Fun fact, I am a web designer. I went to school to be a web designer. I’ve been through a boot camp, sat through Lynda and Udemy courses, but why? Why is that a thing when there are template sites and drop and drag services, so anyone can be a web designer, right? While anyone may be able to design a website using pre-built options, there is a huge difference when it comes to the end product. A designer learns to design for the user where a templates or drop and drag options design for the builder.
So, with all the options to create a website without a designer, why would you? I think there are instances where it absolutely makes sense to use the template or prebuilt model for a website, but not every time. If your website is purely informational and you don’t intend for your audience to take any sort of action within your site, then the template site will work perfectly for you. If you are looking to have any sort of return on your web traffic, you need a designer.
Why? Because every decision has a reason behind it, usually based on research. Rarely will you hear a designer tell you they made a decision solely based on something looking cool or because they liked it, odds are they have put a lot of time into understanding the behavior of the person looking at the component and knows what will garner an action, a feeling, a response. That is the true value of a designer.
