Archive for February, 2010
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
My client is a well known and respected user centred design agency based in central London. I am looking for a user experience consultant to work on web and mobile projects. You need to be a self starter and have full and rich experience of research and testing methodologies including running focus groups, 1-2-1s and workshops. You need to be able to take direction from a formal process that has been put in place by this agency. You will be a client facing candidate with good attention to detail and communication style when making recommendations for change. You will work for a leading UCD agency for two months with a break over the festive season. This role is starting asap for 2 months, rate £340 per day with direct billing to the client.
Contact Be Kaler Blake 07958 720975/ be@wearefutureheads.co.uk
Tags: 2010, agency, be kaler blake, design agency, freelance, futureheads, futureheads recruitment, Usability Consultant, User Experience Consultants, UX
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
My client, a leading London based corporate and brand communications agency, are looking for an information architect / user experience practitioner to join their team on a permanent basis. Whilst the role is primarily focussed on the delivery of digital products to clients, it also directly impacts the agencies growth plans and business strategy through research and analysis on a wider scale. This agency works predominantly with FTSE250 business’ and multinationals, so strong stakeholder management skills are key, as is hands on experience of the full end to end user experience process, including numerous research tools (focus groups, site audits, competitor analysis, peer benchmarking), strong wireframing and design skills and exposure to testing methods. This is an agency with a strong appetite for user experience, and a great place for somebody to gain exposure to working with some of the biggest brands and organisations in the country across the full range of digital products.
Contact Ben Tregoing 0207420 3538/ ben@wearefutureheads.co.uk
Tags: 2010, agency, be kaler blake, Ben Tregoing, communications agency, Information Architect, Permanent, User Experience Consultants, UX
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
My client, one of London’s biggest and most renowned digital consultancies, with a portfolio of some of the world’s largest ecommerce and financial services clients, urgently require a midweight user experience consultant to work on a specific business case within one of their largest financial services clients. This requirement will be focussing on mapping out the user experience functionality and effectiveness of a piece of investor relation communication, a key element of the clients revenue. This project will focus on researching how the current communication is received, how effective and efficient it is from a usability perspective, and what changes could be made to improve it. This will involve extensive competitor analysis, stakeholder consultation (both client and end user), recommendations and potentially some basic wireframing. Extensive stakeholder management experience is essential to this role, and some exposure to the financial markets (understanding investment banking practices and methodologies) would be beneficial. This role could easily lead to further work, as our client is keen to build a network of good freelancers to utilise on a number of upcoming projects and recently acquired accounts.
Ben Tregoing – 0207 420 3538/ be@wearefutureheads.co.uk
Tags: 2010, be kaler blake, Ben Tregoing, digital, freelance, futureheads, futureheads recruitment, User Experience Consultants, UX
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
My client, a respected London digital design agency, are looking for a mid weight User Experience consultant to join one of their project teams in helping to deliver a global site roll-out for one of their FTSE250 Telco’s clients. This role is to act a Technology / UX consultant, bridging the gap between the tech and UX teams on site with the client, and communicating requirements and possibilities back and forth. The deliverable for this role will be a complex functional spec for the tech teams to use as a reference for the pilot site, but at this stage in the project requirements have not yet been finalised, and a key part of this role will be developing and confirming these with all stakeholders. A technical background would obviously be advantageous for this position, as would some hands on experience of liaising directly with tech and UX teams, and ensuring smooth and clear communication between the two. This role will run for between 6-8 weeks, with strong potential for extension, and is paying between 35-400pday.
Please do drop me a line if this sounds of interest.
Ben Tregoing 0207 420 3538/ ben@wearefutureheads.co.uk
Tags: 2010, agency, be kaler blake, design, digital, freelance, futureheads, futureheads recruitment, User Experience Consultants, UX
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
My client, an award winning full service digital design agency, are looking for a mid-weight Information Architect to join their already sizable User Experience team as soon as possible. This role is to work across the agencies full portfolio of FTSE250 and multinational clients, and across a variety of different channels and mediums, from internal and external site design, to rich media applications, widgets and apps. Usability is absolutely central to everything this agency does, and this role will involve seeing projects through from initial brief with clients and gathering user and business objectives, all the way through design, delivery, testing and beyond. This role is central to ensuring that all internal stakeholders are aware and understand what the goals are for the projects throughout their lifecycle. Key internal relationships include the planning, creative and technical teams, but the role also involves client facing responsibilities, so a confident and capable communicator is essential for this position. In exchange for all of this, you will have the opportunity to work within one of the most exciting digital agencies in the country, and in an environment where the role of the Information Architect is both central to and of great value to everything that is produced.
Contact Ben Tregoing 0207 420 3538/ ben@wearefutureheads.co.uk
Tags: 2010, agency, be kaler blake, Ben Tregoing, design, digital, futureheads, futureheads recruitment, Information Architect, midweight, User Experience Consultants, UX
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Our client is a well known and successful agency looking for a digital Project Manager who has ideally got solid experience of overseeing social media campaigns within an agency environment. You need to be an experience digital Project Manager most importantly with the social media experience as a strong desirable.
A rare opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Manager to work with one of our clients leading creative brands. This household name has made a real commitment to develop their brand within the digital space and push the envelope particularly within the social media environment. As such our client is looking for a Senior Project Manager who has the experience and expertise to ensure that they deliver these new and innovative projects to time and to budget whilst managing risks and issues appropriately throughout.
As the lead Project Manager managing the digital delivery of the account you will be primarily responsible for efficient scoping, management and delivery of a continuous program of projects which will vary in size and complexity. This client facing role will be supported and line managed by a Project Director.
The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate their knowledge and experience in the following areas:
Required
- Minimum five years managing full project lifecycle gained ideally within a digital agency background
- Minimum one year managing at Senior PM level
- Experienced at dealing with individual projects over £150k
- Strong senior stakeholder management skills at an internal and external level
- Strong awareness of current digital developments particularly in the field of social media
- Skilled at using MS Project
Highly desirable
- Experienced at setting up and managing projects within a large social media campaign environment
- PRINCE2 certified
- Experienced at managing the delivery of applications and content across multiple social networking channels (most notably Facebook)
- Working knowledge of SEO fundamentals
- Experienced at managing programs of work encompassing multiple projects of varying size and complexity
- Thorough understanding of QA lifecycle and processes
Desirable
- Experienced at managing Augmented Reality applications
- Knowledge of Traction, WebTrends, Basecamp
- IT based degree
The Person
Due to the exciting and innovative nature of this account our client is very keen to ensure the successful candidate’s personality matches the needs of the company and account:
- Pro-active – Always looking at how to make delivery more efficient
- Calm - Needs to be able to handle pressured situations in a clear and pragmatic manner
- Respected – Demonstrates gravitas but isn’t over-confident
- Flexible – Grounded in project management methodologies and processes, but not enslaved by them
- Strategic - Able to see the bigger picture. Must be comfortable working with Senior Social Planner, Creative Director and Account Director on strategic delivery of the program of work
- Friendly - Needs to an be approachable figure
If you can demonstrate to the above please email your CV to rachel@wearefutureheads.co.uk.
Tags: 2010, agency, futureheads, futureheads recruitment, project manager, rachel murray, Senior Project Manager, social media
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Friday, February 12th, 2010
Our client is a highly creative well respected London based digital agency, looking for a mid weight Project Manager to work with a range of clients. An excellent opportunity to work with top agency and grow your Project Management and exposure to a breadth of different brands.
As project manager you will oversee creative and technical projects end to end liaising with creative teams and client services. You will work across webistes, applications, campaigns an very varied role. This is an opportunity to work with a fantastic and very dedicated digital team. If you are a Project Manager who wants to work for a larger agency and you have excellent project management best practice then this is the role for you.
Experience required:
- Digital experience on creative accounts / at a creatively focused agency ideally
- Experience of managing the delivery of websites, media, apps, directories, e-crm and working closely with 3rd parties and client tech teams as well as broader campaigns – supporting the programme management
- Be comfortable presenting to and conversing with clients and account team at various levels
- c. 4 years experience of Project Management
- Experience of producing digital communications
- Confident managing of multiple projects with a complex and challenging client organisation / multi-stakeholder environment
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- Should be knowledgeable and genuinely excited by the potential of digital
- Calm under pressure
- Committed, ambitious
- Resilient – able to deal with challenging and often demanding clients
- Team player – working cross functionally to build a happy and effective team
- Able to work well with planners and articulate collective vision
If you can demonstrate the above please email your CV to Rachel@wearefutureheads.co.uk |
Tags: 2010, digital agency, futureheads, futureheads recruitment, mid weight, mis weight project manager, Permanent, project manager, rachel murray
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Our client is an integrated agency with a growing focus on social media. They are looking to hire a Director of social media to formalize, enhance and broaden their Social Media offering.
Our client has a good track record of integrating social media into their clients’ campaigns. However, they want to boost this to become a leading social media marketing agency as part of their offering. A great opportunity for a Senior Project Manager or Account Director with a strong commercial background in Social Media to formalize their experience as the leader of a social media team.
As Director of Social Media you will work alongside the Senior Management Team (MD, Commercial Director and Client Services Director). You will be happy to take a strategic view as well as get your hands dirty with the implementation, refine our clients social media division’s offering/’sell’ and be pro-active and innovative in taking this out to market to win new clients. You will have a keen eye for the bottom line and work with the senior management team to ensure profitability on campaigns and for this division as a whole.
As this part of our client’s offering grows, so will your team and your remuneration and rewards.
Background Experience
- You will: be passionate about social media on a personal level and make use of all common and less common forms of social media; either blog yourself and/or subscribe to key technology and other related blogs; have a strong network of relevant contacts in the social media space, enabling you to keep abreast of the latest developments and trends in this area.
- You will be able to think strategically about the best social media solution for clients, sell this convincingly to clients and be both adept and comfortable at presenting to clients at a senior level.
- You should have examples of highly successful campaigns you have run previously with clear results against client KPIs. Ideally, you will be able to showcase award winning campaigns in this space in which you’ve had an instrumental role.
- You are likely to be highly ambitious and eager to demonstrate your superior knowledge in this area.
If you can demonstrate the above experience in a commercial environment please email your CV to Rachel@wearefutureheads.co.uk
Tags: 2010, agency, director, futureheads, futureheads recruitment, integrated agency, rachel murray, social media
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
Our client is one of the leading pure play digital agencies in London looking for a Project Planner to support the project delivery component of proposals and pitches and work with the sales team to improve the pitch management of complex multi-disciplinary team bids. This is a really excellent opportunity for a Senior Project Manager who wants to focus on their client facing and strategic skills but still drawing on their breadth of experience overseeing digital delivery.
This role involves working closely with the new business and client services teams to respond to briefs from prospective and existing clients.
You will take care of the project delivery component of proposals and pitches and work with the sales team to improve the pitch management of complex multi-disciplinary team bids. You are also in charge of developing the offer in line with customer requirements and business strategy. You will also be recommending improvements to delivery, PM and QA processes based on pitch experience and client feedback.
Reporting to the Director of Project Management you will be involved at all stages of the sales project lifecycle, from opportunity qualification to project handover for delivery.
Strong project management, operations and field experience allow you to understand proposed services, address risks and to strengthen credibility as a trusted partner. You will collaborate with prospective clients and the internal team to shape the best possible business solution that delivers the best value. You will be managing and reporting on the pre-sales cost of projects. You will be rewarded accordingly with project win related bonuses.
Background Required
- Thorough knowledge of the digital user-centred design and build process
- Agency experience of proposal writing, pitching, planning and delivering projects with budgets of at least £100,000 with complex design and technical requirements
- Proven track record of working with sales and client prospects to set pitch objectives and success criteria and assisting with de-brief and analysis post-pitch
- Solving problems including those of team management and delivery resourcing, project dependencies and objective clarification
- Excellent communication skills including written English, verbal presentation and personal appearance
- Able to manage multiple sales in parallel to tight deadlines
- A real passion for the latest digital technologies and trends
The opportunity for you is to work with an agency passionate about digital who are committed to delivering award-winning interactive projects to a wide range of public sector organisations, blue-chip corporate clients and global brands. You’ll get to work with a brilliant team, on exciting projects for big-name clients using the latest tools, technologies and ideas.
Contact Rachel murray on rachel@wearefutureheads.co.uk/ 02074203540
Tags: 2010, digital, futureheads, futureheads recruitment, Permanent, project manager, rachel murray
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