Certified Internet Webmaster’s Master CIW Designer

The Certified Internet Webmaster’s Master CIW Designer is a mid level, vendor-neutral, certification for IT professionals who can develop and maintain Web sites using authoring and scripting languages, create content and digital media, and employ standards and technologies for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer e-commerce Web sites. The Master CIW Designer builds on the CIW Associate designation. As well, while achieving the Master CIW Designer certification, the candidatewill achieve CIW Professional certifications along the way.

The Master CIW Designer certification emerged in the fall of 2000. In terms of recertification, CIW exams may be retired for various reasons, including release of a new exam series, changes to related certification programs, or determination by the IT industry that a job role has become obsolete. Once retired, the exam is no longer available at testing centers, although in some cases candidates can still apply credit for a retired exam version toward a multi-exam certification. CIW offers six months prior notice for retirement of any exam so that interested candidates have time to prepare and take the exam while it is still available.

Job roles of those pursuing this certification typically include: Web designer, creative director, Web marketing/ business specialist or art director.