NOC 21233: Web designers

Web designers develop and create the visual presentation, layout and functionality of websites and related applications. They are responsible for ensuring that the website is easy to use, and that the information is easy to access. Web designers are employed in computer software development firms, information technology consulting firms, information technology units throughout the public and private sectors, advertising agencies or they may be self-employed.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): yes, TEER 1.
• Canadian Experience Class: counts as skilled Canadian work (1 year in the last 3 years).
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: counts as skilled work (1 year of continuous work in the last 10 years).
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 1: Occupations that usually need a university degree. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 21233 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 21233

Skilled Canadian work in this occupation earns the standard points, the same before and after November 3, 2026, with no high-wage add-on:

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Establish design guidelines, standards and optimal design practices
• Maintain the appearance of websites by applying content standards
• Designing visual imagery for websites and ensuring that it is consistent with the organization image
• Integrate features and functionalities into Web sites
• Create and optimize content for the Web site using a variety of graphics, database, animation and other software
• Test and improve the design of a Web site
• May lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to develop Web site graphics, content, capacity and interactivity.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• Internet site designer
• Intranet site designer
• Web designer

Employment requirements

• A bachelor's degree in computer science or graphic design or completion or a college program in computer science, graphic arts, or Web design is required.
• Experience as a graphic designer is usually required.

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