The day in a life of a web designer.

During a career presentation I made recently to 8th grade students the question arose, "what do you do in a typical day?" Every day is different but to give you a flavor here is what I did yesterday.

• Put the final touches on a new web site for Helicopter Incorporated: copy and photograph changes. Uploaded site and sent to client for review



• Worked on a new logo for St Louis Jazz Cafe and submitted two concepts for the client to review. Later followed up by phone to get feedback



• Created a flash annimated button for a new web site for Outlook Today, incorporated button into site. Uploaded to testing server and emailed client to review. Followed up on client change requests



• Scheduled a meeting with a new client to discuss the branding of a new business



• Wrote a post for the blog



• Worked on new web site for St Louis Woman's exchange - currently populating the site with copy



• New Stroco web site: Site is currently in the design phase. Called client to get feedback on progress so far.



• Scheduled meeting with client looking to outsource web and graphic design services



• Followed up with exisiting client requiring web site maintneance



• Dealt with miscellaneous emails



• Read a few blogs and a new copy of Dynamic Graphics magazine



• Drank two cups of coffee!


This is pretty typical for my day and as you can see it is all about managing multiple projects. I put Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash though their paces.