Typical Career Progression
| |
Position |
Remuneration |
Experience |
Education |
| Starting Position |
Junior |
$30,000-$35,000 |
0-1 years |
Undergraduate or Postgradudate |
| 1st Promotion |
Mid Weight |
$35,000 - $60,000 |
2-5 years |
Postgradudate |
| 2nd Promotion |
Senior Designer |
$70,000 - $90,000 |
4-7 years |
Postgradudate |
| 3rd Promotion |
Art Director |
$90,000 - $110,000 |
6-10 years |
Postgradudate |
| 4th Promotion |
Creative Director |
$110,000 - $160,000 |
10+ years |
Postgradudate |
*The above table is to be used as a guide only
Typical accountabilities and responsibilities
| Junior |
Mostly only responsible for graphic elements of a site, basic site design |
| Mid Weight |
Designing complete sites under the instruction of a Senior Designer |
| Senior Designer |
All areas of design, user experience and some usability. Managing Junior or Mid Weight designers |
| Art Director |
Involved in all areas of design, managing a design team, client interfacing and creative pitches. Responsible for entire projects |
| Creatiive Director |
Responsible for all creative work that leaves the agency, client interfacing and consultation, mentoring all creatives in the team, has the last word on any creative decision. |
*The above table is to be used as a guide only
Career Options available
The career options are as varied as the agencies that offer web design. From a Junior role you can expand your knowledge of the web and online media with such things as usability (the study of how users interact with a site and the best ways to offer them functionality and content), front end coding such as CSS stylesheets or java to the more advanced backend programming languages.
Learning animation and scripting programs such as Flash or Silverlight also increase your desirability and earning potential.
Web designers can work in such fields as interaction design, interface design, online gaming, educational software, corporate design, and advertising in short, in any working environment that requires a visual online presence.
About the Author
Adam Tedeschi - Creative Director, Wiliam
Adam began as a designer in an Australian retail-advertising agency in 1994 before heading off to London in 1999 to tackle the world of online design.
Landing at one of London’s most successful agencies, Proximity London, Adam worked as a Senior Designer and Illustrator on brands including Emirates Airlines, Pizza Hut, Shell UK, Royal Mail, The Financial Times and British Telecom.
After moving back to Australia in late 2002 to work at eBay, Adam joined Wiliam in April 2006 as Creative Director bringing with him a wealth of design experience and implementation skills.
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