Web & Design careers
Web and design roles shape how products look, feel and work for real people, from building websites to researching users and designing the screens they tap every day.
A great fit if you notice when apps are confusing or beautiful, enjoy visual work, and care about how people actually use things.
8 roles in web & design
Web Developer
Builds and maintains websites for businesses, organizations and products.
HTML, CSS & JavaScript · CMS platforms · Responsive designUX Designer
Researches users and designs experiences that are easy and pleasant to use.
User research · Wireframing & prototyping · FigmaUI Designer
Designs the visual layer of products: layout, type, color and components.
Visual design · Design systems · FigmaProduct Designer
Owns the end-to-end design of product features, from problem to shipped UI.
UX + UI · Product thinking · PrototypingUX Researcher
Studies how people use products to guide what gets built.
Interviews & surveys · Usability studies · SynthesisInteraction Designer
Designs how interfaces respond: motion, transitions and micro-interactions.
Motion design · Prototyping tools · Front-end basicsWeb Content Manager
Plans, publishes and maintains content on websites.
CMS management · Content strategy · SEOAccessibility Specialist
Makes sure digital products work for people with disabilities.
WCAG guidelines · Screen readers · Accessible HTML
Start here
- 1
Learn Figma (free for students) and redesign an app you use every day.
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Talk to five real users before you design anything. Research is the skill that sets designers apart.
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Publish 2–3 case studies that show your process, not just final screens.
Common questions
Do UX designers need to code?
Not usually, but basic HTML and CSS helps you collaborate with engineers and design things that are realistic to build.
What's in a good design portfolio?
A few deep case studies: the problem, who you talked to, the options you explored, what you chose and why, and what happened after.
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