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As a UI designer, let me speak for most of the designers out there. Designers =! Tech people. Probably they will know some html, css and hopefully js with a lit
by niico 14y ago
As a UI designer, let me speak for most of the designers out there.
Designers =! Tech people. Probably they will know some html, css and hopefully js with a little understanding of php. (Man, that's a keeper!) BUT, in order to actually "pick up" a talented designer you need to "paint" your idea in a different way that you are already telling it. What I mean by that. We, designers don't have our logical part of our brain developed as well as you have, so what I'm saying by this is you need to figure out a more "emotional"/creative way to sell your idea to the designers.
For instance you can tell them "how this ugly ass looking app made millions or had so many people using it".
- BadassFractal 14y agoGreat advice, thanks! On the skillset note, having never worked very closely with real web designers, what should be my expectations? Is it realistic to be looking for someone who's both artistically capable and is great at the technologies you mentioned? We can generally take care of anything on the front-end that's code related, but we basically don't have a good sense of aesthetics, color, style and so on. If you can draw something, we can most likely stitch it together on the site/app/whatever.
- niico 14y agoI believ "Not all designers are created equal". For instance, I have a very deep understanding of SEO, some dont. Some may code much better than I do, some are better at illustrations, some are better at web and some are better at iOS designing. Simply check their portfolio and see if you "match" his or her style. If you are into minimalism you dont want to work with a designer that really likes to put tons of fancy effects on their design.
- einai 14y agoI guess it depends on the individual. I'm a designer but I have a graduate degree in physics and I also do PHP. Some do coding and some totally stay away from it.