What Do "Webmasters" Do?
People with the job title of "webmaster" often have a variety of duties, including web design and systems administration. They can also have management duties regarding budgets, presentation, purchasing, and human resources. Sometimes they have technical staffs and sometimes they work alone.
If you're going to a job interview for a "Webmaster", you should definitely have a complete job description beforehand.
I've talked with several webmasters over the past few weeks: One of them is a designer who daily posts his modifications to the company's web site and then checks the statistics. A second person at the company, however, is the systems administrator and he handles OS configuration, server hardware issues and backups.
On the other hand, another person I know does all of the things listed above! His job title should be CIO, but it's "Webmaster."
If you currently work on your company's Web site, I'd be interested in knowing what your job title is, or what other duties you have. (No, I'm not hiring, just trying to write an article.)
Thanks, in advance,
Roy
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 00:17 — 14th September 2003.
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I'm a sort of webmaster on contract. Because that job is immediately terminable, the only "title" I'm given is that of "web designer".
My duties involve designing/redesigning, effecting updates, content edition (image manip., copyediting), graphic design, coding the backend, frontend, and side-end, database management if it comes to that, but not server management. The usual chores of maintenance, such as checking stats, are implicit.
tuffy posted this at 05:47 — 14th September 2003.
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According to dictionary.com, the definition of 'webmaster is, "A person whose occupation is designing, developing, marketing, or maintaining websites."
This is a multipfaceted subject. (: I would say there are a lot of webmaster who do a lot of different things, and there are also a lot of system admins who help take care of company websites.
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Megan posted this at 13:03 — 15th September 2003.
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IME, there are so many different definitions of webmaster that the term almost becomes meaningless when reading job descriptions. The one tuffy posted from the dictionary is broad enough to cover almost anything! I think part of the problem is confusion among non-web people about what building a website actually involves.
Edit: And what tasks can reasonably done by one person based on an individual skill set.
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wheaties_box posted this at 11:33 — 16th September 2003.
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imo, webmaster means having fun
rtroxel posted this at 16:56 — 16th September 2003.
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According to a recent article in Computerworld,offshore outsourcing of web design and development is an increasing trend,because:
So here's the question: How do you think this trend will effect your duties as a Webmaster?
Roy
Suzanne posted this at 17:45 — 16th September 2003.
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Not at all. I have competitive rates, am a local face they can look in the eye, and have a solid reputation for getting the job done right the first time. That makes a big difference in this job.
wheaties_box posted this at 20:35 — 16th September 2003.
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man, I sooo wish that there were some locals who needed a website done :S
Suzanne posted this at 21:28 — 16th September 2003.
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You may want to redefine your idea of local...
I did.
Renegade posted this at 04:44 — 17th September 2003.
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Well what is it that you have tried so far? I find that word of mouth usually does the best
Having a site up with links to sites you have done might also help 
wheaties_box posted this at 08:51 — 17th September 2003.
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yup.. done both. I actually did get one local client, but it was a pretty sad spec sheet. I didn't get to have much fun with the project
well.. it was still fun, but it could have been much more fun
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Renegade posted this at 11:04 — 17th September 2003.
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Well don't dispare! Keep trying and tell everyone you meet
colorspots posted this at 18:10 — 19th September 2003.
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My official title is webmaster at a ski resort. my job duties include designing, creating, programming marketing, copy writing, obtaining and or taking photographs of the resort, sys admin (we now outsource our hosting). It addition to network admin, tech support for employees, phone system programming, network wiring, phone system wiring, tech support for inhouse guests and companies, point of sale, computer repair & maintenance. My boss and I support every system that uses a plug and has to do with computers or communication. All for the bargin basement salary of 31K. And for entertainment purposes http://www.aiga.com/content.cfm?contentalias=salarysurvey2003
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