Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Which applicant should I hire for graphic/web design position?

This position is for a non-profit, human services organization to design logos, brochures, wedding materials, websites, etc for other non-profit organizations and our in-house programs. I have narrowed down the position to 2 people and I am having a really hard time deciding between them. One has excellent graphic design skills and creative ideas, but little web design knowledge. The other has the web knowledge and can code HTML and such, but doesn't have strong and quality graphics. The graphic designer is willing to learn whatever it takes, but I have projects piling up. I would love to hire both, but that is not an option. Who would you recommend? Thanks.

Which applicant should I hire for graphic/web design position?
My brethren would kill me but...





Hire the Graphics Person. Basic web design is simple and can be learned in a few months with patience. Graphics have to be the most difficult part of web design and you need someone who is more of a jack of all trades.
Reply:i think you can contact a expert webdesigner at website like


http://webdesign.hyparoffice.com/
Reply:Graphics Designer..since ur position sounds like it is truely for "advertisement" type of purposes..a graphic designer will be very handy. They can learn to code but like poolmanjim said it'll take time and patience with them. And yes this is coming from myself as a software/website programmer. Graphics Designer hands down :)
Reply:Speaking as a graphic designer with little web design experience, there are PLENTY of tools out there to help him/her with learning web design. The most important thing is to have quality graphics - if the candidate who can code cannot design, you'll be up a creek, but if the candidate with the excellent design skills doesn't know much about web design, that can be fixed. Hire that designer!


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