What is a Digital Content Designer?

Content designers conduct audience research in order to create effective content for them. They act as users' advocates during the engineering and design processes. They try to make it easy for that audience to find the information they require. They also manage the content to ensure that it is relevant and up to date.

How to Become a Content Designer?

Qualifications for becoming a content designer vary, but many employers prefer candidates who have a bachelor's degree or experience with web design standards, user experience, and markup languages like HTML and CSS. If you work primarily with visual elements, you must be trained in graphic design and have experience with image production software such as Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, whereas a designer who focuses on sound may need to be trained in music and sound production software. A content designer typically collaborates with other creatives to create visual graphics or assets for a website, social media platform, or other web services.

Where can I learn the skills needed to become a Digital Content Designer?

1.??????Envato Tutsplus – Envato offers free how to’s, courses and guides on web design, graphic design, WordPress, and many other areas.

2.???????Udemy – Udemy offers extremely cheap courses on basically any subject you would like to learn.

3.??????YouTube – Anything and everything can be learned on YouTube today, you can find great tutorials and follows along on any topic that you are interested in.

4.??????W3schools – For the coding aspect such as HTML and CSS, check out W3schools.

There are many online tutorials and courses that you can sign up for to gain the skills to become a content designer, however the best way to learn is to practise and complete online tutorials. When it comes to design or even coding, learning hands provides greater insights to the tools used rather trying to memorize theories.

Speaking of tools, here are some tools to help you with content designing.

1.??????Adobe Express - is a fast content creation software that lets you easily combine text, images, and video content for better storytelling online.

2.??????BeFunky Graphic Designer - You can also make cards, banners, brochures, and posters with this fast content creation software package.

3.??????Canva - Create and edit customized images for sharing on social media, illustrating blog posts, and much more. It’s an essential content marketing tool for many professionals.

4.??????Figma and Adobe XD – for prototyping and creating amazing UI and UX designs

Another amazing website to check out if you really into content design and content writing is contentdesign.intuit.com, this website breaks down everything you need to know about content writing from using the correct voice and tone, to different styles of writing.

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