| My web design clients are usually small-
to medium-sized businesses, educational institutions, and non-profit
organizations. I have been designing web sites since 1996 and have
refined my skills both through practice and graduate-level instruction.
My web sites have the following characteristics:
- Clean design and simple, fast-downloading graphics.
- Clear navigation. Information is easy to find.
- Text is "web-optimized", i.e., succinct, readable, and
grammatically accurate.
- Sites are completed on - or ahead of - time.
- Updates are usually made within 48 hours.
I also work with graphic designers and programmers on occasion if
clients need logos, complex search/database features, etc.
We have student workers who will build a site for $8/hr. Why should
we hire a professional web designer?
- Work done by amateurs looks amateurish - too often it focuses
on "cool graphics" and little time on information architecture,
selection, and presentation.
- Professionals work much more efficiently than novices.
- Input from a professional web designer helps you literally "re-view"
your project, sometimes helping you find ways to improve the project
itself.
- Experienced web designers follow standards that make their web
sites easy to update.
- Professionals don't abandon your project when finals approach!
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