I am going to explain my very own “secret” methodology involved with managing a web design (or graphics design) project from concept to completion, given you have a customer, a project, and a deadline. I will describe the process from start to finish as if you were my client.

By the end of this tutorial, you will have a good grip on how web design projects should be conducted.

A glamorous design is only called a success if you meet scope expectations on time, within budget, and with allocated resources. Communication, creativity, and closure are the 3 C’s you need to keep in mind as the keys for your success as a web designer. If you master these concepts of project management for web & graphics design that I am about to explain, clients will keep coming back to you and referring you like a call girl diva in New York in the roaring 1920s.

With this knowledge of my very own web design methodology, you will have a firm handle on how to approach clients or design a website yourself if you are a new web designer; for other readers, you can know what to expect if you are about to engage with a web designer to do some work for you. Specific uses for this methodology:

• Explaining next steps to your client (enhancing sales)
• Organizing your design workload (effective planning)
• Creating discreet project milestones (contract closure)

Here’s the web design process I use for my clients. I will explain each step in the pages to come:

I will cover the whole web/graphics design project process in quite some detail starting with…

1. Analyzing Your Needs and Agreeing on a Proposal
2. Collecting Content & Getting Started with Wording
3. Building the Design Concept and Detailed Design
4. Reviewing, Testing, and Tweaking the Details
5. Publishing the Solution and Handing Over
6. Marketing, Support, Maintenance, Follow Up

This tutorial is quite long so sit back, grab some Doritos, and enjoy homeboy. Remember while reading, the term “you” refers to you as the client and “we” refers to us as the designer team…

If you need a new website or if it’s time to redesign your existing one, let me know because and I will be glad to be of service.

Reach out to me for a free consultation. I’m ready for hire.

Here’s a breakdown of my creative design services…

This includes re-designing your website, creating new websites that are…

• Easy to use and user-updatable, or for complex article management
• Video-based with a narrator walking around and talking like on TV
• Flash-animated or database-driven sites with custom requirements
• App-driven with calendars, news, blogs, contact forms, shopping carts
• The list goes on and on…if you’ve seen it done, I can do it

This includes pretty much anything that can be printed…

• Magazine ads, newspaper prints, billboards, event banners
• T-shirts, CD covers, jars, hats, mouse pads, vehicle graphics
• Business cards, brochures, flyers, door hangers, you name it!

OK, here’s what we can do as far as your logo…

• Create a new custom logo or revamp your existing logo
• Make your logo 3D, animated, with voiceovers and sound effects
• Re-draw your logo if it’s not fit for print (or if you lost the original)

Multimedia means any design that moves…

• Video production, TV ads, radio ads, voiceovers, sound effects
• Flash animations for whatever occasion – to grab attention
• 3D product renderings, layout maps, interactive diagrams

Nothing makes a design look better than great photos…

• Product galleries (for the things you want to advertise)
• People photos (for the team profiles section of your design)
• Location photos (of your building, office, studio, or equipment)
• Event photos (to post in your blog…for PR exposure reasons)

We have both online/offline marketing campaign approaches that include…

• Viral Youtube videos, Facebook groups, Myspace pages
• Interactive ads, annoying pop up ads, website banners
• Search engine optimization, newsletter management, etc.