Table 1Transition record

digital media designertoweb designer

A digital media designer already meets 52% of what the web designer role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From digital media designer

52%

Overlap1

To web designer

12 Skills carried over

5 Required, not held

45.3 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 45.3

This move: 45.3 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the web designer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the digital media designer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A web designer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a digital media designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held WebCMS information and communication technologies (icts)
already held create website wireframe working with computers
already held CSS information and communication technologies (icts)
already held JSSS information and communication technologies (icts)
already held style sheet languages information and communication technologies (icts)
already held manage online content working with computers

All 12 carried skills, including the 5 the web designer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 10 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held compose description for web elements required
required, not held collaborate with designers required
required, not held establish customer rapport required

optional, not held design web-based courses optional

02 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held JavaScript Framework required

optional, not held IBM WebSphere optional
optional, not held Joomla optional

03 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held implement front-end website design required

optional, not held manage website optional

04 management skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held enhance website visibility optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a web designer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 12 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held JavaScript knowledge
already held WebCMS knowledge
already held create website wireframe skill
already held use markup languages skill
already held web programming knowledge
already held Adobe Photoshop knowledge
already held CSS knowledge
already held GIMP (graphics editor software) knowledge
already held JSSS knowledge
already held graphics editor software knowledge
already held manage online content skill
already held style sheet languages knowledge

5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held IBM WebSphere optional
optional, not held Joomla optional
optional, not held design web-based courses optional
optional, not held enhance website visibility optional
optional, not held manage website optional

91 held skills the web designer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role 3D printing process knowledge
not needed by the target role ABAP knowledge
not needed by the target role AJAX knowledge
not needed by the target role APL knowledge
not needed by the target role ASP.NET knowledge
not needed by the target role Adobe Illustrator knowledge
not needed by the target role Ansible knowledge
not needed by the target role Apache Maven knowledge
not needed by the target role Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role C# knowledge
not needed by the target role C++ knowledge
not needed by the target role COBOL knowledge
not needed by the target role Capture One knowledge
not needed by the target role CoffeeScript knowledge
not needed by the target role Common Lisp knowledge
not needed by the target role Erlang knowledge
not needed by the target role Groovy knowledge
not needed by the target role Haskell knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT software specifications knowledge
not needed by the target role Java (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
not needed by the target role LESS knowledge
not needed by the target role Lisp knowledge
not needed by the target role MATLAB knowledge
not needed by the target role ML (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Microsoft Visio knowledge
not needed by the target role Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
not needed by the target role Objective-C knowledge
not needed by the target role OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
not needed by the target role PHP knowledge
not needed by the target role Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Perl knowledge
not needed by the target role Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Puppet (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
not needed by the target role Python (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role R knowledge
not needed by the target role Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role SAP R3 knowledge
not needed by the target role SAS language knowledge
not needed by the target role STAF knowledge

51 further entries not listed here

3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held JavaScript Framework required
optional, not held IBM WebSphere optional
optional, not held Joomla optional

Index

Other moves recorded from digital media designer

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Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.