To simply put, a Web Designer creates user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing websites that help solves an intent. It is customary and somewhat a necessity for a business, company or organisation to have their website. And new companies open up everyday. So, it is safe to say that the career opportunities are enormous.

Website Designer, as you may have deduced, they design websites that not only is easy to use and looks good, but also accomplishes the objectives and addresses any business’ problem. They may or may not be proficient in website development. Alternate titles maybe UI/UX Designer, Front-End Designer.

UX (User Experience) Designer focuses on the user’s experience and making it as smooth as possible. One of their key responsibility is to study user behaviour and the way they interact with your or other digital products. They do so by performing user research which helps them identify, inform, refine and validate the team’s design choices.

UI (User Interface) Designer or Visual Designer focuses more on the aesthetics of a website. Their job is more about designing than that of development or implementation. They usually have a better understanding of typography, grids, layouts, colour theory, etc. They are skilled in softwares like Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Xd

Interaction Designer: Many times, they are an extension to Visual Design. Interaction Designer focuses on how the user interact with the elements of a website such as buttons, navigation, animations, etc. For example: How a button behaves on hover, how an element responds to errors and such.

Mind you, Web Design and Web Development is different even though sometimes used interchangeably. Web Designer is more of an umbrella term for UI & UX Designers. And they combine the following two areas:

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. Web designers plan, create and code internet sites and web pages, many of which combine text with sounds, pictures, graphics and video clips. A web designer is responsible for creating the design and layout of a website or web pages. It and can mean working on a brand new website or updating an already existing site.
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Web development and web design aren't inherently more or less challenging—your strengths and weaknesses will dictate which is the path of least resistance for you. Many web agencies will charge a fixed cost for your site. This is based on past experience and an idea of the number of hours it will take to build based on your requirements. Most web professionals, from Graphic Designers to Web Developers, will charge within the $50-$250 per hour range.