Jump Out of Your Skin

I live in Cork and consider myself to be a website designer.  However the statement is actually flawed.  Its like saying you are a house builder.  Many house builders cannot plaster, install electricity or paint but the have an extensive knowledge of all these trades and know how each of them gets done.  More importantly they can do some of them and know lots of people who can help them get certain specific tasks done.

The same applies for a website designer.  A website design can be a complex or a simple thing.  When complex it can involve flash, AJax docing, PHP forms and lots if interaction  I can do all of these but like the builder I often call in an expert to help with the bigger websites.

From my Cork office I regularly quote sites that I cannot do all the design work for it or more accurately do not have the time.  Gasps of horror.  But I can pick up the phone, send an e-mail and get someone who is an expert to help me within a day.

For example I can do pretty OK graphics in Photoshop but if I am requested to do a very specialised header or logo I call someone else – pay them the money and get it done faster and meet the customer requirements. Task complete, customer happy, my graphics contact happy and I get the business done.

The same applies for many of the other tasks associated with getting a solid working design in place in a certain timeline.  I may have several projects on the go at any one time.  I usually design a site in 2-3 weeks with several versions and every so often I sub-contract some of the work out to meet the timeline.  The use of a virtual team for web site designers is very common and is practical and sensible in today’s economy.

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