Impressions of an Intern

“Anyone can cook, even a mouse”
–Auguste Gusteau, the chef guy, in Disney/Pixar’s Ratatouille

Well, I’m pretty sure the same concept works for web design. This is my third summer as an intern at Executionists, I’ve learned a lot from the experience. Just like cooking, it takes a lot of ingredients, all mixed together in the right amounts to make a good web site. Here are a couple of things I’ve learned about the gritty details of web design.

1. Web design is about communication
To the untrained eye, web design is making text and images look pretty. Except, what that’s really saying is that web design is about communicating content from businesses to clients. I’m always amazed at how much time the people at Executionists take to work with clients to ensure their content is presented perfectly. At the end of the day, if your website is empty, nobody will want to look at it.

2. Experience matters
I used to think that anyone could wake up and declare themselves a web designer. Heck, I sure did. Maybe anyone can, but the difference between a good web designer and a great one is experience. An experienced web designer knows when to avoid silly little trends or gimmicks and when to accept and implement important new standards. The team at Executionists has been creating web sites for 12+ years, and designing print for more, and it shows.

3. Balance is important
The team at Executionists has three types of people: managerial types, artistic types and coding types. I work mostly as a coding type, and it is really nice to be able to focus almost entirely on the task at hand. The system that Executionists have developed is effective and helps us crank out web pages quickly. It really shows that the Executionists know what they’re doing.

Executionists definitely has the right mix of skills to make your website work. Richard and Co. have really refined their methods and skills and I now know so much more about the web design industry than I did when I started. It’s a great place to intern, and an even better place to learn.

-Zach Margolis
Executionists Intern