the Republic of Belarus) submit the following documents:

1) an application of the established form addressed to the rector of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University;
2) the original and a copy of the diploma of higher education,
3) Diploma Supplement (extracts from the examination record);
4) passport and a copy of the passport,
5) the original and a copy of the certificate of recognition of the document of education issued in a foreign state, and the establishment of its equivalence (compliance) with the document of education of the Republic of Belarus;
6) an agreement on the retraining of a manager (specialist) at the expense of the republican (local) budget tripartite in 3 copies,
7) direction of the department (department) of education, education committee for retraining;
8) a personnel record sheet certified by the department (department) of education, the education committee - for applicants for training at the expense of the republican budget;
9) 3 photographs 3x4 cm;
10) medical certificate on the state of health in the form 1 zdr / u-10, established by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus;
11) residence permit, registration;
12) 4 envelopes with stamps.

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