Web Design
Class: Introduction to Web Design Assignment: Take an existing website for a business that is located within any market and rebuild it from scratch. This assignment was multifaceted as it covered all of the stages of web design as well as the basic principles of web design. The stages include planning, wireframes, creating a template to create unity across the pages, and final development of each of the pages for the website. Programs Used: Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, Microsoft Notebook, and FileZilla. Skills: The skills obtained include the ability to use Dreamweaver or other HTML editing programs to write basic HTML code, CSS, and apply some Javascript using Dreamweaver. It also included how to set FTP usernames, server-names, and passwords to upload from FTP compatible software such as Dreamweaver and FileZilla.
About Me
Introduction I graduated with an Associate’s of Science Degree in Graphic Design from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Online Division in May of 2014 with a 3.92 GPA. This is a new career for me. This is just one of the short-term goals that I have. I have six specific career goals in addition to being a Freelance Graphic designer. Short-term Goals • The first short-term goal is multi-faceted. It is broken into three separate short-term goals, 3 of the 6 total short-term goals that will be discussed here. o Become an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop. o Become an Adobe Certified Expert in Illustrator. o Become an Adobe Certified Expert in InDesign. • This is includes two of the short-term goals. o Enroll in a Bachelor’s Degree program in Graphic Design with a focus on Web Design and Graduate by the end of 2016. o Become an expert in Front-End Web Design. • Land a full-time, entry-level job in Graphic Design in an advertising agency, in-house, corporate design department, or a marketing consulting agency. Experience Almost all of my experience is from projects that were completed as a student. Some of the other experience comes from projects completed as a student. The other experience is from designs created for contest entries at places like designcrowd.com. Summary I am starting out as a Freelance Graphic Designer on a site like this one so that there is an open channel of communication between the client and me. This open channel allowed me to post my goals and background fully with the ability to receive feedback from clients who seek quality outcomes for their businesses and organizations or even just for the client personally.
$ 18 USD/hr
NEW FREELANCER!
