The world of web design has evolved and become more competent! To stay on top when working with websites, design and digital marketing is a real tough job! But you can still be on top of your game.

What you need to do is stay updated on what skills you need!
Here are 15 underrated-skills that will take you to the top of web design.

1. Photoshop (PS)
A must-have powerful image processing software for graphic and web design.

2. Adobe Illustrator (AI)
A vector graphics processing tool, mainly used for designing fonts, graphics, product packaging, book /magazine layout, and illustrations.

3. Adobe After Effects (AE)
The graphic video processing software from Adobe which is a dynamic version of PS.

4. Mockplus
A free to download powerful interactive prototyping/ wireframing tool.

5. UX Design
Enhanced user experiences with great UX design are the secrets of great websites by the best web design
companies.

6. Responsive Design
As more people access websites with smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, Responsive web design is needed to keep your web pages readable on small screens.

7. Adobe Animate
Adding graphic elements in websites grabs the attention of website visitors. Skilled in tools like Adobe animate will
enhance your marketability.

8. HTML
Mastering the basic HTML/CSS where styles and colors are controlled and adjusted by code is an added advantage.

9. CSS
CSS and HTML are the basic building blocks of web page structure and style. HTML defines the structure of the site,
CSS handles adjusting colours, fonts or adds stunning backgrounds.

10. JavaScript
Coding in JavaScript apart from HTML and CSS will make you more competitive.

11. Web Server Management
Understanding the nuances of the web server and its basic features will help to deal with the web server and downtime.

12. Time management
Time management skills are highly important for a web designer as web design needs to reflect the rapid updating of
project changes.

13. Project Management
Project management is a key job skill in web design. It will certainly benefit the project as well as your career.

14. SEO
Most website designing companies in India design for SEO nowadays. Understanding the basics of SEO is a plus skill for web design.

15. Customer Service
Customer service is essentially a requirement to get good results.

This list concludes the 15 underrated-skills that will take you to the top of web design. Just keep your learning curve up!