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Award winning major advertising agency are looking for a talented digital designer to join their award winning established design team. You will have the opportunity to work on some major brands and learn from the best in the business.

Skills, Personal Attributes and Attitude:

· Strong experience in Adobe Creative Suite, including Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign

· Sketch, After Effects and XD knowledge a bonus

· Must be proactive, perceptive and approachable

· Strong typographic skills and understanding of hierarchy and layout structure

· Familiarity with working in a high tempo environment

· Good communication skills

· Impeccable attention to detail

· Must be quick and confident

· Pre-print knowledge would be an advantage

· Understanding of brand and corporate guidelines

· Experience in creating animated digital assets (such as web banners/email header images)

· Able to think laterally/creatively to solve problems

· Experience using Microsoft Powerpoint/Word applications

· Keen learner, self-starter, where the opportunity to learn new skills, programmes etc

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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.

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

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

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

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

 

Permanent

£24k-£28k (DOE)

 

Job responsibilities

We are looking for a talented junior / graduate designer to join our creative team in London. A talented and versatile individual wanting to join a global design agency stacked with awards working for major brands, you will have raw talent and a great portfolio to demonstrate your potential.

This role works closely with the global team to support the development of innovative concept designs across brand experiences spanning corporate identity, social media, retail, live events and digital. Projects vary in size from small, intimate events to large-scale.

Applicants will be involved in all stages of the design process from assisting the Head of Creative in generating concept drawings to producing presentation visuals and production drawings to assisting on site.

You will have a broad knowledge of the creative industries and associated technologies, and have many sources of inspiration. You will stay abreast of technical, cultural and business trends that could positively influence and focus the work we deliver, and a hunger to learn.

 

Job requirements

• Hand sketching for design concepts.
• Cinema 4D for class leading visuals and movies.
• Vectorworks for production drawings to a high level of detail & accuracy.
• Adobe Creative Suite would be an advantage.
• Multimedia skills and a knowledge of technology would be an advantage.
• Originality, clarity, attention to detail and the ability to work in a team.

If you don’t have C4D AND Vectorworks, we are willing to teach 1 of the software, so as long as you are skilled in either one of the software, we’re happy to develop skills in the other.

 

Location

Twickenham, London UK

If this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for, we would like to hear from you.

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

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

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

Skills

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

Day to day

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

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

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

I am looking for a Creative Tech Lead for an experiential agency in West London.

You will report to the Technology Director. In this role you will focus on advising, guiding the digital production which sometime may also have some physical aspects, to ensure successful delivery of projects.
You will have experience of digital projects and deep knowledge of producing digital projects that may also have some physical elements, with a track record of developing touch, zero UI (gesture, voice), physical interaction applications and other types of innovative bridging the physical and digital worlds.

You will have a working knowledge of developing creative code, RESTfull APIs, embedded hardware like Arduino and RaspberryPi.
You will also provide guidance and business growth opportunities for the team and be an advocate for the Technology Department. A critical part of your role will be to integrate deeply with the wider creative and technical teams and work very closely with them to ensure a high degree of synergy between user experience design, technologies, and solution architectures.
In this role, you will enjoy wide exposure to cross-disciplinary teams such as production, creative and experience design, creative coding, fabrication and data science. Likewise, you will be expected to interact with clients on a regular basis.

Your Primary Responsibilities

In your day to day role, you will be developing robust and clearly articulated technology solutions alongside other technologists. You will be able to clearly document proposed solutions for discussion with clients including product backlogs, functional and non-functional requirements and design the concepting, logical and physical solution.
You will provide guidance and oversight on implementation projects, acting as an escalation point for implementation questions.
You’ll be expected to work hand in hand with the creative team to validate proposed creative experiences and contribute to the creative process.
You will act as a trusted and experienced technologist who can support the creative teams when presenting concepts to clients and demonstrate to clients how they can deliver an end-to-end creative and technology solution.
You will identify and mitigate risks within technology execution projects and
ensure that potential dependencies are managed effectively between client teams.
You will be a champion in delivering complex digital solutions and will be expected to put in place an automated deployment mechanism for digital solutions in order to bring delivery standards to the offering.
You will be bringing relevant talents in for the diversity of projects the business requires. You will need to have a good understanding of all the latest technologies and have solid coding experience in more than one language.

Core Technology Skills

You will have a proven history of technology management experience working on large digital and physical deliveries.
You have experience with various projects types, including back-end development, front-end, API integration, hardware, embedded hardware, 3D development
You must have hands-on knowledge of key programming languages, such as C#, C++, Python, javascript.
You will have some understanding of digital infrastructure architecture experience, including Cloud services, CDN, asynchronous message queue systems, clustered server environments and you should be intimately familiar with the latest approaches such as serverless architectures and static site hosting
You can demonstrate consistently excellent leadership and communication skills.
You will possess a deep understanding of technical project management, scoping, prototyping, risk management, and estimation.

iOS Developer 

 

Fine Art SaaS Platform; Technology Company

 

Location: Oval, London

£50,000 to £70,000 + Benefits + Flexibility 

 

We’re hiring an iOS 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 iOS Developer, your role will be to build innovative applications and features within a multi-disciplined team of engineers.

 

Skill requirements:

• Significant iOS Development experience from a commercial environment
• Objective-C
• Swift

 

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.

 

(iOS, Objective-C, Swift, Swift4, Swift3, Developer, Software Engineer, Programmer)

 

Traffic Manager – Creative Services – Integrated Agency

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

 

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

Requirements

Organisation of resources through your teams:

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

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

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

• Working with Creatives on timesheet completion and commercial awareness

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

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

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

• Ensuring concept and design turnaround times are adhered to.

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

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

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

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

• Negotiating with agencies and freelancers on rates.

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

• Proactive individual

• Great communicator

• Commercially focussed and proficient

• Able to follow process and best practice

• Competent presenter

• Strong time management

• Personable and approachable

• Team player

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

 

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.

Job Description

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

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

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

Develop client relationships and new business opportunities, increase the number of events produced and ensure the retention of current events with this client.

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

 

Summary

Project Planning

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Produce all required event documentation

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

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

supplier invoicing and time management are managed effectively

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

 

Project Delivery

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

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

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

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

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

 

People Management

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

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

 

Expertise

• Strong experience working within an agency production environment

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

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

• Strong network of supplier relationships

• Experience managing complex budgets ensuring profitability and tight delivery

 

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

Role responsibilities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Skills & Experience

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

•          Proven experience in account and project management.

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

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

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

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

•          Passionate and entrepreneurial.

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

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

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

•          Plans and carries out responsibilities with minimal direction.

•          Strong attention to detail and highly organized.

•          Well-developed analytical and problem solving skills.

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

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

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

We are looking for an integrated Business Director with experience of brand marketing for Luxury Brands.

You must have as understanding of the full marketing mix, specifically advertising, loyalty, acquisition, retention and partnerships.

This is a senior role in a small bespoke agency and the ideal candidate will be able to commence the role on short notice (to start during November or December 2019).

Role responsibilities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Skills & Experience

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

•          Proven experience in account and project management.

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

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

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

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

•          Passionate and entrepreneurial.

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

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

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

•          Plans and carries out responsibilities with minimal direction.

•          Strong attention to detail and highly organized.

•          Well-developed analytical and problem solving skills.

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

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

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

Community Manager

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

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

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

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

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

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

Responsibilities

Creative copywriting and social publishing

Daily moderation for reactive social opportunities

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

Building strong relationships with clients and identifying business development

opportunities

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

offering creative spark, and commercial understanding to develop plans

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

Delivering reports, performance tracking & trend analysis to clients

Key skills

A solid understanding of social media and its impact on brands

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

An eye for creative content: both written and visual

The ability to think:

o Creatively (capable of thinking differently and disruptively)

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

Excellent organisation, time management & team management skills

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

Proficiency in using a wide variety of social platforms and tools

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

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

Experience:

1-2 years agency experience working with social media

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

Digital Project Manager (digital comms focused)

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

Purpose

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

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

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

Profile

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

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

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

Community Manager

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

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

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

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

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

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

Responsibilities

?  Creative copywriting and social publishing

?  Daily moderation for reactive social opportunities

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

?  Building strong relationships with clients and identifying business development

opportunities

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

offering creative spark, and commercial understanding to develop plans

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

?  Delivering reports, performance tracking & trend analysis to clients

Key skills

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

?  Excellent written and verbal communication skills

?  An eye for creative content: both written and visual

?  The ability to think:

o Creatively (capable of thinking differently and disruptively)

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

?  Excellent organisation, time management & team management skills

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

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

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

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

Experience:

1-2 years agency experience working with social media

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

 

This agency is known for their creativity and excellent work they produce. They are now looking for a Creative Artworker purely due to growth. The primary task for this role will be artworking for a big brand across in-store, out of home and digital assets. There is a fairly constant and varied workload for this, so you will need to be someone who is really on it in terms of attention to detail, speed and knowledge of various specs. Ideally you be an artworker who has dabbled in design as there will be the opportunity to get involved with design as and when it’s needed.

You will be a mid level artworker ideally with a couple of years experience, with an impressive portfolio which ideally includes some retouching also and who is looking for an agency where they can work on amazing brands and build a great career.

Strategy Director – Brand/Digital

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

 

I am looking for a well rounded Digital Operations Manager or Support Lead with a strong understanding on how to best support complex cloud-based consumer facing digital products that service live events.

Their upport team are currently three strong and they are looking to hire someone to lead the 1st Line Operations Engineers. You will line manage the three 1st Line Operations Engineers plus an Application Support Engineer (are currently in the hiring process for). This team supports both the digital products that they have built for their clients and the internal IT.

You are talented and enthusiastic, keen to get stuck in as needed, with a great manner with clients. As a company built on a reputation of quality products, with high standards for their technical builds, the Support team is a core component of ensure this is the experience for their clients and customers.

You’ll be reporting to their Head of Technology and work alongside an impressive studio wide team who work across a range of technologies and applications. You’ll be responsible for monitoring and keeping their products live, working with the team to resolve any outages, alongside managing and developing the Support team as individuals and as a team for their clients.

Requirements

You have:

Experience in managing cloud-based consumer facing live applications including reviewing performance, stability, log files etc
Extensive experience of providing customer service of digital products, working with Jira Service Desk and Confluence, AWS, complex tech stacks and tracking of client KPIs
Line management and team development experience
Good systems thinking – ability to understand complex multi-party end-to-end system
Experience communicating directly with clients
Experience of customer service of digital products
Strong understand of ITLL practices

Nice to have:

A good foundation of knowledge in systems architecture
Experience supporting multi-company products
Experience of support video-on-demand products
Established a strong support function
ITLL certification

NB This role will require some shift work, to include night and weekend shifts – please only apply if you are able and happy to undertake this type of working pattern.

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

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.

LEAD GRAPHIC DESIGNER

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

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)

 

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Jr Designer

£23-£28k + bonus & benefits

At first glance, this job may seem like your standard Jr Design role in a corporate company, but on further inspection, it shows itself to be a hugely varied role in a youthful company with big plans, so don’t judge a book by it’s cover, read on…

This company is an innovative investment  house, set up 5yrs ago by 3 partners in their 30’s, looking to do things differently. They are now a team of 30 and their business spans across 3 sectors and is always evolving.

Their Creative Lead is now looking for a Jr Designer to join her, working across the business wide array of design needs.

They are looking for a Designer that is happy to go with the flow and get stuck into the variety of work on offer. One day you might be designing graphics for an event for their charity foundation, the next you might be working on the company rebrand. They have a Podcast, so are always promoting this through social media channels, so you might be tasked with finding fun and interesting graphics, and animated content to market this across the relevant channels, as well as smaller jobs like event invites, stationary design, business cards & PowerPoint presentations, as well as one of ad hoc jobs for some of their clients like Byron Burger and Hunter.

They are currently having new offices modelled in Soho Sq, which will have a Soho House vibe, and have a really interesting, culturally diverse team, who are really sociable, and there plenty of non work related fun to get involved with (for anyone that wants to!).

They take great care of anyone working for them and said there’s plenty of long term potential for anyone that wants to grow with the business.

What they want is somebody that will always want to rise to the challenge, enjoy a variety of work and be flexible with getting involved in a variety of projects. They need somebody with great skills in Adobe CC, plus Powerpoint, and ideally somebody with 1-2 years design experience under their belt and can show great creative flair.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to see your CV & portfolio!

Our client is an independent, award-winning, creative agency that’s sole purpose is to make tired brands famous again.

They are a five-time winner of Independent Agency of The Year in 2018.

They are 70% female with a 50/50 gender split on the senior team and they can proudly boast 100% pay parity.

They’re multi-disciplined but their hearts lie in branding.

They work with high profile brands spanning FMCG, alcohol and fashion.

Right now, there’s about 30 of them (not including the dogs) — but that number grows all the time because they’re still young, ambitious and very good at what they do.

The role:

Your primary goal is to ensure the agency’s design work continues to be the award-winning work they are infinitely proud of.

This means bringing the highest level of technical skills and ownable styles to the table.

This means trying new things, learning new skills and breaking norms.

This means inspiring other team members to produce equally great work.

Senior Designers should have initiative. Whether it’s to pick up management responsibilities, suggest new ways to improve workflows or just ensure the team’s wellbeing.

Seniors should have good relationships with the rest of their team members, and be able to assimilate jobs down to them.

You must also be a team player — sometimes you will need to support the juniors in the day-to-day work… or simply help to get the mail.

You should also be able to comfortably work with other departments, supporting or leading where necessary.

You must be a good communicator. Senior Designers can not only handle client meetings, but receive briefs (written and verbal) and understand how their design work fits into the broader picture of the client’s brand communications.

Your goals for year one:
• Be involved in one project to win a big award.
• Be involved in three pitch wins.
• Be design lead on two projects, and present it to clients.
• Ensure team members receive 80% positive feedback in their annual 360° reviews.

The type of people they want to meet:
If you live and breath branding and design, they want to meet you. But above all, you must embody their core values and fit within their culture.

They want to meet you if you…
• have 6 years minimum agency experience.
• have management experience in developing other team members — and are keen to continue doing so!
• have amazing branding and design skills and a thousand unique styles and ideas tucked away.
• have a strong understanding of design trends and how to harness them.
• have good communication and presentation skills in selling your ideas, be it to your team or to clients.
• are able to problem solve and bring solutions to the table.
• are proactive and committed to developing your own knowledge and skills.
• are unafraid to roll up your sleeves and muck in.
• are organised and self-disciplined, with an ability to multi-task and consistently hit deadlines.
• are driven, motivated and have meticulous attention to detail.

• have a can do attitude and a bit of the ol’ entrepreneurial spirit.
• are interested in being involved in the growth of the business as a whole.

The perks include:
• To be part of something special — this is an exciting growing agency with no board of directors, or shareholders to report to.
• The ability to stamp your mark on an organisation – and not just be a cog in the machine.
• Free snacks and coffee
• Monthly breakfasts with the whole team.
• Seasonal company parties.
• Annual personal development plan and training budget for your own growth.
• The love of five rotating office dogs.
• A ‘yes work’s important, but let’s not get too serious’ vibe.
• A distinct lack of bureaucracy or politics.
• Ownership over your own projects whilst enjoying an inclusive environment.
• Beer. Wine. Rum. Whiskey. Chocolate. (Working with their clients has added perks).

Mid-Weight Digital Producer/Project Manager

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Role

Reporting into Head of Project Management your responsibilities will include:

Scoping, planning and specification of key projects.

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

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

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

Responsible for the profitability of these projects.

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

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

Ensure the utmost quality in creative.

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

Experience and Skills

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

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

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

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

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

Proven experience in managing projects profitably within complex stakeholder environments.

Excellent and efficient communication skills both written and verbal.

Experience across web builds and e-commerce projects.

Experience in requirements gathering and functional specification.

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

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

Experience in managing pitch teams would be a bonus.

What type of person should you be?

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

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

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

They’re a social bunch;

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

We love to learn and develop

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

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I am are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Back-end Python Engineers to join my clients team in their Shoreditch studio. As a company built on a reputation of quality products, with an emphasis on delivery, a growing development team is a core component of this.

You’ll be reporting to our Head of Technology, and work alongside an impressive technology team who work across of a range of technologies, from Python to JS to iOS, Android and Smart TV development. You’ll be responsible for delivering exceptional products for their high profile clients as part of multi-disciplinary teams. In addition you’ll also be working to define and drive internal standards and push forward innovation with the latest technologies to ensure they create the best products possible.

 

You are experienced in:

Python web frameworks, ideally Django
Good understanding of design patterns and data structures
Good understanding of, and hands-on experience developing, Rest API’s as part of a mircoservice architecture
Experience designing asynchronous applications using Celery or similar
Understanding of how to writing performant applications that scale
Understanding of web security and OWASP Top 10 exploits
Experience writing tests and testable code with one of Python testing frameworks
Be comfortable in unix environments and know how to Bash
Solid experience with git

 

Nice to have:

Experience with functional languages, such as Elixir
Hands on experience with message brokering services, ideally RabbitMQ and/or Kafka
Familiarity with continuous integration approaches and tooling
Experience working with Vagrant, Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms

We are looking for an experienced designer to join our creative team in West London.

We’re looking for a talented and versatile individual wanting to work for a global experiential/events design agency stacked with awards.  You will have experience working in a leading design agency for recognised brands with a great portfolio to show for it.

This role works closely with the global team to support the development of innovative concept designs across brand experiences spanning corporate identity, social media, retail, live events and digital. Projects vary in size from small, intimate events to large-scale.

Applicants will be involved in all stages of the design process from assisting the Creative Lead in generating concept drawings to producing presentation visuals and print ready artwork. An understanding of brand messaging through typography/print/digital processes, liaising with print suppliers will also form part of the job.

You will have a wide knowledge of the creative industries and many sources of inspiration. You will stay abreast of technical, cultural and business trends that could positively influence and focus the work we deliver to support our client’s business strategies.

Job requirements

A thorough understanding in development & refinement of brand messaging across multiple media.

Design for print, digital media essential with moving image / animation skills an advantage.

Adobe Creative Suite.

Originality, clarity, attention to detail and the ability to work in a team.

If this opportunity sounds like something you would be interested in, we would like to hear from you.

£40-£50k (DOE)

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As a member of the Creative department you will influence changes in consumer behaviour through ideas, creativity and the use of interactive media. You will make a difference to digital communications, marketing, advertising and inspire the best global brands. You will bring exceptional creative thought to the Agency, delivering projects from brief to consumer in partnership with the Client, Technology and Creative teams

 

Key Responsibilities

 

• Deliver and inspire award-winning work from both yourself and others who work with you, influencing where appropriate a dramatic change through ideas, creativity and the use of interactive media.

 

• Consistently deliver high quality work on time.

 

• High level internal and external client satisfaction.

 

• High level of team satisfaction.

 

• Learn new skills and stay abreast of technical and digital design developments and successfully apply these to work

practices to help improve processes and procedures.

 

Skills and Experience

 

• Proven experience working as a Designer is required, including experience in web design.

 

• Experience working in a creative/agency environment is advantageous.

 

• Experience working with the latest versions of PhotoShop, Illustrator, Flash and HTML.

 

• A degree in Design, Interaction Design, Visual Studies or other design-related field is preferred.

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An independent Marketing & Advertising Agency are looking for a talented Creative Artworker to work on site with their client, a travel company, based in Weybridge. The work will be largely digital banners and print collateral, so we’re looking for somebody with solid experience in this area and top skills in Adobe CC. It’s a lovely company to work with – nice environment, regular working hours and a lovely team.

Salary is £35k + benefits

If you’d like to apply, please send your CV & portfolio.

Freelance ASP.Net Developer 

(Full-Stack, ASP.Net)

Digital Magazine & Media Brand 

(Music, Fashion and Youth Culture)

Central London

Budget £400-£450 per day

3-6 Month Contract

We’re hiring a Senior Freelance Developer (ASP.Net, Full-Stack) for a contract role within a digital magazine and creative agency working with culturally iconic brands within the worlds of fashion, music, art and style.

As the Senior Freelance Developer (ASP.Net, Full-Stack), you will play an influential role in ensuring the modernisation of the digital offering. This digital transformation continues to upgrade and improve the digital publications, the creative agency offering and the content management systems used by internal teams across the suite of magazine brands.

TECH STACK:

• C# (Essential)
• ASP.NET, MVC (Essential)
• SQL server or similar (Essential)
• DVCS, Mercurial / Git (Essential)
• JavaScript, JS Frameworks / JQuery (Essential)
• Windows Azure / AWS (Essential)
• CMS Experience (Essential)
• TeamCity or similar build server (Beneficial)
• Powershell (Beneficial)
• TypeScript (Beneficial)
• Nhibernate (Beneficial)

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

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

 

My client is looking for an Analytics Manager to setup and implement web tracking solutions. To provide analytics-based strategic insights and directions in the development of media & communications initiatives, and be a significant contributor to the team providing insights and recommendations.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Work closely with key leads across the organization to understand reporting needs, new product requirements and business opportunities.
Providing analytics, integrated marketing solutions to improve client decision-making
Tracking marketplace, technology, and consumer demographic trends within and across multiple industries
Analyze Web site behavior using Web analytics tools to determine areas of site improvement
Designing and conducting analysis, interpreting results and synthesizing recommendations.
Uphold best standards practice in terms of data cleanliness, data management and tracking across websites including the new in-house web team developing the new website modular system which will be used by all event properties.
Create simple dashboards that visualize data and provide insights in a simple way to all levels of management
Be pro-active in suggesting and scoping improvements to ways of working, connecting data sources and providing solutions to improve the business within your areas of expertise.
Proficient in rolling out tracking solutions (Experience with Adobe tech stack preferred but not essential)
Assist the paid media managers in identifying trends within the campaign by integrating channel data
Any other duties that are within the scope of the role that may be required

Key Areas

Significant but realistic improvements in website conversion
Streamlining of reporting to satisfy all levels of management
Well practiced implementation plan for website tracking, for rollout or site optimization
Lead the analytics resource in EMEA for the events division, be the go-to resource for analytics (web and campaign)
Integrated reporting with paid media that identifies actionable insight/trends within the campaign

 

Knowledge and Experience

Demonstrable/established experience in working in the Business Intelligence and analytics landscape.
Demonstrable experience of Digital Marketing, Online, Media or eCommerce.
Experience in using web analytics platforms and software packages such as Google Product Suite, Adobe Product Suite.
Some experience in analytics and reporting best practices (thorough understanding of standard analytics, report builder tools, and online analytics metric).
Knowledge of emerging trends and practices in customer intelligence and data warehouse fields.
Understanding of online advertising planning, buying and performance metrics is an advantage 3
Experience of working in an environment of Digital marketing, Online, Media or eCommerce experience.
Understanding of statistics, customer profiling and segmentations

Skills & Abilities (Personal and Professional)

Ability and willingness to delve into the details as well as manage and assist with projects/initiatives.
Ability to understanding of statistics, customer profiling and segmentations.
Understanding of online advertising planning, buying and performance metrics is a plus
Willingness to build relationships with events teams to be able to establish new and improved ways of working using data
Ability to build long-lasting working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Able to work within a team environment, feel comfortable being involved in all aspects of digital marketing
A strong team player that is flexible dependent on business demand.
Ability to self-direct and motivate and work with minimal supervision.
Proficiency in Tableau, Data Studio, PowerBI, and Datorama is advantageous
Strong working knowledge of MS Office packages, such as Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent time management skills, ability to work calmly under pressure whilst meeting deadlines.
Strong organisational skills with the ability to multitask and prioritise.

 

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

Lead Developer 

(Full-Stack, ASP.Net)

Digital Magazine & Media Brand 

(Music, Fashion and Youth Culture)

£60,000 to £70,000

Central London

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

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

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

TECH STACK:

• C# (Essential)

• ASP.NET, MVC (Essential)

• SQL server or similar (Essential)

• DVCS, Mercurial / Git (Essential)

• JavaScript, JS Frameworks / JQuery (Essential)

• Windows Azure / AWS (Essential)

• TeamCity or similar build server (Beneficial)

• Powershell (Beneficial)

• TypeScript (Beneficial)

• Nhibernate (Beneficial)

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

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

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

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

WordPress Developer (Freelance)

 

Boutique Hotel Group – eCommerce Technology

City of London (Remote working within the UK)

 

We’re hiring a freelance WordPress Developer to start a short project next week.

 

The tasks will include reworking forms, add page navigation and other modules. It’s a collaborative role with the designers marked up in Invision/Sketch.

 

Key requirements:

– PHP

– HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript

– QA / Testing

 

Budget: £250-£350

 

Please contact Danny Stewart at Redsofa for more info.

I am looking for a mid to senior-level Software Engineer who’s looking to join an exciting product team.

You’ll be collaborative by nature and will be happy defining new features and how they work. You’ll be able to scale a product and identify performance issues before they’ve occurred. You’ll also love taking a test-and-learn approach to development and will use insights to inform your decisions where appropriate.

They rely on the following tools and technologies

AWS for most of their infrastructure
Terraform for provisioning their infrastructure
Kafka for their asynchronous message queue
Go and Ruby to write their micro service application code
React for our frontend applications
Kubernetes and Docker to schedule and run their micro services
AWS Lambda for serverless tasks
Postgres and MongoDB for their persistent data storage

 

REQUIREMENTS

You should apply if

You’re familiar with some of the above tools and technologies or specialise in just one area
You’re keen to learn more about new technologies
You want to help build scalable platform to support millions of people
You’re comfortable working with your own team and other departments
You’re interested in building microservices

Their Product team is growing fast, with some distinct areas of responsibility (user, customer, and platform). Reporting into the Head of Backend Engineering, you’ll work with other engineers and a product designer to build a product that changes HR forever.

Excellent benefits.

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’m looking for a highly conceptual designer with excellent skills in, typography, branding and identity creation with some digital knowledge. You will be able interpret the creative brief and implement the creative vision across a broad range of projects ranging from place making, digital, social, print, environmental design. It is also imperative that your portfolio  showcases your work in the mentioned areas.
This agency works with some amazing brands and will give you the opportunity to build a career, they are looking for a Designer who has aspirations to grow with the agency.

.Net Developer (FullStack)

Advertising Agency (Charity Sector & Commercial Clients)

Central London

£30,000 to £50,000 

Flexible Working Hours & Work From Home Allowed 

We’re hiring a .Net Developer to join a mission-driven Advertising Agency to work on creative digital projects for clients including household charity brands and impressive commercial clients.

As the .Net Developer, you’ll be working within the digital team of 15 people with multi-disciplinary skills; Full Stack Developers, UX designers, UI designers and Project Managers.

The tech stack is predominantly C#.Net with Umbraco as the go-to framework, HTML5, CSS3 and Vanilla JavaScript. Modern JS frameworks Node.js and React are being used increasingly more often.

Due to the variation of the client projects, there will frequently be the opportunity to try new development languages and tech tools.

We would like to hear from you if you have the following:

• 2 to 5 years of commercial software engineering experience.
• Significant experience creating applications in .NET.
• Significant experience with a modern CMS solution.
• Good frontend development skills: HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.
• Any experience of Umbraco is highly beneficial (the minimum requirement is to be keen to use Umbraco professionally).

This agency has all the exciting challenges that typically come with the advertising agency industry; the variation in projects, the creative thinking and fun problem to solve but because this agency serves the charity sector, the work can be extremely meaningful to those that get a sense of satisfaction from mission-driven contribution.

The culture is relaxed and many people within the organisation take advantage of the flexible hours and working from home days when needed.

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

Thanks

(.Net Developer, FullStack, Umbraco, JavaScript, Agency, Charity Sector, Software Engineer, CMS)

We’re looking for an exceptionally talented Sr Designer with a proven background in Packaging & Brand Design. We’re passionate about what we do – working with amazing brands to deliver thought proviking, beautiful work. We put our creative hearts into everything we do, and are looking for somebody who wants to do the same too. Here’s a run down of what the role entails;

Your main duties and responsibilities include:

Designing independently or as part of a team, depending on each project

Supplying the lions share of creative concepts for each presentation

Creatively lead and present mid-sized projects

Inputting strongly to each design critique and ensuring your voice is heard

Questioning and challenging briefing documents

Working in collaboration with client service peers

Taking an active interest in design strategy

Presenting your designs with conviction and on occasion to clients with senior team support

Seeing jobs through from concept to print

Challenging senior creative team members with innovative and inspiring thinking

Acting as a creative catalyst on each project, inspiring your creative team

Attempting to have your design chosen every time and helping to implement the winning design thereafter

Briefing illustrators, lettering artists and general suppliers

Art directing photo-shoots

In addition to the duties stated above you may be required to undertake further tasks as necessary to meet the demands of the Employer’s business.

Team Imperatives:

First and foremost deliver show stopping and awe-inspiring design solutions against each brief you are given

Support all thinking with reference, research and a thorough visible thought process

Inspire, nurture and support design talent of your level and below

Inspire, support and impress design talent of your level and above

Live a truly creative life at our agency, bringing ideas and perspectives to the agency in general

Roll up your sleeves and go the extra mile in order to set us apart from our peers and competitors

With that said, we’re looking to see the experience and ability to execute all of the above. Along with that, we’re looking for somebody that will fit in to our fun and fearless family atmosphere, and wants to take risks and be bold.

It’s important that we can see this in your portfolio – we want to be wowed. A solid background in reputable branding and packaging agencies is essentail, and a portfolio must show your abilities in both brand and pack design.

If this sounds like you, then we would love to see your work. Please send your CV, portfolio and salary expectations. Thanks!

We’re looking for an exceptionally talented MW Designer with a proven background in Packaging & Brand Design. We’re passionate about what we do – working with amazing brands to deliver thought provoking, beautiful work. We put our creative hearts into everything we do, and are looking for somebody who wants to do the same too. Here’s a run down of what the role entails;

Your main duties and responsibilities include:

Designing independently or as part of a team, depending on each project

Supplying a high percentage of creative concepts for each presentation

Inputting strongly to each design critique and ensuring your voice is heard

Presenting your designs with conviction, sometimes to clients with senior team support

Seeing jobs through from concept to print

Challenging and ‘biting the heels’ of the senior designers

Acting as a creative catalyst on each project, inspiring juniors and impressing seniors

Attempting to have your design chosen every time and helping to implement the winning design thereafter

Helping to create mood-boards, audits and presentation stimulus when required

Possible involvement in art direction of photo-shoots

Team Imperatives:

First and foremost deliver show stopping and awe-inspiring design solutions against each brief you are given

Support all thinking with reference, research and a thorough visible thought process

Inspire, nurture and support design talent of your level and below

Inspire, support and impress design talent of your level and above

Live a truly creative life at our agency, bringing ideas and perspectives to the agency in general

Roll up your sleeves and go the extra mile in order to set us apart from our peers and competitors

With that said, we’re looking to see the experience and ability to execute all of the above. Along with that, we’re looking for somebody that will fit in to our fun and fearless family atmosphere, and wants to take risks and be bold.

It’s important that we can see this in your portfolio – we want to be wowed. A solid background in reputable branding and packaging agencies is essential, and a portfolio must show your abilities in both brand and pack design.

If this sounds like you, then we would love to see your work. Please send your CV, portfolio and salary expectations. Thanks!

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)

My client is a well-known creative agency in central London, they are are looking for a HTML5 banner developer to work within their friendly, digital team.

Their clients include Amazon, Lloyds Banking Group, O2, Sony, Three Mobile, Intel, British Gas and Bacardi to name but a few.

You will work on display advertising for desktop, mobile and occasionally on website animations. You will work closely with the development lead, digital designers, project managers and producers.

Ideally you will have the following experience/abilities:

Experience working with rich media vendors such as DoubleClick Studio, DCM, Sizmek and Flashtalking

Ability to animate using JavaScript libraries such as GreenSock (GSAP)

Fluent in CSS3

Solid understanding of cross-browser compatibility and responsive design

Ability to use automation tools such as Gulp

Thorough understanding of source code repositories such as Git

Well versed with Adobe Photoshop and Sketch

Experience with the following is considered a plus, but not crucial:

Creating Dynamic Banners in DoubleClick Studio

Ability to animate SVGA

Must have:

Strong understanding of layout and design
2+ years of experience animating in HTML5/JavaScript

 

You will need to provide URLs for an online portfolio, client work and any side projects they may believe are relevant to the job scope, as well as any other site or application work that shows your digital creative spark.

You must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom to be considered for this role.

 

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We seek a versatile, senior writer with a fierce imagination and creative heart to join a Brand and Content Department.

You’ll join a vibrant team staffed by young designers, writers and creative thinkers.

My client produce ideas, craft concepts and make the work that tells and sells the story of the whole company.

They build inbox-busting emails; show-stopping direct mail pieces; go-to digital experiences; arresting print ads; vibrant, colourful video; and rewarding podcasts to name a few of our varied outputs.

Key Responsibilities

Here’s what else we want from you:

·       Five + years’ industry experience

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

·       Experience writing copy across diverse formats: digital, email, article copy, social media, DM, display, A/V

·       Experience of producing work to tight deadlines, across multiple clients / campaigns

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

·       Experience working with a CMS is HTML preferable but not essential

 

·       Experience managing other team members is preferable

For more info on the role please make contact.

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My client are a Creative Advertising Agency, based in west London. They are looking to expand their Design team and the ideal candidate will have at least 4 years’ experience working in motion design and editing.

 

You will be working across a number of Beauty, Electronic & FMCG clients plus supporting the wider team on sporting sponsorship projects. You will work on your own as well as part of the larger team, inspiring and educating your colleagues and clients.

My client are a lively and friendly team, who love working collaboratively when needed. They encourage training and personal development and love to see staff grow and progress within their roles.

 

What we are looking for:

 

Have a working understanding and proven knowledge of Adobe Premium Pro, After Effects and Adobe CC. Experience with Cinema 4D is a plus.
A balanced and diverse portfolio of work that demonstrates different techniques of motion design, animation and editing. Show an understanding of different rendering techniques and be technically proficient across different skills within motion design. Including a good understanding of video codecs and output processes.

Show an artistic and innovate eye, you must understand design principles as well as motion design. Show visual skills beyond key-frames and technical knowledge. Strong attention to detail.

Work well under pressure, with others and show interest in improving your skill set beyond what you already know. Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and effectively.

Report to the creative directors and senior members of the team to execute briefs collaboratively, successfully and on schedule.

You must work well with others, be curious, take direction and aim to improve and build on your skills constantly.

Good working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud apps, preparing PS and AI files to work within After Effects

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My client are looking for a  talented Junior Digital Campaign Designer to join their talented upbeat design team.

 

Work on a range of data-driven projects including overarching 360 paid media campaigns, web content, UI, UX, display advertising and email.

 

Work within a multidisciplinary team across a wide variety of in-house events from sport, music, culinary, gaming, global exhibitions as well as internal creds

 

Able to design rough scamps, storyboards, mood boards, comps, to help convey a narrative and articulate, creative decision making internally and to sponsors.

 

Translate sketches, wireframes and visual mock-ups into beautiful and award-winning visual designs. Apply an iterative approach and be open and constructive to feedback.

 

Assist the Creative Director in initiating and facilitating creative workshops and brainstorms.

 

Work with an existing strategic, creative and production process using teams’ project management tools and templates; while following and establishing digital best practices.

 

Provide involvement and ideas throughout the entire project lifecycle from the original concept development and design, prototyping, pitching, through to production and delivery.

 

Use initiative to innovate with different ad formats using technology, tools and methods that enable and expand engagement and interaction of all audiences.