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Web ??? What am I?

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Hi everybody,

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but I would like to know what I am or want to be?  A web designer?  UI/UX designer?  Don't think I'm a developer as I can't really code.

I have always been interested in websites and I created my first website when I was about 15 for my uncle's business.  It was very simple, written in HTML with a company logo, a few images, text, colour etc.  I put this hobby on hold, went to college for a year and then had to get a job, which I stayed in for 17 years.

In the last two months, I have picked my old hobby back up and created a website on the Weebly platform, three on Wordpress and I'm just starting to learn Magento.  The Wordpress websites, I signed up for some hosting, installed Wordpress, installed a theme and modified it by changing some code, installed various plugins and created the pages.  The website address is www.azuredigital.co.uk.

Back to my question, is this classed as web design?  UI/UX design?  I need to get another job but not sure what I should be applying for?  Am I even good enough for any of these yet, or should I be looking at entry-level/junior?

I'm not sure what your role would be either, mainly because what you've been doing isn't very well defined. Tinkering with themes doesn't really fall under any category, especially if you're not involved at the code or design level. The point of themes and services like Weebly is to enable inexperienced users to build a site, they market heavily at the non-technical user.

You're likely going to have to choose what aspect you enjoy and focus on that. If you want to build your own sites then developer seems like the logical role to try and pursue. Currently, I think it's highly unlikely you'll find a junior position at an agency. Not only are they often competitive to get, you will require well grounded knowledge of the fundamentals.

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