I am a recent college graduate, I am looking for a web design job, but how can I get a job and get professional experience if I don’t have any in the first place?

one thing you can do is creating an online portfolio to kindof showcase your work.

getting the job portion might be a bit harder, you may have to start out as a intern first, or even at a different position.

Besides that, you can do stuff such as volunteering and helping them with their IT needs i.e. there webpage.

I’ve been working with PHP/MySQL for about 2 years now and I have designed six web sites using this technology. The web sites have been small and simple, but everyone has loved them. I would like to move on to the next level of web design. What web design degrees are available and what kinds of salaried jobs are available? I am not attached to PHP; if competing technology offers a better paying/more secure job, I would prefer that. Thank you.

okay well im going to school for web graphic design

you can get an associates, bachelors (and bachelors of fine arts)…you MAY be able to get a masters not too sure bout that

you can make around 57 thousand a year but it depends how far in your education you got *what degree* and your experience.

theres many different types of jobs to go with that too because the more education and experience you have the better job you have

I am not good at web design but would still like to offer web design services. Do you know of any companies that offer a commission per sale for a website? I do not want to create a website and have an affiliate link, I would rather go to local businesses and see if they are interested in having a website created for them.

So basically I go to a business, see if they want a website. If they do, somehow I can refer them to a company and make a certain amount per sale.

Do you have any companies in mind?

Great question!

I do a bit of freelancing myself, and actually have referred a few businesses to a local web design firm here in Oregon. They do work nationally, and paid me a 10% finders fee. They’re called Alphabetix. Check them out!

Aside from the job of Graphic Designer and Web Designer… What kind of job can utilize graphic design and web design skills?
Yellow- So you are of the impression that only people who are JUST graphic designers do graphic designs? There are no other fields where that skill comes in handy?

Here are the fields listed in the Graphic Artist Guide Handbook:

Corporate Graphic Design
Branding Design
Advertising and Promotion Design
Collateral Design
Publication Design
Book Jacket/Cover Design
Book Design
Lettering and Typeface Design
Retouching & Photo Illustration
Environmental Graphic Design
Exhibit and Display Design
Broadcast Design
Greeting Card & Novelty Design
Chart and Map Design
Advertising Illustration
Preproduction Illustration
Onscreen ARtwork in Motion Pictures, Television, Video
Corporate & Institutional Illustration
Book Publishing
Editorial Illustration
Fashion Illustration
Package Illustration
Greeting CArd Novelty and Retail Goods Illustration
Medical Illustration
Natural Science Illustration
Technical Illustration
Archetectural/Interior Illustration
Dimensional 3D Illustration
Marbling
Postage Stamp Illustration
Magazine Cartooning
Computer Animation

You can repurpose your skills in so many ways. Graphic design is connected to editorial, writing, artwork, programming, technical skills, web development. It’s really as far as you want to take it

From the time I was eleven I’ve been into designing websites.Now I’m eighteen years old and looking into pursing web design as a career.I’m not stupid,I know that what I know about web design now isn’t nearly enough to get a job with.I’m planning on either going to college or taking a course on web design,but before I can make this kind of choice I need to know:

Is it difficult to break into the web design industry,even with proof of college or college level education and a portfolio?

Not hard

Start by learning HTML

http://www.w3schools.com/html/DEFAULT.asp

then go to java,flash, php, peral, CGI-bin, and all others lol