In this episode, colleagues from Clearly Blue Tara Chacko, Key Accounts Manager, and Subramanyam Koduvayur, Lead Designer, share their stories in conversation with Chitra Gurjar on
- How they started website development work, starting their careers in software development and testing telecom software
- Wondering how to get started, navigating terminology, learning and implementation
- Endless iterations, revealing possibilities in stages, design is subjective and often thought of as a black box
- Managing the website design through processes and having a structured approach
- How branding awareness can bring about better client engagement when designing websites
- Bringing the client’s thoughts to light
- Helping clients see what they want for their website
- Stakeholders getting involved only at later stages of website design.
- Using visualisation and bringing clients together with designers early on and using a branding awareness exercise along with discovery meetings
- Using quick iterations and listening intently to gain traction with the client
- Challenges while handling clients – keeping your (the designers) expectations to a minimum)
- Tips to be a good website designer -> Be a problem solver, understand workflows, have an eye for aesthetics, have an eye for details, be hands-on (try out things for yourself),
- Remembering that your patience will be tested (much like navigating traffic in Bangalore)
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