As a web designer, you would use various programming and designing skills to create new websites or revamp existing websites. You will need to create your own portfolio of work to demonstrate your creative and technical skills, in the form of a CD, DVD or 'live' websites. Your projects would be very diverse, ranging from an interactive learning forum to an online shopping site.

Your main duties would include:

• understanding the client’s needs, the target audience and the purpose of the website
• preparing a design plan, with the site structure and linking of different pages
• visualizing how the site will look at the front end
• understanding how the site will work at the back end
• designing the web page including type face, colors and backgrounds
• using design software to make the page layouts
• positioning buttons, links and pictures using design software
• adding multimedia features like sound, animation and video
• testing the design and site features
• uploading the site to a server for online publication
• updating the website and performing maintenance duties