Social Media-Savvy Web Producer Wanted
Hello, would you like to join our team? We are looking for a social media-savvy producer to join our in-house digital design and development team at our offices in central Brighton.
This is an exciting hybrid role – a combination of consulting, requirements gathering, usability testing, information architecture and user centred design; as well as project managing design and development teams to deliver web projects of the highest quality on time and budget. It’s a responsible position but you will be supported by a friendly, experienced team all with a vested interest in helping you to succeed. There are opportunities to grow in this role and for you to use your initiative to expand and improve services as you see fit.
You’ll be joining a talented and friendly multi-disciplinary team of 17 digital specialists. This position reports to the Production Director.
If you know how to see a web project through from concept to completion then we’d love to hear from you.
Skills range
It’s essential that you are a passionate participant in social media and digital design. Perhaps you have your own blog; participate in online social networks like Twitter; upload photos to Flickr or collect links in del.icio.us. We don’t mind exactly how you engage with social media, but for you to successfully advise our clients on this exciting new area, you must have a genuine enthusiasm for it and be living and breathing it yourself. This together with a real interest in art, design, media and culture would make for an ideal candidate.
It is also essential that you have experience in leading at least two web projects from a requirements gathering stage through design and build to delivery. Ideally you will be able to show us some social media projects that you have produced. You don’t have to be an expert in every single one of these areas, but if you have skills or some exposure to most of them then we’d love you to apply for this role. If you are a specialist with expert-level skills in a few of these areas then please do get in touch anyway as we may be able to find an alternative role for you.
Account management
- Client-facing and communication skills
- Research and planning
- Requirements gathering
- User research
- Usability evaluations and testing
- Persona development
- Functional specifications
Design
- Information architecture and wireframing
- Facilitating creative thinking sessions
- Development of creative briefs
- Working with creatives to develop on brand, innovative user experiences
- Understanding of how AJAX can be used to enhance the user experience
Software
- Visio, OmniGraffle (or similar) diagramming software
- Usual Office stuff
- Fogbugz, Jira, Basecamp or similar Project management
- Understanding of development roles and processes
- Defining project scope
- Producing project work break-downs
- Scheduling projects
- Producing project budgets
- Project tracking and progress reporting
- Overseeing design and programming work
Quality Assurance
- Writing test plans
- Overseeing and/or undertake testing process
- Managing bug fixing process with rigour using available tools
Salary
£26-36K + annual profit-related bonus.
The salary reflects that this is a mid-level to senior vacancy. A salary offer will be in line with the value we think you can bring to the team.
Company info
NixonMcInnes is a digital communication agency with a specialism in social media based 200 meters from Brighton Pier. Founded in 2000, we are now a team of 17 - one of only a few agencies dedicated to social media consultancy.
Our clients include T-Mobile, O2, Channel 4, Cisco, MORE TH>N, First Capital Connect; Neilson Active Holidays; Harley Medical Group; Stannah and Southampton University.
We have a refreshing and unique company culture based on a number of democratic principles:
- FREEDOM: To work the hours that suit you (very flexible working policy - way more than flexitime and duvet days); wear what you want; change and improve things.
- TRANSPARENCY: Open book accounting so everyone knows what everyone else earns and how much profit is made; open communication and distaste for secrets.
- PARTICIPATION: Flat company hierarchy; voting on key company decisions; guest seats at company board meetings.
- PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT: Regular one-to-one catch-ups with a manager; a training budget; books and subscriptions; conferences; personal development planning; a chance to shape your career within a successful, growing company with a wide range of promotion opportunities.
- REWARDS: excellent salary; company profit-related bonuses; 24 days holiday per year plus bank holidays and a company vote on additional holiday at Christmas. We like a nice team lunch on the company regularly too.
- FUN: Life’s too short to focus only on money. The directors are clear that the company exists to do enjoyable work with interesting clients. We’re not aiming for a sell-out or a NASDAQ listing, but we are ambitious in our desire to build a world-class team producing the best work.
How to apply
Please send us your CV and a covering email, including links to at least TWO web projects that you have produced and at least TWO links to your presence in the world of online social media (e.g. your blog; Twitter; Flickr; del.icio.us; Digg etc) Facebook doesn’t count - everyone’s on there :)
Contact email
tina@nixonmcinnes.co.uk
Strictly no recruitment agents please.
Ruth wrote this on 22.09.08 –
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