My client is one of the world’s leading independent agencies, working with major brands such Thomas Sanderson, Everest, Royal Mail, Interflora and Neilson Active Holidays.

They are looking for an experienced, front end / Umbraco developer to join their team. This role will involve working with front end technologies, building and maintaining sites using Umbraco CMS. This role is a fantastic career-development opportunity for someone to get involved with innovative projects working alongside bright and friendly colleagues.

Job description

Key Responsibilities and Skills

Strong HTM5/CSS3 web markup skills
Working understanding of pre-processor SASS/SCSS
Working knowledge in NEAT front end framework
Working knowledge of client side scripting and Javascript frameworks (jQuery)
Working knowledge of html template generators PUG/JADE
Working knowledge of CMS Systems, Umbraco
Build prototype sites from internal design studio and external agencies
Flair for front end technologies and design, working knowledge of image authoring tools such as Photoshop/inDesign/Illusrator
Build websites and email templates from wireframes / mobile first branding guidelines
Strong and up to date vanilla JavaScript skills including ES2016.
Skilled building responsive and accessible pages across a variety of browsers and devices.
You write testable, extendable and maintainable code.
Collaborated with colleagues from other business areas on projects in previous role
Experience with GitHub

Personal Attributes

Minimum 1-2 years professional and relevant experience
Fit into team, have an easy going personality and good communication skills
Learn it all, rather than know it all outlook on career, interested in continuous professional development and keeps up to date with current development trends
Good time management skills with the ability to manage shifting priorities and commit to deadlines.
Works effectively under pressure.

Bonus requirements

Understanding of Digital Marketing
Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them.
Experience with Email Marketing Platforms, MailChimp, Pardot, dotMailer
Experience with ASP.net C# development / dotNet Core
React

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.

Digital Designer – Amazing work space – West London – Love of plants this is for you! 6 month FTC

About the role:

Our in-house design studio is responsible for maintaining visual identity, championing high-quality design and providing creative advice and artwork on a huge variety of design projects.

The Digital Designer will help us deliver innovative, world-class design across the our website, social media, email and digital advertising channels. This role is pivotal in helping us engage a global audience and provides a unique opportunity to work across a huge range of projects bringing together our digital and non-digital look-and-feel to ensure one overall unique visual identity.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a broad range of Learning and Development opportunities, with access to the Civil Service training curriculum, generous annual leave entitlement for new starters, family friendly policies, a choice of competitive pensions and flexible benefits scheme.

To apply please email sbuss@redsofalondon.com

My client is one of the world’s fastest growing mining companies. The company has grown from a workforce of 2,000 a decade ago to 20,000 today.

The focus of this role is to support the Assess Project Workstreams to ensure the delivery of key Group Development Projects across the organisation.

You will:

Interpret data, analyse results and present conclusions.
Provide technical support.
Coordinate stakeholders to ensure resolution of hosting/infrastructure issues.
Perform System Administration for software systems.
Perform and coordinate user acceptance testing.
Perform regular system monitoring.
Generate and distribute system reporting.
Help define system administration (including reporting) requirements for software systems.
Help define data requirements for software systems (working with Designers and Software Developers).
Help define algorithms to meet design objectives.

You will be flexible in order to provide pre-agreed out-of-hours’ support for project implementations.

You will work directly with colleagues in Group Development and their IT Systems Supplier.

You will have:

Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
Strong PC skills with experience in Microsoft applications (Excel in particular).

Sharepoint.
A voice of reason and key problem-solving skills.  Able to keep the pace fast but steady within a complex team and client environment, whilst pushing to achieve successful delivery points.
Experience with queries, report writing and presenting findings.
Strong relationship skills.
Excellent verbal, written communication and influencing skills.
Enormous self-motivation, resilience and initiative.
The ability to execute at speed, accurately.
The ability to learn quickly and adapt.
Confidence and expertise to work without close supervision.
Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment

The hiring will be on a contract basis of an initial 6 month’s duration (first month probation with 1 week’s notice), commencing July/August 2019. It will be UK-based, 50% working from home, with some requirement to attend the London office.

We support and test our systems on Windows computers, so you will need to have a Windows computer.

Your profile

You will have the chops to wow and move one of the toughest audiences you’ll ever encounter – fellow marketing creatives. Your work will need to speak to a CEO one minute and a junior creative team the next.

Bring the know-how and confidence to work under your own steam, and contribute your ideas to a passionate creative team and meet frequent deadlines.

You’ll be comfortable writing outputs across the brand including blogs and emailers.

Key knowledge areas and skills:

Day in, day out, you’ll craft electrifying copy that sells events, products and services to people who eat, drink and breathe marketing.

Here’s what we want from you

·       Experience in producing creative and conceptual work, from one-off pieces to campaign thinking

·       Experience writing copy across diverse formats: article copy, email copy, social media

·       Experience writing long and short copy, and in report writing and editing

·       Experience working with a CMS is preferable but not essential

·       Some experience in writing for PPC is a bonus

The role:

This role of Midweight Creative Artworker is to provide skilled and technically precise input and support a busy design studio. This role will include providing support to the creative department on a range of projects.

Typical projects would include posters, POS, digital screens, large-scale graphics, press and magazine ads. You may also be a requirement to create internal and external presentations. Therefore, a good design eye and appreciation for typographic layouts is beneficial.

This role would suit a naturally creative person who would enjoy being a valued member of the studio design team, in a fun and vibrant office. A good sense of humour is a must.

Skills:

2 to 4 year’s experience in a similar role.
Thorough knowledge and good experience in Adobe Creative Suite, especially Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
The ability to produce artwork to an excellent standard, and prepare files for a number of different output types and media.
Understanding of the printing process and creating artwork for print is essential.
A good understanding of brand and corporate guidelines.
Great progress reporting skills at every stage of the design and artwork process.
Methodical approach to organising, archiving images and artwork.
Collaborative skills to work closely with account managers, account executives and suppliers.
Working from scamps through to final artwork.
Good knowledge of PowerPoint and Keynote would be beneficial.
Good knowledge of Google Web Designer is desirable.
Advanced retouching skills would be desirable.
Experience in creating digital artwork and assets would be an advantage.

There’s lots of potential here for the right person, and we really do like to have fun while we work – it’s a very happy, collaborative environment, so if you are a team player, with great artworking skills and a good sense of humour, then we’d love to see your CV!

For any candidates wanting to apply for this role, please apply with CV and portfolio.  Many thanks!

As the sole senior front-end developer, you will be working across multiple projects including new builds, site updates, smaller creative projects like EDM creation, digital advertising and social.
Working alongside a senior creative team and a back-end Umbraco developer, you will use current front-end technologies and frameworks to build clean and optimise digital products from both static and prototyped designs and UX with a high degree of accuracy.
You will have the ability to manage your own tasks and work to deadlines as well as working closely with the wider team to help problem solve, provided estimates, and warn of issues as soon as they become apparent.

What they are looking for:

This role is for a Senior Front-End Creative Developer who will be responsible for development of interactive projects from conception through to completion, in a senior-level environment, collaborating with skilled and passionate designers and back-end developers.

Essential skills required include, but are not limited to:

Senior level with 5 years professional experience minimum
Excellent HTML, CSS / SCSS, JavaScript, ES6 and jQuery skills
Experience in using build tools such as Gulp and Grunt
Asynchronous / REST API methods
Solid understanding of how Content Management Systems work
Experience with version control (GIT / Bitbucket)
Excellent understanding of responsive builds
Debugging for mobile and legacy browsers
Good understanding of performance optimisation techniques
Experience with at least one of React JS, Vue JS, Angular JS or other SPA frameworks
Creation of EDM templates that are compatible with most email clients
Awareness of technical on-site SEO requirements
High proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and knowledge Adobe Suite
Strong communication skills
Ability to manage own tasks and work to deadlines
Excellent sense of aesthetic and motion
Exceptional attention to detail
A creative thinker and problem solver

Additional Extras:
Experience with: PHP, WebGL, Unity3D, OpenFrameWorks, Processing
Understanding of front-end performance, CMS integration, Umbraco knowledge, C#, Node JS, Unit testing.

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 eligible to live and work in the UK.

No sponsorship for this role.

-We’re looking for a talented MW to Sr Creative Artworker to join a busy studio of one of London’s top Creative agencies.

The Senior Creative Artworker’s key responsibility is to take layouts or key visuals supplied by the agencies Design Department & create Press, POS, Digital, OOH, DOOH, Brochures & DM materials ready for supply to printers, publications. You should be able to assist the agencies Design department when necessary and be able to suggest ideas and improvements along with following styled templates. The candidate should thrive in a fast paced, deadline driven environment across digital and print media. You will need to be highly adaptable to changing situations with a flawless attention to detail and be brilliantly organised with superb time management and have a keen eye for typography.

Experience & Skills:

At least 4+ years agency experience across integrated campaigns (print, digital; PR/social a plus) Must be familiar with and understand the print production/pre-press processes?Must be familiar with and understand Digital display & DOOH processes?Superior Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator skills required.

Adobe Premiere, After effects and 3d skills an advantage.

Good knowledge of fonts and typography, with?good written and verbal communication skills with internal teams will be required, and the ability to re-prioritize and respond to changing demands & demonstrate ability to learn quickly. A?proven effectiveness when working under pressure is essential, and an appreciation for the creative process?desired. Skilled at working with design and creative teams and bringing some laughs to the studio too.

Our client is a well established brand experience agency. Initially based outside of London, the agency grew and gained reputation, however steady growth and a lack of local talent forced the agency move nearer London and they have now settled in Richmond. New directors and a creative department have seen the agency’s creative output blossom and elevate the current offering to new levels of excellence. The agency is now around 30-35 people, with a quite a number of freelancers.

Their current senior designer is leaving after 4 years in the business. Whilst he has created some fantastic work, the agency feels it needs to bring in a heavy-hitter, a lead designer/HoD with a more versatile approach; hungry, edgy, entrepreneurial and proactive. The client wants to see designers from all backgrounds and are totally open to seeing people that want to really embrace the opportunity and help grow and lead a team, whilst pushing the boundaries of the visual output. This person will be overseeing the resource and managing freelancers, they usually have 2-3 freelance designers and the same number of artworkers. Being client-facing you will also be comfortable selling in and standing by your ideas to board level.

Job Purpose:

You will be joining our growing digital team, based in London and you will be reporting into our Digital Creative Director. As a Digital Design Director, you will proactively provide day to day creative leadership. You will assist with the recruiting and retaining of design team members with the support of the Senior Leadership Team. You will have the creative management of projects by leading design teams and manage and report on project status as required. The DD is responsible for allocating general management tasks/projects within the creative studio. You will be responsible for designing and developing innovative digital touchpoints for retail markets with specific contribution across 2D brand communications and digital design within a seamless customer journey.

Professional & Technical Experience:

8 year+ experience and leading integrated design teams (Brand, Digital)
Ability to communicate ideas, i.e. sketches, written, verbal
Demonstrable experience of liaising and developing client relationships
An expert knowledge of UX/UI design principles and techniques

Strong working knowledge in Experiential / Interactive design

Knowledge of Motion/Prototyping/Programming Arts/JS
Independent / Decision maker
Strong leadership, verbal & written communication skills in English and other languages a bonus
Strong understanding how mobile, web and screen-based content works
Knowledge in 3D, VR/AR is a plus.
Good knowledge of HTML5/XHTML, CSS3 and JavaScript
Strong team management skills
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Strong understanding of schedules and deadlines
Highly proficient graphics and digital software including Sketch, Invision, Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, Illustrator

Key Responsibilities: The majority of time within the role is dedicated to:

Promoting and developing creative thinking
Oversee the development and delivery of effective user interfaces across a range of touchpoints
Ensure complex information is delivered and displayed in the most compelling way
Manage and maintain a library of design components
Manage a team of Senior / Mid & Junior UI designers, providing training and support as and where necessary
Proactively developing graphics, digital and website design with other team members
Work with the UX Design team to ensure all client sites and apps deliver the best experience possible
Creative lead on all pitch development
Mentoring and nurturing creatives, regularly reviewing creative work
Staying current on market trends and research as it relates to digital and retail design, communicating and feeding back to other team
Liaising with Studio Director on resource/project issues

A funky British brand is looking for an experienced Designer to join as their sole designer, making this person the brand guardian. You will be responsible for the brands visual identity, the management and usage of this identity in the UK and other markets across a variety of channels in accordance the brand guidelines. Its essential you monitor the brand consistency is met across all forms of advertising and marketing and be fully integrated in new ideas for seasonal campaigns.

It is essential you come from In house role with experience of consumer goods/ cosmetics/ retail industry across campaigns and packaging. You will be able to design and artwork all your work and ensure you are confident with print processes.

Please apply now with your cv and portfolio

I am looking for a Middleweight Designer with a genuine passion for design and communications to join an agency who have been rated in the top 10 agencies to work for.

You will be a thoughtful, creative and ambitious designer with anything between three and six years agency a portfolio showing experience in brand, campaign, communications, layout and conceptual ideas.

This agency creates some iconic work with some global names for any channel and any discipline: print, digital, brand, campaigns. This is a great opportunity for a multi-disciplined designer looking to continue doing great work for a global agency.

Full Stack Developer

Fine Art SaaS Platform; Technology Company

Location: Oval, London

Max budget: £45,000

We’re hiring a Full Stack Developer to join a technology company whose business is building a scalable CRM SaaS platform specifically designed for Art Galleries, Artists and Art Collectors.

As the Full Stack Developer, your role will be to build innovative web applications and features within a multi-disciplined team of engineers.

Tech Stack*:

• Python, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript & MySQL

*If you have a good grasp of Ruby, C++, PHP, C# or Java and are happy to learn Python, we would be delighted to provide Python training on the job.

The company has a track record of hiring programmers with good core skills and providing an opportunity to learn new skills, build cool products and work with a team of people who enjoy being part of a fun culture.

Additional info: The office is as you’d expect from a tech company that service the art industry; big open spaces with lots of natural light. They have lots of activities to take part in outside of working hours including; rock climbing, yoga, running, social drinks, takeaway pizza nights and more.

For more information or to apply to the role please contact Danny Stewart at Redsofa London.

(Python, Full Stack, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Developer, Software Engineer, Programmer)

Junior Web Developer

Fine Art SaaS Platform; Technology Company

Location: Oval, London

Budget: £30,000 – £40,000 depending on experience

We’re hiring a Junior Developer to join a technology company whose business is building a scalable CRM SaaS platform specifically designed for Art Galleries, Artists and Art Collectors.

As the Junior Developer, your role will be to build innovative web applications and features within a multi-disciplined team of engineers.

Tech Stack*:

• Python, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript & MySQL

*If you have a good grasp of Ruby, C++, PHP, C# or Java and are happy to learn Python, we would be delighted to provide Python training on the job.

The company has a track record of hiring programmers with good core skills and providing an opportunity to learn new skills, build cool products and work with a team of people who enjoy being part of a fun culture.

Additional info: The office is as you’d expect from a tech company that service the art industry; big open spaces with lots of natural light. They have lots of activities to take part in outside of working hours including; rock climbing, yoga, running, social drinks, takeaway pizza nights and more.

For more information or to apply to the role please contact Danny Stewart at Redsofa London.

(Python, Full Stack, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Developer, Software Engineer, Programmer, Junior)

Python Developer

Fine Art SaaS Platform; Technology Company

Location: Oval, London

Max budget: £45,000

We’re hiring a Python Developer to join a technology company whose business is building a scalable CRM SaaS platform specifically designed for Art Galleries, Artists and Art Collectors.

As the Python Developer, your role will be to build innovative web applications and features within a multi-disciplined team of engineers.

Tech Stack*:

• Python, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript & MySQL

*If you have a good grasp of Ruby, C++, PHP, C# or Java and are happy to learn Python, we would be delighted to provide Python training on the job.

The company has a track record of hiring programmers with good core skills and providing an opportunity to learn new skills, build cool products and work with a team of people who enjoy being part of a fun culture.

Additional info: The office is as you’d expect from a tech company that serves the art industry; big open spaces with lots of natural light. They have lots of activities to take part in outside of working hours including; rock climbing, yoga, running, social drinks, takeaway pizza nights and more.

For more information or to apply to the role please contact Danny Stewart at Redsofa London.

(Python, Full Stack, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Developer, Software Engineer, Programmer)

We’re on the hunt for an awesome Mid-Weight Motion Designer to join a buzzing central London creative department. You’ll need to be super passionate about all things creative, have excellent motion skills, but most importantly, be crazy excited to be part of an industry leader in Social and Word of Mouth marketing.

You’ll be tasked with concepting and delivering a range of work across a variety of projects and brands in the Tech, Beauty, Alcohol, FMCG and Service industries. Time moves at the speed of light but you’ll be working with the most talented bunch of individuals this side of the Moon landings.

In a nutshell you’ll be working within the design team on a massive range of projects and brands. Designers are involved from the start of a brief right through to output. You’ll be involved in ideations, project development and creation of content in 2D, animation, video or whatever medium works best. Ownership and passion are key so we’re looking for a candidate with an insatiable drive to create award winning, innovative campaigns.

Conceptualise a brief from issue through to artwork and implementation
Creative ideation and design thinking, on your own or as a team
Delivering storyboards and campaign look and feel visuals
Meticulous visuals and finished assets delivered on time, on brand and in a cost-effective manner
Stay up-to-date with social platforms and industry trends
Liaising with fellow team members, client service and community teams to deliver projects as a team

We’re on the hunt for an awesome Design Director to join a buzzing central London creative department. You’ll need to be super passionate about all things creative, have experience of design for the luxury industries, but most importantly, be crazy excited to be part of an industry leader in Social and Word of Mouth marketing.

The role will see you leading a range of Beauty and Lifestyle clients, supported by a team of creative designers and production heads. You will be primarily spearheading a team on an international beauty brand so an interest in hair, fashion and beauty is essential.

In a nutshell you’ll working within the design team on a market leader in the hair and beauty industry. You’ll be tasked with owning and leading the creative output on this account, developing their brand, producing campaigns, overseeing retainer content and developing our team with your impressive luxury / beauty design knowledge. You will also sit over a number of beauty and lifestyle brands and work with the teams to deliver best in class work.

Creatives are involved from the start of a brief right through to output. You will go further, helping guide the client on the future of the brand identity, drive forward creative ideations, oversee project development and lead creation of content across a variety of channels and mediums. You will need to be hands on when driving forward concepts and brand campaigns.

Are you a conceptual Midweight Graphic Designer with some animation skills?

My client is a fully integrated agency with a digital heart. you will get the opportunity to work across all clients meaning the opportunity here is vast, you could be working on a full web re-design, pushing the email design envelope, adding flare to a print campaign, or helping brand the next start-up.

I am looking for someone who can follow direction but is also conceptual and enjoys pushing boundaries. You will would need to be comfortable with all areas of design as well as having some experience in animation ideally and have 2-3 years experience working in a permanent position at a design agency and preferably ad agency experience.

This is a great opportunity for a Midweight who is looking for their next challenge and to work with an truly inspiring CD who will support your career and conceptual growth.

Backend Node.js Developer

Business Intelligence Tech Startup – Vauxhall, London

£35,000 to £50,000 + Benefits + Options

We’re hiring a Node.js Developer to join a tech startup building business intelligence technology for huge Blue Chip Technology brands.

As the Node.js Developer, you will play a part in influencing some of the most strategic decisions being made by business leaders today. The role will give you the opportunity to work as part of our engineering team to design, develop and build the backend that will power the Unrival platform in the years to come. You will play a key role in this greenfield project, an exciting opportunity to lay the foundations for Unrival’s future success.

We’re looking for someone that has experience working as part of a coding team to develop robust systems that are designed scale. You will be working closely with the frontend and lead developers to ensure on-time delivery of system that can support new features and functionality being added in phased rollouts. Expect to be asked your opinion regularly, this isn’t a passive role.

About you

• Have at least 3 years development experience
• Solid knowledge of Node and JavaScript
• Experience with developing for a serverless environment and understand what that means
• Have a good understanding of the Git command line
• Understand TDD and why it’s so important along with experience writing tests
• Have worked with Redis before but not essential
• Experience with graph database (specifically planning) and TinkerPop is preferred
• Working knowledge of Amazon Web Services platform specifically Lambda, API Gateway, S3,
• Neptune, RDS, VPC and CloudWatch
• You’re curious and enjoy problem solving – we are an insight company after all!
• You love working as part of a team

Whilst experience with graph databases and Node is a plus, we’re equally interested in who you are and how you’ll approach this role. We’re looking for someone who is keen to jump in at the deep end, learn quickly and has the confidence and positivity to face challenges head on.

Please get in touch with Danny Stewart for more info or to apply: DStewart@redsofalondon.com

I’m looking to speak to exceptional, hands-on Creative Editors for a global broadcaster’s Nordic accounts within a fantastic content agency. Local language and cultural context are key so I’m after a native Dane or Swede with fluent English.

You will be overseeing a team of writers and creators and contribute to the planning, creation and delivery of consistently brilliant branded content for distribution across social media channels. This is a client-facing role and you will be responsible for the management of the UK and Nordic regions of the platform.

Please get in touch for a much more extensive brief. Please do not apply if you do NOT speak fluent Danish or Swedish nor have extensive cultural awareness of the region.

Frontend Developer (AngularJS, UX)

Business Intelligence Tech Startup – Vauxhall, London

£35,000 to £45,000 + Benefits + Options

We’re hiring a Frontend Developer (AngularJS, UX) to join a tech startup building business intelligence technology for huge Blue Chip Technology brands.

As the Frontend Developer (AngularJS, UX), you will play a part in influencing some of the most strategic decisions being made by business leaders today. The role will give you the opportunity to work as part of our engineering team to design, develop and build the backend that will power the Unrival platform in the years to come. You will play a key role in this greenfield project, an exciting opportunity to lay the foundations for Unrival’s future success.

We’re looking for someone that has experience working as part of a coding team to develop robust systems that are intuitive to use and present the complex data in an easy to understand, visual way. You will be working closely with the backend and lead developers to ensure on-time delivery of system that can support new features and functionality being added in phased rollouts. Expect to be asked your opinion regularly, this isn’t a passive role.

About you

• Have at least 2 years development experience
• Solid knowledge of Angular and JavaScript
• Prior experience with d3.js preferred but not essential
• Experience with designing and developing good user experiences that are intuitive not frustrating
• Have a good understanding of the Git command line
• Understand TDD and why it’s so important and preferably some experience writing tests with
• protractor
• Working knowledge of Amazon Web Services platform specifically Lambda, API Gateway, S3,
• Neptune, RDS, VPC and CloudWatch
• You’re curious and enjoy problem solving – we are an insight company after all!
• You love working as part of a team
• As well as the skills outlined above we’re equally interested in who you are and how you’ll approach this
• role. We’re looking for someone who is keen to jump in at the deep end, learn quickly and has the
• confidence and positivity to face challenges head on.

Please get in touch with Danny Stewart for more info or to apply: DStewart@redsofalondon.com

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.

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 SAD 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.

Job Description: Mid Weight Designer

Our client is an independent creative agency with a singular focus: they create big brand ideas that engage under 30’s

They work with brands that need to be relevant in the world of culture, media, technology and consumer attitude; ambitious brands who can’t afford to get it wrong with their most important audience.

They are entrepreneurial by nature and understand that to get the best out of your people, they need the best culture. So they invest in it. And in you.

Every team member benefits from their training and development programme, which they run in consultation with industry organisation The IPA. They are currently working towards Gold accreditation.

They also believe their team is the best, because they work at it. In addition to monthly Show + Tell nights, where they share and celebrate great work over a few drinks they also have annual Christmas and Summer parties which have taken them to the cafe bars of Paris, the ski slopes of Meribel, the clubs of Ibiza and in the last 12 months, to Copenhagen, Secret Cinema’s Bladerunner and the Bake-Off tent.

Most of their people have some kind of creative side-hustle going on, and they love that about them. They’ve got artists, designers and entrepreneurs all over the shop.

So, they’re supportive and down-to-earth but they’re professional and as a team they’ve got their act together.

Yes they’ve got some big clients and won some awards but there’s more to them than name dropping and gong-hunting.

They have been listed in Campaign’s Top 5 Places to work, which demonstrates their long-term commitment to their culture and the future career paths of their people.

They are growing rapidly and need inspired creative people to join their tight studio team.

Who are you

As the Mid Weight Designer you will be responsible for creating and delivering the visual aesthetic of the agency’s varied roster of clients.

You’re already an excellent designer, someone who can problem solve and create new ideas rather than just layout and execute. You’re going to creatively steer the output of contemporary brands specifically targeting culturally savvy under 30’s around the world so you need to know your audience and what they’re into. They’re not looking for cookie cutter ad-agency gloss, they want your authentic style to inform their output.

You’ll be big into the execution, love the ins and outs of Adobe’s finest and be able to go from concept board to finished artwork effortlessly.

You must be highly organized and process driven. No-one likes a messy desktop. Especially not on Mondays. They’ve got hard drives coming in at a rate of knots and you’ll share responsibility for looking after them and keeping track of files on the server.

You can multi-task; they’re always busy and no day is the same.

So, you can adapt and adjust to changing circumstances. Some projects take weeks, some need minutes, you’re comfortable with it all.

You’re a proper team player, you’ll get lots of support but you’re self-motivated enough to crack on by yourself, and you also back yourself to not only fit in with their team but to add to the culture.

You’ll be working at the heart of a highly creative, motivated team, delivering the best work of their lives and there will be people to inspire you and people who expect you to inspire them.

Your Experience

Junior / mid level in a creative/design agency
Fully Experienced in the Adobe Creative Suite, including and understanding of Design, Editing and Motion Graphics.

Must Haves.

We are looking for people who match their values: –

Brave
Smart
Spirited

Lateral thinking, they’re not your average network giant.
Adaptable and flexible, they’re all hybrid.
Ambition – for yourself and the agency, they’re going places.
Positive, happy personality, because everyone else is.
Calm under pressure

Package

Basic salary £28/32K depending on experience and talent
25 days holiday (to include time taken off during the annual Christmas Close, which is 4 days)
Birthday taken as an additional holiday day
Healthy body, healthy mind fund: 1% per annum of salary allocated per employee, to be put against their wellbeing – gym membership, Santander Cycles, massage, fitness class, bike purchase et al
Pension
Private Healthcare
Travel insurance

Start date: ASAP

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.

We are working with an East London production company who are renowned for creating premium branded content and beautifully crafted films and experiences. They are looking for a strong Video Editor with post-production management skills to join the team on a permanent basis.

Working through Premiere Pro, good experience with colour grading and sound editing required. Motion experience is a big bonus
Exceptional story-telling skills. Be able to craft the narrative as often there is no storyboard to work from
Must be proactive and passionate about film
Agency background is good but be aware the editor would be undertaking both on/offline editing duties
Alongside editing experience, they’re looking for someone who is very process-driven and can manage the edit workflow process

This is an exceptional role at a lovely agency for the right person. For the full brief please get in touch.

About the Client

We’re creating a new Product team to develop the next generation of our apps. If you have mobile product design experience we’re interested in getting to know you.

Our apps will be constantly evolving over the coming years as we add more advanced data science functionality. We’ll need to design non-intrusive ways of tagging faces and gathering feedback on the photos we’ve selected so that our models can improve over time.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR FROM YOU

A UI/UX mindset with 4+ years in mobile app design.
Attention to detail is critical for this role. If you have a passion for leaving no-stone-unturned, you’ll feel at home with us.
Ideally, you have worked in a startup before and are excited by the ability to influence and not afraid of the associated responsibilities.
You like working things out first by sketching on paper rather than going straight to Sketch or Figma.
You enjoy analysing data to make decisions.
You take the initiative to get results and don’t wait for instructions.
You have an instinctive knowledge of Apple’s iOS Human Interface Guidelines as well as Google’s Material Design.
You have professional experience of working with developers.

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Data Analyst (Data Scientist)

Prestigious International Hotel Group, Technology Division

Farringdon, London

6-Month Rolling Contract: £300-£550 per day

(Day rate relevant to experience)

We’re hiring a freelance Data Analyst (Data Scientist) for an international hotel group, curating unique hospitality experiences in some of the most exciting cities and neighbourhoods around the world.

As the Data Analyst your role will be to help improve the data insights, as part of our goal to provide ever-better experiences to our guests.

You’ll collaborate with colleagues within the technology division to improve and automate reporting across our data points (primarily Opera). Your input on business insights drawn from the data and analysis will inspire new ideas, features and services.

Role requirements:

• 3+ years professional experience as a Data Analysis professional
• Good understanding of how to shape data capture to benefit reporting and actionable tasks
• Good knowledge of SQL databases
• Ability to draw commercially relevant insights from data and ‘translate’ data to others not as fluent in data language; you’ll be forming hypotheses and testing these against data sources
• Experience with Tableau (or similar)
• Additional skills needed: Python (or similar scripting tool), Oracle/Amazon Redshift
• Previous experience working with software engineers
• Any experience of data architecture or data engineering is beneficial but not essential
• Any experience with hotel or booking systems is also beneficial but not essential

Please contact Danny Stewart with your CV and availability to start a new role to apply for the position.

Thanks.

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 join their team.

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.

I’m working with a very cool music focussed brand who is looking for a Senior designer. As a creative at heart, you will push boundaries without compromising your sense of design integrity when challenged with fast paced projects. If you are passionate about music, recording, festivals, and being backstage with up and coming bands and DJs, then this is the role for you.

You will be a senior level integrated designer with a minimum of 5 years’ experience ideally with a range of skills covering both digital and print, and a desire to expand your knowledge of film and moving image.

You would be expected to lead and oversee an array of design projects from branding to marketing using digital and print, the role is an equal mix of the two so its essential you are confident and comfortable working on and offline and your portfolio will showcase your skills in both, ideally you will have worked in the music or entertainment industries.

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.

Full Stack Developer (PHP, JavaScript, Java)

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 Fullstack Developer to join their team.

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.
• Knowledge of OOP and SOLID principles
• 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)

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.

Whether its a event, exhibition, product showcase, brand identity or digital experience, this agency prides itself on delivering projects to an exceptional standard. They work with some iconic brands which are instantly recognisable, they have been expanding rapidly over the past year due to their impressive success of winning a multitude of pitches and they continue to grow.

They are looking for a talented Lead Senior Designer/ Associate Design Director who has exceptional skills in crafting and illustration, they want to see a Designer who can add an artistic spin to branding/ 2D projects, making them unique and different. Its safe to say they are looking for someone who thinks outside the box and pushes briefs. Its essential you come from a 2D branding background having gained experience in retail/experiential agencies.

You will be the type of Designer who enjoys a challenge and who is looking for a new agency where you will have the autonomy to deliver on briefs. I am looking to see clever thinking and a fresh approach to design from your portfolio, the idea and thinking process must be evident. You will have a strong portfolio which showcases your skills within 2D across retail/experiential and if you have worked on experiential events for some cool sporting brands then thats a massive plus.

If you want an agency that is forward thinking then this is it.

An industry leading design agency specialising in the sports hospitality, sponsorship and events sector is seeking a talented, experienced and confident all-round Creative Artworker who is also able to turn their hand to design.

You will join an outstanding creative team based in West London delivering highly creative and effective graphic design solutions for high profile sports events, stadium projects, sponsorship activations and print campaigns all over the world.

The scope of design work is diverse and involves creating campaigns for many prestigious sporting events and live entertainment clients which will include outdoor and large format print, printed marketing materials and presentations. The focus of the role is in delivering faultless artwork for all collateral with a creative eye for any design amends/suggestions.

You will have a proven track record in developing and delivering a range of highly accurate, print ready artwork to tight deadlines as part of an integrated design team. Impeccable layout design skills are a must with strong attention to detail and proven ability in seeing a campaign through from creative large assets to finished print ready media.

Fluency in Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator are essential and you should be organised, focused and have extensive knowledge of print production processes.

About the role:

You will be joining our growing digital team, based in London and you will be reporting into our Senior Digital Designer. You will be responsible for designing and developing innovative branded solutions such as website, apps and other digital touchpoints for retail markets with specific contribution across 2D brand communications and digital design within a seamless customer journey. As a Digital Designer, you will be expected to work with Digital Designers, Developers, UX Designers to develop creative concepts across all aspects of digital interaction working with a wider multidisciplinary creative team.

PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE:

3 year+ digital design experience (Brand, Digital)
A strong knowledge of UI design principles and techniques
Good working knowledge of UX and Interaction Design
Knowledge of Motion / Prototyping
Strong verbal & written communication skills in English and other languages a bonus
Understanding how mobile, web and screen-based content works
Highly proficient graphics and digital software including Sketch, Invision, Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, Illustrator,

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The majority of time within the role is dedicated to:

Contribute into the development and delivery of effective user interfaces across a range of client websites and mobile apps
Ensure complex information is delivered and displayed in the most compelling way
Proactively developing graphics, digital and website design with other team members
Work with the UX Design team to ensure all client sites and apps deliver the best experience possible
Contributing to brainstorming sessions for creative concepting
Staying current on market trends and research as it relates to digital and retail design, communicating and feeding back to other team.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY WHO:

Have a passion for design
Cares about user experience
Have great attention to details
Delivers
Enjoys working in fast-paced projects
Can work alone and with a team
Curious and innovative

I’m working with an independent, full-service communications agency who develop and execute unique strategies across digital, creative and media that stands out. They are looking for an experienced UI/Digital Designer to join the small creative team.

You’ll be working closely with the design lead, driving the delivery of the UI and digital design across a variety of projects. The ideal candidate must have a real passion for digital design, creating and delivering leading digital solutions as per best practice.

You will need to have proven experience across UI Design using Sketch and understanding of the fundamentals of UX when working on responsive website and mobile app design projects.

Please get in touch for the full brief.

We are looking for an Arabic Copywriter for a London based agency.

You must write clear and persuasive copy for websites, apps, ads, and other means of advertising and corporate communication for the agency and portfolio companies.

Work with designers, illustrators, photographers and production companies to complete the campaign.

Work with creative team to create effective campaigns and content for website

Check copy for spelling and grammar errors

Research competitors and keep abreast with their communication strategy

Monitor campaigns and change communication as needed.

Perform search engine optimization

Update digital media with content in a timely fashion

Localisation / Local dialect.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Creative + production artworker.

THE OPPORTUNITY
Our client is looking for a talented creative + production artworker to join their busy studio team to bolster and enhance their production and creative delivery across all print, OOH and digital channels and touch-points. This is a production focussed role with opportunities to collaborate with the creative departments.

ABOUT THE AGENCY
We are a fiercely independent creative communications agency, with offices in London, China, Germany, Italy an the US. Since our foundation in the 80’s by one of the greats of advertising we have always championed a strategy-led approach to our work, rooted in the belief that “it’s not an idea unless it changes a business”. With the focus on creating unfair competitive advantage and driving irrational preference for our clients’
brands, the team of curious talent develop long-term communication ideas that deliver results.

EXPECTATIONS
We are seeking a best-in-class artworker who can bring exceptional value to the studio and agency. You will be passionate about producing work of the very highest standard and be comfortable collaborating with designers and art directors on their requirements, as well as performing your production duties. You will be passionate and take immense pride in the work you are producing. You will demonstrate high standards of technical and creative ability and be comfortable delivering work in a fast-paced environment across all media channels and be flexible in your work hours when the business demands.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
—Be able to produce work across print and OOH predominantly, as well as delivering across digital, social and content.
—Work collaboratively with co-artworkers, designers and managers to produce best-in-class work.
—Use and implement our brands’ style guidelines to ensure brand stewardship, governance and consistency are adhered to.
—You will be comfortable working on both creative and technical projects, both small or large.
—Take a master concept from design and apply artwork rigour to the creative, if adapting you will retain the creative integrity of the ad within the formats you have to work to.
—Ability to produce pitch decks and presentation documents in InDesign, Powerpoint and Keynote.
—You will be expected to perform varied tasks — day-to-day from big projects with lead designers to the more production focussed tasks of asset export and file management.

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS
—Create skilled and technically accurate artwork.
—Strong layout and typographical skills.
—Incredible attention to detail.
—Advanced skills in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
—Design and layout skills in Powerpoint and Keynote presentation software.
—Excellent working knowledge of artwork, repro and print processes.

—Creative flair and an eye for design.
—Photoshop comps for design layouts.
—A ‘can-do’ attitude and willingness to help out with additional projects when needed.
—Be able to work collaboratively or independently.
—The ability to proof read and spell/sense check all work before rolling out.
—Be able to cope with fast turnaround and deadline driven projects.
—Apply due diligence and discipline when filing assets in their appropriate place for re-purposing and archiving during project or at wash-up stage.
—Good communication skills to engage with designers, producers and managers.

ADVANTAGES
—Basic understanding of digital production.
—Willingness to keep pace with and act on changes in digital production technologies.

REMUNERATION
—You will be rewarded with a competitive salary dependent on your skills and experience.
—Private healthcare cover.
—Personal insurance scheme.
—Pension scheme.
—Summer and Xmas away-day parties.

Global Agency based in central London are looking. for a talented Digital Artworker for a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.

Key Areas of Accountability:

Working on a variety of both digital and print projects across all client teams
Work to tight deadlines and across a number of briefs at one time, flexible in adopting to new styles, people and projects throughout the day
Comfortable to be making amends/corrections to design files, including copy amends and design layouts in Photoshop and InDesign/Illustrator

Skills, Personal Attributes and Attitude:

An eye for design and typography
Strong experience in Adobe Creative Suite, including Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign,
xd and Sketch
Impeccable attention to detail
Must be quick and confident
Must be proactive, perceptive and approachable
Exceptional layout skills and understanding of hierarchy and structure
Familiarity with working in a high tempo environment, involving multiple pitches
Understanding of brand and corporate guidelines
Collaborative skills to work closely with account managers, writers, ADs and producers
Keen learner, self-starter, where the opportunity to learn new skills, programmes etc
Experience using PowerPoint/Word applications
Pre-print knowledge would be an advantage

Success Criteria:

Has a positive, can-do attitude and enjoys challenging work
Taking pride in all work produced no matter how large or small
Willing to help others and share knowledge

Our client is an established major global advertising agency, based in London. Having gone through a major re-invention recently, they have now become the go-to Ad agency in London and are now one of the most awarded agencies in the world…

There is an emphasis on hiring nice people; personality being key as they promote a good working culture involving collaboration and fairness. It’s a great place to work at and they have a high retention rate, which is always a good sign.

The studio consists of around 12 designers with 1-2 creative atworkers. They are now looking for strong versatile designers that can turn their hand to anything from conceptual work and branding, through to campaign work. It’s a great place to work and the standard of work is very high, but the pace/turnaround is very fast so you’ll need to be able to handle tight deadlines. They are looking for designers with ATL experience at the core, but would also like to see versatility and potentially personal work too; anything that shows you carry your creative passion to out of work activities would be a bonus; screen printing, photography etc…

The more senior designers are actively encouraged to become brand guardians and oversee at least one main account (plus others). At this level you will be client facing and see the work filtered through down the line internally, guiding and encouraging more junior designers; essentially it’s similar to a HoD role.

The agency’s offices have been re-designed and are looking great, it’s all open plan now, and staff are spread out hot-desking next to each other regardless of their job title; i.e.: account managers next to designers or creatives, very much encouraging that collaborative culture.

My client are an ambitious and fast-growing marketing agency, led by award-winning creatives and based in Richmond.

They’re always exploring new ways to tell great stories, through incredible content.

The spec:

We’re looking for a Senior Designer to join a super-talented design team, currently comprised of: 1 Head of Design, 1 Design Director, 1 Senior, 1 Motion Lead, 4 Mid-weights and 3 Creative Artworkers.

We produce a wide variety of work, from branding and identities, websites and interactive to content marketing (videos, ebooks, long-ass web pages… stuff like that); with an emphasis on digital and exciting design innovation.

You’ll be…

Designing content across multiple channels from concept to final deliverables. So, someone hands-on with excellent technical skills who can also provide art direction would be perfect.
Working with our fantastic writing, accounts and web teams to turn briefs
into breakthrough work.
Helping sell in agency ideas and work to clients.

You’ll have…

A book full of amazing thought-provoking ideas, beautifully executed, predominantly in digital formats.
A solid foundation in the principles of design, type and creative direction.
Proven experience of creating and delivering design that works across responsive web packages.
Experience in prototyping and testing design ideas.
Decent branding experience, knowing the value of a powerful identity.
Plenty of passion, not only about how things look, but how they work and feel.
An impressive cultural awareness, strong at producing content for social media.
At least 3 years experience working in a digital creative agency.

And these technical skills…

Highly proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign

Familiarity with industry standard UX and UI design and prototyping tools; Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD and InVision, Zeplin

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 of the opportunity to shape a growing company.

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

I am looking for a senior javascript contractor for a creative agency for approx 4 months. Day rate £450.

Key Technical Skills & Responsibilities

Proven experience delivering dynamic, responsive, maintainable, and performant web applications/experiences using a modern Javascript based stack (React, Redux, Webpack, Node, CSS3, HTML5).
Strong and up-to-date knowledge of modern Javascript tooling, design patterns, and the latest ECMAScript syntax and featuresets.
Experience with Progressive Web Apps, JAMstack, and static site generators (e.g Gatsby JS).
Experience of working with headless content management systems (e.g. Contentful)
Deep knowledge of source control (GIT, Gitflow, Pull requests, Code reviews) and bug tracking systems (JIRA).
Experience using component environments and atomic style guides (e.g Storybook)
Experience building and running Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines and automated test suites.
Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behavioural Driven Development. (BDD); Ability to write unit, component, and integration tests with established testing suites (Jest, Enzyme, Chai, Sinon, Istanbul etc).
Advanced understanding of web standards and best practices including SEO, accessibility and usability.
Excellent working knowledge developing cross platform/browser compatibility (IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc.)
Experience of writing server side microservices or Lambda/serverless functions with Node.js to support front-end features.
In depth understanding of cross-browser, front-end development issues with excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills.

Design Agency based in Soho are looking for a mid-weight Motion Designer that can work across the following:

After Effects
Cinema 4D (nice to have)
Premiere (editing, colour grading)
Storyboarding

Filming (we have kit, so using a basic setup – we use 3rd parties for larger shoots)

The spec:

First and foremost our motion designers are creative thinkers and problem solvers. Their role is to be a key member of the team, continuously learning from and contributing to projects. They will be taking a greater lead on projects and begin owning some of the small to medium projects. They should be good listeners, not be afraid to air their views, be great team players, have very good mac skills, be enthusiastic and have strong sense of personal responsibility for the work they produce.

A Motion Designer should have a relevant design degree, 3 or 4 years experience (may vary) and an excellent portfolio and/or showreel which demonstrates their ability to think intellectually about design problems and demonstrates their ability to flex their idea, in motion, across the different channels of a brand.

The role:

To help the team produce inspiring digital presentations, social media content, video and motion work for clients

Help develop/challenge/understand briefs, conduct audits, gather information, understand client’s business

Production of original, appropriate and highly creative motion concepts. Ability to present these to the team, explaining your ideas using whatever media best represents your thinking.

To develop and craft yours and others work working closely with the team

Have a strong knowledge of what is possible with existing and emerging digital platforms and devices, motion tools and devices

Be involved in award winning projects

Be inquisitive, ask questions, learn how things work

Be enthusiastic about as much as you can

Make even the seemingly mundane task a challenge and an opportunity to learn

Develop an awareness of 3rd party expertise such as digital designers, animators, 3d specialists, coders and proactively share new ‘finds’ across the consultancy

Keep abreast of what is happening in the motion, social and design industry and share those findings with the wider team

Your ‘team’ includes non designers such as project managers and account handlers, it is important to understand their goals and work closely with them

Begin to take responsibility for smaller projects in the studio

We’re looking for a&nb?
sp;Digital Designer to join a growing London creat?
ive team.

You’ll be some?
one with true passion for design and social media. You und?
erstand what makes a great social piece, from the typographi?
c choices all the way down to the technical considerations %?26ndash; your experience will have honed your skills and des?
ire to thrive in a fast-paced agency environment.

My client is a rapidly growing Fintech company – the size of their team has almost doubled to over 25 people over the past 12 months. They are now looking for a back end developer to join the team which consists of 6 developers, designers and project managers who are passionate about building a game changing FinTech platform and they are hoping to increase the size of this team within the next 6 months. You will be a part of a friendly, highly collaborative and expert team who work closely with the business team to deliver the right product for their customers. Ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace where they learn from each other is core to their values.

Their Tech Stack
Their platform backend is currently developed using the python frameworks Flask and Django Rest Framework, with a Vue JS front-end. They share and deploy environments using Docker and they use a variety of applications/software to compose their system, such as nginx, uwsgi, postgres, mongodb. As the platform grows they will be expanding its architecture to cope with the increase in scope and demand so they will inevitably need to research new tools and methods as they go.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
They are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Backend Developer to join their team. You must be a team player who is able to bring valuable experience and knowledge to help them continue to develop and build this next generation platform. The team is looking for a proactive, inquisitive problem solver who is self-motivated and always eager to adapt to the latest technology and use it to enhance the product.

You will have the following key responsibilities:

Working with all other development team roles to iteratively develop:
The Product Increment
Models required for the properly controlled development of the solution
Models and documents as required for the purpose of supporting the Deployed Solution in live use

Turning requirements into tasks and providing estimates against those tasks
Taking part in the design of the system from an architectural perspective
Writing code to a high standard, with supporting tests and documentation
Demonstrating your code/work to other developers in code reviews and also reviewing the work of other developers
Proactively helping your team-mates when you are working on co-dependent features
Collaborating with the QA team-members to ensure the delivered products are fit for purpose

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND REQUIREMENTS
You must be able to demonstrate the following skills / competencies:

Experience:

At least 4 years of relevant web development experience
A degree in computer science or a similar field, or additional relevant work experience
Excellent knowledge of Python, Flask framework and Django Rest Framework
Experience of using a relational database like postgres/mysql
Experience of using Git with a branching workflow (e.g. like git-flow)

Comfortable using a flavour of Linux and also the command line terminal

Commercial & Technical skills:

Able to mentor junior members and give technical advice and direction
A track record of solving problems in a commercial environment
Excellent communication, both verbal and written
Ability to work cross-functionally in a highly collaborative environment

I am looking for a UX director to join this creative digital agency in Shoreditch, initial 3 month contract with a view to role.

The UX director will be responsible for:

UX programme oversight
Review, manage, plan and scope projects
Define the UX principles and approach
Client and stakeholder engagement and management with support from the client lead
Business awareness and ability to identify new opportunities
Manage a team of UX managers
Oversee the offshore UX team

An industry leading design agency specialising  in the sports hospitality, sponsorship and events sector is seeking a talented, experienced and confident all-round Creative Artworker.

You will join an outstanding creative team based in West London delivering highly
creative and effective graphic design solutions for high profile sports events, stadium projects, sponsorship activations and print campaigns all over the world.

The scope of design work is diverse and involves creating campaigns for many prestigious sporting events and live entertainment clients which will include outdoor and large format print, printed marketing materials and presentations. The focus of the role is in delivering faultless artwork for all collateral.

You will have a proven track record in developing and delivering a range of highly accurate, print ready artwork to tight deadlines as part of an integrated design team. Impeccable layout design skills are a must with strong attention to detail and proven ability in seeing a campaign through from creative large assets to finished print ready media.

Fluency in Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator are essential and you should be organised, focused and have extensive knowledge of print production processes.

I am looking for a passionate Front-End Developer to join my clients Technology team.

You will work on global web platforms and interactive web apps for some of the world’s biggest and most innovative brands.
You‘ll liaise with the Creative, UX and Design teams to support in shaping the end-product.
You’ll work alongside our Project Managers, Tech Leads and in-house and off-shore development and testing teams to deliver best-in-class, award-winning and cutting-edge solutions.

A typical day
As a Front-End Developer in the Technology team, you will have numerous responsibilities including, but not limited to:

Creative, UX and Design reviews and input
Development planning and task estimation
Project setup and implementing the right frameworks, libraries, templating engines and build tools for the job
Front-end development across a variety of projects.
Maintenance, optimisation and enhancement of existing web platforms
Status updates to Tech Leads and Project Managers
Mentoring junior developers and defining front-end development standards

They would like

Minimum of 5 years experience of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
HTML & JavaScript frameworks (Bootstrap) and templating engines (e.g. HandleBars, GSAP, etc)
Setup and configuration of build tools such as Webpack, Gulp & Bower
Sass and modern styling techniques such as BEM
Some knowledge of React JS and comfortable maintaining existing basic React web apps
Experience integrating with RESTful APIs
Good understanding of the DOM
Experience with GIT & JIRA
Passion for emerging web technologies

Nice-to-haves

Experience working in a digital agency environment
ES6+, VanillaJS, and a good understanding of functional programming and design patterns
Node.js
Exposure to animation and/or game tools (e.g. Canvas, WebGL, Unity, Phaser, Lottie)
Exposure to PHP and/or .NET frameworks and CMS a bonus

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.

I am looking for an entrepreneurial Mid-weight Creative with a passion for Social to work alongside and inspiring Creative Director at a growing digital content agency.  The agency works with brands from beauty through to food, is based in the heart of Farringdon and promotes a healthy work life balance environment with the opportunity to work from home 1 to 2 days a week.  The environment is relaxed, friendly and creative.

Specifics:

·         Generate creative campaigns, bringing ideas to life through print, digital and film

·         Creating concepts and presenting new ideas to teams and clients – this is all about ideas – the agency have a crack pot production/design department

·         Format innovations to position the agency and looking at what’s new and next when it comes to social

·         The role fulfils social media ideas the agency creates and be pivotal in new business pitches and wins.

·         This mid-weight creative needs to be an evangelist for creativity. Live and breathe it. Constantly doing, looking and sharing with others.

To apply please include your folio.

Working with a full-service creative agency located in the heart of Soho to find a Junior/Mid-weight Video Editor. You will be proficient with Adobe Premiere and After Effects. A self-shooter would be a bonus.

The agency is a very busy creative studio with high-end brands in their folio. Automative is an area they specialise in. Please get in touch for further details.

Senior Producer

Our client is a leader in word of mouth social media marketing.  They help brands to be more social, to talk to people, and to be talked about by people.

They are now looking to hire a passionate Senior Producer; someone who’s been in the game for a while and has been on the ground at shoots for some time.  You’ll have worked with influencers and will be familiar with what works on Social.  There’s also an opportunity to assist in building the overall production set up, and develop their capabilities and efficiencies.

Day to day tasks involve:

Proactive management of shoot schedules, timelines and budgeting
Liaising with stakeholders & negotiating contracts
Knowledge with platforms, trends and social video formats
Experience of post production workflow
An extensive black book of industry contacts

The role will suit a team player; who is interested in innovation and trends within the industry.  The salary is paying to £50K.  Do drop me a line for more information.

A very funky and visually striking fashion brand is looking for a talented and versatile designer to create conceptual direction for all brand graphics who has a passion for the fashion industry. You will be working closely with the Creative Directors and CEO to help bring ideas to life.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Designing lookbooks, invitations, newsletters and marketing assets across print and digital channels
Generating concepts for online communications, including homepages, online feature pages, email campaigns, banners and promotions
Support the delivery of seasonal content, attending castings and photo/video/product shoots, overseeing the production process, including retouching/post production of ecommerce assets
Editing image content that is within the brand style and with an understanding of crops required for social media, ecommerce and emails
Assist in building creative presentations
Maintain an understanding of the latest trends in fashion, design, typography, photography, art and culture

You

Preferably a Graphic Design degree with a minimum of three year’s experience
An excellent designer with proven experience in both digital and print fields
Ability to articulate ideas and create clear narrative within design
An understanding of the concept of branding and identity
Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat,…) Premier Pro, After Effects, Sketch and Keynote
Comfortable and competent in the usage of all social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook
Experience working on photo and video shoots is a plus. Photography skills a plus

A communications agency that offers brand, PR and internal comms services who are growing at pace are looking for an ambitious, proactive and experienced Mid-Weight Designer who is looking for an opportunity to play a big part in shaping the future of their business.

You will be part of a dynamic and fast growing team and cover all aspects of design – branding, presentations and pitching, client/account management and creating comms & creative campaigns, so a very versatile role and exciting role.

You will have a well laid out portfolio of design, branding, infographics and guidelines work that shows a solid approach to delivering all of these key disciplines. You will have a minimum of 6 years’ experience, either working agency side or in-house, managing creative work for clients, ideally with good experience of working with large corporate organisations.

Needless to say, you know InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, inside out and you will also have an unnatural love of Office 365, for a typical graphic designer.

A unique, industry leading design agency who specialises in the sports hospitality, sponsorship and events sector is seeking a talented, dynamic and highly experienced Senior 3D Designer to join the in-house design team in West London.

You will be a confident, self-motivated designer with a track record of taking exceptional projects from concept to completion. You will be responsible for delivering highly creative and effective design solutions for high profile sports events, stadium projects, sponsorship activations and interiors all over the world.

You will have previous experience working on large-scale events or exhibitions with knowledge of production materials/costs and be able to confidently and articulately pitch and liaise with clients. The ability to take a brief and ask the right questions is very important as is designing to budgets and the ability to project timelines and manage your design workflow through to completion.

Excellent conceptual design combined with solid space planning is a must and must be evident in you portfolio. You will be fully efficient in AutoCAD, 3D studio Max and Adobe Creative suite

Above all, you will be a Designer who is dynamic and looking for a challenge. This is a great opportunity if you’re looking to progress and have the opportunity to build a team, career and be part of a family.

I’m working with a lovely agency in Shoreditch who are looking for a Mid-weight Art Director to join the creative team. Working under a Creative Director, the ideal creative will have a mix of small and large agency experience.

The agency was built on creating branded moving image content for their clients, and they now work on a mixture of platforms including digital, print and currently lot’s of work around social media. Folios with music, sport and tech clients would be a big bonus.

This is a great opportunity to work within a fabulous culture with no egos. Get in touch to find out more.

We need a Digital Designer who will show us beautiful things. Not beautiful things that someone else is doing. Beautiful things that have never been thought of before.

As part of a team that brings bold, strategic and highly creative work to life, you will need to have an eye for amazing design and the skills to craft to the highest standard. You’ll be a guardian of quality, with a keen eye for detail, making sure everything isn’t just on brand, but exceptional. You have your finger on the pulse of innovation and apply those trends to your work.

You love typography, hate widows and orphans, and turn every pixel into magic. We’re also looking for some UX experience and a passion for learning more, including experience of defining wireframes and prototyping for small projects and a working knowledge of prototyping tools such as InVision.

This is a hands-on role that requires you to pick up projects and own them, from basic sketch to a high-end visual prototype, whether you’re building a multi-channel campaign, brand refresh or bashing out a few social posts — often juggling several projects at the same time. Of course, you’ll also need strong communication skills to share your thinking and collaborate with the wider creative team. That means that you’ll be outgoing and assertive, brimming with creative confidence.

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

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 clients vision is to improve the lives of billions of people, by helping them to live differently through the experiences they design.

The Brief:

We are looking for another exceptional practitioner in the field of experience design to join our creative studio. They will be responsible for delivering world-class digital solutions for our globally recognised clients.

We foster a supportive environment in which you can continue to thrive and grow, as well as mentor and manage more junior practitioners.

Our Principal Designers are encouraged to share their experiences and methods with peers in and outside the business.

As part of our three-stage interview process, you will be expected to present a portfolio of work that demonstrates your ability to produce evidence-driven experience design solutions, and then undertake a practical design task.

About you

You can spot a misaligned pixel from 500 yards and crack jokes about typography. You live and breathe all things design and don’t settle for anything less than perfect. You have a strong command of typography, motion and interaction design and can communicate the underlying principles and theories to those around you. You also enjoy cake, football and giving the occasional talk.

Required experience

• Minimum of six years delivering design solutions for high profile digital products or services, preferably agency but client side will be considered.
• Strong aesthetic sensibilities as well as the ability to articulate, rationalise and document visual directions.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and familiarity with technical constraints and limitations as they apply to designing for platforms such as desktop and mobile, Android and iOS.
• Technical expertise in industry-standard design visualisation software (for example Sketch, Adobe…)
• Technical expertise in industry standard prototyping software (for example Principle, Framer, Origami…)
• A deep understanding of motion design and how it’s applied to interaction and user interface design to reduce perceived latency and improve clarity of communication.
• Undertaking of primary and secondary research, as a core part of your design process: particularly RITE.
• Pitching and winning new business accounts.
• Experience successfully mentoring and line-managing senior level (and below) designers for at least two years.
• Leading cross-disciplinary design and front-end teams
• Essential qualities
• A creative, inquisitive mind set.
• An insistence on following human centred design principles.
• Excellent diplomacy and communication skills.
• Fastidious attention to detail.
• An entrepreneurial spirit.
• Collaborative, whilst taking responsibility for your work.

Whether its an event, exhibition product showcase, brand identity or web project, this agency prides itself on delivering projects to an exceptional standard. They work with some iconic brands which are instantly recognisable, they have been expanding rapidly over the past year due to the sheer success of winning a multitude of pitches and they continue to grow.

They are looking for a talented Senior Designer who has exceptional skills in crafting and illustration, they want to see a Designer who can add an artistic spin to branding projects, making them unique and different. Its safe to say they are looking for a Designer who thinks outside the box and pushes briefs. Its essential you come from a branding background having gained some experience in some well established studios.

You will be the type of Designer who enjoys a challenge and who is looking for a new agency where you will have the autonomy to deliver on briefs. I am looking to see clever thinking and a fresh approach to design from your folio, the idea and thinking process must be evident. You will have a strong portfolio which showcases your skills within branding and if you have worked on experiential events for some cool sporting brands then thats a massive plus.

If you want an agency that is forward thinking then this is it.

Small but perfectly formed independent creative agency, making beautiful work – needs a talented Business Development Manager.

Offering clients uncluttered access to senior strategic and creative thinking, they work with a number of exciting accounts, in diverse sectors including automotive, entertainment and charity.

The role:

To support their ongoing growth, they are now looking for a full-time new business manager to secure new opportunities. Just as they bring in the best strategy and creative talent, they’re looking for a proven new business specialist to help – someone with demonstrable experience in driving new business for agencies. With the support of the four business owners, you’ll be responsible for all aspects of the new business programme from list generation, pipeline growth/maintenance and securing meetings.

The person:

Ultimately, someone who is passionate about building agency businesses, someone who is single minded about getting results and genuinely interested in the creative industry. The right person will have a good understanding of the industry, able to talk intelligently about different types of work and able to identify opportunities in a brand’s business where the agency offer may help. You’re not expected to be able to do the work, but you’ll need to talk convincingly about it to potential clients.

At the risk of sounding like something from The Apprentice, the person will also need to be something of a self-starter. This isn’t because you’ll be left to sink or swim (you won’t, promise), but there’ll be many occasions when you just need to get on with stuff and create your own work.

A wonderful opportunity for a midweight designer, from an integrated advertising background, to join one of the fastest-growing and most exciting agencies in London.

The agency has grown from 8 to just under 60 in the last 6 months, the success is down to the agency’s founding partners, who both have excellent reputations and a clear vision which is swiftly being brought to fruition.

The agency has just appointed a new Head of Design, who is a leading figure on the design scene, to set up and oversee the agency’s first ever design studio. You will be the agency’s first pure designer and will work alongside the head of Design, overseeing and being brand guardian for the agency’s biggest account, as well as working across their other clients when required.

You will be used to working under pressure, in a fast-paced studio with the ability to take control of projects and see them through to final print without getting flustered. Working with the Head of Design and Creative Services Manager you will be a pivotal part of the team, able to add valuable design flair, conceptual input and technical prowess, you will be working on through the line campaigns, ranging from traditional ATL/OOH through to social and content.

Knowledge of After Effects would be a massive bonus as well as being well versed in using Illustrator and Photoshop to a high level. The client will be looking through your folio to see what you are capable of creating under tight guidelines, as well as getting a feel for your own personal styles, tastes and influences.

This is a rare opportunity to join an agency that is truly growing places, and coming on-board at a time of rapid and exciting growth.

My Client is a leading global Agency Network with approx 6000 employees working in the UK. They’re looking for an Internal Comms specialist to deliver their vision in a creative and culturally rich way across the Group.

The role requires strong organisational skills combined with a strategic mindset to understand the breadth of the business and how it should be positioned internally.

Key responsibilities:

Establish an internal communications strategy in conjunction with the Head of Communications
Ensure organisational initiatives and projects are successfully communicated to employees and stakeholders
Plan, edit and write content for a variety of internal communications mediums, including newsletters
You may also be required to work on the layout/design of content
Ghostwrite for CEO and CTO communications
Draft messages or scripts from senior executives for presentation to employees in written or spoken form
Deliver content for internal events
Help produce video and audio content for internal messaging
Ensure internal communications messages are consistent across all mediums and for different departments of the organisation
Ensure internal communication messages are consistent with external communication messages, working closely with the PR leads across the various Agencies within the group.
Handle the internal communication response to crisis situations which affect organisational perception and reputation
Manage all internal platforms/mediums and ensure the database is regularly updated
Advise senior executives of developments throughout the organisation, either face to face or through regular written communication
Manage an editorial calendar for internal communications, working closely with the external comms team

Key skills

Writing skills: you will need excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills as well as the journalistic ability to source stories from employees
Speaking skills: You also need strong speaking skills as you are likely to be called on to give presentations to staff. Internal communications managers need sensitivity to an organisation’s goals and values and the ability to relay them to employees
Interpersonal skills: You need good interpersonal and relationship-building skills in order to work with communications and HR departments. You also need to possess the confidence to deal with senior executives and explain communication techniques to them.
Creative skills: You need the creative ability to devise communication strategies
Digital skills: Familiarity with information technology, especially digital and video means of communication, is essential.
Design skills including photoshop and Indesign is a plus

We have an exciting opportunity with one of the iconic integrated agencies in London, they have a need for a Senior Copywriter to join their creative team.

You will be a connoisseur of copy, a wrangler of words. Someone that can cross the t’s and dot the i’s in a way that has never been done before.

I am looking for someone who has ambition and drive, a lover of big ideas and copy. You will have experience of working for advertising agencies with global brands with ideally some digital experience. There is a great opportunity to progress to Head of Copy also so if you’re looking for an agency where you can progress, then this is the place for you

I am looking for an exceptional Packaging Designer capable of designing, managing and art directing projects from conception to print/production for one of the most iconic packaging agencies in London.

For this agency its all about the concept and idea behind the brief, they produce work which is strategically and visually outstanding which keep them at the top of their game.

For this role you will need to have an impressive portfolio showcasing your packaging experience ideally for the drinks/luxury arena. You will have a great eye for typography and craft, which will be evident in your portfolio. This agency is one of the best so its safe to say they only employ the greatest talent.

Your ability to work as part of a team and on your own is very important, as is the ability to communicate effectively and work with creative energy and passion. A flexible hard work ethic is a must.

For you chance to really step up to your next challenge please apply now with a relevant cv and portfolio.

Fantastic creative marcomms role in Uxbridge!

Our client based in Uxbridge has an opening for an experienced Account Manager or Senior Account Manager. Agency or clientside marketing experience required. Generous salary and benefits. Please email your CV, especially if you live in West London or the Home Counties.

Job Summary

To join an established team looking after one of the agency’s largest global accounts, the Account Manager role is pivotal in the day-to-day management of the client’s business and the implementation of campaigns from brief through to execution. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on an account that pushes the boundaries when it comes to best in class global campaigns.

Key Responsibilities 

To oversee the day-to-day administration of all client projects. Ensuring that clients’ briefs are interpreted, all deadlines are met and projects are prioritised
To attend and actively participate in regular client and team status meetings both locally (UK) and globally (with overseas peers and clients)
To oversee all aspects of work carried out for the client in other departments of the agency
To develop strong relationships with all departments of the agency
To build and maintain strong relationships with clients and to be the first point of contact for the client on day-to-day matters
To have an in-depth knowledge of the client’s business and the technology sector in which they operate
To think proactively on behalf of clients and agency. Considering new marketing initiatives and forthcoming projects
To negotiate and gain approval from the client for all projects and creative work and to ensure that all work is carried out in line with these agreements
To ensure that all paperwork is kept up to date including all relevant account information (e.g. estimates, briefs etc.) and ensure that contact reports are produced and approved by clients
To maintain up-to-date knowledge of all aspects of marketing including new trends, tools and technologies
To both orally and in writing present the agency’s recommendations effectively, logically and concisely
To be responsible for the day to day management of finances – to monitor all pricing on jobs to ensure that all aspects of a project are produced on time, efficiently and on budget, ensuring that full approval has been gained before monies are committed (obtaining purchase orders).
Ensure prompt invoicing of all projects
To manage the work flow for Account Executive where you have responsibility
To deputise for the Account Director as and when requested when they are unavailable – both internally and with clients

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

This global media agency is looking for a technical delivery manager to join their London office.

Position Overview
The Technology Delivery Manager will be a critical resource in the definition, creation and delivery of all technology projects within the team. This role requires a pro-active individual with a strong technical background who is looking to move from a technical project / program / product management role. The successful candidate must drive and execute a vision and work well with others to deliver high quality outputs. It is important that this person has had a software engineering background and has engaged across full stack development. This role is an exciting opportunity to “wear many hats” and grow your capabilities – there is a heavy focus on being a “team player” and working with the Technology Senior Management team to deliver high quality outputs.

Key Responsibilities
The primary responsibilities of the position are:

• Drive and manage the implementation of technology solutions.
• Facilitates and drives a high level of delivery cadence across the team on a day to day basis, where appropriate – running daily calls, planning workshops and triage investigations
• Working closely with business stakeholders and project managers to define the roadmap (features and data sources) for the technology initiative and make sure the rollout implementation schedules are managed on time and budget.
• Work with client teams to scope and sell the platform to their clients
• Hands on management of on and off-shore development and test teams to deliver the roadmap and client specific requirements
• Working closely with the Partner for Software Engineering to ensure that the architectural principles of the solutions and global architecture standards are maintained accordingly.
• Provide the best practices and guidelines to mentor the project management team to deal different levels of project complexity.
• Provide hands-on support for all programme related activities.
• Proactively contribute to and support the Software Engineering Team.

Experience and Knowledge
Essential Skills

• Self-starter and motivator with the ability to work in an autonomous fast paced environment
• Technical / data development background with experience in technical design and project management
• Proven client / stakeholder management, including senior management/director level engagement
• Requirements gathering, prioritisation and technical roadmap development
• Experience designing, deploying and managing full stack solutions: REACT, Redux, Microsoft .Net Framework, SQL Server, SSIS and SSAS a significant benefit
• Cloud solutions (AWS, Azure and Google Cloud)
• Commercial experience of working within an agile or iterative development teams
• Ability to manage budgets, timelines and scope
• The ability to quickly learn and understand new business environments
• The ability to achieve high quality results by paying attention to detail
• The ability to work on multiple tasks/projects, work under pressure and meet agreed deadlines
• A natural desire to share knowledge and teach others
• Demonstrate the ability to influence groups of people to gain consensus
• 10+ Years Experience Desirable Skills
• Experience in the media or advertising industries
• Knowledge of Master Data Management solutions
• Programming languages (e.g. C# or VB.Net, Java, Python, C++, REACT, REDUX etc).
• Technical writing
• Product sales / marketing collateral creation
• Experience working with teams across multiple physical locations
• Understanding of the issues involved in designing, integrating and implementing data models
• Possesses a good understanding of technology trends and movements
• The ability to travel internationally (if required)
• The ability to work with and present to senior management .

Qualifications
Bachelor degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering related discipline

I’m working with a brilliant digital creative agency based in East London to source a Senior Copywriter. You’ll be happy to take the lead and set direction, working autonomously, taking initiative and managing your own time. You’ll be confident and comfortable presenting to clients and managing junior and freelance writers.

This is a varied role working on clients and different sectors with different needs. You’ll be working in teams with strategists, data planners, UX and CX specialists as well as designers and other creatives.

You’ll need:

At least 5+ years working in a similar agency or in-house
Knowledge of all things digital and experience writing for digital channels.

An understanding of brands and how to communicate brand messages in different ways and across different channels.

Experience and confidence in presenting your work to colleagues and clients.

Experience mentoring and supporting junior copywriters

Experience defining TOV for clients

A flair for narrative and storytelling and an understanding of the role copy plays in supporting wider project and business goals.

The curiosity and empathy to understand different audiences and how to adapt tone accordingly.

A range of work to show – anything from conceptual to technical to editorial. Ideally with a mix of long and short copy.

An understanding of SEO and how to write copy that drives action.

For the full brief and more information on the agency please get in touch.

I am looking for a Test Engineer/Business Director for a global communications agency based here in London.
You will be responsible for assisting in the design, implementation, and programmatic testing of full stack C# web applications, including anything from back-end services to their client-end counterparts. Your primary responsibilities will be to design and develop functional code and tests for these applications, and to coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product is essential.

Principal accountabilities:
The primary responsibilities of the position are:

Assess the design of applications for testability
Analyse the existing code base to identify and correct gaps in programmatic testing
Design and implement test strategies during development and maintenance phases of projects
Translate application storyboards, specifications and use cases into functional applications
Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable C# code
Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
Provide the best practices and guidelines for managing data of different levels of complexity

Key skills & knowledge:
Essential

Proficient in C#, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems
Familiarity with the .NET framework 4.5
Strong understanding of object-oriented programming
Skill for writing reusable C# libraries
Familiar with various design and architectural patterns
Experience with Service Orientated Architecture and Web Service development such as WebAPI, WCF, Rest API, JSON etc.
Strong knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Experience with popular web application frameworks, such as MVC, React JS, Angular JS, Node JS, JQuery etc
Knack for writing clean, readable C# code
Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
Basic understanding of Common Language Runtime (CLR), its limitations, weaknesses, and workarounds
Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git
Proficient understanding of test strategies and their relationship to build/test/deployment pipelines

Desirable

Knowledge of frontend frameworks such as React.
Knowledge of Advertising / Marketing / Media business
Experience working with teams across multiple physical locations
Experience working with testing frameworks such as Nunit, Moq, Jest, Enzyme

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

I am looking for a Manager to join the Data Science and Automation team for my client in London.
This role requires a curious and creative mindset to become an engine of change to support global and market needs and spread state-of-the-art data science and data engineering practices.
You will help deliver technical solutions to meet the business requirements of their stakeholders. The internal stakeholders
are account teams, digital execution teams, analytics practitioners and development teams. The external stakeholders are clients and technology partners. This will entail analysing, developing, testing and deploying the appropriate solution through the development lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

Translating business requirements into solid technology and analytical solutions
Carry out research & development and jointly build proof of concepts for new product ideas
Be a strong advocate of coding standards and other software engineering best practices.
Driving technical proposals and related documentation
Help drive data architecture and data modelling solutions
Review, interpret and challenge data (including data structures) to generate understanding of key drivers, risks and opportunities
Maintain the cloud-tech offering for data science including driving best practices, governance, standardisation and collaboration across the data scientists and analysts in the network
Maintain and extend existing software solutions owned by the team e.g. digital attribution and visualisation tools, and provide technical support and training to the markets across the world.
Build and maintain data pipelines.
Locate and define new process improvement opportunities.
SPEED: You will be expected to identify and action innovative opportunities to optimize client performance in real time within the fast-paced digital ecosystem.
TEAMWORK: You should build your client’s and client leadership team’s trust and confidence by guiding them through Search best practices actively listening and responding to their queries and concerns.
PROVOCATION: You should curious and courageous pushing yourself outside your comfort zone in order to improve your development and performance, as well as take entrepreneurial calculated risks to act on opportunities that lead to significant gains for the business.

Experience and Skills Required:

Degree in STEM (Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering) or equivalent relevant experience.
Proven track record with exposure to industry accepted technology platforms and software engineering practices
Keen to push forward the adoption of new technologies
Programming languages: Scala, Python (familiar with scikit-learn, Jupyter notebooks), Javascript strong data structure and algorithm background
Processing frameworks & programming tools: PySpark, MLlib, H2O etc.
Data modelling & data pipeline design: iterative data pipeline development from raw, curated, integrated to published data.
Strong SQL/Procedural SQL/Data Warehousing and Spark skills
Familiarity with fast prototyping of products solutions using open source technology (Dash, R-shiny, Jupyter, D3.js, git)
Familiarity with cloud based technologies – AWS/Azure/GCP
Ideally, knowledge of digital media datasets (Ad Servers, DSP, DMP, AdWords, Google Analytics etc.)
Ideally, knowledge of machine learning solutions (e.g. attribution, image recognition) to support business decision
Excellent problem-solving skills
Above all, a team player. All work is done as part of a team

Working with a global brand experience creative agency in the heart of London’s West End to source an experienced digital, social and Content Creative. Leading the creative direction and creative output for their content, social and digital clients. The ideal candidate will have previous experience within a creative role, with a naturally creative mind, and proven success in creating and devising innovative creative digital, social and content campaigns.

Key experience:

• 5-7 years’ experience within a social/digital or marketing communications agency
• Established knowledge, interest and experience of working in the social media and content marketing industry with a strong understanding of SEO strategy
• Passion and drive to develop truly exciting and unique social, content and digital creativity
• An ability to clearly and succinctly communicate social, content and digital creative ideas internally and to clients
• An ability to act as the driver of creativity and inspiration within the Content team
• Proven experience in delivering and overseeing creative elements of content, digital and social marketing pitches

Senior Integrated Project Manager

£45K

Advertising communications agency dedicated to telling the truth and telling it well, is looking to hire a Senior Integrated Project Manger.  If you enjoy helping brands discover their true story and communicate it in the most impactful way possible, this will be a great home for you!

They encourage an entrepreneurial approach in everything they do and believe that the best ideas can come from anyone, and anywhere.  You’ll receive the tools and the support you need to build your career and they only ask that you bring your passion, commitment and energy to make a difference.

Your role in a nutshell:

As a Senior Project Manager you will be responsible for a key FMCG brand agency account, handling multiple print and digital campaign projects to ensure consistency and quality of delivery. Managing the campaigns from the start to finish, you will oversee the whole project working closely with all disciplines and agency partners. As a key senior project manager you’ll have ownership and responsibility for timings, Scope of work, budgets and logistics, becoming the trusted face of delivery.

Required key skills:

Proactive with a ‘can do’ attitude and solution focused.
Knowledge of both offline and online production
Interest and appreciation of world class creative output

Strong negotiation skills with ability to control and report on costs and budgets
Good verbal and written communication skills, ability to influence, negotiate and solve problems at all levels and stages of a project
Previous experience in an agency environment

JUNIOR/MIDDLE-WEIGHT CREATIVE ARTWORKER

The Agency:
We are a family of like-minded individuals who are renowned for being imaginative, entrepreneurial, switched-on, progressive, determined, pragmatic, energised and supportive.

The creative department currently is a team of 15 and we are looking to bring in a new Creative Artworker.

The Role:

• A Junior Creative Artworker with 2 to 4 years’ experience.
• Someone who can work across all disciplines from Live Engagement and Shopper
• Marketing material, to traditional POS, press and design collateral.
• A creative who is happy working from scamps, brand guidelines and under creative direction, while maintaining a proactive approach to every creative challenge.
• A positive individual with impeccable attention to detail, good communication, organisation and time management skills.
• The ideal candidate will have a firm grasp of different file formats and their attributes and possess a good working knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Word, PowerPoint and Acrobat whilst having a desire to develop under guidance and through training.
• Knowledge and a hunger to grow in Cinema 4D as a visualization tool is desirable
• Whilst digital experience is not an essential requirement, the ability to create web ready images for social media channels, and produce artwork PSDs for varying online media requirements will be an advantage.

A person who understands the importance of being part of a wider team, who values the significance of a unique company culture, and is prepared to play their part in creating/maintaining that.

A confident and articulate individual who values the importance of building strong relationships with account colleagues.

At this level we are not expecting the finished article, but we are looking for someone who can demonstrate great potential, with a passion and a zeal that will help get them there.

Are you a superstar Senior Planner/Planning Director looking for your next big challenge?

My client is a global network with an impressive track record of winning new business. To this end, they are now looking to bring on two Strategy Directors to lead newly won accounts.

You will be integrated but bring strong brand and digital with a natural ability to engage with clients and internal teams. A deep dive research, great knowledge of behavioural economic principles and story telling will be part of repertoire and driving creativity will be second nature.

Salary Circa £80k
If you are stuck in a rut, get in touch today

Senior Social Strategist

This is a great opportunity for a superstar Mid-Weight/ Senior Social planner to join one of the fastest growing social agencies.

Part of a network you will work on the agencies flagship account in conjunction with the brand team – delivering future proof strategies.

You will have experience from either agency or client side working on bluechip brands across content and social. Extensive knowledge of the latest platforms and up to date social listening/management will be part of your armoury.

Drop  me a line to hear more today!

Salary £50-£70k

-This is a hands-on opportunity for an experienced Head of Engineering to join an ambitious enterprise SAAS start-up with investor funding and real customers. You’ve got a track record scaling Ruby and MongoDB applications and have experience developing products in fast moving start-ups.
You’re not afraid to get your hands dirty writing code and solving hard problems, but you’re also able to inspire and guide the rest of the team towards engineering excellence.
You’ve got previous experience of scaling not just software services,
but also the teams and processes that support them. If you’ve got experience of dev-ops stuff such as choosing and configuring AWS services, setting up CI / CD processes etc. and building data analytics
tools that would be great too!

Their tech stack
BE: Ruby, Sinatra, MongoDB, Resque, RSpec, Heroku, AWS, Cloudinary
FE: Backbone, Webpack, D3, Lodash, ES6/7 (with Babel), Cypress

About the Role
As their backend team grows to five Mid to Senior developers they are now looking for a Lead to support the CTO and growing team scaling their application to support hundreds of thousands of users. The
role is for a developer who is still hands on, but also supporting and developing the team who will develop into managing the growing team. You’ll both facilitate a brilliant developer experience, and facilitate building a great product.

As a growing company, there will be plenty of opportunity for new challenges and extra responsibilities.

Solving scalability and performance problems in a growing service
REST API design
Taking a test driven approach to development
Working in small agile teams and contributing to the whole product process
Dev-ops things such as choosing and configuring AWS services, CI servers, deployment processes etc.
Building data analytics tools
You like working in small agile teams and contributing to the whole product process

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

We are looking for a skilled and creative Visualiser to work in the design department of one of the UK’s best advertising agencies. The ideal candidate will be required to create imagery, though varied mixed media. The candidate should be adaptable from retouching at extremely high standards one day, to creating quick visuals for pitches another.

You should be speedy with an emphasis on detail.

You will have been working in a similar position at a creative advertising or retouching house for at least 5 years, be hands on, and be creatively positive.

An expert knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Cinema 4D and Vray is a must, also knowledge of After Effects and Indesign would be beneficial. The
job role is varied and can occasionally involve extra tasks including animation, illustration and photography.

You must be able to think laterally and creatively in order create any image required.

You should be able to take multiple briefs, create them independently and work patiently to get your images to the standard required.

You should be able to work closely with the design team to create to the highest of standards.

Role overview:

Experience in retouching, 3D creation, animation, print, Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat), Cinema 4D, Vray, After Effects.

Previous advertising experience is ideal

Work in collaboration with a creative/designer to realise the best creative work possible

Ability to listen to a creative concept and create it without hand holding

Ability to develop images from scamps

Familiarity and interest in emerging design trends

Possessing of a wide design vocabulary and capable of thinking laterally to find solutions to challenges

Attention to detail in the delivery of layered, annotated and production ready PSDs

Willing to inspect his/her own work before passing it over

Attention to detail and determination to bring craft and quality to the creative work

Experience working with design principles of animation and moving image

Excellent knowledge of Photoshop / Adobe Creative Suite and Illustrator

Experience working in a fast-paced delivery focused environment

Excellent and pro-active communication skills with the ability to clearly express a viewpoint on any given challenge

Our client agilely provides integrated branding and advertising solutions for global brands using emerging technology, data and creativity to deepen engagement with consumers and fans.

They are actively looking for a proactive and ambitious lead designer to join its
dynamic and multi-skilled in-house design team, to oversee all studio output
which, ranges from print design to branding; experiential design, advertising
and more. The successful candidate must be a skilled multi-tasker and be
accustomed to leading a small team of designers alongside working on their
own projects.

The agency needs you to demonstrate:

7-10+5 years’ experience as a graphic designer working on through the line projects
Strong creative thinking across all areas of your work
A hands-on approach to help the agency with creative concept development
Design work to a consistently high standard
Responsibility for the quality of output for all creative work in Studio
Exceptional capabilities in design, print and digital using the following
software – Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, keynote (preferred)
Good level of animation, video, and editing knowledge
Mentoring, developing and coaching a team of designers
Creativity, initiative and proactivity in suggesting design opportunities for clients
Exceptional communication skills

Impeccable attention to detail
An integrated background and understanding of an agency environment
Experience working on a range of brand/clients across a variety of disciplines
Ability to manage a design project from concept to completion

I am looking for a Head of Product to help my client develop our digital assets, to create innovative websites and hospitality solutions that help them grow and deliver an amazing experience to their guests and in-house teams.
It’s a real opportunity to build innovative customer focused products for well-known hotels and their new brands. It’s a mixture of greenfield developments and iterative improvements to existing digital assets to strengthen their brands.

What you will do.

Lead and inspire the business with a roadmap that develops and delivers innovative and commercially successful products that meet their customer needs across their brands

Play a crucial part in key projects such as:

A new websites incorporating exciting new ventures, reimagining the luxury online experience for a customer centric heritage brand
A new website for a well-known luxury hotel chain integrating their 9 hotels, restaurants, meeting & events spaces and their new co-working business – their Shoreditch hotel has always lead from the front as a hospitality business and the new site will do the same.
Own their websites’ KPIs, always looking to optimise so that they smash (and exceed) them
Work closely with their digital managers and cross-functional teams to build business cases for investment in their digital assets
Together with their designers and partner agencies, you’ll put the user-experience at the heart of everything they build
Get involved in the relationship with their digital development agency to ensure they are closely aligned

What they are looking for:

A track record of drawing up a strategy for bringing commercially successful products to market, through creative thinking and your ability to understand markets and (their) consumers
Passion for developing the best digital products that improve their guest experience
A desire to implement change, joining their journey to elevate their digital presence and experiences
A focus on measurement, someone who can build, test, evaluate and adapt in a fluid environment
Someone who enjoys working with a variety of stakeholder groups – from technical development to brand marketing and external partner relationships
An emphasis on the user experience and design that dovetails with the brand
You’re looking for a place where you can be you, no clones in suits for them
You’re all about having a positive impact on the people you interact with, leaving them with a memorable experience
You’re up for doing things differently and trying (almost) everything once
You want to be part of a team that works hard, supports each other and has fun along the way

Product Manager

Employee Engagement Tech Start-up, Shoreditch, London

£40k-£70k + Benefits + Equity Options

We’re hiring a Product Manager to join a Tech Start-up building a suite of technology products that enable their client companies to monitor 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 Product Manager you will:

Be influential in roadmap prioritisation using business metrics and product metrics

Analyse customer, business and internal needs to turn data into actionable targets

Drive the ideation, technical development, and launch of innovative product features

Research, define and implement product development processes

Collaborate with designers and engineers to implement and build new features

Work directly with the C-suite internally, investors and leadership teams within Blue Chip clients

Empower product teams to work autonomously

Play a key role in knowledge sharing across the business

We’re looking to talk to people with:

Significant experience in Product Management within technology teams or companies (Essential)

Experience in data driven product development environments (Essential)

Any experience from Agile coaching (Beneficial)

Any User Experience (UX), Information Architecture or User Research skills (Beneficial)

Any HCI, Psychology, Human Emotion skills or interests relevant to product development (Beneficial)

Any previous experience from Business Analytics, Data Analytics or Analyst roles/education (Beneficial)

Any experience in client facing Product Development roles (Beneficial)

This opportunity will suit someone who wants to be a part of a rapid growth startup and who enjoys seeing their work make an impact. It’s a chance to build a product that ultimately helps many thousands of customer users enjoy their working culture.

Please contact Danny Stewart at Redsofa London for more info: DStewart@RedsofaLondon.com

I am working with a global online gaming client to source a Video, Motion and Post Production Generalist for their Creative team. You will be responsible for the video and animation tasks assigned on all projects. You will create game trailers, TV Ads, onsite promotions, and maintain assets for products on all ventures, platforms and purposes.

Software Requirements:
Thorough knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite
* Expertise in After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere and Media Composer.
* C4D is preferable as the main 3D Software.
* 3DS and MAYA are acceptable as well but you will need to be flexible.
* Experience with GPU Rendering (i.e. Octane, Redshift )
* HOUDINI – Big Bonus.
* NUKE – bonus

3d GENERALIST
* 3d generalist
* modelling
* texturing
* lighting
* rigging
* animation ( exc. character animation )
* Rendering (GPU based)

POST PRODUCTION
*  Motion Graphic Design
* Video editing
*  Compositing
* keying
* colour correction
* 3D motion tracking
* Rotoscoping
*  Basic Sound Mixing
* Export and compress files efficiently

VIDEO PRODUCTION (bonus points)
*  Camera operator ( basic understanding of camera’s functions and composition )
*  Lighting
* Basic sound recording knowledge
* Live Events / Streaming
This is an opportunity to work for a fantastic organisation in the heart of Central London, with great employee benefits and the chance to work with a very strong team. Please get in touch for the full brief.

I’m working with a global online gaming client to source a 2D Animator for their creative team. You will be responsible for the overall look and feel of any character animation for game promotional videos, corporate videos , game trailers, FX , symbol and background animations for games.

Required Technical Skills
* Adobe Creative Suite
* Flash
* Spine (EsotericSoftware)
* Photoshop
* Illustrator

This is an opportunity to work for a fantastic organisation in the heart of Central London, with great employee benefits and the chance to work with a very strong team. Please get in touch for the full brief.

Our client is a super cool independently owned high-end 3D design agency. Their work encompasses graphics and identity, architecture and interiors, products and packaging, exhibitions and installations, websites and digital experiences, advertising and communications.  Working across a range of disciplines, they design products and installations with a focus on the interplay between visuals, sound and perceived experiences.

The Creative Project Manager will work directly with a Creative Partner within the agency, and will have at least 4 years under their belt within a similar environment.  Having had exposure to clients/stakeholders is a must as is astute commercial acumen, such as budgeting and forecasting.  You’ll be confidant in driving projects, with the capacity to work outside of your comfort zone, whilst managing a multi-disciplinary variety of projects.

Day-to-day activities will include:

Working closely with clients, the partners and the team to ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget
Managing resourcing, project planning and all communication with clients
Writing scopes of work, creating timelines and budgets
Managing financials of the team
Identifying opportunities for growth with existing clients

The role is best suited to a Creative Project Manager accustomed to delivering, experiential, interactive 3D environments, which blend sound and experience.  Competency in InDesign is highly desirable.

This is a hands-on opportunity for an experienced QA Developer to join an ambitious enterprise SAAS start-up with investor funding.
You’ll be their first QA hire working with their product team to
develop automated and manual testing on a web application, you’re Mid to Senior with enough experience to develop on their existing testing process to make them brilliant.

Their tech stack
BE: Ruby, Sinatra, MongoDB, Resque, Heroku, AWS, Cloudinary
FE: Backbone, Webpack, D3, Lodash, ES6/7 (with Babel)
Testing: RSpec, Cypress

About the role
You’ll blend between manual testing and managing automated testing with the broader product engineering team to write test specs and communicate bugs or unexpected behaviour; and with customer support to be the first point of contact for bug reports.

Managing all automated testing across our two product teams
Testing new features to make sure things work as our users expect
Ensuring common user journeys are problem-free, smooth and clear
Gauging how significant bugs are and making sure important bugs are prioritised
Reproducing bugs reported by users and writing up crystal-clear bug reports for product teams to work from
You have experience testing web applications in a fast growth startup environment
Your written communication skills are superb, especially around technical subjects
You’re curious and interested in design and technology
You are deeply pragmatic and adept at prioritising: you understand the trade-off between velocity and perfection
You love finding ways to make processes more efficient.

Requirements
As a growing company, there will be plenty of opportunity for new challenges and extra responsibilities. What really need from you is experience and mindset to work as our first QA hire to develop our existing testing and create new process to ensure we continue to build a high quality service to our users.

You have 3-5 years experience in quality assistance testing software
Experience testing Java script and Ruby applications
Experience with one or more programming languages (Ruby, Javascript)
You have shown an ability to advocate for quality across functional product teams
You have a passion for quickly shipping innovative features that are simultaneously reliable
You are experienced with agile methodologies and understand what it means to have a quality mindset in an agile environment

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

Junior Designer
25-30k
London

My client is very established in marketing services and promotional merchandise for selected brands. They are looking for a Junior Designer to work across product and promotion design for global brands using CS.

You will be a designer who has a flair for fashion and products, knowing what the current trends are and how these can be applied to products, whether this be from a sustainable sense or purely ascetic.

This is a great opportunity for a Designer who is looking for a challenge and doesn’t want to go down the conventional route of graphic design. The company is newly established in London however as group they have over 25 years experience so have an excellent foundation of clients.

2D Midweight Designer

40-45k

London

An independent, creatively driven events/experiential agency is looking for a conceptually minded Midweight Designer to join their award winning creative team. From projects across events, exhibitions, product launches, brand, activations, retail, digital & mobile they have a very elective mix of clients and brands they work with.

You will be an established 2D Midweight Designer who has worked with a similar experiential agency and able to design across all aspects of 2D whilst taking into account 3D spaces. Your portfolio with showcase your work within this arena and your varied skillset, you will fluent in adobe CC and preferably experienced in video and animation packages.

Junior Designer

25-28k

London

We are looking for a conceptual passionate Junior Designer to join a rapidly growing in house client dedicated to creating exceptional experiences for social events.

You will be encouraged to take ownership on any given project tasks and demonstrate initiative to check, repair and/or flag creative issues to the team.  You will have a passion for personal development and have an interest in design across all mediums ensuring a consistent brand, look and experience.

Accountabilities

• Producing print and digital assets for existing products
• Working alongside the Integrated Designer and the Marketing team to produce campaign materials
• Confident in producing production ready, art-worked materials
• Communicate regularly with the Creative Director and Studio Manager to ensure complete understanding, track time and update on progress

Skills & Experience

• Enthusiastic, driven and meticulous
• Minimum 1-2 years’ experience in the creative industry
• A desire to work in a creative studio across all mediums
• Experience working with print suppliers and an understanding or production processes
• Proven ability to deliver their part of the project of on time and in the desired quality
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop are essential)

I am looking for a Head of Product to help my client develop our digital assets, to create innovative websites and hospitality solutions that help them grow and deliver an amazing experience to their guests and in-house teams.

It’s a real opportunity to build innovative customer focused products for well-known hotels and their new brands. It’s a mixture of greenfield developments and iterative improvements to existing digital assets to strengthen their brands.

What you will do.

• Lead and inspire the business with a roadmap that develops and delivers innovative and commercially successful products that meet their customer needs across their brands

Play a crucial part in key projects such as:

• A new websites incorporating exciting new ventures, reimagining the luxury online experience for a customer centric heritage brand
• A new website for a well-known luxury hotel chain integrating their 9 hotels, restaurants, meeting & events spaces and their new co-working business – their Shoreditch hotel has always lead from the front as a hospitality business and the new site will do the same.
• Own their websites’ KPIs, always looking to optimise so that they smash (and exceed) them
• Work closely with their digital managers and cross-functional teams to build business cases for investment in their digital assets
• Together with their designers and partner agencies, you’ll put the user-experience at the heart of everything they build
• Get involved in the relationship with their digital development agency to ensure they are closely aligned

What they are looking for:

• A track record of drawing up a strategy for bringing commercially successful products to market, through creative thinking and your ability to understand markets and (their) consumers
• Passion for developing the best digital products that improve their guest experience
• A desire to implement change, joining their journey to elevate their digital presence and experiences
• A focus on measurement, someone who can build, test, evaluate and adapt in a fluid environment
• Someone who enjoys working with a variety of stakeholder groups – from technical development to brand marketing and external partner relationships
• An emphasis on the user experience and design that dovetails with the brand
• You’re looking for a place where you can be you, no clones in suits for them
• You’re all about having a positive impact on the people you interact with, leaving them with a memorable experience
• You’re up for doing things differently and trying (almost) everything once
• You want to be part of a team that works hard, supports each other and has fun along the way

Product Designer

60 – 65k

My client are a small team with one thing in common – they want to improve the working lives of people. Unlike traditional market players, they bring a employee-centred approach and fresh ideas to the space.

Who are you?

You are a Product Designer who wants to make the world a better place. A giver not a taker. You are interested in behavioural change for good, using feedback loops like featured in Nir Eyal’s Hooked. You are able to take problems from research through to UI (we don’t expect you to code) with our developers (who are great!). We’d prefer designers who’ve worked in product teams. UX Designers who are interested in moving further into product design are also welcome to apply. We’re open to designers between Mid and Senior level.

Who will you be joining?

Our passionate product team care about building a brilliant product together. We’re made up of two mission focused teams formed of a Product manager, Product designer & a minimum of three Engineers. It’s a fun and collaborative place to work. We believe in a high Designer to Developer ratio and need to grow our Product team to build a better product for our users and customers. You’ll be reporting directly into the Head of Product.

I am looking for an experienced backend developer to join an ambitious enterprise SAAS start-up with investor funding and real customers.

About you.
You’ve got a track record scaling Ruby and MongoDB applications and have experience developing products in fast moving start-ups.
You’re not afraid to get your hands dirty writing code and solving some hard problems, but you’re also able to inspire and guide the rest of the team towards engineering excellence.

Their tech-stack:
BE: Ruby, Sinatra, MongoDB, Resque, RSpec, Heroku, AWS, Cloudinary
FE: Backbone, Webpack, D3, Lodash, ES6/7 (with Babel), Cypress

They are only a few years old but already with some great customers such as NHS, O2 Arena, Nuffield Health, William Hill and Holiday Inn.

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.

Technical Architect / Lead Engineer

Unique Hospitality and Hotels Brand.

HQ in Farringdon, London

£70k to £90k + Perks & Benefits

We’re hiring a Technical Architect / Lead Engineer to join a brand of hotels, curating unique hospitality experiences in some of the most exciting cities and neighbourhoods around the world.

The ultimate goal is to grow, engage and retain audiences by developing technology tools to improve digital interaction with guests and transform customer data into intelligence. This will enable a digital brand experience that reinforces the renowned physical experience the guests are familiar with.

As the Technical Architect / Lead Engineer, you will be influential in designing and building a greenfield global platform. Your role will encompass the following:

• Technical Architecture – collaborate with the leadership team to analyse the business and customer needs, research relevant tools to create a technical strategy, develop the development roadmap and define the technology stack/architecture for the global technology platform.

• Software Engineering – create the MVP & prototype, start building the applications, set up development (Agile) and testing methodologies (TDD/BDD) that best suit the scaling, user experience, and performance of the platform.

• Team Leader – Create a positive software engineering culture that will help you attract, retain and development teams of software engineers and technologists. Be influential in facilitating a collaborative working culture encouraging communication with the wider business and the growing technology team.

• Entrepreneur – Be passionate about creating a world class and unique experience with technology; the brand group of companies will look to you as a thought leader and expert. This is a fast track opportunity to progress to a ‘Head of Engineering’ role.

We’re looking to talk to people with the following:

• Significant experience developing highly scalable software applications (Essential)
• Technical Architecture experience with data-driven applications (Essential)
• Significant API integration experience (Essential)
• Microservices architecture knowledge (Essential)
• Agile development & testing methodology (TDD/BDD) experience (Essential)
• Excellent knowledge of database structures used in large data set environments (Essential)
• Ability to communicate highly technical subjects, simply, with non-technical professionals (Essential)
• Experience from a breadth of languages i.e. Java & JavaScript (Essential), NodeJS, Python, Go (Beneficial)
• Team Lead experience (Beneficial)
• Understanding of customer centric design & best practice user experience principles (Beneficial)
• Keen interest in data science / data architecture (Beneficial)

This opportunity is a great match for someone with a passion to build truly awesome technology, who wants to work with other enthusiastic professionals with ambitious goals to pioneer tech in a customer experience industry.

It’s a chance to be influential in the professional development of colleagues as a team. This is a fast-track career opportunity and a lifestyle within an astounding brand.

Please get in touch with Danny Stewart at Redsofa London for more info or to apply ()

Our client is a new start-up, based in the heart of buzzy Shoreditch. The agency has a fresh approach to branding and comms, partnering their offering with above-the-line expertise and a strategic approach.

Their key clients are rooted in the financial sector, breathing life into tired and clichéd old-school creative with an engaging and modern approach. More recently the agency has won major music and sportswear brand clients, as well as a supermarket chain and a heritage brand. There’s a fantastic engaging mix of work, created to a very high standard.

They are currently looking to hire a senior copywriter to join their rapidly expanding creative team. You will be working as a solo creative, alongside their new-appointed CD and other key members, with a view to recruiting a junior copywriter to work alongside you. Key criteria are the ability to work on strategic comms and branding, creating and understanding brand character and tone of voice, across both short and long copy. Ideally they see you as having come from a design agency background, with a folio of work that showcases your thinking and ability to challenge the mundane.

As a Senior Motion Designer you will play an essential role in the creation of original and exciting moving image content. You bring exceptional creative thought and craft output, developing and delivering projects from brief to end user.

Based in central London, you will have access to world-renowned thought leadership from influential authors, athletes, artists and entrepreneurs. You will work in a progressive environment that fosters a meritocratic culture, surrounded by some of the brightest minds in their fields.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

Assisting the moving image and creative teams with production, pitches, social content and various animation projects

Create and manage original, persuasive, conceptually compelling work for original video content

Collaborate with clients and various teams

Contribute to thought leadership activities and stimulate professional development and inspiration within the team

Advise on film-related tasks and support senior moving image team members when required

QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS

Strong sense of motion and visual design as well as typography

Compelling portfolio of work that demonstrates high quality motion design and animation within a variety of campaigns and projects

Extensive experience creating motion graphics and should be a master at After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, and Illustrator

Knowledge of prototyping tools InVision, Framer, Proto.io is a plus

Drive to break boundaries and craft the best ideas in the world

Degree in animation or graphic design is desirable but not essential

I am looking for a dynamic lead/senior Fullstack Website Developer to join my clients growing digital department. You will play a key role in the development of a new e-commerce platform that will serve the business as it continues to keep pace as a rapidly emerging player in the tourism sector.

You should not only demonstrate a fundamental understanding of the back-end technology stack but have intimate knowledge of Umbraco inside and out.

Main Responsibilities:

• Delivering best in class digital experiences
• Creating scalable, accessible code
• Champion digital innovation across the business
• Understanding business requirements and providing solutions that meet those challenges.
• Collaborate with design and UX teams to provide technical guidance and understanding.
• Mentor a junior member of the development team
• Champion Umbraco and push the technical boundaries of what Umbraco can and cannot do

Skills

• Evangelical knowledge of Umbraco
• ASP.net MVC3+
• .NET (Framework 4.5+)
• Entity Framework 6+
• Visual Studio 2015+
• C#
• SQL Server
• AWS and cloud hosting infrastructure (EC2, S3).
• IIS
• HTML
• CSS/Sass and Compass
• OO JavaScript
• JQuery
• Restful API
• JSON
• GIT / Git Flow
• Grunt
• Responsive Design Principles

Nice to have

• 5 years development experience
• Knowledge of multi-lingual website development would be advantageous.
• Previous e-commerce experience
• Mentoring junior developers

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 work and live in the UK.

No sponsorship for this role.

Head of Talent (Talent Acquisition)

Medical Tech Startup – Camden, London

Competitive Salary + EMI Options + Benefits

We’re hiring a Head of Talent to join a Medical Technology Startup experiencing a period of sustainable growth. The mission is to use technology to improve the NHS’ services and the ambition is to scale the company from 10 people to 50 people within the next 18 months.

The technology is a communication tool used by thousands of GP surgeries around the UK. It improves efficiency between Doctors, Specialists, Nurses and their Patients and ultimately assists preventing subsequent health issues with Patients stemming from information failing to be shared accurately.

As the Head of Talent, your role will be focusing on 4 major areas (see below):

1. Talent Acquisition – collaborate with colleagues to assess relevant hiring needs, create the job specs and acquire the talent through in a resourceful manner: direct headhunting, advertising, networking/events, collaborating with specialist recruitment agencies where relevant and encouraging the existing employees to provide referrals.

1. Recruitment Processes – you will be the first point of contact with the most immediate of candidate interviews. As time progresses, your role will be to improve the processes to help the company scale, this will include helping colleagues to improve the interview hosting skills, implementing feedback (internally & externally) processes and tools i.e. Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS).

1. Employer Branding – as the talent expert within the team, you will play a lead role in employer branding, your knowledge and experience will be vital to communicate the career opportunities to the candidate markets in a tone that accurately matches the company culture.

1. Employee Engagement – equally as important as candidate attraction, you will be influential in the way the company keeps the existing team members engaged; challenged, happy and valued. This culture of keeping people engaged will also be a powerful tool in the employer branding too.

We’re seeking to talk with candidates with the following:

• Significant experience in recruitment and talent acquisition (Essential)
• A mission driven personality, with a passion to do ethically positive work (Essential)
• A team player; welcoming to newbies and a facilitator of a positive working culture (Essential)
• Experience of hiring from both in-house/brands and recruitment agency environments (Beneficial)
• Stakeholder / expectation management skills (Beneficial)
• Any experience working with or within technology companies (Beneficial)
• A keen interest in employer branding via social media, events and so on (Beneficial)

This hire will be the first Talent focused role, it’s a blank slate and exciting time to be joining if you like to make your mark on the projects you take on. Not only is this a chance to do good for the NHS (doctors and patients), it’s a great chance to build an awesome company & company culture.

Please get in touch with Danny Stewart at Redsofa London for more info or to apply ()

Traffic / Resource Manager

Our client is a leading independent creatively driven full service experience-marketing agency.

They are looking to hire a Traffic/Resource Manager to support the CSD in the management of day-to-day workflow and resource planning for the creative services department.

The role will involve working with the whole agency to ensure resourced bookings are processed, whilst overseeing the effective running of the projects across the various disciplines. You’ll have weekly client meeting to forecast work coming in and will then put together resourcing plans which utilise the best creative output whilst minimising reliance on freelance support. As Traffic Manager there’ll be responsibility for liaising with various stakeholders and making sure everyone knows where they are at in the creative development and delivery lifecycle.

The Traffic Manager will be able to demonstrate a good understanding of design and production processes, knowledge of 3D Design, motion graphics and will posses a passion for achieving the best creative solutions.

Skills and Experience:

• Calm under pressure, whilst managing challenging workload
• Strong organizational skills with good project tracking capabilities
• Proactive problem solver, with excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate well with stakeholders, team members and suppliers

The role is best suited to an individual who is collaborative in their approach, positive and always thinking about what can be done next!

Lead Developer (Full Stack, PHP, JavaScript)

Business Intelligence Tech Startup – Vauxhall, London

£55,000 to £75,000 + Equity Options

We’re hiring a Lead Fullstack Developer to join a tech startup building business intelligence technology for huge Bluechip Technology brands.

As the Lead Developer, the opportunity will be to analyse and improve the current MVP technology, and then strategise the development of the next phase of the technology, which will be a greenfield project.

The role would ideally suit a candidate who has a passion for writing code to solve complex problems, and also someone who would be keen to help build out a technology team by hiring roughly 5 technologist within the next 12 to 18 months.

The tech stack is currently PHP, MySQL, JQuery. As the lead developer, it would be expected that you would make decisions iro of new technologies, i.e. PHP frameworks, modern javascript libraries and cloud based systems.

My Client is a boutique creative agency working within the fashion, luxury and jewellery sectors.

They create visually arresting and beautifully executed communications for a number of global and UK based brands.

They’re looking for an Account Manager with a minimum of 3 years experience.

The candidate will report to the Business Director in the agency, and work comfortably alongside creatives and agency partners.

The role:

The role will suit an Account Manager looking for a new and exciting challenge. They will have integrated advertising experience and enjoy working with a small, fast paced team.Must have a strong interest and understanding of the fashion, luxury and accessories sectors, and show an appreciation of modern design, advertising, branding, and broader cultural trends.
Confident and gregarious, this person is comfortable building strong client relationships. A self-starter, they’ll be someone who is comfortable using initiative and working autonomously.

Fantastic role based in Watford for a PR Manager or Press and Publicity Officer.

This is a Maternity Contract to start asap.

A full-time role to support an experienced Head of PR.

This is an exciting opportunity for a news-savvy PR manager to join a growing team.

The company’s business is transforming and this role is crucial in helping to tell their story through compelling and engaging content.

Reporting into the Head of PR, you will be responsible for raising the profile and managing the reputation of the company and brand with influential third-party channels and groups.

You are a talented writer who knows what news desks are looking for.

You have a knack for weeding out great stories from around the business and building strong relationships both internally and with media contacts.

You enjoy working closely with the wider content team to ensure that our stories reach the right audiences and that our PR efforts are coordinated across all channels.

Key responsibilities of the role:
* Managing the busy press office, sourcing, writing and promoting press releases
* Executing the PR plan, including development of assets and management of PR events
* Monitoring and managing commentary across all influential forums and social media channels
* Managing spokesperson requests and writing appropriate briefs
* Working closely with our Reputation Manager across influential sites
* Influential sites to include Google, Trustpilot, Glassdoor, Indeed and Facebook
* Supporting the Head of PR on key Company commercial partnerships and sponsorships, including launches, activations, joint PR activity and events
* Managing the monitoring and timely sharing of all company press, articles, commentary
* Managing PR agency relationship
* Managing the communication and engagement of all Company messages, programs and priorities with our people

Ideally you have experience as follows:
* Managing key stakeholders
* Strong PR and media relations background
* Excellent writing skills with the ability to simplify complex issues
* Some experience in issues and reputation management

I am looking for a senior backend developer. You will be leading the backend side of engineering. This will involve designing and building new systems and services as well as maintaining and improving existing ones. You will have a lot of autonomy in deciding how to build things and what technologies to use. Their existing backend systems are all written in Node.js but they are also open to using other technologies, Go being high up on their list.
They are running Kubernetes on Google Cloud Platform and deploy daily.
They are proud of what they have achieved so far but there is still a very long way to go and you will have the opportunity to make a huge impact on the business.

Skills & Requirements
They are looking for someone who:

• Is good at finding clean and elegant solutions to problems
• Likes to ship small and often
• Likes to write tests
• Enjoys reviewing other people’s code and having their code reviewed
• Likes working in a collaborative and autonomous environment
• Likes to monitor everything and make decisions based on data

You should have experience with:

• Node.js and/or Go
• Docker and container based deployment
• Git
• Postgres
• Application monitoring tools

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.

Fantastic entertainment role based in London for a fluent German speaker: If you have 3-5 years experience, enjoy business development and understand the world of advertising. If you have worked for a media agency or in entertainment licensing please contact me as soon as possible.

Detailed job description as follows,

Sales Execution:

* Responsible for:
o meeting or exceeding assigned revenue targets in designated territory (Germany).
o prospecting, targeting, acquiring potential new clients/ targets via cold calling/emailing
o growing and retaining assigned accounts in partnership with the team
o working with business affairs and production teams, content buyers, procurement teams and executives as well as creative teams and brands itself.

* Work with the team to build a strategic plan to drive long-term goals while also employing a tactical approach to short term priorities.

* Leverage a proactive, hands-on and consultative selling approach to develop relationships with a variety of clients through in-person meetings and calls/video calls (3+ effective meetings or intro calls per week).

* Independently identifies, pursues and closes volume sales opportunities.

* Identify business opportunities for rights clearances (talent clearance, music/movie licensing), entertainment partnerships and talent casting with key customer targets for advertising campaigns.

* Work closely with Client Management team to respond to clients’ briefs and to close the sale.

* Establish multiple level contacts within accounts. Present to, consult with and cultivate relationships.

Teamwork:

* Collaborates with the client management team and the other BDM to create compelling presentations and other sales materials.

* Always maintains the highest standards of interpersonal communication internally and externally in developing business.

* Works closely with Sales Management on reporting all stages of business development from initial opportunity to closed deals and future growth.

* Partners with marketing to provide feedback on, and aid in the development of, compelling collateral and to report on market and creative trends.

Activity Reporting:

* Maintains and delivers weekly status reports summarizing all sales developments.

* Records accurate, thorough and timely notes in client database (CRM).

* Track and maintain target sales forecast and pipeline activity reports.

* Assures sales partners are aware of all relevant account activity and planning.

We require a talented, professional and self-motivated video and After Effects editor to work across our portfolio of clients, pitch work and internal comms; working closely with our creative and client teams. This position offers the right person a chance to grow and develop within a fast-paced, forward-looking agency that prides itself on quality work and its positive culture. You will be stepping into a creative, fun and diverse environment working alongside many other creatives, so an ease to adapt and engage with others is an essential key.

Key Responsibilities:

• Editing video projects from across our portfolio of clients.
• Creating live action and animated video content from concept to completion.
• Developing video content for pitch projects
• Media management: Archiving and managing rushes/video data for internal servers and back-up systems as well as maintaining and uploading content to library servers and managing Redwood’s shared video hosting platforms.
• Point of contact for a range of Audio, Video and Production suppliers.

Required Skills:

• Fluent in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects
• Can create motion graphics and add effects to footage using various software and being knowledgeable of the tools used to achieve these results. There should be an understanding of typography, rotoscoping and masking tools.
• A keen eye for creating visually rich, diverse and interesting work and encouraged to communicate this through
• A basic level of understanding and ability to colour correct and grade footage in Premiere and Davinci Resolve
• Ability to direct small scale shoots.
• Ability to create storyboards and scripts.
• Work flexibly and reactively to editorial workflow and shoots.
• Organise and backup all video assets. Liaising with accounts as to which projects are live and need archiving.
• Keep abreast of editing software and hardware developments, and ensure department is up to date.
• Be able to work to tight deadlines in high pressured environments.
• To be organised and to organise safe asset management and maintain good housekeeping.

Are you a super-talented, creative-thinking Designer & Art Director? Then you could be exactly the kind of person we’re looking for.

We need someone who can spin more than one plate at a time: who’s able to come up with killer digital ideas, deliver beautifully crafted creative work as well as being a good hands-on designer.

My client is a fast-growing, medium-sized digital agency based in Farringdon, and they’re on the hunt for someone enthusiastic and ideas-driven to work for one of the world’s best mobile gaming studios. You’ll have 3-4 years of experience, a good knowledge of social platforms and a passion for games.

The client is always open to new ideas, so it’s important that we find someone flexible, who can switch between styles seamlessly. You will show us your creativity on everything from static social posts to videos, using illustration and photography, 3D, image libraries and stock, or bespoke film.

You’ll need to have a strong visual background and experience with content creation is a must – the majority of the work you’ll be involved in will be content related. Previous experience in the games industry is a big advantage, especially in the marketing department.

You’ll be thoughtful, with a great knowledge of what is achievable on existing and emerging digital formats and platforms. You’ll be required to concept, storyboard and oversee multiple projects and to be hands-on in some of the key ones.

We’re currently looking for a mid-level Designer to join a company with an amazing client list within across the UK’s largest banks and retailers, working on campaigns across websites, UX, Online Advertising, Social Media, Print and Presentations.

It’s an exciting time for the company, during 2018 they went through a major re-brand and re-positioning project and are now looking for somebody to take those principles and translate these into inspiring and engaging design content. You will not get bored in this role.

If you crave an environment where challenge and responsibility go hand in hand. If you want to be part of their mission to build the best loyalty programmes in the world, around the word then read on:

• Be the voice of design within teh company both internally and externally.
• Be creative thinker and a strategic thinker with the ability to present and rationalise your ideas to colleagues and clients.
• Have a solid understanding of brand communications and customer experience touchpoints.
• Design across experiential, digital, websites, UX, online advertising, Social Media, print and presentations.
• Work cross functionally with Marketing, Sales and Technology etc to understand and refine briefs to deliver exceptional creative solutions within time and often budget constraints.
• Work through concept to delivery: research, conceptualise, UX design, visual design and refined solutions to design briefs.
• Help plan and design the most appropriate user-journey, information architecture and wireframes for website projects.
• Source and prepare appropriate assets (such as fonts, images, etc.) for the creation of high-quality design solutions.
• Have exceptional time management, stakeholder management & communication skills.
• Have an expert eye for detail and pixel perfection!

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• A great portfolio that showcases deep interaction and/or visual design skills
• Highly proficient with the standard tools, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite,
• Prototyping tools (inVision) or other web design tools
• Experience with conveying concepts through wireframes, flows, prototypes, mockups.
• Over 3 years of experience as a web-based UX or Product Designer
• A great portfolio that showcases deep interaction and/or visual design skills
• Experience with front end development
• Prototyping tools (inVision) or other web design tool
• Experience with conveying concepts through wireframes, flows, prototypes, mockups.

Please get in touch for more information. Please note only successful applicants will be contacted due to volume of applicants.

A fantastic opportunity for a Marketing Manager to join an award winning, and growing, B2B agency in Central London, to work on high profile accounts and international campaigns.

The Agency

This is a new breed of lead agency, that offers senior strategic planning and creative solutions to global clients in the technology, engineering, and sports & leisure sectors. We build experienced, flexible teams around our clients’ needs, delivering brand repositioning, fully integrated campaigns, and content marketing strategies.
Having developed a strong base of clients in recent years and picked up some notable industry recognition for the quality, creativity, and impact of our work, this Agency is determined to take another step forwards this year. The objective is to deliver campaigns which are market leading in every aspect, perfectly crafted to the needs of our clients, and delivered efficiently and effortlessly (from the client’s perspective!).

The Role

This role, essential to the on-going success of the agency, will suit an experienced senior marketing professional. It’s an exciting opportunity to shape creative marketing, content, and PR campaigns to help raise awareness, build our profile and put us ahead of the competition.
Working directly into the Chief Executive, the Marketing Manager will also work alongside the Group Account Director in helping to build a culture of business growth within the agency, and from within the client services teams.
Managing and expanding upon a targeted content marketing plan to build awareness, trust, and authority amongst prospects from within our core customer sectors will be a central part of the of the role. This will require the Marketing Manager to work with our Head of Planning and Research, with account handlers from the client services team, and with designers, copywriters and external production teams, to craft and deliver outreach content and ideas. There will also be a need to identify and liaise with journalists and authority figures from leading trade publications, and with client-agency brokers and intermediaries.
The role will be a varied and fast paced one. It will include developing and giving face to face presentations, identifying and managing award entries, attending industry events and networking opportunities (occasionally overseas), and ensuring that marketing collateral and assets are kept up to date.

Your responsibilities

• Developing, implementing and maintaining marketing and communications strategies to meet agreed company objectives
• Raising the profile of our agency in our core markets
• Working alongside the directors to help strengthen the brand and ensure our
  presence maximises opportunities to promote the agency across all platforms
• Manage and implement a strategically-led marketing plan delivering all activity
  within an agreed budget
• Content creation including award entries, blog posts, articles and press
  releases – also coordinating contributions from other staff and
  external writers, according to an agreed schedule
• Planning and implementing our digital content strategy, SEO and social media
  including managing and overseeing the agency website
• Support the new business process contributing to presentations and pitches
• Managing our customer and prospect relationship management
  communications working with colleagues to generate news, insight, case
  studies to showcase our experience
• Running creative campaigns for the agency
• Developing and managing PR activity
• Being the face of the agency at key networking events and speaking on behalf
  of the agency
• Ensuring we communicate at the highest standard
  You
  As a senior marketing professional, you will have earned your stripes in a leading integrated agency, preferably working with B2B clients. This role is one that demands both credibility and communication skills to work with and influence colleagues and clients and this is a key requirement of the role. You will have:

• Experience of working within the marketing services sector
• Business development experience
• Be enthusiastic, knowledgeable, confident and pro-active with plenty of ideas
• Enjoy the buzz and fast pace of typical agency life
• Be experienced in building fantastic relationships
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Be organised, with a keen eye for detail
• Have a good understanding of basic accounting principles
• Be experienced in managing agency projects
• Be a genuine team player committed to ensuring tasks are done well and on
  time

Associate Creative Director – Luxury fashion / digital / Innovation

I have a very exciting role with one of the global leading branding agencies. They are looking for a Associate Design Director to join their award winning creative team. Its working on one of the biggest sporting brands as well as some very exciting leading beauty brands so ideally you will be someone who has a real passion for sports and experience in creating very conceptually lead designs for the beauty world. You will lead the projects and support the Design Director, in the studio and when out on shoots and be confident and articulate when presenting to clients.

You will need to be a killer designer with a great creative brain and the confidence to challenge a brief. The Designers on the team are incredibly diverse, working across communications, art direction, brand and experience design. So you will be a designer who who understands these areas and ideally have a diverse software skill set in Indesign, Photoshop, AfterEffect and Cinema4D preferably.

I’m looking to see beautifully designed, bold and strategic folios. The projects in your portfolio should convey great insights, a clear commercial understanding, killer concepts and convention breaking design.

We need a Digital Designer who will show us beautiful things. Not beautiful things that someone else is doing. Beautiful things that have never been thought of before.

As part of a team that brings bold, strategic and highly creative work to life, you will need to have an eye for amazing design and the skills to craft to the highest standard. You’ll be a guardian of quality, with a keen eye for detail, making sure everything isn’t just on brand, but exceptional. You have your finger on the pulse of innovation and apply those trends to your work.

You love typography, hate widows and orphans, and turn every pixel into magic. We’re also looking for some UX experience and a passion for learning more, including experience of defining wireframes and prototyping for small projects and a working knowledge of prototyping tools such as InVision.

This is a hands-on role that requires you to pick up projects and own them, from basic sketch to a high-end visual prototype, whether you’re building a multi-channel campaign, brand refresh or bashing out a few social posts – often juggling several projects at the same time. Of course, you’ll also need strong communication skills to share your thinking and collaborate with the wider creative team. That means that you’ll be outgoing and assertive, brimming with creative confidence.

This is a lovely new role working with a fantatic agency in the heart of the creative district in central London.

The role has come about due to the increasing presentation demands across the design team. As the sole presentation designer you will be working across the 3 main design teams – digital, ATL and activation.

You will need to be a confident individual who is comfortable sitting with senior management, including the MD, planners, head of strategy, and going through the presentation decks.

Role:

We are looking for a super-talented presentation designer to join our design team. You’ll create and direct exciting, engaging and pixel-perfect decks and other bespoke agency materials for both internal and external presentations. Working with autonomy, authority and creativity you’ll ensure every project is beautiful in its execution and to a very high standard.

You’ll be working particularly closely with Design & New Business, as well as assisting across agency departments. We need someone who’s highly proficient in the relevant software but most importantly has an infectious passion for design and communication and can be the one to help to take our presentations to the next level.
An imaginative eye for layout and type setting combined with a problem-solving attitude is a must.

We’re looking for someone who’s a great team player, who’s up for getting stuck in and truly thrives in an agency environment. You’ll be highly communicative, efficient, organized, energetic and a pro at multi-tasking.

Key responsibilities:

• Creating, editing and preparing decks for pitches, presentations, workshops and internal meetings across departments and specialisms
• Creating other bespoke agency materials and long form documents for new business proposals
• Creating assets such as infographics, charts and images to form parts of larger global presentations and documents
• Leading the direction and guardianship of internal communications and agency branding to ensure consistency
• Supporting pitch teams to create and produce pitch collateral that communicates both work and the agency itself
• Taking part in brainstorms and planning sessions for new business proposals and other business as usual projects which need presentation assistance

The ideal candidate will:

• Be supremely talented in layout design with a keen eye for transforming complex information into beautiful design solutions.
• Have a can-do problem-solving attitude and a great imagination to create exciting creative solutions and ideas
• Have the ability to add clever animation to their presentations or other materials
• Have an exceptional working knowledge of the Microsoft Suite (Powerpoint, Word, Excel), including the ability to build sets of templates and navigate master slides.
• Be proficient in Keynote
• Have a great knowledge of Google Slides
• Be highly proficient in the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Have experience in this kind of role with a portfolio of beautiful and relevant work including presentation design and infographics
• Have great organisational and prioritisation skills with an ability to work efficiently and calmly under pressure
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and have confidence and assertiveness to work with all levels of seniority.
• Be flexible in their working hours. This is a role which will support major New Business proposals and so from time to time may require working hours beyond or around the normal 9-5.

Bonus points for:

• Motion design software: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere

We are working with a global agency in experience-led digital transformation who are looking for a super talented Senior Digital Designer to join their London team.

They’re looking for a UI and digital transformation design specialist first and foremost. Someone who’s got a portfolio filled with projects like large-scale responsive web builds, chatbots, apps, product and service design. Solid experience across more traditional digital comms and campaign projects would also be amazing.

This is a Senior position which will involve managing juniors, client-facing responsibilities and a lots of autonomy. You will have extensive knowledge of Sketch and the Adobe Suite plus a solid understanding and some experience of prototyping and understanding of UX. Knowledge of After Effects would be a big bonus.

This role is within a very friendly and close team, working on large brands in one of the big agencies in town. They are currently interviewing so get in touch straight away for more details.

*Please note only successful applicants will be notified due to expected volume.

Currently working with a crypto currency client who have an amazing opportunity for a full stack developer to join them on a permanent basis, they are a great company to work for having offices based in the heart of London. If you have an interest in Blockchain / crypto currency this would be an advantage.

Must haves:

• 2 years+ experience in full stack development
• Significant commercial experience with JavaScript full-stack development using Node.js
• Deep knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases
• Fundamentals like HTML5 and CSS3
• Ability to write Javascript unit tests.
• Deep knowledge of frameworks such as React.js
• Knowledge of major libraries such as jQuery
• Knowledge of front-end frameworks.
• Understanding of websockets and asynchronous communications between frontend and backend
• Strong motivational skills, creative technical thinking and clear communication
• A keen eye for UX design

Main accountabilities

• The planning, build and implementation of mobile friendly, responsive websites and mobile web-apps
• Suggest ideas to evolve and improve current projects, responding to needs and relevant trends
• Share knowledge with colleagues to improve skills

Fantastic opportunity for an Account Director available immediately for a 4-6 month contract in Central London / Spitalfields to lead integrated, big budget, fast-paced projects in UK and US.

I am working on a variety of briefs for a number of exciting creative projects which will run in the UK and US. If you are available at very short notice for a 4, 5 or 6 month contract please let me know.

One of the roles is for a vaping product so do let me know if this is an issue and I will then brief you on a project which is for a different client. The strategic, integrated scope of work includes social, influencer and experiential and each of the AD roles focuses on a distinct area of client management (eg UK, US, all agency lead, special projects).

If interested in this role please let me know your exact availablility and notice period given this is a role to start ASAP for 4-6 months.

Fantastic opportunity for an Account Director available immediately for a 4-6 month contract in Central London / Spitalfields to lead integrated, big budget, fast-paced projects in UK and US.

I am working on a variety of briefs for a number of exciting creative projects which will run in the UK and US. If you are available at very short notice for a 4, 5 or 6 month contract please let me know. One of the roles is for a vaping product so do let me know if this is an issue and I will then brief you on a project which is for a different client. The strategic, integrated scope of work includes social, influencer and experiential and each of the AD roles focuses on a distinct area of client management (eg UK, US, all agency lead, special projects).

If interested in this role please let me know your exact availablility and notice period given this is a role to start ASAP for 4-6 months.

Creative Services Manager/Director

£5OK to £65K DOE

An Award winning creative brand activation agency are preparing for growth and part of that ambition is to set up a Creative Services department to facilitate the link between Client Services and their Creative Department.

As such they are looking to hire a Senior Creative Services Manager or Director who can not only facilitate all trafficking requirements for around 40-50 live briefs but also has the commercial edge to develop budgets and pricing strategies for their creative briefs.

They want an experienced Creative Services Manager/Director, with the ambition to create, grow and own this area of the business. The right person will need to live up to their company values, Openness, Intelligence, Imagination and Commitment.

Key o the success of the role is experience in setting up a Creative Services facility and being able to demonstrate tailoring it to the individual needs of the business. The role will very much suit someone with energy and with the capacity to nurture and inspire others.

POST PRODUCER

Our client is an award-winning, full service production company based in the heart of Shoreditch. They work directly with leading advertising agencies, to produce a wide range of live action and animated content; from TV idents and commercials, music videos, to online advertising and corporate comms.

As a response to their business growth, they are now looking to hire a Post Production Producer with at least 2 years experience to join their team. The successful candidate will be able to help shape this role and the systems in place, as they progress.

Key Responsibilities:

• To work directly with the Producers and be responsible for the post-production on live-action mixed media or animation projects
• Responsible for post-production scheduling, Director and client reviews, and delivering projects to budget and on time
• Oversee quality control and smooth running of every project
• Developing client relationships and manage existing ones
• Liaising with in-house Producers, Editors and Animators to ensure the correct resourcing of assets
• Liaising with the Head of Post and Head Animator to ensure effective management of the post department team, including pre production meetings and debriefs

Must Haves:

• A full understanding of the post-production process and digital workflows
• Knowledge of editing, VFX, grading and sound design
• Must be self-motivated, organised, able to work under pressure and have a good attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to work flexible hours, working to tight deadlines
• Will have enthusiastic and insightful into the latest industry work

Permanent Senior Integrated/Digital Project Manager

Budget to £54K Plus full benefits

Our client is a pioneer in content marketing, creating outstanding work for some of the world’s best brands. Their vast experience in both consumer and B2B content development means they are experts at engaging audiences in new and compelling ways through content. They are looking to hire a Senior Project Manager for a global and growing client account within the petrochemical sector.

The ideal candidate will have 1/2 years’ experience working as a Senior (Lead) Integrated/Digital Project Manager. Be experienced leading high value, multiple asset delivery projects from brief to delivery. Has worked with global brands, has a creative eye, is enthusiastic, motivated and thrives under pressure. The Integrated Project Manager will understand the needs of a market leading global brand, and possess the ease of character to work with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders alike.

The role is for a best-practise project manager with the capacity for creating robust and technical project plans, which manage the process from brief to final delivery across multiple formats for a global audiences.

Skills & Knowledge such as:

• Leadership experience on small to medium complex projects within an interactive agency
• Using project management tools such as Asana, Instagantt, Trello, Smartsheets or similar
• Ability to work collaboratively in a creative environment while keeping projects on schedule
• Experienced as a project lead on large scale, multi-language localisation projects
• Knowledge of the technical requirements for setting up and tracking project deliverables
• An understanding of digital content and multi-platform distribution
• Ability to explain complex technical issues and their implications in layman terms

The budget is £54,000 and it is a FTC, 6 month rolling, permanent after 2 years, with full benefits.

Permanent Integrated Project Manager / Producer

Our client is a pioneer in content marketing, creating outstanding work for some of the world’s best brands. Their vast experience in both consumer and B2B content development means they are experts at engaging audiences in new and compelling ways through content.

They are now on the look out for a client facing Integrated Project Manager with at least 3 to 5 years under their belt, and experienced leading high value, multiple asset delivery projects from brief to delivery. As an accomplished project manager, you’ll have had exposure to working with global brands, have a creative eye, be enthusiastic, motivated and thrive under pressure.

The role entails providing best-practise project management direction across accounts, as well as maintaining project plans, tracking, reporting and ensuring resources are allocated accordingly. You’ll have ownership of your accounts whilst liaising with the head of resource and members of the account management team.

The role is based on a rolling 6-month pro-rata salary up to £45K (DOE) plus full benefits package.

Very exciting role for an experienced Social Media Manager at a leading integrated Agency. Working closely with the Senior Social Engagement Manager, Head of Strategy and the wider team of a leading integrated Agency for a fast food chain.

You will be working with different teams to understand and develop social concepts, manage the production process and deliver for publication. This is a great chance to gain exposure to the agency as a whole as you will be the driving force behind the campaign.

The project is the largest in the Agency and as such this is a great opportunity to partner with the client to deliver, what is for them, also the biggest and most popular project they run!

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE AGENCY
We are looking for a social media innovator, who is happy having strategic conversations, coupled with strong executional skill. You will have a best-practise mindset gained in an agency environment and be able to spot opportunities to join the dots and provide thought-leadership expertise.

Digging deeper on the details

• Partnering with the client to deliver our social media strategy.
• Work with the Concept team and Creative Technologist to develop ideas, ensuring a joined-up approach.
• Working on an existing social media campaign, understanding how this fits into their overall marketing strategy.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO HAVE

• Social campaign experience – with solid understanding of community management, social production and implementing strategy.
• Detailed understanding of executing content on different social platforms – able to act in an advisory role to client.
• Experience of using social listening tools (particularly Pulsar).
• A mixture of brand experience – Retail/FMCG global experience and youth audiences is preferred.
• Genuine passion for social marketing and how this fits into wider digital marketing initiatives.
• Great external client facing experience, able to deliver impactful ideas and responses to existing briefs.
• Great internal communications experience, able to pull together teams, join the dots and spot areas for innovation.
• Enviable multi-tasking skills, able to juggle multiple projects and prioritise.

Our client is a packaging design agency based in Sydney. They are finding it increasingly difficult to find staff from the Australian talent pool so they are now looking to the UK for talent.

The agency is independently-owned (by the two lead designers), has been operating since 1994, currently employs around 18 people with space for up to 25, is located close to Sydney’s CBD in a heritage-listed warehouse conversion. Their clients are global and multi-nationals. Their work tends to be through repeats, word of mouth and client referrals, and theirr client base has slowly expanded organically from their Sydney-centric base as product managers (and production) have moved offshore.

In particular they are looking for packaging design specialists to work on FMCG accounts.

From an immigration point of view, the easiest scenario would be to take someone initially on a working holiday visa. These are available to various nationalities including UK, USA, Canada, Ireland and most European countries for persons aged 20 to 31. This visa lasts for 12 months. They would offer employment with a three-month probation period, after which we could apply for a 457 Visa which allows employment for two years, with the option to apply to extend for a further two years. Thereafter, there is conjecture as to which professions will offer residency and citizenship (at the moment graphic design does not).

They currently employ staff from Australia, Korea, Vietnam, China, Indonesia and the UK – a reflection of Australian multiculturalism. Obviously, this could involve a relocation aspect (and some work on our part to facilitate visas etc); but it could also offer an opportunity to travel and experience a new culture and lifestyle.

In the past, some of their most successful employees have been Australians returning ‘home’ after some UK experience and this could offer another avenue of exploration.

Im looking for a really talented and versatile hands on Design Director that has digital at its core. This exciting role is for a new start up that is hitting the market with force that already has a number of exclusive clients and financial backing from a well known large advertising agency. Headed up by a number of very well respected heavy hitters this role of Mid-weight Designer will be working with Londons best. Having already secured a number of exclusive clients this will be an exciting time to join something new that is going to be big within the London market.

Key areas:
Ensures design work is as strong as output across all other media , and that (where relevant) it’s a key part of the campaign idea.

Understands behaviours of audiences online: where they are, what they want, how to talk to them, entertain them, delight them, give them something useful.

Works with Business Directors and Creative Directors to establish a clear digital strategy going forwards.

Should have strong experience in leading digital/integrated agencies and managing creative

Should be able to assemble, lead and manage an appropriate team of designers, developers, creatives and project managers for any scale

The candidate will channel views from Creative, Production and Business Directors on a campaign and make recommendations based on experience on the best approach to make.

This is an amazing agency to be involved with from scratch, if you would like further details please don’t hesitate to make contact.

Fantastic opportunity for a Senior Account Manager looking for a 4 month (/ongoing) contract based in South / South West London. This boutique branding agency has an opening for an integrated account handler to lead the client relationship with a consumer fashion brand and coordinate their TV ad and OOH campaign.

If you are available immediately and open to a 4 day week role please get in touch asap.

Salary c£40k

Experience & attributes:

* 5+ years experience in a client service role in a busy creative agency

* Excellent knowledge of the creative process and of omnichannel project management including TVC

* Be a great organiser who uses initiative to manage the project and stakeholders

* Strong attention to detail, structure and organisation

* Be ‘brand’ literate and plugged in to the brand design and experience culture

* Confident, engaging and articulate, comfortable being the client lead

* Confident in liaising with production partners

* Take responsibility, ownership and support team internally

* Relish fast paced retail agency and demands

* Proficient in co-ordinating and producing project management tools including status reports, contact reports and project plans.

Direct experience with omnichannel content production from an agency perspective will be an advantage.

Four days a week option – flexible working

Four month contract, possibility to extend

The Senior Account Manager will focus on management of the creation, production, and delivery of master visual campaign assets for a fully omni-channel brief – evolving an international consumer brand for ecommerce and direct purchase. They must have a proven track record in leading an integrated campaign.

The role is wider than solely account management and involves being instrumental in building a new business strategy to win new clients and opportunities at a time of exciting transition and growth. The Senior Account Manager will offer strategic support to help create publicity around the agency brand. There will be an opportunity to be fully immersed in the pitch process.

The right candidate will have a strong client service ethic with an ambition to build ongoing strategic relationships with clients. A passion for brands and immersive brand experience goes without saying.