Twenty-twenty ushers in the beginning of a new decade and for those of a certain age a time to seriously start thinking about what skills to develop for the design jobs of the coming decade.
Starting my fourth year of teaching design/digital media, I’ve come to learn a thing or two from my students based on both feedback and classroom observations. Here is a list of the skills I think you should have.
Web Design
Learn Frontend / Backend Web design / development + HTML5 / CSS3 + UI / UX + Animation and Translations + Multimedia: video audio table form + show your artistic side with typography.
Learn responsive web design, SEO, security, and performance tuning.
DigitalMarketing
Learn Digital Marketing + Social Media + SEO + SMM
It’s all about the content
Programming
Learn JavaScript + PHP/MySQL + Python + Web Development Tools
Learn JavaScript Deeply
Data Science
Learn Automation ML + AI + NLG
AI will touch all facets of digital design
CloudComputing
Learn Cloud computing + Azure + AWS + Google Cloud. What’s cloud computing you say, start here: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2011/10/final-version-nist-cloud-computing-definition-published
Final Version of NIST Cloud Computing Definition Published
ContentMgmt. Systems
Learn WordPress& Drupal Development + “The Loop” + Custom Content Types + Gutenberg + Yoast + Schedule events + Security + Optimization + Responsive Mobile Design + Hosting + High Performance / Security + Media Management
HTML5 media tags: video and audio
Web Analytics
Learn Google Analytics, get certified in Google Analytics.
Collect, configure, and analyze your data to reach the right audience.
A to Z Guide to Google Analytics infographic is the property of Orbit Media Studios, and is being provided here with the permission of Orbit Media Studios. http://roosdesignconsulting.com/a-to-z-guide-to-google-analytics/
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I use the Pantheon web hosting platform in several of my web design classes at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines IL. During the semester students build two WordPress sites, one blogging site and one business website as their final project. Using Pantheon accomplishes several learning objectives: hands on experience configuring / managing a web server environments and an in-depth understanding of the WordPress backend. It is my experience that it’s easy to setup for students of all levels. It’s reliable and is high performance, so students get to experience a high-end, high-performance hosting environment. Last semester’s final projects were awesome.
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