They must be able to hand-code valid XHTML in order to have an understanding of what's required. They must have some experience using CSS2 for layout to know it's strengths and limitations. They must have attempted to get a few sites upto 508 or WAG in order to fundamentally understand Accessibility.
The bottom line is these skills *can* be *TAUGHT* to any new employee, so maybe all you really need to know is if they can hand-code HTML and CSS, and have an understanding and appreciation of standards & accessibility?
I think I'd just hire someone with ALL the skills, then take advantage of as much as you can -- over time your business will grow to take up all his/her skills.
On 31/03/2004, at 10:52 PM, Kay Smoljak wrote:
At work, we're about to hire a new graphic designer, as our guys are flat out. We're looking for someone with some markup skills as well as visual design, and as I'm the nominated "standards nazi" I'm charged with making sure their html and css is up to scratch.
As this is primarily a graphic design position, I'm not expecting any of the applicants to be too savvy about web standards already. But I'm hoping to find someone who doesn't consider Fireworks Web export a good way to create sites, and who won't be too hard to bring around to our way of doing things.
So what am I actually asking? I'm interested in what you guys consider reasonable to expect from a graphic designer who also does some "overflow" html. What would you be looking for? What would you ask in the interview?
Thanks for any ideas, K.
--- Justin French http://indent.com.au
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