How to Become a Web Designer (Beginners Guide)

Are you interested in learning how to become a web designer but have no experience? This is the video for you! In this video I take you through steps to become a website designer as a beginner. From learning the website platforms, to understanding design fundamentals and overall understanding how to put together an optimized website, I teach you the steps to start from ground zero. If you have been dreaming of taking a website design business full time or want to start freelancing, these steps can help you get there!

Feel free to skip ahead to any of these important parts of the video:

0:00 welcome!
0:46 step 1: web design vs web develop
4:02 step 2: know the web platforms
7:27 step 3: take online courses
9:10 step 4: UX and design fundamentals
11:24 step 5: learn how to mockup site design
13:15 step 6: practice with fake briefs
14:49 step 7: understand SEO
18:42 wrapping up

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[fcallo]

True. But a web designer should know, or at least understand, basic web development so it doesn't come up with unreal designs that are impossible to execute or that consume to much effort, time and money. The same applies to a web developer, it should know basic UI and UX design so it makes sense, has coherence and looks visually good.

[bensk]

I love how calmly you proceed to explain everything I am so grateful to listen to you

[christinegabrielle]

Thank you for this video Megan. I recently decided to become a brand identity and web designer and found your channel shortly afterwards. It’s been so informative and helpful. Thanks so much!

[ArtsyChelley]

Thanks so much for this video. I have been dabbling in web design for a long time, learned programming and and ended up loving branding more so I kind of went backwards I believe. I just started my own channel to hold myself accountable and to keep going. I am afraid to put myself out there now, though because I don't feel like I'm good enough yet. I don't know about showing. I just started hearing about it. I will go and watch more of your channel for that. WordPress is a heavy learning curve for me. I enjoy webflow, but I think that's because I learned code.

[kelseywilliamson]

Hi Megan, can you make a video / do you have a video that talks about setting up your client's Wordpress / Show It accounts? Do you create an account for them with their email and password and then pass that information onto them once the project is complete? And what account subscriptions / plans you recommend them to purchase before beginning?

[ClarinetsForever]

Thanks for these tips, Megan! I'm patiently waiting for a Figma wireframing course 😇

[Mcclean_]

I would love to see a visual process instead of just a description. It doesn’t have to be an actual job one but like a for fun design to get an idea. I’m a visual learner and find hearing a description kind of a bit of confusion and lose great pointers 😢

[McMilesE]

I just think I'm stupid to learn code and Java and computer science and all that. I am looking at this web design program at my community college and am looking to get their web development certification. What makes web dev so difficult? Or better yet, how much is necessary to learn? At this stage of my life I'm almost 29 and feel like I am really running out of options for what to do with my career.. I have a creative mind I guess, not so much issues with networking skills etc I'm sure those will come. But CODING? i've never wanted to even learn computer science but it seems like you have to know it! Idk. What do you think lol

[arpitshrmah]

Thanks Megan. Can you make a video on step by step fulfilment for a website project? A lot of people have the techincal know how to make a website but don't know about Onboarding, contract, payments, offboarding etc

[Bluestarembroidery]

Great distinctions. You explained it well.

[julianaonuoha]

Hi Megan good evening
If you know you really want to teach us about web designing
Instead you can show us how to create website in web designing

[veilmail-io]

Can you do a video on the VeilMail tool ?

[Shalom]

I need to go the college for it, but I do not have knowledge, do you think its possible to make it without knowledge ?

[sadiazaman]

Can I only use figma to design website????

[AprilGarciaDfw]

Hi. I am just finding your channel. Do you have someone that you can recommend to build a website with funnel and thats a somewhat affordable?

[Jollynescoo]

wait, you said in the end this 18:44 is this video about how to be a web designer or a web developer ? are these things the same? I thought this video is about WEB DESING

[nileshpanchal]

hello ma'am good evening, i been watching your videos for last 2 hours and currently watching this one and just got an idea to put a comment and ask you somthing. actually i have done ux design internship and i resigned when they offered me an employment due to less salary than i expected, and i am looking for new job, and just got freelance project they want me to design a website for 3D Printing models, and they want to build the website on wordpress bcs they found it cheaper. so i got here and searched for freelance project strategies. so maam i actually want to ask you that where do you look for design inspiration, or design ideas for specific design .

[jillholly]

Hi Megan. I’ve been trying to leave you a message on IG but for some reason I can’t. Anyhow. I’m a newbie with design in the technical realm of things. I’d like to take either your Logo Design Simplified or The Branding one. I was wondering if they overlap. Any advice would be amazing. Thank you.

[MEEDD_]

wordpress is cool but u have no freedom to do creative things and if u wanna do it u need coding so its just a limited way to build a website just for small “business “

[bc]

Sorry, but those sound effects are way too loud