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Client Facing Project Manager £30k – £37k (ref j172)

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

An international communications and PR agency seeks  a client facing Project Manager with social media and digital expertise to be based in Covent Garden.

 An international communications and PR agency seeks  a client facing Project Manager with social media and digital expertise to be based in Covent Garden. The opportunity is to develop strategy, raise awareness and manage stakeholder relationships and drive action in consumer and social marketing campaigns. You need to be immersed in digital, including search engines, discussion boards, blogs, video sharing sites, podcasting and texting. You will be responsible for the project plan, managing deliverables and working through the requirements phase through to design and delivery. You will work with clients to identify the best channels for them and establish relationships with bloggers and channels that are relevant. You will put together research to create influential campaigns and manage client projects.

Background Experience:

  • Ideally some experience in a similar role at an interactive, public relations, or advertising agency; or equivalent transferable experience
  • Strong understanding of the web, including search engines, discussion boards, blogs, video sharing sites, text messaging, podcasting, etc
  • Vertical industry experience a plus (telecom, healthcare, public affairs, consumer products)
  • A background in project managing digital projects within an agency environment
  • Proven experience overseeing digital projects through the requirements phase through to design and delivery
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience and comfort with online communications tools
  • Able to build strong relationships within clients and stakeholders
  • The ability to define solutions that will generate measurable results for clients
  • Ability to develop solutions that integrate performance metrics and analysis
  • Has high standards for quality
  • Strong commercial/online marketplace awareness

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Information Architect to start in Feb 2010 – £350pd (ref j165)

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

My client, one of the world’s largest and most profitable broadcast and content creators, are looking for a freelance Senior Information Architect to join their team of UX practitioners for 2 months. This project is to enhance current products, increase profitability and usability through a combination of business and user research, and impact a high profile project at a critical time. You must have previous exposure to working with complex products in either a retail or finance within an ecommerce context, have excellent stakeholder management skills coupled with strong consulting, and be able to communicate complex concepts and ideas quickly and efficiently.

 Contact Be Kaler Blake 07958 720975/ be@wearefutureheads.co.uk Please drop me a line if this sounds of interest to you.

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UX and visual designers for Flex business applications, asap for 2-3 months, up to £450 per day (refj138)

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

We are looking for both UX designers and visual designers for a number of projects with a prestigious software company, starting asap and running through to the end of March 2010.

Applicants for this role MUST have extensive experience of designing Rich Internet Applications for complex business systems, such as trading platforms, e-CRM applications and Knowledge Management systems. Portfolios will be assessed for innovative interaction design and information architecture on such applications. Experience of designing applications built in Flex will be highly beneficial.

You will be working through discovery, definition and development stages, translating concepts into wireframes and interaction designs and you’ll need to be able to work in a collaborative team structure alongside other UX designers/IAs, visual designers and technical experts. It’s likely you will have worked in a software development environment with good exposure to Agile methodologies.

UX designers should be sensitive to visual design, and similarly visual designers should have a well developed understanding of UX design and IA.

Please note that designers with predominantly website, marketing/campaign and branding projects in their portfolio are unlikely to be suitable as the specialism in large business systems and RIAs is key. Relevant work samples will be required at CV submission stage.

 If this is of interest please send your CV and portfolio/work samples asap to gill@wearefutureheads.co.uk.

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German speaking User Experience Consultant, £250 to £350pd (refj159)

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

My client, fast growing digital agency are seeking a support user experience practitioner to work on a German holiday/travel site. You will be working with a lead user experience consultant on the project and very closely with the client to extract requirements and help improve the site from a site optimisation, search and user experience angle.

Please contact me on 07958 720975/ be@wearefutureheads.co.uk if you are a fluent German speaker, with portfolio examples and a CV demonstrating your experience in this area.

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Very Stylish Creative Director, £70 to £80K (ref j63)

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

My client, a very cool agency who deal with luxury products are looking for a key hire. My client, based in Shoreditch with 40 people currently are seeking a Creative Director to work with amazing designers directing them on brand management and the look and feel of interfaces in the consumer electronics, mobile and automotive space. You will report the director of user interfaces and be key in the strategic engagement with existing clients. You will have experience of creatively leading multiple user interface projects, support and stimulate design teams and actively growing the design team. You will be an effective communicator – able to hand hold clients at board level and support business development and client liaison. You need to have a finished portfolio showing a decade worth of flair within user interface and industrial design, specifically demonstrating capabilities in web and product interfaces. In return you will work on beautiful projects, creating compelling and impactful work.

Drop me a mail with your CV and folio – and we can talk in more detail.

Be Kaler Blake 079587 20975 / be@wearefutureheads.co.uk

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Lead Digital Project Manager – £55k (ref j105)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Our client are a truly integrated agency who are top 10 NMA agency looking for a Senior Online Project Manager to join a new account.  A great opportunity to shape the account and shape your role, as lead Project Manager.  The role also involves mentoring junior Project Managers.  This is also an opportunity to work on larger builds and smaller more creative online marketing projects too.

As Lead Project Manage with our client although there is no formal line-management requirement there is high likelihood that  you will be required to mentor more junior members of the team and potentially have other Project Managers specifically assigned to aid the delivery of individual projects or programmes of work.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Project leadership on multiple interactive projects with budgets of more than £100k
  • Management of different types of projects – creative, technical / site build, campaigns
  • Management in different styles an advantage
  • Database development and data integration project management skills a distinct advantage
  • Awareness of available technologies in both database and digital developments
  • Integration of databases with web based solutions a distinct advantage
  • Management of projects from the start managing planning and strategic resources
  • Understanding of analysis techniques and their importance
  • Senior and day-to-day client management
  • Internal stakeholder management
  • Lead, motivate and focus assigned resource to meet quality and deadline requirements
  • Proactive management of risks before they become issues
  • Project status reporting (internal and external), including budget reconciliations
  • Creating, communicating and updating project plans
  • Resolve disagreements within the project (team).
  • Manage scope of a project and negotiate change requests
  • Obtain timely sign-off on deliverables from all stakeholders
  • QA management, understanding the testing lifecycle and processes that can be adopted
  • Issue management
  • Working at a digital agency
  • Experience of delivering mobile optimised sites and campaigns an advantage

 

The Person

  • An experienced and distinguished Senior Project Manager  with 5 years + experience
  • Ideally PRINCE2 certified
  • Line management experience an advantage, but not a necessity
  • Demonstrates gravitas but isn’t over-confident
  • Happy leading or playing their part in a wider team
  • Digital agency background
  • Grounded in Project Management methodologies and processes, but not enslaved by them
  • Able to gauge the size and scope of a project and the team necessary to complete it
  • Detail oriented
  • Able to see the bigger picture and apply the needs of the agency and the client as necessary
  • Positive can-do attitude
  • Always approachable by team and others

 

If you can demonstrate the above please email your CV to Rachel@wearefutureheads.co.uk, 0207 420 3540

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Social Media Strategist/Manager 55k (refJ156)

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Our client is a fully fledged, innovative Social Media solution for corporate clients. As part of the internal client services agency, they are looking for a Social Media Solutions Manager and Strategist to help them deliver the best results to full fill the needs of a broad range of clients.
As a Social Media Strategist you will be in charge of defining Social Media solutions for clients by applying strong creative thinking and best practices in the fields of Business Analysis, Social Media engagement tactics, branding, Web 2.0 technologies and website architecture.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who eats, sleeps an breaths social media and really thrives off defining and delivering  Social Media solutions for a range of businesses.

As Social Media Strategist/Manager you will be

  • Attending clients briefs, providing strategic consultation

 

  • Translating the client’s needs into well-defined ad-hoc solutions based on the platform (use cases, scenarios, product specifications, editorial and engagement recommendations, information architecture, social networks usage and integration, etc…)

 

  • Supporting the implementation of those solutions and making sure the end result fits the requirements of the clients

 

  • Adding creative input to client’s pitches.
  • As a Manager, you are responsible for planning and working transversally with members of different corporate teams to coordinate the design and the delivery life-cycle, using Project Management methodology and making sure it responds to the client’s requirements and to the optimal level of quality. You will be also helping to define the right processes and documentation required to optimize the workflow and communications among the internal and external project stakeholders.

Background required:

  • This role is for someone with real Social Media Experience, good understanding of marketing, passionate for research and innovation and with a highly creative brain.
  • You may come from an Agency environment with a Business Analyst or Information Architecture background, focused on the added value provided by community engagement based on a good user experience.
  • Your strong Project Management skills will be also very important, independently of the formal methodology you follow.

 

This is a big opportunity to really make a difference in a growing business in the most critical sector of the new media industry.

If you demonstrate the required background above and see this as an great opportunity, please do send your CV to Rachel@wearefutureheads.co.uk

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User Experience Planner and User Experience Consultant/Architect 1-3 months.

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

I am looking for a planner and a consultant with experience of working within electronic consumer products and product design. You must be confident interrogating and making recommendations for future vision and landmark products. You need to be commercially focussed with a deep knowledge of interaction design, usability and architecture. You will be client facing and be able to liaise effectively at all levels to interrogate user flows, wireframes and information architectures produced by 3rd party suppliers and your team members. You will work alongside the creative director as a UX guardian ensuring that design meets standards.

The user experience consultant will be more focussed on devising user journey scenarios, wireframe schematics, competitor analysis and persona and usability studies and tests. You will be devising user experience designs for the interface of electronic products and interrogating front end architectures for design and technical teams to implement. You will have a thorough understanding of a digital project process and strong knowledge of emerging digital technologies.

It is likely that you will have a qualification in interaction design, with exposure to complex interaction design within products and services. You may have worked on

 For more about these roles please contact Be on 07958720975/ be@wearefutureheads.co.uk

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Jonny Holland Blog

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Its all about interaction

http://johnnyholland.org/

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Lead Digital Business Analyst/Project Manager, 65k

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Our client is a purely online business looking for a Lead digital Business Analyst/Project Manager.  This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to lead a team and help realise and deliver the digital strategy working very closely with the Head of Product Management. A great career opportunity for a solid BA/PM to work on cutting edge digital applications and functionality.

This is a really exciting opportunity to join our client’s diversely skilled Product team and timing is good as there is a complete redesign of one of the online brands in the near future. This Business Analyst/Project Manager will lead the planning and delivery of this project. The role also has scope to move into Head of Project Management in time and as the team grows.

The role will involve;

· Discovery and business analysis:

· Translating product ideas and high level business cases into requirements documentation through workshops, questionnaires, interviews

· Understanding and communicating business objectives and process implications

· Business analysis including impact analysis, business process modelling, business cases, cost/benefit analysis and As Is/To Be modelling

· Project Management:

· Planning and managing development of a programme of online products through to delivery

· You will deliver projects directly as well as overseeing the project delivery activity of your team and ensuring quality control at all times

· Helping to implement an Agile approach to delivery where appropriate

· Stakeholder management:

· Team and relationship management:

Background

· Software development background with a good balance of business and technical knowledge

· Proven background in innovative product development and implementing thorough processes to support development

· Proven experience overseeing a range of online products, with the ability and flexibility to apply different approaches to achieve desired goals. We are looking for someone who understands the pitfalls and also what works well, a real ideas person – but proven!

· Experience overseeing multiple projects of varying sizes from large scale new product development to fast turnaround product enhancements

· Proven stakeholder management in a multi-disciplinary environment and effective communication skills

· Extensive commercial experience in a Business Analysis and Project Management function within an online environment

· Experience of leading projects and programmes of work (programme management background very useful)

· Line Management experience

· A breadth of industry experience is essential

· Exposure to online product development in an Agile environment would be an advantage

Please contact Rachel Murray , rachel@wearefutureheads.co.uk and 0207 420 3540

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