I want to be a web designer
One of the most common questions we get asked is - "where do I start if I want to be a professional web designer?"
In most cases, the simplest answer to this question is – "Start learning HTML and CSS". In reality, the web design industry is made up of people with all kinds of skills and a number of jobs in the industry don't even require knowledge of HTML or CSS.
Many web design teams are made up of project managers, designers, developers, copywriters and search engine consultants. It is rare that one person does everything and even rarer when one person can perform more than one role to a high standard. It can take a couple of years to figure out exactly which role you are most suited to.
If you decide that you want to be involved in the building of the web pages, then we suggest looking at the following courses.
We suggest the following courses for you
Web Designer Package 1
1. Adobe Photoshop
A good starting point for learning about manipulating and exporting graphic based designs. Learn to work with design layouts, layers, colour, slicing and cropping. Manipulating and optimising graphic content is the bread and butter of any web designer. Highly recommend before you start to build web pages.
2. Adobe Dreamweaver
Build attractive static websites reasonably easily using the industry standard tool. You will also learn the fundamentals of HTML and CSS with the assistance of Dreamweaver. By the end of the course you will have a website that you can manage.
Photoshop + Dreamweaver (6 days training) - Normal Price : £734 + VAT
Package discount - £60 saving - £674 + VAT
Web Designer Package 2
As with Web Designer Package 1 but extended with HTML & CSS.
1. Adobe Photoshop
A good starting point for learning about manipulating and exporting graphic based designs. Learn to work with design layouts, layers, colour, slicing and cropping. Manipulating and optimising graphic content is the bread and butter of any web designer. Highly recommend before you start to build web pages.
2. Adobe Dreamweaver
Build attractive static websites reasonably easily using the industry standard tool. You will also learn the fundamentals of HTML and CSS with the assistance of Dreamweaver. By the end of the course you will have a website that you can manage.
3. Web Design with HTML & CSS
Coding HTML & CSS by hand might not seem the most practical way to build a website, but there is a reason why this is the way professionals do it. Control. Our (X)HTML and CSS course focuses on explaining exactly what is required to build pages this way.
Photoshop + Dreamweaver + HTML & CSS (10 days training) - Normal Price : £1229 + VAT
Package discount - £130 saving - £1099 + VAT
To book on one of the web designer training packages, please contact us before booking. We need to make sure of dates and availability for you to be able to do your choice of courses in the correct order.
* Packages available for course dates after 1st June 2012.