My client is a leading Production Agency working with some of the world’s most famous lifestyle brands.  They’re looking for an experienced Senior Producer/Project Manager with international adaption experience across TV/Digital/Moving Image

The role is responsible for all areas of their allocated projects: operational, financial and commercial. This is a proactive client facing role and requires the ability to manage the client’s needs through the whole project life cycle of high-profile omni channel campaigns.

They are ideally coming from a creative and/or creative production agency and with a strong background in Digital & Moving image.

This role is working in very close partnership with Head of Production to motivate, inspire and mentor the wider team and cover and support absence and holidays of Head of Production.

Working with Business Directors to continually develop existing accounts and support RFP responses for new business where appropriate.

The Senior Producer/PM must be confident in their ability to challenge assumptions and clearly articulate whatever the situation requires. Providing a can-do attitude with excellent communication and leadership skills. Must feel comfortable in adopting this approach with all client stakeholders, partners and other managers, colleagues and staff.

The Senior Producer/PM takes sole responsibility for projects allocated via the weekly internal ‘stand up’ meetings.

They will be responsible for initial engagement with the client brief and from there work with client and multiple agencies from pre-production, offering best practice advice for efficient production, estimation, briefing studios, final delivery, reconciliation and total commercial overview of the project in the context of the client’s budgetary needs.

Having a continuous in depth understanding of all aspects of the project. Track WIP including; time and cost allocated by all resources and third parties, estimate adjustments and billing as necessary. Regularly provide financial reporting.

Be commercially minded and pro-actively seeking opportunities to present ideas and solutions to client to expand the breadth of the given brief and or identify additional service opportunities.

Working with client, internal and external teams on briefings, material and timings.

Sourcing and procuring right shore vendors, contractors or SMEs to fulfill all project requirements, knowledge or budget.

Internally working with extended team to continually develop and support new methodologies and working practices that can improve the Agency’s (and clients) performance and profitability in the areas of production for all staff.

Supporting and advising best practice and the needs of our studio personnel and our Technical team.

Keep abreast of developments in technology and process that can affect how we deliver our work

Key skills

Have good knowledge of postproduction and adaptation/versioning across all production channels but with a focus on Digital & TV/Video.  To manage campaigns across the full project lifecycle from concept to delivery.

Moving image.

Strong knowledge of production process within moving image including TV, VOD, Cinema, 3D, DOOH, Voiceover and audio.

Strong technical understanding of VFX software, plugins, codecs and broadcast specifications.

TV admin; global usage rights; TV, video and cinema specs; delivery process

Digital & Online
Strong knowledge of digital display campaigns including Static, HTML5 & Rich Media.  Website development and other digital production. Production and delivery management.  Technical understanding of digital and video specs with the ability to identify possible challenges/issues and resolve them with the digital team.
Strong understanding of Third-party ad-servers (including DoubleClick, Sizmek, Celtra, Jivox) and experience working with digital trafficking agencies.
Confidence to take on and manage any project outside of the above.

Personal skills & attributes

Great attention to detail.

Proactive, problem solving.

Demonstrate own initiative.

Good presentation skills.

Strong team player.

Strong skills in PowerPoint, Excel, Word.

Excellent communication skills.

The ability to multi-task and show enthusiasm for all aspects of the role.

Must be willing to work with a variety of industry disciplines.

Desirable

Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud

Experience with Amazon display advertising

Knowledge of Print, Press and OOH production and management.

Java Developer

(JavaEE)

Payment Platform Technology Company

City of London

£45,000 to £60,000 + Benefits + Bonus

We’re hiring a Java Software Engineer to join a Payment Platform Enterprise Technology Company during an exciting growth phase, supplying huge brand name clients retail finance products. The scalable technology improves customer transaction journeys, web performance reliability, security, aggregation of service providers, data acquisition and document production.

As the Java Software Engineer, you’ll work in a flexible open environment, collaborating with multi-disciplined technology product professionals (other developers, product owners, UX & UI designers, QA and DevOps).

Our tech stack: JavaEE, JavaScript (ReactJS, NodeJS), PHP, Postgres, Git, AWS, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD, SQS, RabbitMQ, Kafka.

We’re looking to hire someone with:

3 to 6 years of commercial software development experience

4+ years of commercial experience working in a fast paced environment

Deep understanding of OOP and SOLID principles

Good knowledge of design patterns and when to apply them

2+ years of experience writing and consuming restful API’s

2+ years of experience with TDD/BDD

1+ years of experience with microservice architectures

Worked in an agile environment, preferably Scrum

The relaxed & professional culture will suit someone who is keen to separate work and life with a healthy balance. You’ll work with cutting edge tools, to modern processes and collaborate with prestigious clients – all great for long term career objectives.

Please contact Danny Stewart at Redsofa London for more info or to apply. Thanks.

(Java Developer, JavaEE, BDD, TDD, Agile, Scrum, Microservices, JavaScript)

Lead Frontend Developer

(Team Lead, React, JavaScript, Software Engineer)

 

Payment Platform Technology Company

City of London

 

£75,000 to £90,000 + Benefits + Bonus

 

We’re hiring a Lead Frontend Developer to join a Payment Platform Enterprise Technology Company during an exciting growth phase, supplying huge brand name clients retail finance products. The scalable technology improves customer transaction journeys, web performance reliability, security, aggregation of service providers, data acquisition and document production.

 

As the Lead Frontend Developer (React + JavaScript) you’ll work in a flexible open environment. You’ll collaborate with multi-disciplined teams of developers, product owners and UX/UI designers. You’ll manage a team of 4 software engineers, helping your colleagues improve their technical skills, team communication and delivery on the projects. You’ll shape the culture of the tech team and influence the wider company too.

 

We’re looking to hire someone with:

Technical Team Lead experience in a ‘Lead Developer’ or ‘Development Manager’ position.

Significant commercial experience as a Software Engineer

Deep OOP & SOLID principle knowledge

Previous experience with Microservices Architectures

Significant experience with API driven applications

5+ years experience with Frontend technologies creating frontend applications

Expert knowledge of React and JavaScript frameworks

3+ years of experience with TDD/BDD

Worked in an AGILE / Scrum environment, or similar.

Any experience of NodeJS is beneficial

Beneficial knowledge: PHP, Java, Postgres, Git, AWS, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD, SQS, RabbitMQ, Kafka

 

The company are at the beginning of a huge project that is expected to evolve for the next 5 years at least; this role will suit the professional engineer & technical leader that enjoys variety in challenges, who enjoys stability from long term projects and someone who’s looking for a chance to really shape a team, product and growth phase technology company. The relaxed & professional culture will suit someone who is keen to separate work and life with a healthy balance. You’ll work with cutting edge tools, to modern processes and collaborate with prestigious clients – all great for long term career objectives.

 

Please contact Danny Stewart at Redsofa London for more info or to apply. Thanks.

 

(Technical Lead, Lead Developer, Frontend Developer, JavaScript, React, HTML5, CSS3, TDD, BDD)

Senior Fullstack Software Engineer 

(React, NodeJS, JavaScript)

 

Payment Platform Technology Company

City of London

 

£55,000 to £75,000 + Benefits + Bonus

 

We’re hiring a Senior JavaScript Fullstack Software Engineer to join a Payment Platform Enterprise Technology Company during an exciting growth phase, supplying huge brand name clients retail finance products. The scalable technology improves customer transaction journeys, web performance reliability, security, aggregation of service providers, data acquisition and document production.

 

As the Senior JavaScript Fullstack Software Engineer (React + Node) you’ll work in a flexible open environment, collaborating with multi-disciplined technology product professionals (developers, product owners, UX & UI designers, QA and DevOps).

 

Our tech stack includes: JavaScript (ReactJS, NodeJS), PHP, Java, Postgres, Git, AWS, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD, SQS, RabbitMQ, Kafka.

 

We’re looking to hire someone with:

5+ years of commercial software development experience

Good understanding of OOP and SOLID principles

Experience with microservice architectures

Working knowledge with TDD/BDD

Experience building API based backend solutions (with 2+ years of experience working with NodeJS)

Experience with modern development processes (AGILE, Scrum, Kanban etc)

A passion for clean code with experience using testing frameworks

 

The relaxed & professional culture will suit someone who is keen to separate work and life with a healthy balance. You’ll work with cutting edge tools, to modern processes and collaborate with prestigious clients – all great for long term career objectives.

 

Please contact Danny Stewart at Redsofa London for more info or to apply. Thanks.

 

(Senior JavaScript Fullstack Software Engineer, Frontend, Backend, React, Node)

Mid-Weight Digital Producer/Project Manager

My Client is an independent, strategic-led creative agency with digital at its core. They create highly effective interactive work through insightful strategy, innovative ideas and beautifully crafted experiences that people want to share.

They think differently about digital. They don’t start with technology ideas or digital channels; they start by understanding people and their behaviours to create ideas that answer real human problems.

They’re looking for a hands-on, agency-experienced individual with exceptional project management skills to join the Client’s team as a Mid-Weight Project Manager. This individual will be working across campaigns, social and website design and build projects. This will involve managing a range of projects, including both new builds and maintenance.

You must be creative, strategic, and technical, believe in exceptional delivery and have a good understanding of all things digital. You should be a self-starter and immensely proud of your achievements, whilst appreciating the need for process.

Most importantly you should be calm natured, able to manage your own time, and able to communicate effectively with different levels of stakeholders. You should be comfortable working on a fast-paced account, and experience in automotive is a big plus.

To be considered you will need to demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, and have good knowledge of techniques for scoping and delivering projects (we work in both Agile and Waterfall). If you are looking for a job where you can make a big difference and feel a part of something, then we’re off to a good start.

The Role

Reporting into Head of Project Management your responsibilities will include:

Scoping, planning and specification of key projects.

Working closely with Client Services, but also being comfortable as the main client contact on projects during the production lifecycle.

Responsible for ‘driving’ the client for their deliverables. This includes risks and issues management and knowing when to escalate.

Responsible for ‘driving’ internal resources, from Directors to interns.

Responsible for the profitability of these projects.

This is a delivery-focused role. It’s crucial that you have demonstrated experience thatshows that you can manage projects effectively within time, scope and budget.

Responsible for managing the quality and delivery of third-party services.

Ensure the utmost quality in creative.

Work closely with the Client Services team throughout the project to manage client expectations.

Experience and Skills

You’ll be an experienced and confident client-facing PM with a minimum of 3 years of agency experience.

You will be able to demonstrate a fundamental grasp of the principles of project management – ideally you will have training in Agile.

Experience delivering integrated campaigns, including print, social, digital and OOH/DOOH.

Experience of delivering projects with budgets in excess of £50,000.

Confidence in reporting effectively on project performance to internal teams and client stakeholders.

Proven experience in managing projects profitably within complex stakeholder environments.

Excellent and efficient communication skills both written and verbal.

Experience across web builds and e-commerce projects.

Experience in requirements gathering and functional specification.

Experience with Project Management tools (e.g. JIRA, Asana, MS Project (or similar)).

Bright, ambitious, entrepreneurial, likeable, fun and ready for a challenge.

Experience in managing pitch teams would be a bonus.

What type of person should you be?

My Client is a small, close-knit team of committed individuals that see themselves as a bit of a family. So as you’d expect, the personal qualities of the people they hire are often just as important as the skills they bring.

The people who thrive at the Agency are intelligent, passionate self-starters who truly care about the work they do. To succeed you’ll be the sort of person who is proud of their achievements, but driven to improve and achieve more.

My Client keeps things simple and operate a very flat structure. They’ll want you to use your undoubted intelligence to challenge, disrupt and question their thinking, but they’ll expect to do the same to you. They aren’t motivated by fancy job titles. Good people quickly earn all the influence and respect they can handle at this Agency. For many, the greatest reward is seeing their idea have real impact in the marketplace.
They believe people are the key to a great agency, so they treat their people well.

They’re a social bunch;

• Our parties are pretty legendary. We’ve been to Latitude festival for a summer outing, Brighton for a Christmas shindig, Barcelona for our 10 year anniversary, put on a ping pong championship, and taken the whole company for a long-weekend ski trip.

We love to learn and develop

• We hold two social events each month, one boozy and one educational.

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Senior Java Developer

HealthCare Technology Platform

Berlin, Germany

€50k to €80k + Benefits

We’re hiring a Senior Java Developer on behalf of an ethically positive platform that helps people gain access to potentially life-saving medical services in the USA. 

Everyone knows how expensive medical care is in the USA, but this platform allows the patient to compare and search for the best service and the most affordable rate, it takes one step further by introducing financial providers to help people in need get treated quickly. 

As the Senior Java Developer, you’ll join the small team of engineers building the microservice architecture of a highly scalable platform application, in modern development processes and aiming for a healthy balance of clean code and continuous deployment. 

The Tech Stack:

• Java 10
• Spring Boot
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• GraphQL
• Pub/Sub
• Postgres
• Elasticsearch
• Python
• Google Cloud Platform

One of the biggest attributes to working in this type of growing environment for people who like to see how they impact the products they work on is the ownership and collaboration on the projects. It can make the work satisfying to see your creation in action, especially knowing that you can help to improve the lives of people in need of medical attention.

Please get in touch with Danny Stewart at Redsofa for more info. Thanks. 

Senior Backend Developer

Tech Platform for Travel & Camping

€50k- €85k + Benefits 

Mitte, Berlin, Germany

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Developer to join an adventurous technology company on the ambitious path developing a platform for people searching for camping site facilities, routes and amenities around Europe. 

As the Senior Backend Developer (Python, Go, Node) your role will be to develop the system architecture in collaboration with colleagues. The product team is made of frontend & backend developers, UI/UX experts, DevOps and Product Manager(s). You will be converting the business ideas and platform key objectives into services for the user in an autonomous and onerous methodology. 

What we’re looking for from you:

• Significant software development experience from building scalable, resilient applications. 
• Desire to working with a variety of modern technologies; Python, Node.js, Go, REST, AWS, Docker, NoSQL, and SQL databases
• Passion for clean code, TDD, continuous integration, and agile software development
• Previous experience of developing microservices architectures
• Good communication skills 
• Good English language skills (essential)
• A bachelors or masters level Computer Science (or similar) education is beneficial 

This opportunity will suit you if you like a relaxed working culture with the autonomy to make decisions, inspire & collaborate with other dedicated professionals. You’ll be creating a tool that will enable people to enjoy holidays, travelling and adventure in the wilderness around Europe, so if you have a sense of adventure too, you’ll fit right in with the culture. 

For more information, please contact Danny Stewart @ Redsofa London to arrange a call. 

Thanks

Android Developer (Kotlin)

Innovation Hub: Travel Platform Technology Company

Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

€60,000 to €80,000

We’re hiring an Android Developer (Kotlin, Java) on behalf of a multinational technology company that has a variety of travel, leisure + hotel booking & research brands. This role is within the innovation hub in the Berlin office working to create new mobile experiences for more than 40million unique users. 

As the Android Developer, you will join a cross-functional mobile engineering team collaborating on the full product development life cycle; ideation sessions, working with user research data and UX professionals to conceptualise, architect and develop the next generation of interesting products for the millions of customers. 

We’d like to hear from you if you have the following:

• Significant Android, Java and/or Kotlin experience
• Previous experience from a mobile product development company
• A passion for creating mobile apps
• Experience with modern development processes i.e. TDD, Agile, BDD, CI etc
• Awesome collaboration and team communication skills
• A passion for learning new skills and thriving on new challenges
• A keen interest for evolving technologies 

This state of the art company in technology and working culture allows for part-time remote working, flexible hours and provides the latest tools as standard. You’ll be creating world-class products and working with likeminded professionals that want to collaborate, share knowledge and constantly innovate. 

Please get in touch with Danny Stewart at Redsofa for more info. Thanks. 

iOS Developer (Swift)

Innovation Hub: Travel Platform Technology Company

Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

€60,000 to €80,000

We’re hiring an iOS Developer (Swift, Obj-C) on behalf of a multinational technology company that has a variety of travel, leisure + hotel booking & research brands. This role is within the innovation hub in the Berlin office working to create new mobile experiences for more than 40million unique users. 

As the iOS Developer, you will join a cross-functional mobile engineering team collaborating on the full product development life cycle; ideation sessions, working with user research data and UX professionals to conceptualise, architect and develop the next generation of interesting products for the millions of customers. 

We’d like to hear from you if you have the following:

• Significant Swift and Objective-C experience
• Previous experience from a mobile product development company
• A passion for creating mobile apps
• Experience with modern development processes i.e. TDD, Agile, BDD, CI etc
• Awesome collaboration and team communication skills
• A passion for learning new skills and thriving on new challenges
• A keen interest for evolving technologies 

This state of the art company in technology and working culture allows for part-time remote working, flexible hours and provides the latest tools as standard. You’ll be creating world-class products and working with likeminded professionals that want to collaborate, share knowledge and constantly innovate. 

Please get in touch with Danny Stewart at Redsofa for more info. Thanks. 

Lead Developer 

(Full-Stack, ASP.Net)

 

Digital Magazine & Media Brand 

(Music, Fashion and Youth Culture)

 

£60,000 to £70,000

Central London

 

We’re hiring a Lead Developer to join a digital magazine and creative agency working with culturally iconic brands within the worlds of fashion, music, art and style.

 

As the Lead Developer, you will play an influential role in ensuring the modernisation of the digital offering. This digital transformation continues to upgrade and improve the digital publications, the creative agency offering and the content management systems used by internal teams across the suite of magazine brands.

 

This role will hands-on with writing code and architecting systems. You’ll have autonomy with reviewing and improving development practices. It’s also a role that will give great exposure to creative ideation during concept stages with internal stakeholders and external clients.

 

TECH STACK:

C# (Essential)

ASP.NET, MVC (Essential)

SQL server or similar (Essential)

DVCS, Mercurial / Git (Essential)

JavaScript, JS Frameworks / JQuery (Essential)

Windows Azure / AWS (Essential)

TeamCity or similar build server (Beneficial)

Powershell (Beneficial)

TypeScript (Beneficial)

Nhibernate (Beneficial)

 

We’re looking for a lead developer with at least 5 years commercial software engineering experience and leadership skills. Any Unit Testing/TDD skills will be highly beneficial. CMS experience is essential.

 

This role will suit a software engineering professional with a breadth of technical and commercial skills, who seeks the opportunity to create a legacy by leading internal greenfield projects and delivering mouth watering external client campaigns.

 

Contact Danny Stewart at Redosfa London for more info and/or to apply for the position.

 

(Lead Developer, Senior Developer, ASP.Net, MVC, Full Stack, JavaScript)

 

Senior Frontend Developer (React, Redux, PHP, FullStack)

 

FinTech Start-up

City of London

£50,000 to £70,000 + Benefits + Perks

 

We’ve partnered with a fintech startup in a really exciting phase of growth, and so we’re looking to hire a Frontend Developer to work within their React and Redux tech stack.

 

The product is a scalable application used by big brand name ecommerce client companies to offer retail finance products. The technology improves customer transaction journeys, web performance reliability, security, aggregation of service providers, data acquisition and document production.

 

In the role, you will:

Build applications with a focus on performance, scalability, reliability and security.

Develop responsive web-apps for multiple devices with cross-browser support.

Drive code quality and improvements to the efficiency of development.

Passion for customer experience by continuously driving quality assurance.

Take ownership on the entire lifecycle of your application, from ideation to production.

Mentor and guide less experienced engineers to help them grow.

Share knowledge and participate in the peer review process.

 

We’re looking to speak with you…

4+ years commercial experience in software engineering.

Passion to work in modern development methodologies i.e. Agile, Scrum, TDD, BDD, CI etc.

A broad technologist with skills in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, React and Redux.

Any experience within scalable product companies, SaaS or Tech startups is highly beneficial.

Any additional experience in PHP or Java or Scala is beneficial as there is an opportunity to work on the fullstack as a Frontend specialist.

 

The role will suit a developer that wants to make decisions, behave as a leader and work collaboratively with other people in the product teams.

 

The culture is a modern-day professional environment, relaxed, autonomous, flexible and focused on delivery. Behaving with the feeling of being responsible and accountable to make things happen, improve the services and improve the company as a whole are all key personality attributes for this role.

 

Please feel free to get in touch with Danny Stewart for more info.

 

Thanks.

JavaScript Developer

 

Social Recognition Tech Platform (Start-up)

Old Street, London

£45,000 – £70,000 + Benefits + Equity Options

 

We’re hiring a JavaScript Developer to join a product company in a phase of growth, building a suite of technology products that enable their client companies to analyse and improve employee engagement.

 

It’s no surprise that happy people produce great work. This platform encourages positive feedback from the ‘ground up’, it helps people recognise colleagues for their work and leadership teams to act on the data to positively improve a company culture.

 

As the JavaScript Developer your role will include:

Define and build new features

Collaborate within small multi-disciplined teams

Help create the product architecture

Improve the scalability and performance of the platform

Work with a focus on high-quality, use a TDD approach

Use customer and user feedback to develop new features

 

We’re looking to hire you if you have the following:

More than 4 years frontend software development (commercial) experience

Significant JavaScript experience and building interactive SPA’s

Experience with modern frameworks; React, Backbone, Angular or Vue

Experience in writing modular CSS (pre/post-processors)

Any knowledge of Cypress, D3, Lodash (or Underscore) and Babel is beneficial

An understanding of SaaS products and how to scale SaaS platforms

Desire to be autonomous and take ownership on projects

A team player mentality with a passion for sharing ideas, knowledge and working collaboratively

 

Additional info;  Frontend tech stack: Backbone (migrating to React), Webpack, D3, Lodash, ES6/7 (with Babel), Cypress. Backend tech stack: Ruby, Sinatra, MongoDB, Resque, RSpec, Heroku, AWS, Cloudinary. Development languages, tools and frameworks evolve so frequently that we’re looking to hire someone with a keen interest in learning and working with new tools.

 

This role will suit a software engineering professional that enjoys satisfaction in seeing their contributions add value to the team, the product and, subsequently, thousands of end users lives as the platform helps people get more from their working culture, social inclusion and employee engagement. It’s an opportunity to progress professionally; technically because of the type of challenges to overcome and commercially because the opportunity to shape a growing company.

Please contact Danny Stewart for info or to apply. Thanks.

 

Ruby Developer

 

Social Recognition Tech Platform (Start-up)

Old Street, London

£45,000 – £75,000 + Benefits + Equity Options

 

We’re hiring a Ruby Developer to join a product company in a phase of growth, building a suite of technology products that enable their client companies to analyse and improve employee engagement.

 

It’s no surprise that happy people produce great work. This platform encourages positive feedback from the ‘ground up’, it helps people recognise colleagues for their work and leadership teams to act on the data to positively improve a company culture.

 

As the Ruby Developer your role will include:

Define and build new features

Collaborate within small multi-disciplined teams

Help create the product architecture

Improve the scalability and performance of the platform

Working with complex data in NoSQL databases using MongoDB

Work with a focus on high-quality, use a TDD approach

Use customer and user feedback to develop new features

 

We’re looking to hire you if you have the following:

More than 4 years software development (commercial) experience

Significant Ruby experience

A good understanding of REST API design

Any experience with Sinatra, RSpec, Resque, Heroku, Redis, AWS and Cloudinary is beneficial

An ability to work with complex data in NoSQL

Willingness to work with MongoDB

An understanding of SaaS products and how to scale SaaS platforms

Desire to be autonomous and take ownership on projects

A team player mentality with a passion for sharing ideas, knowledge and working collaboratively

 

Additional info;  Frontend tech stack: Backbone (migrating to React), Webpack, D3, Lodash, ES6/7 (with Babel), Cypress. Backend tech stack: Ruby, Sinatra, MongoDB, Resque, RSpec, Heroku, AWS, Cloudinary. Development languages, tools and frameworks evolve so frequently that we’re looking to hire someone with a keen interest in learning and working with new tools.

 

This role will suit a software engineering professional that enjoys satisfaction in seeing their contributions add value to the team, the product and, subsequently, thousands of end users lives as the platform helps people get more from their working culture, social inclusion and employee engagement.

 

It’s an opportunity to progress professionally; technically because of the type of challenges to overcome and commercially because the opportunity to shape a growing company.

 

Get in touch with Danny Stewart at Redsofa London for more info: DStewart@RedsofaLondon.com

Lead Developer 

(Full-Stack, ASP.Net)

 

Digital Magazine & Media Brand 

(Music, Fashion and Youth Culture)

 

£60,000 to £70,000

Central London

 

We’re hiring a Lead Developer to join a digital magazine and creative agency working with culturally iconic brands within the worlds of fashion, music, art and style.

 

As the Lead Developer, you will play an influential role in ensuring the modernisation of the digital offering. This digital transformation continues to upgrade and improve the digital publications, the creative agency offering and the content management systems used by internal teams across the suite of magazine brands.

 

This role will hands-on with writing code and architecting systems. You’ll have autonomy with reviewing and improving development practices. It’s also a role that will give great exposure to creative ideation during concept stages with internal stakeholders and external clients.

 

TECH STACK:

C# (Essential)

ASP.NET, MVC (Essential)

SQL server or similar (Essential)

DVCS, Mercurial / Git (Essential)

JavaScript, JS Frameworks / JQuery (Essential)

Windows Azure / AWS (Essential)

TeamCity or similar build server (Beneficial)

Powershell (Beneficial)

TypeScript (Beneficial)

Nhibernate (Beneficial)

 

We’re looking for a lead developer with at least 5 years commercial software engineering experience and leadership skills. Any Unit Testing/TDD skills will be highly beneficial. CMS experience is essential.

 

This role will suit a software engineering professional with a breadth of technical and commercial skills, who seeks the opportunity to create a legacy by leading internal greenfield projects and delivering mouth watering external client campaigns.

 

Contact Danny Stewart at Redosfa London for more info and/or to apply for the position.

 

(Lead Developer, Senior Developer, ASP.Net, MVC, Full Stack, JavaScript)

 

Senior Frontend Developer (React, Redux, PHP, FullStack)

 

FinTech Start-up

City of London

£50,000 to £70,000 + Benefits + Perks

 

We’ve partnered with a fintech startup in a really exciting phase of growth, and so we’re looking to hire a Frontend Developer to work within their React and Redux tech stack.

 

The product is a scalable application used by big brand name ecommerce client companies to offer retail finance products. The technology improves customer transaction journeys, web performance reliability, security, aggregation of service providers, data acquisition and document production.

 

In the role, you will:

Build applications with a focus on performance, scalability, reliability and security.

Develop responsive web-apps for multiple devices with cross-browser support.

Drive code quality and improvements to the efficiency of development.

Passion for customer experience by continuously driving quality assurance.

Take ownership on the entire lifecycle of your application, from ideation to production.

Mentor and guide less experienced engineers to help them grow.

Share knowledge and participate in the peer review process.

 

We’re looking to speak with you…

4+ years commercial experience in software engineering.

Passion to work in modern development methodologies i.e. Agile, Scrum, TDD, BDD, CI etc.

A broad technologist with skills in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, React and Redux.

Any experience within scalable product companies, SaaS or Tech startups is highly beneficial.

Any additional experience in PHP or Java or Scala is beneficial as there is an opportunity to work on the fullstack as a Frontend specialist.

 

The role will suit a developer that wants to make decisions, behave as a leader and work collaboratively with other people in the product teams.

 

The culture is a modern-day professional environment, relaxed, autonomous, flexible and focused on delivery. Behaving with the feeling of being responsible and accountable to make things happen, improve the services and improve the company as a whole are all key personality attributes for this role.

 

Please feel free to get in touch with Danny Stewart for more info.

 

Thanks.

JavaScript Developer

 

Social Recognition Tech Platform (Start-up)

Old Street, London

£45,000 – £70,000 + Benefits + Equity Options

 

We’re hiring a JavaScript Developer to join a product company in a phase of growth, building a suite of technology products that enable their client companies to analyse and improve employee engagement.

 

It’s no surprise that happy people produce great work. This platform encourages positive feedback from the ‘ground up’, it helps people recognise colleagues for their work and leadership teams to act on the data to positively improve a company culture.

 

As the JavaScript Developer your role will include:

Define and build new features

Collaborate within small multi-disciplined teams

Help create the product architecture

Improve the scalability and performance of the platform

Work with a focus on high-quality, use a TDD approach

Use customer and user feedback to develop new features

 

We’re looking to hire you if you have the following:

More than 4 years frontend software development (commercial) experience

Significant JavaScript experience and building interactive SPA’s

Experience with modern frameworks; React, Backbone, Angular or Vue

Experience in writing modular CSS (pre/post-processors)

Any knowledge of Cypress, D3, Lodash (or Underscore) and Babel is beneficial

An understanding of SaaS products and how to scale SaaS platforms

Desire to be autonomous and take ownership on projects

A team player mentality with a passion for sharing ideas, knowledge and working collaboratively

 

Additional info;  Frontend tech stack: Backbone (migrating to React), Webpack, D3, Lodash, ES6/7 (with Babel), Cypress. Backend tech stack: Ruby, Sinatra, MongoDB, Resque, RSpec, Heroku, AWS, Cloudinary. Development languages, tools and frameworks evolve so frequently that we’re looking to hire someone with a keen interest in learning and working with new tools.

 

This role will suit a software engineering professional that enjoys satisfaction in seeing their contributions add value to the team, the product and, subsequently, thousands of end users lives as the platform helps people get more from their working culture, social inclusion and employee engagement. It’s an opportunity to progress professionally; technically because of the type of challenges to overcome and commercially because the opportunity to shape a growing company.

Please contact Danny Stewart for info or to apply. Thanks.

 

Ruby Developer

 

Social Recognition Tech Platform (Start-up)

Old Street, London

£45,000 – £75,000 + Benefits + Equity Options

 

We’re hiring a Ruby Developer to join a product company in a phase of growth, building a suite of technology products that enable their client companies to analyse and improve employee engagement.

 

It’s no surprise that happy people produce great work. This platform encourages positive feedback from the ‘ground up’, it helps people recognise colleagues for their work and leadership teams to act on the data to positively improve a company culture.

 

As the Ruby Developer your role will include:

Define and build new features

Collaborate within small multi-disciplined teams

Help create the product architecture

Improve the scalability and performance of the platform

Working with complex data in NoSQL databases using MongoDB

Work with a focus on high-quality, use a TDD approach

Use customer and user feedback to develop new features

 

We’re looking to hire you if you have the following:

More than 4 years software development (commercial) experience

Significant Ruby experience

A good understanding of REST API design

Any experience with Sinatra, RSpec, Resque, Heroku, Redis, AWS and Cloudinary is beneficial

An ability to work with complex data in NoSQL

Willingness to work with MongoDB

An understanding of SaaS products and how to scale SaaS platforms

Desire to be autonomous and take ownership on projects

A team player mentality with a passion for sharing ideas, knowledge and working collaboratively

 

Additional info;  Frontend tech stack: Backbone (migrating to React), Webpack, D3, Lodash, ES6/7 (with Babel), Cypress. Backend tech stack: Ruby, Sinatra, MongoDB, Resque, RSpec, Heroku, AWS, Cloudinary. Development languages, tools and frameworks evolve so frequently that we’re looking to hire someone with a keen interest in learning and working with new tools.

 

This role will suit a software engineering professional that enjoys satisfaction in seeing their contributions add value to the team, the product and, subsequently, thousands of end users lives as the platform helps people get more from their working culture, social inclusion and employee engagement.

 

It’s an opportunity to progress professionally; technically because of the type of challenges to overcome and commercially because the opportunity to shape a growing company.

 

Get in touch with Danny Stewart at Redsofa London for more info: DStewart@RedsofaLondon.com

Senior JavaScript Developer (React + Redux)

Digital Product Development Agency

Kruezberg, Berlin, Germany

€45,000 to €60,000

We’re hiring a Senior JavaScript Developer on behalf of a digital product development agency, who partner with an awesome variety of brands, ranging from local startups to global consumer brands including RedBull, Spotify, Nike and other 

As the Senior JavaScript Developer (React + Redux), you’ll be working in cross-functional digital integrated teams with other creative professionals. 

You’ll collaborate on innovative client briefs, be involved in the creative ideation phases, discuss strategies, design technical solutions and write the code to deliver the projects and digital products. You’ll work with a mixture of technologies, mainly React & Redux, but with the flexibility to adapt, learn and use other tools to suit business needs. 

We’d like to hear from you if you the following:

• HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript experience
• Expertise with JavaScript frameworks like React, Angular or Vue
• Any experience with backend languages/frameworks is beneficial (PHP, Python or Node etc)
• Paired Programming, Software Testing and Code Review experience
• Good team collaboration skills 
• A passion to be creative when problem-solving with technology 

This is a technology role with a high emphasis on being creative, being inspirational with solutions and producing awesome products for well-recognised brands. It’s an ideal role for someone who enjoys the process, who enjoys variation in challenges and wants to be a part of a high-performing team. It will be fun for those that suit this type of role and this brand will also add a lot of value to your career because of the brand and experience. 

Please get in touch with Danny Stewart at Redsofa for more info. Thanks. 

 

My Client is the world’s leading independent creative production company. They work with the world’s biggest brands and creative agencies to bring to life their ideas and deliver them across the channels, languages and countries.

As part of that process they are building a suite of innovative technology products which work alongside their broader portfolio of third-party tools to address specific client pain points.

OVERVIEW

The Agency are looking for an experienced and ambitious product manager to lead the development of one of the Agency’s key proprietary software products. You will work closely with their pioneer client, dev team and account team to bring the product to maturity, and then pivot to supporting its broader roll-out across the business with other clients.

This is a great opportunity to prove yourself with an exciting new product in the fast-changing world of advertising and production technology.

Reporting to the Global Head of Innovation, the role will initially be split between London and Amsterdam, requiring at least 3-4 days per week in Amsterdam, and becoming fully London based after around 6 months, with the ongoing likelihood of sporadic travel.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Own the product road map and deliver a steady programme of successful new releases
Co-create new features and functionality in collaboration with the client
Craft detailed user stories and represent user needs in meetings with development
Enable tough decisions on prioritisation through a structured and focused process
Formulate hypotheses, construct and execute tests to improve product performance
Oversee smooth management of an agile development process
Ensure regular, clear communication with stakeholders
Advocate for the product internally, supporting new business and other account teams to understand and sell the product to new customers

REQUIREMENTS

The imagination to shape an evolving product vision, the communication skills to illuminate powerful but complex technology and the pragmatism to deliver within resource and client constraints
Deal well with ambiguity and fluidity while bringing the patience and persistence to add structure and clarity to the process
Strong understanding of user experience best practices and heuristic methods to facilitate rapid prototyping and development of new product features
Experienced as part of Agile software delivery teams participating in sprint planning and reviews
Balanced strengths across data, design and tech
Proven ability to work productively with clients to build world-class applications
Clear understanding of the product role and its place within the organisation
Clear communicator and enabler of highly effective working groups, able to balance the needs of partners from different disciplines and teams
Interested in building your toolbox, trying out/learning new approaches and proving yourself
Adtech / martech experience required with strong preference for additional production and/or digital agency experience

You must be able to live and work in the UK.

No sponsorship for this role

An award-winning independent agency in London has an opening for a Marketing Manager with excellent copywriting and long form writing skills. This is a creative, strategic role in an entrepreneurial business.

About the Role

As UK Marketing Manager you will lead and contribute to a wide variety of elements in the marketing mix with a strong focus on copywriting:

Thought Leadership
Awards Strategy
Case Study creation

 

You will collaborate with heads of departments and stakeholders: collating information, deep-diving into the most exciting projects and forming unique opinions all geared towards profile raising and lead generation.

About You

You are passionate about technology and innovation in advertising.

You know industry awards like the back of your hand and get a kick out of winning.

You have an existing industry network and are hungry to grow it.

You are fuelled by creativity and grounded in strategy.

You are entrepreneurial, willing to bring ideas to work every day.

You have a way with words, a distinct tone of voice and an opinion.

You can balance a wide workload with minimal instruction.

You relish continuously learning and throw yourself at every challenge.

You are fun, friendly and collaborative.

 

Job Description

Your role will encompass, but not be limited to the following:

 

Thought Leadership: Staying plugged into a multitude of projects (Innovation, AR/VR, Events, Digital…) to concept and write thought leadership pieces for trade press and owned channels.

Awards: Defining an awards strategy for local and global awards. Working with project teams to collate all information, gain client buy-in and then crafting and writing entries.

Case Studies: Writing copy for case-studies, concepting and story-boarding case study videos

 

Additionally,

 

Events: Working with the New Business team to conceptualise, curate and run internal events and sourcing and organising involvement in client and partner events.

Newsletter: Curating projects and news for external newsletters as well as writing copy.

Paid Media: Defining and running a paid media strategy designed to generate inbound leads.

Social Media: Assisting the wider marketing team to write selected social media posts.

 

My Client is an independent, multi-disciplined, award-winning, creative agency who work with leading brands across all sectors. They’re looking for an experienced Account Director to work on a leading FASHION BRAND as well as FMCG brands.

You will work with the Head of Client Services, responsible for supporting overall account management, growth, and leadership of cross-functional teams to develop approaches and targets that meet the business goals of the Agency’s clients.

You will have an exceptional understanding of delivering 360 campaigns to include;  OOH, social and NPD campaigns and ideally previous experience of working with FMCG clients.

Ideally you will have the following:

• Degree educated with an academic subject

• A love of working with people

• A real can-do attitude

• A good sense of humour, not taking yourself too seriously.

• A minimum two years agency experience in a similar environment

• Ambition and a thirst for success

 

We’re looking for someone who can make account admin look like a piece of artwork, have an eye for the smallest of details, can manage upwards, sideward and downwards without feeling dizzy and know the difference between a good design and an outstanding piece of creative.

 

Joining a team of 4, headed up by our Account Director, you would be joining as the lynchpin of internal and external delivery across a portfolio of interesting and exciting brands. Working alongside another Account Manager and two Account Execs.

Leading strategic Digital Agency are looking for an experienced Senior Account Manager with solid digital knowledge.

The Agency covers the full development lifecycle, including experience design, technical build and delivery across digital touchpoints from desktop, tablet and mobile, to omni-channel experiences and physical digital.

This is a great opportunity for you to join a fast-growing, digital partner where you will have the chance to influence the direction and development of the business and its clients.

What you’ll do

Your role will be focussed on turning a pipeline of short term opportunities into proposals and SOWs. Working closely with a multi-disciplinary team that includes UX consultants, UI designers, digital strategists, developers and analysts; the right person will be able to conceive, write and present proposals that clearly and succinctly guide clients through our ideas and solutions. Bringing your knowledge and experience of how you have done this successfully before will be a prerequisite to the role.

Ideally you will have the following:

• Degree educated with an academic subject

• A love of working with people

• A real can-do attitude

• A good sense of humour, not taking yourself too seriously.

• A minimum two years agency experience in a similar environment

• Ambition and a thirst for success

 

We’re looking for someone who can make account admin look like a piece of artwork, have an eye for the smallest of details, can manage upwards, sideward and downwards without feeling dizzy and know the difference between a good design and an outstanding piece of creative.

 

Joining a team of 4, headed up by our Account Director, you would be joining as the lynchpin of internal and external delivery across a portfolio of interesting and exciting brands. Working alongside another Account Manager and two Account Execs.

Leading strategic Digital Agency are looking for an experienced Senior Account Manager with solid digital knowledge.

The Agency covers the full development lifecycle, including experience design, technical build and delivery across digital touchpoints from desktop, tablet and mobile, to omni-channel experiences and physical digital.

This is a great opportunity for you to join a fast-growing, digital partner where you will have the chance to influence the direction and development of the business and its clients.

What you’ll do

Your role will be focussed on turning a pipeline of short term opportunities into proposals and SOWs. Working closely with a multi-disciplinary team that includes UX consultants, UI designers, digital strategists, developers and analysts; the right person will be able to conceive, write and present proposals that clearly and succinctly guide clients through our ideas and solutions. Bringing your knowledge and experience of how you have done this successfully before will be a prerequisite to the role.

My client is a leading Digital Strategy Agency with an impressive Client list.  They’re looking for a passionate Account Director who can bring strategic insight, candidates with a track record of growing groups of accounts and, importantly, must have a head for numbers and a broad digital knowledge.

The Agency covers the full development lifecycle, including experience design, technical build and delivery across digital touchpoints from desktop, tablet and mobile, to omni-channel experiences and physical digital.

This is a great opportunity for you to join a fast-growing, digital partner where you will have the chance to influence the direction and development of the business and its clients.

What you’ll do

Working closely with a multi-disciplinary team that includes UX consultants, UI designers, digital strategists, developers and analysts; the right person will be able to conceive, write and present proposals that clearly and succinctly guide clients through our ideas and solutions. Bringing your knowledge and experience of how you have done this successfully before will be a prerequisite to the role.

Day to day your role will include

Provide clients with strategic insight and consultation

Work with clients to uncover business requirements, craft appropriate strategies and

identify/implement solutions that will help them achieve their business objectives

Understand clients’ business and generate new ideas using digital solutions

Create and interpret analysis to support strategic recommendations to clients

Ensure client targets are met within the context of the underlying opportunity

Build trust and credibility with clients to generate referrals and recommendations

Develop broad industry expertise to understand the challenges clients face

Manage and develop strategic account plans

Develop new business opportunities within your existing client base

Work with heads of department and client partners to develop new sales proposals

Negotiate contract agreements with clients and their procurement departments

Manage financial performance, ensure project profitability and carry out timely and accurate billing

What you’ll bring

You will have experience of working alongside top tier clients to help them create and develop strategies that advance their business, be it through improved customer engagement and transaction value, increased brand awareness or via innovation and creativity.

Proven client services experience with proven experience within a digital agency or consultancy

A clear understanding of how to make a strong and positive contribution to business

Demonstrate a high level of digital literacy, and possess expert knowledge of digital strategy and/or marketing

The ability to quickly establish expertise on a variety of clients and sectors.

Experience of writing compelling proposals/briefs that inspire clients and team members

Excellent written and presentation skills: you must be able to accurately scope as well as be dynamic

and persuasive in presenting ideas to clients.

Experience of scoping and delivering projects with UX, UI, Strategy and Technical teams

Exposure to working within an agile environment

Ability to work with people in a mature and consultative manner

Ability to learn and assimilate new ideas quickly and gain the respect of team members and clients

Thorough understanding and experience of contributing successfully to an agency sales process including the submission of tenders

Desirable…but not essential

Experience of working within a digital agency or consultancy

Managed >£1.5m value of work at any time

Experience of working on and delivering new business pitches and official tenders

Multi-disciplinary: someone who can demonstrate skills/experience outside of just client services

Experience of integrating new clients into an agency or consultancy

A great networker: someone who’s keen to represent the company at key events

A bit about you

Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills

Entrepreneurial spirit who wants to make things happen

Someone who can roll-up their sleeves when required

Intelligent, mature, consultative approach

Organised, well presented, motivated, proactive

First-class communication skills (written and verbal)

Energetic and passionate about the industry

Possess a positive and determined approach

 

A leading global strategic communications agency is looking for a Presentation Designer who specialises in PowerPoint, based in London, working across all global offices.

You will be tasked with working across internal company presentations as well as external new business and pitch presentations. You will understand data and how best to relay this into presentations, bringing it to life. You will also be expected to raise the standard of internal presentations, create generic templates that can be used globally and give advice/guidance on preparing presentations as and when needed.

Ideally you will have experience B2B clients and someone who is technical and can communicate well with consultants and partners.

 

We have an opening for a proactive and ambitious Account Executive looking for their first role as a Senior Account Executive: To work on one of the UK’s most famous entertainment brands at an established creative agency in central London.

 

An integral role within the team, we are looking for an energetic ‘rising star’ who will become the day-to-day ‘go to’ for key client contacts and creative teams.

 

You will have a track record of building solid client relationships whilst delivering creative work. Ideally you will have experience and a passion for creative, marketing, advertising, events and strategy and be keen to assist one of the UK’s leading brands deliver effective retail marketing and activation campaigns.

 

The role is to take ownership of projects from start to finish, champion client relationships and deliver tactical drive to store and in store creative campaigns.

 

IDEAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Retail or brand activation experience

A critical eye and big attention to detail capabilities

Strong problem-solving skills and can-do attitude

Confidence in communication with internal and client teams

An excellent understanding of agency creative (including digital animation)

An understanding of the print production process

Experience of working on multiple projects on tight deadlines, remaining super cool, calm and collected as deadlines approach.

High levels of self-motivation and well presented.

High energy, outgoing and fun personality

 

You will have frequent contact with:

Clients, to effectively and efficiently manage the assigned account

The Creative Department, to ensure a strong working relationship with this department

Our Suppliers, to maintain a good working relationship with third party suppliers

The Finance Team, to ensure all financial processes and procedures are adhered to at all times

 

DEVELOPMENT

Opportunity to develop within the account team and potentially across the agency through a proven track record of strong account handling skills, continuous development of self together with the desire to take your career to the next level.

 

BENEFITS

In return for your hard work, dedication and loyalty, we offer a competitive salary and benefits package. You’ll receive 20 days standard holiday, and in addition you’ll receive your birthday day off and the time between Christmas and New Year. You’re entitled to free eye tests, life assurance, childcare vouchers and may qualify for our Cycle to Work scheme. Training and development, where appropriate, will also be provided.

 

We have an opening for a proactive and ambitious Account Executive looking for their first role as a Senior Account Executive: To work on one of the UK’s most famous entertainment brands at an established creative agency in central London.

 

An integral role within the team, we are looking for an energetic ‘rising star’ who will become the day-to-day ‘go to’ for key client contacts and creative teams.

 

You will have a track record of building solid client relationships whilst delivering creative work. Ideally you will have experience and a passion for creative, marketing, advertising, events and strategy and be keen to assist one of the UK’s leading brands deliver effective retail marketing and activation campaigns.

 

The role is to take ownership of projects from start to finish, champion client relationships and deliver tactical drive to store and in store creative campaigns.

 

IDEAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Retail or brand activation experience

A critical eye and big attention to detail capabilities

Strong problem-solving skills and can-do attitude

Confidence in communication with internal and client teams

An excellent understanding of agency creative (including digital animation)

An understanding of the print production process

Experience of working on multiple projects on tight deadlines, remaining super cool, calm and collected as deadlines approach.

High levels of self-motivation and well presented.

High energy, outgoing and fun personality

 

You will have frequent contact with:

Clients, to effectively and efficiently manage the assigned account

The Creative Department, to ensure a strong working relationship with this department

Our Suppliers, to maintain a good working relationship with third party suppliers

The Finance Team, to ensure all financial processes and procedures are adhered to at all times

 

DEVELOPMENT

Opportunity to develop within the account team and potentially across the agency through a proven track record of strong account handling skills, continuous development of self together with the desire to take your career to the next level.

 

BENEFITS

In return for your hard work, dedication and loyalty, we offer a competitive salary and benefits package. You’ll receive 20 days standard holiday, and in addition you’ll receive your birthday day off and the time between Christmas and New Year. You’re entitled to free eye tests, life assurance, childcare vouchers and may qualify for our Cycle to Work scheme. Training and development, where appropriate, will also be provided.

 

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We are looking for an exceptional creative thinker and hacker with a keen eye for the beautiful and the clever. Someone with social-first creative application and outstanding conceptual skills that will think up content to live cross-channel.

This role needs someone who can work efficiently under pressure and at a fast pace towards quick turn-around deadlines. We are looking for a motivated, creatively led A-player who has an ambition to create show-stopping social content.

 

Responsibilities:
Translating client briefs and objectives into engaging, original and measurable social-first content that is platform specific (not just repurposed)
Managing allocated time and deal efficiently with workload
Working closely with your creative peers and account teams to ensure creative ideation is in-line with strategic goals and fit-for-purpose
Turning your hand to writing compelling, brand-specific social copy for different audiences
Managing multiple tasks and deadlines—able to balance attention to detail with fast-paced turnaround
Presenting ideas to clients comfortably, clearly and professionally
Working with art directors to oversee how concepts are brought to life across different platforms
Always seeking to push the creative for each project
Keeping abreast of updates in the social space—a constant curiosity for ‘what’s next?’ across creative and social industries—new formats, tech and trends

 

Skills:

Knowledge of creative formats; understanding the difference between 1:1 and 16:9 or Snap vs Stories is essential
A deep understanding of what’s culturally hot, as well as a basic knowledge of ways paid social can be used creatively

An established body of work that demonstrates? good understanding of the social scape
The ability to contribute, listen, take on and gift constrictive criticism
A positive, solutions-focused attitude
Happy to work both collaboratively and independently

Strong communication skills
A bonus if able to support with basic graphic design / art direction

 

 

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How you’d spend your day

 

As a Lead Motion Designer, you will be part of an incredible team of illustrators, animators and designers working with, the Creative, Interactive Experience, UX and Tech teams to deliver highly polished, engaging work across a wider range of clients from FMCGs, to automotive and high end tech brands.

 

You will lead projects, inspire and support the team around you.

Happy to present your work to the wider team and clients.

You will be expected to originate storyboards, style frames and create visually engaging animations in 2D and 3D.

 

Be part of the shoot crew capturing and editing content for social channels.

 

What we’re looking for:

• A Motion Designer to work across a range of well-known brands

• An exceptional portfolio of motion work

• A pro-active, confident designer with excellent communication skills, with experience in leading projects

• Full of passion and creative ideas

• A thorough understanding of Motion Design workflows and naming conventions so you can work as part of a team or independently

• An expert in After Effects, and the Adobe Creative Suite. with a strong knowledge of Cinema 4D including, lighting and rendering

• A solid amount of agency experience

 

Benefits:

•   BUPA private health and dental care ?

•   Pension scheme ?

•   On-site personal trainer ?

•   Personal access to our independent Financial Advisor ?

•   Enhanced maternity and paternity packages ?

•   Childcare vouchers ?

•   Group income protection ?

•   Sabbatical after 5 years ?

•   Free eye care tests ?

•   Bike to Work Scheme ?

•   Weekly football and yoga sessions ?

•   On-site massage, acupuncture and osteopath ?

•   In-house squads that organise nights out and random acts of kindness ?

•   Local discount cards ?

Job Description

4- 6 month opportunities for an experienced client-facing events project manager or producer.

A variety of experience required for more than one project:

 

We are looking for experienced, client facing Senior Event Producers who are proactive, positive and eager to immerse in a broad scope of projects with a can-do attitude. You should be calm under pressure and be able to confidently allocate tasks and manage multiple projects and resource with ease.

 

You should be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, be driven and determined. You should not be phased by production hurdles, with no problem too small or too large, taking a solution focused approach backed up by the experience, network and confidence required to make things happen.

 

As Senior Producer, you will be responsible for medium to large projects, from brief to execution: Interrogating the brief, scoping the project and managing the necessary resources and budget. The Senior Producer will also ensure that all work, from creative concepts to design and technical – delivers against agreed objectives. As well as delivering medium to large projects, you will be responsible to deliver a number of smaller projects, overseeing a Project Co-ordinator, giving guidance and focus.

 

Resource, manage and plan for a team to deliver a series of events for the same client over the course of the year, maintaining and engaging a wide network of best-in-class freelancers and suppliers, capable of delivering stand-out work, whilst pivoting to accommodate clients and projects of varying size. Delivery should be underpinned by strong, consistent ways of working and processes.

 

 

Summary

 

Project Planning

• Work with the client, senior and account management teams to develop and deliver events from pitch through to execution

• Work with the CD and the studio team to develop ideas, creative propositions and offer strategic solutions to client briefs and requests.

• Ensure that the creative content can be delivered on time and on budget using high production values.

• Present ideas and content to the client in a pitch environment and during the life of a project as well as to the internal team.

• Be a facilitator, unafraid to explore innovative event formats, experiential layers and creative avenues that will nail client objectives and go above and beyond to produce stand-out work

• Manage a range of projects across the business, with varying timelines and deliverables

• Deliver the creative production response for relevant projects, including; experiential / immersive threads, onsite creative, branding and assets

• Update and develop the creative working deck and share with the client to shape the direction of each event and ensure key internal and external sign offs at all stages

• Produce all required event documentation

• Manage the timely and safe delivery of all event assets and elements in line with project timeline, wider campaign and client deadlines

• Feed into the project budget and ensure cashflow, purchase orders,

supplier invoicing and time management are managed effectively

• Contribute to the ongoing creative life of the office encouraging workshops, training, cultural visits.

 

 

Project Delivery

• Source, contract, brief and manage venue and supplier relationships across all event elements

• Build and maintain an evolving network of best-in-class suppliers, striving to work with both creative pioneers and solid industry leading partners whilst negotiating preferential rates.

• Manage the onsite delivery of each project, protecting the creative at all times and working within the agreed budget

• Brief and manage all suppliers onsite and ensure safe working practice and exemplary standards of delivery

• You should be able to walk on site with a cool head, strong calming presence and the ability to cut through the noise with a confident team leadership approach and excellent client handling style that fills key stakeholders with confidence

 

People Management

• Build and maintain a strong network of first-class freelance producers, covering a broad spectrum of skill-sets and expertise across creative, logistical and technical execution

• Be a strong and inspirational leader, confidently briefing and managing all freelance staff, onsite hosts and support teams with gravitas, ensuring you’re nurturing relationships whilst extracting the

best possible work

 

Expertise

• Strong experience working within an agency production environment

• Planning and delivery of a wide range of creative experiential events and projects

• Ability to multi task and run and manage the effective delivery of a range of projects within different stages of planning

• Strong network of supplier relationships

• Experience managing complex budgets ensuring profitability and tight delivery

 

The Agency

My Client is a full-service creative communications agency. Founded in 2005, they started with just a table and a phone. And no clients. Fast forward fourteen years and you will find sixty-five people working together with one objective in mind: To help clients make leaps to provide real momentum for business success.

If you’re an experienced Account Manager looking for an opportunity to work for an established, full service creative agency, then we have a role that could be right up your street. We’re looking for an exceptionally strong and dependable Account Manager who is motivated by being part of a first-class team to work on this Agency’s biggest and most integrated account.

You will be leading fast-paced, through-the-line campaigns and brand partnerships.

About the role…

Since the Agency have been working with this Client, they’ve produced over 50 integrated campaigns across TV, Press, Radio, Outdoor, Digital, Experiential, Social and content, internal comms. and POS. They’ve also helped launch collaborations with the British Fashion Council and various other design partners such as French Connection, House Beautiful and Country Living.

This account will give you the opportunity to gain valuable experience in a broad range of media as well as develop a strong foundation in account management while working with an established and collaborative Client team.

You will:

Create and maintain good relationships with the clients you work with to build their trust in you.
Understand your client’s business… How is the brand performing? What about their competitors? What is happening in the current market?
Keep abreast of relevant news from the wider world.
Work effectively with strategic, creative, TV and studio departments to get work done on time and budget and to client satisfaction.
Work with external suppliers, clients and other agencies, as required, to build strong working relationships.
Ensure consistency of the account through-the-line.
Finance … making sure we bill on time and get paid.
Manage the account administration including weekly status reports, meeting contact reports, timing plans, workload planning etc.
Nurture direct reports – ensuring regular feedback and annual appraisals are completed in a timely manner and managing their daily workload/role allocation.

Required experience…

Previous ATL agency experience
While TV experience isn’t essential, knowledge of the TV and radio production and approval processes (Clearcast/RACC) is welcomed.

 

 

The Agency

My Client is a full-service creative communications agency. Founded in 2005, they started with just a table and a phone. And no clients. Fast forward fourteen years and you will find sixty-five people working together with one objective in mind: To help clients make leaps to provide real momentum for business success.

If you’re an experienced Account Manager looking for an opportunity to work for an established, full service creative agency, then we have a role that could be right up your street. We’re looking for an exceptionally strong and dependable Account Manager who is motivated by being part of a first-class team to work on this Agency’s biggest and most integrated account.

You will be leading fast-paced, through-the-line campaigns and brand partnerships.

About the role…

Since the Agency have been working with this Client, they’ve produced over 50 integrated campaigns across TV, Press, Radio, Outdoor, Digital, Experiential, Social and content, internal comms. and POS. They’ve also helped launch collaborations with the British Fashion Council and various other design partners such as French Connection, House Beautiful and Country Living.

This account will give you the opportunity to gain valuable experience in a broad range of media as well as develop a strong foundation in account management while working with an established and collaborative Client team.

You will:

Create and maintain good relationships with the clients you work with to build their trust in you.
Understand your client’s business… How is the brand performing? What about their competitors? What is happening in the current market?
Keep abreast of relevant news from the wider world.
Work effectively with strategic, creative, TV and studio departments to get work done on time and budget and to client satisfaction.
Work with external suppliers, clients and other agencies, as required, to build strong working relationships.
Ensure consistency of the account through-the-line.
Finance … making sure we bill on time and get paid.
Manage the account administration including weekly status reports, meeting contact reports, timing plans, workload planning etc.
Nurture direct reports – ensuring regular feedback and annual appraisals are completed in a timely manner and managing their daily workload/role allocation.

Required experience…

Previous ATL agency experience
While TV experience isn’t essential, knowledge of the TV and radio production and approval processes (Clearcast/RACC) is welcomed.

 

 

A leading word of mouth Agency with a fantastic client list is looking for a Senior Account Manager to manage and grow accounts through strong interpersonal skills, the development of innovative creative ideas and excellent organisation.

Responsibilities

Consistently developing innovative and creative ideas and solutions for client campaigns
Building relationships with (senior) clients; listen and understand individual client requirements and consistently meeting if not exceeding their expectations;
Developing a clear understanding of your clients’ brand(s), category and customers
Leading a team to deliver effective Word of Mouth activity for a range of clients and/or projects
Leading and owning insights and monitoring projects with the team, ensuring insights are integrated with creative and strategy development
Working with the Creative and Engagement Strategy Directors to innovate and develop the strategic offering
Monitoring and understanding your clients’ markets; be aware of market issues and competitive activity
Keeping clients informed; ensure reports are on time and are kept in a central location so the rest of the team can locate if necessary
Assisting in creating project briefs; briefing in and working with members of the wider team to develop an idea, strategy or campaign tactic; presenting and selling that idea to the client
Working with Project Planners to develop effective project plans and project specification documents
Producing accurate costs estimates, and ensuring they are signed off by Account Director and the client before work proceeds
Ensuring all billing is completed on time
Ensuring that campaigns run to agreed client budgets and clients approve all expenditure before it happens, particularly unexpected expenditure
Assisting with the production of client reviews with senior clients
Overseeing and owning the overall quality of the final deliverables on projects that you manage
Ensuring your Account Director and / or Creative Director signs off all briefs and attends important project meetings
Maintaining a central file of essential client information

 

Key Skills

4-6 years account handling, creative development or client facing project management experience.
Able to effectively manage client relationships while delivering projects to the highest standard and on time and to budget
The ability to analyse and resolve problems quickly and effectively
Able to interact with people at all levels demonstrating tact, diplomacy, discretion and maturity
Must have strong listening skills
Have an understanding of social media and its impact on brand.
Excellent organisational and time management skills.
The ability to work under pressure whilst keeping an eye for detail.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Proficient in using Microsoft Office, in particular Word, Excel & PowerPoint

 

 

A leading word of mouth Agency with a fantastic client list is looking for a Senior Account Manager to manage and grow accounts through strong interpersonal skills, the development of innovative creative ideas and excellent organisation.

Responsibilities

Consistently developing innovative and creative ideas and solutions for client campaigns
Building relationships with (senior) clients; listen and understand individual client requirements and consistently meeting if not exceeding their expectations;
Developing a clear understanding of your clients’ brand(s), category and customers
Leading a team to deliver effective Word of Mouth activity for a range of clients and/or projects
Leading and owning insights and monitoring projects with the team, ensuring insights are integrated with creative and strategy development
Working with the Creative and Engagement Strategy Directors to innovate and develop the strategic offering
Monitoring and understanding your clients’ markets; be aware of market issues and competitive activity
Keeping clients informed; ensure reports are on time and are kept in a central location so the rest of the team can locate if necessary
Assisting in creating project briefs; briefing in and working with members of the wider team to develop an idea, strategy or campaign tactic; presenting and selling that idea to the client
Working with Project Planners to develop effective project plans and project specification documents
Producing accurate costs estimates, and ensuring they are signed off by Account Director and the client before work proceeds
Ensuring all billing is completed on time
Ensuring that campaigns run to agreed client budgets and clients approve all expenditure before it happens, particularly unexpected expenditure
Assisting with the production of client reviews with senior clients
Overseeing and owning the overall quality of the final deliverables on projects that you manage
Ensuring your Account Director and / or Creative Director signs off all briefs and attends important project meetings
Maintaining a central file of essential client information

 

Key Skills

4-6 years account handling, creative development or client facing project management experience.
Able to effectively manage client relationships while delivering projects to the highest standard and on time and to budget
The ability to analyse and resolve problems quickly and effectively
Able to interact with people at all levels demonstrating tact, diplomacy, discretion and maturity
Must have strong listening skills
Have an understanding of social media and its impact on brand.
Excellent organisational and time management skills.
The ability to work under pressure whilst keeping an eye for detail.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Proficient in using Microsoft Office, in particular Word, Excel & PowerPoint

 

 

Ideally you will have the following:

• Degree educated with an academic subject

• A love of working with people

• A real can-do attitude

• A good sense of humour, not taking yourself too seriously.

• A minimum three years agency experience in a similar environment

• Ambition and a thirst for success

 

We’re looking for someone experienced with a range of clients and who can make account admin look like a piece of artwork, someone with an eye for the smallest of details, can manage upwards, sideward and downwards without feeling dizzy and knows the difference between a good design and an outstanding piece of creative.

 

Joining a team of 4, headed up by our Senior Account Director, you would be joining as the lynch pin of internal and external delivery across a portfolio of interesting and exciting brands. Working alongside an Account Manager and two Account Execs.

I am looking for a talented Senior Product Strategist to join my clients studio in Shoreditch. You’ll receive guidance and support from their Client Services Director, and work closely with user researchers, designers, and development teams.

You are:

An experienced product strategist with a desire to work on real consumer and B2B products
Experienced at conducting market and competitor research and analysis
Great at interpreting user insights, personas and analytics, and translating these into meaningful product strategy, for both B2B and B2C stakeholders
Great with clients, comfortable planning and leading key strategic meetings and workshops
Excited to be involved in business development, helping to form briefs, responses and shape engagements from the very beginning
Adept at working with both design and technology teams understanding the need to balance creative innovation with technical development realities
Passionate about the VOD / OTT sector with a desire to work with rights holders and broadcasters to help bring to life the future of content
A motivated self starter capable of taking client briefs / requirements and converting into a cohesive brief and plan for the extended team to bring to life

You’ll work with:

User Insights, to thoroughly understand the product audiences
UI and UX designers, to communicate product strategy, requirements and success criteria
Architects, Developers and QAs, to understand the technical considerations affecting product strategy
Clients, leading them through the process and theory behind product strategy, enabling them to have thoughtful interaction with us about the things that matter.

Excellent benefits

You need to be able to live and work in the UK.

No sponsorship for this role

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(Creative Duo – Creative Dep.)

 

We’re looking for a super-hungry and talented Midweight Creative Team who have their fingers on the pulse of social media, technology and culture, and can deliver groundbreaking social focused creative.

 

We are looking for conceptual thinkers who can bring ideas to life on a range of social platforms, can create content that breaks through the news feed, and can link social to real world activations/experiences, all with brilliant craft. This team should be able to make the most of every brief from big campaigns to compelling ‘always-on’ content.

 

This is a really exciting position to nurture and develop two of key accounts

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Creative

Under the supervision of an Creative Director and ACD, you will be responsible for the creation of leading social-first creative work
The creative team is responsible for generating attention-grabbing ideas that will entice consumers in target audiences

Client liaison to develop a strong understanding of client requirements and objectives
Creating ideas that can be used across various platforms to support campaigns
Staying one step ahead of competitors by researching current media trends
Inspiring younger creatives to be expressive and innovative in their ideas
Executing tasks with the flair and professionalism needed to push the agency and clients in the right direction

You ensure that the creative team/traffic manager/production manager are aligned throughout projects, to meet deadlines
You are responsible for overcoming any difficulties and finding solutions during the project while keeping your ACD informed throughout.
You build strong relationships and foster good team spirit with both clients and members of the agency to bring great ideas and creative work to life

An award winning creative content and comms agency, based in London is looking for a creatively driven Midweight Copywriter to join their team.This agency is known for their excellent for global brands in editorial content but with an increasing focus on digital and social media content and customer engagement.

Reporting into the Senior Creative Director and Editor this is an editorial-lead, creative copywriting role. You will be responsible for creating campaigns for category-leading health, food and lifestyle clients. You will take the lead on originating concepts as well as bringing those to life across editorial features, blogs or film scripts. You will also be a digital native who understands how to take make these ideas social and will strive to innovate through formats and channels. You’ll have a flair for crafting and upholding a brand tone of voice.

You will come from an agency background and have worked with global brands with a portfolio that has a focus on editorial content, you’ll be looking to join an agency where you’ll be learning from the best and excited to shape a successful future.

An award-winning independent agency in London has an opening for a Marketing Manager with excellent copywriting and long form writing skills. This is a creative, strategic role in an entrepreneurial business.

About the Role

As UK Marketing Manager you will lead and contribute to a wide variety of elements in the marketing mix with a strong focus on copywriting:

Thought Leadership
Awards Strategy
Case Study creation

 

You will collaborate with heads of departments and stakeholders: collating information, deep-diving into the most exciting projects and forming unique opinions all geared towards profile raising and lead generation.

About You

You are passionate about technology and innovation in advertising.

You know industry awards like the back of your hand and get a kick out of winning.

You have an existing industry network and are hungry to grow it.

You are fuelled by creativity and grounded in strategy.

You are entrepreneurial, willing to bring ideas to work every day.

You have a way with words, a distinct tone of voice and an opinion.

You can balance a wide workload with minimal instruction.

You relish continuously learning and throw yourself at every challenge.

You are fun, friendly and collaborative.

 

Job Description

Your role will encompass, but not be limited to the following:

 

Thought Leadership: Staying plugged into a multitude of projects (Innovation, AR/VR, Events, Digital…) to concept and write thought leadership pieces for trade press and owned channels.

Awards: Defining an awards strategy for local and global awards. Working with project teams to collate all information, gain client buy-in and then crafting and writing entries.

Case Studies: Writing copy for case-studies, concepting and story-boarding case study videos

 

Additionally,

 

Events: Working with the New Business team to conceptualise, curate and run internal events and sourcing and organising involvement in client and partner events.

Newsletter: Curating projects and news for external newsletters as well as writing copy.

Paid Media: Defining and running a paid media strategy designed to generate inbound leads.

Social Media: Assisting the wider marketing team to write selected social media posts.

 

Our Client is a leading independent content/digital Agency based in Farringdon. They work with leading global beauty and fashion brands on award winning content creation.

Due to an internal restructure they’re looking to hire an experienced Content Director to develop client relationships to become a trusted partner who always delivers. In doing so succesful candidates will emobdy culture, establish team processes, support and grow the team.

Sucessful Content Directors will;

Develop client and internal briefs ensuring clear objectives, scope, desired outcomes & deliverables are determined

Devise research approach combining data and analytics

Lead content planning and creative development

Oversee scoping and production to ensure efficiency, profitability, adequate staff planning, creative excellence & quality control

Mangement of production process

Review draft/final content & manage client approval process

Have overall responsibility for your designated accounts finance & P&L you’ll ensure your team is working profitably both in terms of fees and expenses.

Lead activiation strategy

Analyse & merchandise results for further client development and new business

Traffic Manager – Creative Services – Integrated Agency

My Client is a leading Integrated Agency looking for a super switched on Traffic Manager to join their amazing team.  This is an incredible opportunity for someone with experience as a Traffic Manager, to come on board, work with some amazing people and be part of an award winning agency! The Traffic department are the link between the client services and the creative department and they manage all resource requirements for the Creatives (Art Directors, Copywriters and Designers) placed on the business, and are therefore responsible for managing the expectations of both Client and Project management in terms of best practice and efficiency. The role will be to manage the day-to-day workflow of roughly 20 creatives and around 5 different accounts. The role will require you to work closely and seamlessly with the other traffic managers in the team with an understanding and holistic view of the full creative department and the all briefs and deadlines. You will therefore need to have past experience with trafficking a fast paced and large team as well as someone who works and communicates well in a team.

 

This person will also need to be confident, strong and personable, you will be required to conduct daily stand ups, communicate with Creative Directors on decisions, run resource meetings and be firm to enforce process to ensure most efficient ways of working. You will needs to have commercial awareness in assuring the Client and Project Management teams are quoting correctly for the resource required as well as being able to monitor the efficiencies of and burn rates on each job. This will require daily follow-ups on timesheet completion of your team. The Traffic Team uphold agency process; ensuring departments across the agency are adhering to the best and efficient ways of working. A Traffic Manager must be able to use their judgement and skill to ensure the teams deliver work on time. The Traffic team aid Client and Project Management by being solutions driven and guiding efficiencies in the delivery of projects through Creative.

Requirements

Organisation of resources through your teams:

• Use your knowledge to put the right people on the right jobs according to their skillset/abilities and ensuring consistency of resource

• Keep the departmental freelance tracker up to date with accurate information around commercials and start and end dates. Working with IT and HR to ensure freelancers have the necessary equipment and work space to work.

• Running weekly commercial reports on utilisations across the departments, highlighting issues and trends. Reporting on team’s commercial health and flagging and following up on jobs with financial over runs.

• Working with Creatives on timesheet completion and commercial awareness

• Keeping your Creative Directors involved in decision-making around resource and overseeing projects

• Timely response to client and project management ad hoc requests and keeping the teams updated on project progression.

• Managing creative diaries, putting in briefings, wip’s and 1st thought meetings.

• Ensuring concept and design turnaround times are adhered to.

• Leading stand-ups confidently and resolving issues/changes highlighted.

• Check in with creatives and tech to ensure work is progressing and removing blockers.

• Weekly resource requests and Freelance requirements to be scheduled weekly, highlighting any resourcing or people issues.

• Work with Client and Project Management on timing plans and schedule for the life of projects

• Negotiating with agencies and freelancers on rates.

• Becoming part of the team you work within, knowing the brands and the people who work on them. Skills

• Proactive individual

• Great communicator

• Commercially focussed and proficient

• Able to follow process and best practice

• Competent presenter

• Strong time management

• Personable and approachable

• Team player

• 2-3 years’ experience in either traffic or project management

 

My Client is a top global advertising agency within a leading agency network responsible for handling all marketing activity from advertising to digital experience, to data science to CRM, to dealer. Their operating model is based on an agile and inter-disciplinary approach, integrating narrative and experience in a dynamic creation process, with data and digital at the core.

Purpose

With the support of Lead PM, Project Managers ensure that projects are delivered on time and on budget both within the agency and externally to clients to ensure the best qualitative output.

Supports account teams in early project stages: project scoping, strategy and creative brief development;
Takes full project and client management (with the help of account team) from late creative development stage, through to design, production and QA stages;
Creates and manages SoW – scope, cost and timings control at all times;

Books and manages resource, assures that delivery teams have all the support to produce their work in a timely and efficient way;
Develops design/production briefs, manages briefings, reviews, feedback and amends;
Sources tech requirements, manages trafficking sheet/display serving platform/Facebook Creative Hub set-up;
Takes responsibility for suggesting alternative options in situations where there are challenges from a timings or delivery standpoint’;
Manages and follows up on all internal and third-party costs and POs;

Profile

Integrated PM will have strong communications skills and first-hand experience of taking personal charge for the delivery of similar highly innovative and creative projects along with:

4+ years’ proven experience with a track record in marketing communications projects;
Experience and understanding of the processes involved in delivering Online display & Social, TV/Print/Radio and outdoor campaigns is essential;
Broad understanding of areas such as: web analytics, personalization, search, customer journey analysis, A/B-testing, trafficking/tracking is desirable;
Able to manage pressure and risks, prioritize and deliver effectively;
Is a strong team player and stays professional at all times;
A rapid learner, good communicator, negotiator and influencer who’s warm and likeable, able to convince a client;
Is detailed focused and has solid writing and speaking skills in English.

We are looking for an experienced strategic Senior Account Director or Group Account Director with top table experience leading integrated strategy for Alcohol, Automotive, Luxury or new to market innovative brands. Global strategy experience ideal.

You must have as understanding of the full marketing mix, specifically ATL advertising, content, digital, social and brand experience.

This is a senior role in a bespoke established agency.

You are likely to have the following;

• 7+ years’ experience in a creative/integrated business and a proven track record working as a lead agency partner
• Experience in delivering global and local campaigns from strategy to TV/content/digital/social/brand experiences and in some instances channel comms such as off-trade
• Strong understanding of the strategic product working alongside strategists to deliver brand and campaign strategies, whilst providing direction to clients where needed as their trusted agency partner
• Proven ability in working closely with creative department to deliver a brilliant creative product for client and agency
• A track record in building strong and long-lasting relationships with multiple clients becoming a true partner to them, and as a result delivering sustainable account growth
• Experience in delivering profitability at both project and client level
• Ability to foster a great team culture, focused on your team’s development, as well as collaboration with other departments

Alcohol/Automotive/Luxury brands experience beneficial.

We are looking for an integrated Account Director or Senior Account Director with a passion for music, marketing and street culture; and an understanding of the full marketing mix; advertising, digital, partnerships, content; loyalty and acquisition.

Role responsibilities

•          Present an “always on” and “client first” positioning at all times.

•          Work with team members to deliver superb client servicing, positive relationship development, and robust project management.

•          Take the lead on proactive client communications, in particular project plans, status updates and value-add advisory.

•          Maintain a good working relationship with key stakeholders to ensure agency is delivering against the client’s plans and expectations.

•          Assist in the management of inter-agency relationships; works with outside agencies and partners to ensure smooth development and execution of all client programs.

•          Advise client on all aspects of the marketing mix; not just experiential

•          Manage contractual elements of the various third party relationships while also managing expectations of each party.

•          Program spend auditing and analysis to identify program efficiencies and go forward recommendations.

•          Understands the landscape for each client’s business as well as the industry contexts for their investments / activations.

•          Work with the account team, to identify strategic opportunities and continue to deliver top results to the client.

•          Ensure that all processes and procedures are completed and quality standards are met.

•          Excellent administrative file-keeping and budget management for ease of rest of team’s awareness and most up-to-date knowledge.

•          Eyes and ears of our clients to instill maximum confidence that the account is in safe hands at all times.

 

Skills & Experience

•          7+ years relevant experience with minimum 3 years of direct experience agency and/or client side.

•          Proven experience in account and project management.

•          An strategic understanding of through-the-line campaign planning and delivery.

•          Sleeves rolled up attitude, with ability to adapt to changing situations.

•          Possess exceptional communication skills, both orally and in writing.

•          Superior interpersonal skills and be able to create a rapport with people of all demographics.

•          Passionate and entrepreneurial.

•          Motivated, goal oriented, persistent and a skilled negotiator.

•          Trustworthy, reliable, confident and mature in dealings with clients, people and issues.

•          High level of initiative and works well independently and in a team environment.

•          Plans and carries out responsibilities with minimal direction.

•          Strong attention to detail and highly organized.

•          Well-developed analytical and problem solving skills.

•          Ability to think creatively when tackling projects, taking into account key client needs and budget parameters.

•          Requires self-management, including the ability to assess a situation and quickly implement solutions.

•          Must be able to multi-task and be flexible enough to react under stressful, event-time circumstances

A very exciting opportunity to work with one of the biggest advertising agencies in London has arisen for a Midweight Copywriter. You will be generating conceptual campaigns and proofreading your own and other writers’ work. You will be able to deliver copy across emails, web pages, press ads, radio and video scripts etc and this must be evident in your portfolio.This agency works with a leading automotive bran so any experience or interest in this area would be beneficial.

An award winning creative agency based in West London is looking for a Creatively driven Midweight Copywriter to join their team.

This agency works with some of the biggest brands across FMCG, beauty and telecoms. You will be capable of writing engaging long and short copy and be able to work closely with their art directors to come up with 360 campaigns that will get noticed.

You will come from an agency background and have worked with global brands, you’ll be looking to join an agency where you’ll be learning from the best and excited to shape a successful future.

I am looking for a Mid-weight creative front-end developer for a client of mine, able to handle a variety of tasks from mailers, holding pages, through to building large websites and web apps.

Working in conjunction with a creative lead but also able to take on projects independently.

This is a key role with a long-term objective of growing with their business – an excellent opportunity for an ambitious developer who would like to step into a more senior role down the line.

Skills

HTML/CSS
Strong javascript skills
Knowledge of React, and WordPress is a bonus but must be willing to learn on the job
Version control using Git
Basic proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator and Sketch

Day to day

Developing larger projects (1-2+ months) using either React or vanilla JS
Building a variety of websites for marketing campaigns
Providing support to existing internal/external web apps and websites – amends, bug fixes, etc
Setting up marketing mailers and assisting with other smaller development jobs
Improving and maintaining the development environment

It would be an advantage to have links to any accounts on GitHub, BitBucket, etc and be able to talk through your code using a computer during the interview.

All candidates must be able to live and work in the UK. No sponsorship for this role.

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Mid / Senior Artworker – £30-37k (DOE)

We’re  a creative agency with a global client base and an international design reputation for excellence. The agency has grown rapidly over four years and is looking to recruit an outstanding Mid/Senior Artworker.

We are looking for an efficient, talented and enthusiastic artworker to join our busy design team. This role reports into the 3D & Production Director and the individual is expected to be highly organized, produce digital files of the highest accuracy, whilst working under pressure.

Role Requirements:

Excellent Adobe Creative Suite skills
Excellent attention to detail & accuracy on digital files
Ability to provide technical size guides for 2D/3D elements
Wide knowledge of production methods and finishes
Ability to interpret site surveys, technical drawings and client style guides to produce artwork files and guides
Self manage upload / download of files from client / to productions partners
Highly organised – digital files / archive
Passionate about all aspects of design, including interiors and retail environments
Minimum 4 years’ experience – preferable with global fashion / sportswear / lifestyle brands
Ability to work under pressure with a clear head
3D environment experience preferential – retail / interior / events
Teamwork –liaison with the design and project teams to keep projects on track

Essential:

Can do attitude – a doer, prepared to roll up sleeves and get stuck in
Confident & articulate – must have excellent communication skills
Excellent timekeeping
Reliable and trustworthy – to be an ambassador
Presentable – fit in with the culture and ethos
Professional approach and highly organised
Out of hours’ flexibility to assist on the installation of design projects in retail environments

Desirable Skills:

Knowledge of Rhino would be advantageous
Retouching to a high standard

Benefits:

Central London creative studio environment
Competitive salary dependent on experience
Employee benefits

Development Manager

 

Car Trading Platform – Tech Start-up

Berlin, Germany

 

€75,000 – €95,000 + Benefits + Relocation Package

 

We’re hiring a Development Manager to join a disruptor technology company, creating a platform for buying and selling used cars with the focus on high-quality service, transparency and efficiency. This independent tech start-up is backed privately by a major international car manufacturer and is reaching close to 200 employees due to the success of the platform.

 

As the Development Manager, your role will focus mainly on two areas; People Management and Technical Architecture, and supporting responsibilities. The platform is a highly scalable distributed system in its architecture, which requires a professional with previous experience within similar technology environments. You’ll be managing a multi-disciplined agile product team of Frontend & Backend Software Engineers, UI & UX Designer resource and a Product Manager.

 

Tech stack: Java 8, Kotlin, Spring, Boot, GOLang, AWS, Kubernetes, JavaScript, ReactJS and Redux.

 

We’re seeking someone with:

• Significant software development experience working in tech product companies.
• Leadership skills, either as a lead developer or people manager.
• Architectural experience with Microservices, highly scalable systems and non-relational databases.

 

The organisation is at an exciting period, the transition point between a tech startup and established tech company; so it has the benefits of being a human-centric culture with plenty of exciting decisions still to be made as well as the safety of success, product demand and a healthy work-life balance without the excessive delivery deadlines.

 

To find out more, please contact Danny Stewart at Redsofa.

 

Senior Backend Developer (PHP, Java, JavaScript, Scala)

 

FinTech Start-up

City of London

£60,000 to £85,000 + Benefits + Perks

 

We’ve partnered with a fintech startup in a really exciting phase of growth, and so we’re looking to hire a Senior Backend Developer to work within their React and Redux tech stack.

 

The product is a scalable application used by big brand name ecommerce client companies to offer retail finance products. The technology improves customer transaction journeys, web performance reliability, security, aggregation of service providers, data acquisition and document production.

 

In the role, you will:

• Build applications with a focus on performance, scalability, reliability and security.
• Develop responsive web-apps for multiple devices with cross-browser support.
• Drive code quality and improvements to the efficiency of development.
• Passion for customer experience by continuously driving quality assurance.
• Take ownership on the entire lifecycle of your application, from ideation to production.
• Mentor and guide less experienced engineers to help them grow.
• Share knowledge and participate in the peer review process.

We’re looking to speak with you…

• 5+ years commercial experience in software engineering.
• Passion to work in modern development methodologies i.e. Agile, Scrum, TDD, BDD, CI etc.
• Deep understanding of OOP and SOLID principles
• Excellent knowledge of design patterns and when to apply them
• Experience with microservice architectures
• Experience writing and consuming restful API’s
• Knowledge of these technologies is desirable: PHP, Java, JavaScript, Postgres, React, Git, AWS, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD
• Experience with distributed systems and message queues (e.g. SQS, RabbitMQ, Kafka)
• Any experience with event-driven architectures

 

The role will suit a developer that wants to make decisions, behave as a leader and work collaboratively with other people in the product teams. The culture is a modern-day professional environment, relaxed, autonomous, flexible and focused on delivery. Behaving with the feeling of being responsible and accountable to make things happen, improve the services and improve the company as a whole are all key personality attributes for this role.

 

Please feel free to get in touch with Danny Stewart for more info. Thanks.

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How you’d spend your day

As a Lead Motion Designer, you will be part of an incredible team of illustrators, animators and designers working with, the Creative, Interactive Experience, UX and Tech teams to deliver highly polished, engaging work across a wider range of clients from FMCGs, to automotive and high end tech brands.

You will lead projects, inspire and support the team around you.

Happy to present your work to the wider team and clients.

You will be expected to originate storyboards, style frames and create visually engaging animations in 2D and 3D.

Be part of the shoot crew capturing and editing content for social channels.

What we’re looking for:

• A Motion Designer to work across a range of well-known brands

• An exceptional portfolio of motion work

• A pro-active, confident designer with excellent communication skills, with experience in leading projects

• Full of passion and creative ideas

• A thorough understanding of Motion Design workflows and naming conventions so you can work as part of a team or independently

• An expert in After Effects, and the Adobe Creative Suite. with a strong knowledge of Cinema 4D including, lighting and rendering

• A solid amount of agency experience

Benefits:

BUPA private health and dental care
Pension scheme
On-site personal trainer
Personal access to our independent Financial Advisor
Enhanced maternity and paternity packages
Childcare vouchers
Group income protection
Sabbatical after 5 years
Free eye care tests
Bike to Work Scheme
Weekly football and yoga sessions
On-site massage, acupuncture and osteopath
In-house squads that organise nights out and random acts of kindness
Local discount cards

 

 

Sr Designer – up to £55k (DOE)

Our client uses the latest behavioural science to transform the performance of companies and the lives of people who work in them. They work with most of FTSE100/S&P100 and are
growing rapidly and have successfully floated on the London Stock Exchange. This is just the start. They have a bold vision to redefine how companies and individuals flourish, and so disrupt the market for behavioural change.

If you’re determined to make a difference, voraciously curious and brimming with entrepreneurial spirit, we’d like to hear from you.

The Job:

Are you a creative who is interested in making a positive difference in people’s lives?
If so, our London office is looking for an experienced senior designer who can collaborate and initiate strategic conceptual ideas into impactful design executions across multiple communication channels.

Working closely with the Design Director and Solutions Team (our team of behavioural psychologists), you will drive design projects from conception through to completion. Whilst being the face of the design team with clients.

This is an opportunity to reinvent the way we supports our clients and internal teams creatively.

About you:

Professional designer with experience preferably in advertising, design or branding agencies
Strong conceptual thinker, someone who can initiate and contribute ideas and create strategic concepts and engagement campaigns
An experienced collaborator, who can liaise with internal and external stakeholders, building relationships along the way
Excellent attention to detail and ability to produce accurate and high-end work
Confident communicator with a can-do, will do attitude
Experienced client facing designer; from pitching to scoping the creative solution
Expert skills in Adobe Creative Suite
Knowledge of presentation software (PowerPoint) and UX is desirable
Mentoring more junior designers and artworkers and; able to set the creative direction
Solid commercial awareness of how the design studio contributes towards business goals
Finally, passionate about changing the way people think, feel and behave through design

If this sounds like something you’d be great at, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re looking for a talented Sr Creative Team to join a global Creative Agency –  digital natives with 360 thinking.

Specifics and responsibilities;

Your work will focus on tackling diverse briefs from a wide variety of famous brands. You’ll be expected to come up with and develop famous, attention-grabbing ideas that will have real value for a modern, highly digitally literate audience. In addition to excellent conceptual thinking, you’ll need strong craft skills (usually, but not limited to, copywriting or design/art direction), so these experiences and communications can reach their potential.

As a Senior Creative, you’ll know how ideas can be brilliantly executed on a tactical level and have the ability to think on a more strategic, big brand level too. You will also be expected to look for additional opportunities that lie beyond the brief.

The ideal candidates will have high-level agency experience and an award-winning portfolio of well-crafted, contemporary projects. They’ll be overflowing with great ideas, have strong communication and collaboration skills and an ambition to do amazing, envy-of-their-peers, work.

Through experience and clear expertise, they’ll engender trust with those they work with, guiding projects to the best possible creative output. They’ll be able to also be bloody nice and enjoy the company of other bloody nice people (who are equally hungry to make amazing work).

You will work into, and be supported by the agencies Creative Directors.

Purpose

The creative goal at this agency is to make remarkable work that has value for both our client brands and the people that interact with it. And by ‘remarkable’ we mean famous, stand-out or innovative – literally ‘worthy of remark’. The way to achieve this is through a combination of super-sharp ideas and exceptional craft.

Skills and experience:

A track record of coming up with and developing remarkable creative concepts

An award-winning portfolio

A self-starting, entrepreneurial approach that isn’t dependent on continual direction and support

A proven area of craft expertise (e.g. copy, art direction, design)

An understanding of the possibilities and opportunities in digital, encompassing an interest in both the latest tech and new approaches to the more familiar

Experience with storytelling through film/video

Excellent communication skills

A high-level ability to develop, articulate and explain ideas so that others (including clients) comprehend them, love them and buy into them

The ability to put together a compelling presentation

The ability to collaborate with, and guide, all disciplines

An active creative, cultural life

General awesomeness

What we look for…
Everyone brings their individual skills, however, there are five principles which we are proud to have and look for in all new our recruits:
Be Remarkable
Never say ‘it can’t be done’
Make Things
Fail brilliantly
Be Nice
You need to be clever, creative and enthusiastic and able to work in an open and collaborative way. We look for people who are dedicated to innovation and thrive on the freedom to grow and experiment. There is an opportunity to share your knowledge and also learn so we love ambitious and motivated people.

PowerPoint Designer – £40k

The role

This role would suit an individual who is looking to be part of a dynamic presentation team, one that is growing to support a rapidly expanding Healthcare Agency.

The role requires attention to detail and a good eye for PowerPoint design. The individual must be used to working with brand guidelines and be able to build presentations adhering to them. The individual must be able to work in a structured and methodical way, creating files that are both technically correct and easily editable.

Key responsibilities:

?  Produce high-end presentations to support our creative and client services teams, primarily Medical Education

?  Participate in a wide range of projects and pitches where presentation design skills are required

?  Create and standardise Powerpoint templates and Master slides to promote our work and our business with impact and credibility

?  Ensure that deadlines and expectations are met on a daily basis Common tasks:

?  Understand the requirements of each presentation, including deadlines, presentation display type, audience profile and the desired project outcome

?  Establish the appropriate design style and format for each presentation

?  Agree workflow and timelines with client services teams and Head of Studio

?  Ensure consistency.

?  Proof slides for accuracy and brand integrity

?  Test all functionality and technical requirements of each presentation

?  Work to schedule and accommodate frequent last-minute changes

Location: Holborn

We want the best from our people but in return we offer a creative environment designed to allow you to be yourself and achieve your potential. We also offer unparalleled career development opportunities and benefits.

Attributes:

?  Extensive Powerpoint Design experience – preferably in an agency setting

?  An understanding of Keynote is desirable

?  Proficiency in Adobe CC suite – including InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop

?  Excellent communication and organisation skills

?  High levels of attention to detail, resilience and flexibility

Digital Project Manager (digital comms focused)

My Client is a leading global integrated Agency working with the number 1 premium automotive brand in the world, handling all marketing activity from advertising to digital experience, to data science to CRM, to dealer. They’re looking to hire a PM with 3-4+ years experience with experience of

Purpose

With the support of Lead PM, Project Managers ensure that projects are delivered on time and on budget both within the agency and externally to clients to ensure the best qualitative output.

Supports account teams in early project stages: project scoping, strategy and creative brief development;
Takes full project and client management (with the help of account team) from late creative development stage, through to design, production and QA stages;
Creates and manages SoW – scope, cost and timings control at all times;
Works directly with off shore production hub in the delivery of adaptions from global playbooks;

Books and manages resource, assures that delivery teams have all the support to produce their work in a timely and efficient way;
Develops design/production briefs, manages briefings, reviews, feedback and amends;
Sources tech requirements, manages trafficking sheet/display serving platform/Facebook Creative Hub set-up;
Takes responsibility for suggesting alternative options in situations where there are challenges from a timings or delivery standpoint’;
Manages and follows up on all internal and third-party costs and POs;

Profile

Integrated PM will have strong communications skills and first-hand experience of taking personal charge for the delivery of similar highly innovative and creative projects along with:

3-4+ years’ proven experience with a track record in marketing communications projects;

Experience and understanding of the processes involved in delivering Online display, Email & Social, DCO / DCE campaigns is essential;
Broad understanding of areas such as: web analytics, personalization, search, customer journey analysis, A/B-testing, trafficking/tracking, FlashTalking is desirable;
Able to manage pressure and risks, prioritize and deliver effectively;
Is a strong team player and stays professional at all times;
A rapid learner, good communicator, negotiator and influencer who’s warm and likeable, able to convince a client;
Is detail focused and has solid writing and speaking skills in English.

Community Manager

A rare opportunity for an experienced Community Manager to join a leading word of mouth Agency to work on one of their biggest and most established accounts – a major tech retailer in the UK. This is a fantastic role for someone who loves tech of all kinds, with the chance to produce content in partnership with many of the world’s top consumer tech brands.

An exciting hybrid role, you will take on a largely autonomous position, spending 3 days per week as part of the brand’s in-house social team at their London HQ offices and 2 days per week at the Agency’s Soho office – the best of both worlds working both agency and client side!

Having recently undergone a strategic overhaul, the Community Manager has a pivotal role taking charge of the brand’s social channels and, in partnership with a dedicated designer, producing killer content which people want to like, share, and respond to on a daily basis.

With a reactive content stream at the heart of the strategy, you will always be on the lookout for ways to react to relevant or trending topics, provoking conversation online. A nature flair for creating witty and engaging reactive content is essential.

Beyond your day-to-day accounts, you will also have the opportunity to work on new business and projects, advise on the changing landscape of platforms and tools across our roster, be a go-to for social knowledge, and contribute to industry and social trend reports.

You will form part of an 18-strong passionate Community team who get together every other week to chat about the latest tech, campaigns, and trends they’ve seen.

Responsibilities

?  Creative copywriting and social publishing

?  Daily moderation for reactive social opportunities

?  Managing the day-to-day delivery of editorial, creative, and strategic plans

?  Building strong relationships with clients and identifying business development

opportunities

?  Helping to develop and implement best-in-class social communication strategy,

offering creative spark, and commercial understanding to develop plans

?  Researching the latest social tools, platforms and trends – and working to ensure that we are the first to innovate and experiment

?  Delivering reports, performance tracking & trend analysis to clients

Key skills

?  A solid understanding of social media and its impact on brands

?  Excellent written and verbal communication skills

?  An eye for creative content: both written and visual

?  The ability to think:

o Creatively (capable of thinking differently and disruptively)

o Strategically (able to analyse situations and see the big picture)

?  Excellent organisation, time management & team management skills

?  The ability to work under pressure whilst keeping an eye on the finer details

?  Proficiency in using a wide variety of social platforms and tools

?  A strong understanding of what it takes to build rock solid client relationships,

particularly for the time spent in-house at the brand’s HQ

Experience:

1-2 years agency experience working with social media

Experience working in a variety of industries or demonstration that you can quicklyget under the skin of accounts that might be outside of your comfort zone or direct experience

 

Account Manager opportunity in central London at a FASHION, MUSIC, LIFESTYLE and CULTURE agency.

This is a fantastic integrated PR role for someone knowledgeable and passionate about fashion or music or gaming.

We are looking for a creative, energetic and organised Account Manager to come and join our growing team, spearheading people powered conversations for consumer fashion, lifestyle and gaming accounts, in the UK and across Europe.

The role will see you deepening your media, influencer and client relationships, taking on campaign lead responsibility as fast as you can, with direction from an experienced Account Director.

We have a great culture that celebrates everyone’s input, and we believe being a meritocratic agency is what helps us achieve best class work for our clients. We are a flexible, forward thinking business that celebrates our people, who are our biggest asset.

The role

Leading engaging, newsworthy activations
Daily media and influencer relations
Managing campaigns for a portfolio of clients
Leading edge idea generation to provide clients with added value and secure growth opportunities
Daily client contact addressing their needs, with a passion for their business
Account organization and management with a focus on continually improving client services and processes

 

You

At least 3 years consumer agency or in-house experience
Lifestyle sector experience ideal
Tapped into industry insights and the cultural zeitgeist
A confident communicator and with the ability to work to tight timelines
Dedicated to helping clients win with solid client management experience
An understanding of and experience working with influencers, talent and celebrities on brand campaigns and partnerships
Solid understanding of the digital and social media world and able to apply knowledge and skills in day to day work
Excited to be well connected with trusted media and influencer relationships
Able to prioritise and take ownership of tasks to meet goals within deadlines
Financial acumen
Confident writer
Curious and passionate about brands generally
A collaborative team player

 

Our client – a lovely creative integrated agency based in Soho, with a head office in New York is redefining the role of a marketing partner by providing a complete concept-to-consumer marketing solution.  Working with some of the world’s most iconic brands and leading global consumer companies they are now on the lookout for a talented Senior Account Director to run an international drinks client.

This role reports into the European Client Services Director and from day one, you’ll be tasked with building and leveraging multiple client relationships at all levels, including direct local market liaison, so experience of complex stakeholder management is essential. You must also be an experienced line manager  – with a collaborative and nurturing approach.  This agency has a lovely very friendly culture as well as a flat structure – so no prima donnas need apply!!.

 

 

 

Account Manager opportunity in central London at a FASHION, MUSIC, LIFESTYLE and CULTURE agency.

This is a fantastic integrated PR role for someone knowledgeable and passionate about fashion or music or gaming.

We are looking for a creative, energetic and organised Account Manager to come and join our growing team, spearheading people powered conversations for consumer fashion, lifestyle and gaming accounts, in the UK and across Europe.

The role will see you deepening your media, influencer and client relationships, taking on campaign lead responsibility as fast as you can, with direction from an experienced Account Director.

We have a great culture that celebrates everyone’s input, and we believe being a meritocratic agency is what helps us achieve best class work for our clients. We are a flexible, forward thinking business that celebrates our people, who are our biggest asset.

The role

Leading engaging, newsworthy activations
Daily media and influencer relations
Managing campaigns for a portfolio of clients
Leading edge idea generation to provide clients with added value and secure growth opportunities
Daily client contact addressing their needs, with a passion for their business
Account organization and management with a focus on continually improving client services and processes

 

You

At least 3 years consumer agency or in-house experience
Lifestyle sector experience ideal
Tapped into industry insights and the cultural zeitgeist
A confident communicator and with the ability to work to tight timelines
Dedicated to helping clients win with solid client management experience
An understanding of and experience working with influencers, talent and celebrities on brand campaigns and partnerships
Solid understanding of the digital and social media world and able to apply knowledge and skills in day to day work
Excited to be well connected with trusted media and influencer relationships
Able to prioritise and take ownership of tasks to meet goals within deadlines
Financial acumen
Confident writer
Curious and passionate about brands generally
A collaborative team player

Development Manager

 

Car Trading Platform – Tech Start-up

Berlin, Germany

 

€75,000 – €95,000 + Benefits + Relocation Package

 

We’re hiring a Development Manager to join a disruptor technology company, creating a platform for buying and selling used cars with the focus on high-quality service, transparency and efficiency. This independent tech start-up is backed privately by a major international car manufacturer and is reaching close to 200 employees due to the success of the platform.

 

As the Development Manager, your role will focus mainly on two areas; People Management and Technical Architecture, and supporting responsibilities. The platform is a highly scalable distributed system in its architecture, which requires a professional with previous experience within similar technology environments. You’ll be managing a multi-disciplined agile product team of Frontend & Backend Software Engineers, UI & UX Designer resource and a Product Manager.

 

Tech stack: Java 8, Kotlin, Spring, Boot, GOLang, AWS, Kubernetes, JavaScript, ReactJS and Redux.

 

We’re seeking someone with:

• Significant software development experience working in tech product companies.
• Leadership skills, either as a lead developer or people manager.
• Architectural experience with Microservices, highly scalable systems and non-relational databases.

 

The organisation is at an exciting period, the transition point between a tech startup and established tech company; so it has the benefits of being a human-centric culture with plenty of exciting decisions still to be made as well as the safety of success, product demand and a healthy work-life balance without the excessive delivery deadlines.

 

To find out more, please contact Danny Stewart at Redsofa.