The industry of web designing is a creative one. Most people love the job where they can utilize their creative endeavor and work in the field that they have the passion for.

Thus, everybody has a misconception when it comes to the job of a website designer; that, doing a job of passion is too simple and way too easy.  

But, only a designer can understand the struggle and the real pain of being a web designer; no one else can.

The stress to manufacture the original ideas, which has 99.99% chances of being rejected by the client and the pressure of completing the task before the deadline even by doing hundreds of revisions. Yes, a web designer’s life is tough!!

So, for whatever reasons you have decided on becoming a web designer, you should analyze the struggles mentioned below before solidifying your career decision:

1.      Costly Tools and the Client’s Bargain

For the designers out there, who believe in bringing out the best in web designs, the designing experience becomes expensive with the premium tools available in the market. Because of this, taking in cheap projects becomes a dilemma.

Especially, when the client bargains way too much, the fear of losing the client might make you lower your standard and come down to their terms.

But, the best advice for you is to walk away from the projects that don’t do any good for you. Instead of investing your time and money on the cheap project, you can gain much better money if you wait for some good paying clients.

2.      Endless Design Revisions

Every designer understands how fussy clients can be.

Even when you dedicate yourself fully to design a project, and come out with the most reasonable design, they might still question ‘what about this’ and ‘how about that’ of the design.

Ultimately, you will have to change it.

Ugh!!!  

Well, your clients are perhaps the businessmen and businesswomen who have little or no knowledge of web design principles. They don’t know why you did what you did.

So, the simple solution to this issue would be to teach them.

This might sound crazy to you and you might be short on your time. If such, you can at least dedicate a few minutes or so to provide the detailed reasoning before getting started on the presentation. This way, you prevent yourself from wasting unnecessary time on revisions later on.

3.      When the Deadline’s Closing in

Your clients or the supervisor sure might be finicky. Even after making you make a hundred revisions, they still expect you to complete the project in time. (Insane)

Sometimes, it is even tougher, when you have to work on several projects all at once. Especially, when the clients pressurize you to come up an original idea for every project and after every revision. It is obvious for your creativity Chi to vanish out the window.

So, what’s the solution?

Most of the designer’s approach is to anticipate the end result first before getting started on the project. This is totally wrong.

Successful and seasoned designers focus on the process of the project instead of the end result. Because of this, their Chi is always there and thereby, brings them new ideas and concepts.

4.      Working with Amateur Front-end Developer

Having to work with an inexperienced front-end developer is a designer’s nightmare.

You know it; when you work day and night creating the unique design you have ever made and hand the files over to that developer.

And guess what, he messes it all up!

The menu is five times larger, the color is far too blue and the overall theme is not what you had designed in the first place.

Awful!!

Well, it can be hard to work with a bad developer. But, not entirely impossible though.

You should provide a complete style guide indicating the theme fonts, font sizes, theme colors, etc. in addition to the design sketch file. This way, the mistakes that the developer will make will be much reduced and in the end, you both will be happy.

5.      Where You Lack Regular Communication

If you are a freelance designer, your clients are most probably the super busy entrepreneurs. They might either be traveling on a plane or be attending some important meetings.

Thus, chances are that it will be quite hard to communicate with them. As a result, when they finally view the project, they point out the flaws and you will end up making a number of revisions, eating up most of your time which you could utilize in other projects.

An effective way to increase communication with your clients is not to wait for them to pick up the phone or be online on Facebook.

Instead, you could mail them clearly the details whenever you have the issues. They will reply whenever they can. Or, even make a call to you.

It is even better to ask the clients to use emails autoresponder, so that you will be notified whenever they move out of town. Thus, you can communicate the important stuff in advance before they disappear.

6.      Influx of the Negative Feedbacks

No one likes to hear negative comments about their hard works. But, of course, no one is perfect.

In your design-career, you might as well make a number of mistakes and it is important that someone points it out.

True that those feedbacks might be harsh. It might hurt you emotionally and crush your walls down. But, after all, knowing them is how you acknowledge your mistakes and improve them.

One way you could handle those feedbacks is by asking for feedback from them yourself. This will prepare your mindset to handle the feedbacks objectively rather than emotionally.

Thus, by asking for feedback, you can easily get away without hurting your esteem and emotions.

7.      If Your Design is a Failure  

Digital marketing is a tough subject to master.

Especially, when you are just a designer and have to consider the designs from a marketer’s perspective too.

So, sometimes after implementing your design, the bounce rate might go up and the number of audiences can go down.

The result?

Your design may be the one to be blamed.

This situation is difficult to handle. It might make you low on your confidence. You might even hate to face your workplace or clients afterward.

One of the best ways to tackle this situation is to think of it professionally, not personally.

Think of it as a way to learn something new and sharpen your skill. Get excited to learn from your mistakes.

This mindset is one of the characteristics of experienced designers. After all, it is not the mistakes that matter; it’s the attitude with which you handle the mistakes that matter.