A website designer is the person who is interested in the visual appearance and the user experience within a website. Their focus is making sure that your vision, your business, and your services are being communicated effectively to your customers, fans, or users. The web designer curates the experience of your users so that they are immersed in your brand. A website developer is the person who makes sure that everything that is so beautiful on the outside has a strong internal structure. The developer is tasked with coding in the functionality that keeps the website running smoothly, in cool foreign languages like HTML or JavaScript.