1. Exploring a
Career in Web Design
Marie Casas
twitter.com/mariecasas
AMA Campus Job Fair 2010

2. I’m Marie Casas
I work at as Chief Marketing Officer/Copywriter/Receptionist
I’m also part of we organize
and of course this
where we feature web startups in the Philippines
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Web Designers’ Conference

3. Your Places of Work
Agencies
Studios
In-house
Freelance

4. The Roles you will Take
Creative Director / Art Director
Associate Creative Director,Art Director
Senior Designer
Junior Designer, Front-end Developer
Intern
As a Freelancer
▪ Sales, Marketing, Operations, QA, Developer, etc

5. Your Typical Tasks
Design study
User Interface Design / User Experience Design
Wireframe sketches
Logo Development / Branding
Standards-compliant HTML, CSS, Javascript
Develop considering Accessibility + Usability

6. How will you get in?
Build your portfolio
Technical Skills
Boost your Creativity
Tools of theTrade
Follow Industry News &Trends

7. Tools of the Trade
▪ Adobe Fireworks, Photoshop, InDesign
▪ Adobe Flash, Illustrator
▪ Text editors (Notepad++,Vim, Coda,Textmate)
▪ Pen and paper
▪ RSS Reader

8. Resources
Sitepoint
PSDTuts
SmashingMagazine
Kuler.adobe.com
iStockphoto.com / sxc.hu
Typetester.org

9. Where to look for Jobs?
Job Fairs
Mainstream Job sites
▪ jobstreet, bestjobs, jobsdb
▪ Authenticjobs, Craigslist, FreelanceSwitch
Philippine Web Designers Organization
▪ Webdesignph.org
Forums
▪ Philweavers, Pinoyexchange,WebGeek.ph
▪ PHP UG, PLUG, PHJUG, PhilMUG, etc
Company listings @ PinoyWebStartup.com

10. Craft a Winning Resume
Relevant subjects you’ve taken
▪ Web Development, System Analysis & Design,Art Appreciation/
Theory
Links to websites and web applications you’ve worked on
▪ How were you involved?
▪ What tools & technologies did you use?

11. One more thing…

12. Pigmata Protégé
Internship Program
http://www.pigmata.com/jobs/internship

13. Thank You! Questions?
Follow me onTwitter! @mariecasas
mariecasas.com
me@mariecasas.com
www.pigmata.com
www.pinoywebstartup.com