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Gerardo Rodriguez
Gerardo Rodriguez
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Posted by Gerardo Rodriguez
Gerardo Rodriguez
8,708 Points

In technology, what is the difference between a Visual Designer and Web Designer?

Is there real difference between this two types of professions or are the same?

Thanks! :D

Clint Dehner
Clint Dehner
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Clint Dehner
Clint Dehner
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From my understanding, a Web Designer is more of a hands on doing graphics and a little bit of code. A Visual Designer is just someone that does the visual part of the front end and passes his /her work to a coder to do the rest of the work.

Hope that helps you :)

2 Answers

Matthew Vernon
Matthew Vernon
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Matthew Vernon
Matthew Vernon
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Web Designer is generally an umbrella term (an a little outdated) which describes anyone who works on the "design" of the web. This could be in both code, or flat design.

Nowadays the industry is kinda of split into more defined groups:

UI/Visual Designers: Designing the look and feel of websites, no coding. UX Designers: Building prototypes, wireframes, testing, and research. Front End Developers: Building websites with HTML, CSS and Javascript. Interaction Designers: Animation, Javascript.

All of these are really defined roles, and more often or not someone hired as one of these roles, will have to do work that crosses into another role.

Product Designers are people who work on all levels of design, and may even do some code.

Large companies may hire defined roles like these, but most small and startup companies generally hire "Designers" and "Engineers".

Gerardo Rodriguez
Gerardo Rodriguez
8,708 Points
Gerardo Rodriguez
Gerardo Rodriguez
8,708 Points

Thanks a lot! Now I have more understanding about this roles.

Very useful responses :)