Web Designer
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A web designer, or web author, create the text, graphics, sound, and links for Internet sites. The skills a web designer needs are:
- Designing user interfaces
- Writing content
- Laying out text and graphic screen elements
- Incorporating sound and art into web pages
- Linking website components
Website development is a growing industry, and often web designers work as independent contractors or for design firms. A web designer develops web pages for traditional businesses and other organizations that wish to have an Internet presence as well as e-businesses.
Web designers have a variety of backgrounds, but many hone their writing skills, artistic technique, and technical knowledge at four-year colleges, community colleges, and art schools. The salary range for a web designer is $25,000 to $35,000.
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Source: Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-2007 Edition; Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
