[thelist] process question: hi-end multimedia sites

[A. Erickson]

I would also recommend skipping the recruiters for now and going for the
staffing agencies. Where you may fall into at the moment is in a production
type position. This is where companies tend to need to staff up from time to
time because they have a number of concurrent projects hitting deadline. So,
perhaps front-end production for the time-being?

As for process... it can vary.

Here's how I have worked on front-end stuff for big projects:

1. Discovery -- proposal, statement of work, understanding of the project,
quid quo pro with client
2. Sketches -- for anything with a multimedia or user interface, sketches
are a good place to start. Storyboarding ideas for multimedia or just loose
sketches of interface design
3. Graphic Comps (Composites) -- this is a more formal presentation of ideas
based on sketches
4. Content -- gather, edit, hash out
5. Build (Production) -- optimise graphics, gather further assets, create
html templates
6. Test -- platforms, operating systems, whatever
7. Launch

Hope that helps -- let me know if you have futher questions about any of
these categories.

- amanda

> I have a tough time with job-hunting because I seem to fall somewhere in
> between the "programmer" and "designer" pigeonholes, plus I have some
> knowledge in other general areas (usability, accessibility, IA) but not
> enough to go around calling myself an expert & certainly not a specialist.
>