by [DRuG]NikT on Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:04 am
Nice.. My personal experience might help clarify the shape of things in Big Business - in my case, a standard IT Information Library (ITIL) style corporate IT department.. in Zen's, a full corporate/university multimedia design department.
My girlfriend, Zen, is a professional graphic designer, while I am a technical specialist/consultant.
Part of what I do involves getting web servers working, rewriting code from html 4 transitional to xml strict. When it comes to anything visual, the work is just passed on to that specialist - a media department - any attempt at doing the design department's role - producing graphics and so on - unqualified attempts - just result in meeting the complaints of the business, since the different style rules that are in place are not something I am aware of, nor using in my day to day work - it's not my job.
While Zen's creative flair does extend to modifying style sheets and web site code, the majority of technical fiddling she just passes on to a web developer, photographer, audio specialist or whatever suits.. who works to the very strict guidelines of her design - which has usually been worked out with the client in a series of interviews/meetings.. another part of her role.
I guess what I'm trying to point out, is that there's a stack of people out there that will (likely) end up contributing to your work - and you'll probably find that it's their creative input combined with your technical skill that make the winning combination.
Awesome templates, anyway, but you don't wanna stress it re: your creativity.
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