Saturday, February 7, 2015

Overview

Different areas of Design
  • Graphic Design
  • Interface Design
  • Interactive Design
  • Authoring, or programming
  • User Interface Design
  • User Experience Design
What makes a good UX Designer

    Front End
    • Layout and design
    • HTML - base template
    • CSS - styling
    • JAVASCRIPT & JQUERY - functionality

    Back End
    • PHP Programming or server side scripting of the content management system


    Web Design - what makes it successful?
    We all spend a lot of our time online looking at websites. What are some of your favorites? What makes a site successful?


    What makes a good designer?
    Being a good communicator, but more importantly practicing "thoughtful listening". This will help you to fully understand the scope of the project and the motives and goals of your client or collaborators. This is an important first step in beginning to successfully translate ideas into successful design. 


    Know your Target Market
    Target marketing allows you to focus your marketing dollars and brand message on a specific market that is more likely to buy from you than other markets. This is a much more affordable, efficient, and effective way to reach potential clients and generate business.


    Know your Target Audience
    Who are they? How do different audiences affect the design of your site? 


    Things to Identify 

    Demographics
    What are they called? What is their gender, age, geographic location, household size and income, the industry and location of where they work, education, places they congregate and their political beliefs.

    Behaviors
    Look into attitudes, lifestyles, values and interests or hobbies. What sites do they visit, what social media do they use, what magazines do they read?

    Competitors
    Check out competitor sites to understand the look and feel of the information architecture. What are your competitors doing that your site isn't? In what ways can you improve your site?



    DO YOU ENJOY LEARNING?
    Good, because this is required. Never stop, and if you look at the skills employers want you to know, it just keeps increasing.



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