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Senior/Lead UX Consultant – Clientside – London-£45 to £55K J421

Friday, May 28th, 2010

My client is the leader in their industry for investment folio management and spread betting (the nice kind). I am looking for a senior user experience lead who is confident, can help mentor and lead a happy and engaged team of 6 people(soon to be 8). The products this client produces, an online web application, an iphone app, designs for blackberry, ipad etc are continually said to be the most easy to use.

The board and design and development team all love user experience, the CEO sited the importance of good user experience in an important meeting, so the team is well supported and given generous, sometimes unlimited budgets.

The biggest part of this role is to work with stakeholders across the business – help them flesh out ideas, strategy and develop these. The smallest part of this role is wire framing. Nice to hear?

Other stuff I liked

  • They are hot off the press and doing A/B testing.
  • They are doing loads of good ethnographic studies – videos, contextual
  • You can come up with your own ideas, and get them to fruition, quickly
  • You could be spending Thursday afternoon, watching an online TED conference
  • You could have been at UX London this year, the rest of the whole team was
  • They are flexi working, you could work up to 2 days a week at home
  • They double your pension contribution
  • Medical care for you and the fam
  • £1000 on the ride to work scheme
  • ½ your gym membership is paid for – so you can get fit
  • You get a Christmas bonus (at Christmas) – so you can get fat
  • They understand that you need to go home to pick the kids up (if you have any)

 The role is based in London,  Rate £45-£55, Contract

If you fancy this get in touch, be@wearefuturehead.co.uk

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Web Developer, Central London, 3 months, £250-£300 a day dependant on experience (J416)

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

An agency specialising in information management and systems integration are looking for an interface developer to join their existing team. You should have a strong portfolio which demonstrates evidence of having worked on standards compliant, large scale web build projects. Essential skills include:

XHTML

CSS

OO Javascript/ Jquery/ Ajax

MVC design patterns

PHP or Java

Cross browser compatibility knowledge

Accessibility expertise

Experience building bespoke frameworks or using existing ones such as Spring, Drupal or Zend

You must also be a strong communicator who enjoys working as part of a team.

This job is based in London for a period of 3 months and the rate is £250-£300 per day.

This role is to start on 8th June 2010, if you are interested please send your CV to meera@wearefutureheads.co.uk

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Project Manager, London,£45k – £50k

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

As Project Manager you should have integrated agency experience and understand and enjoy the creative process through to development delivery. Strong understanding of online advertising processes is essential.

You will have a flexible, can-do attitude and understand that their role spans from planning/concepting through to development.

This is a good time to join the agency as restructuring has happened and there are big plans for digital moving forward and the head of the department is lovely!

Most of the production is outsources so experience managing third party relationships is very useful.

Our client is one of the leading full-service agencies in the UK with over 200 people.

Essential skills are

Solid background in digital Project Management

A strong understanding of online advertising processes

Agency Experience

Integrated agency experience useful

Personable and likes to have fun

Enjoys dealing and managing specialist 3rd parties

Experience working with off and online client services teams 

If you can demonstrate the above experience please email your CV to Rachel@wearefutureheads.co.uk

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Digital Visual Designer, Berlin, Salary £40-50k J401

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

A really exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented visual designer to work with a leading-edge well known brand in one of Europe’s coolest cities, Berlin!

As part of an cross discipline creative team you will be working on a range of interesting projects across Web, Mobile and desk top applications. User centred design should be at the heart of your practice and you should be able to produce beautiful user interfaces whilst balancing technical restriction and functionality. As an individual you must have a portfolio that demonstrates work of high quality with at least 3 years dedicated visual design experience within a digital environment. You should be an open minded forward thinking individual who enjoys working as part of a team, sharing your ideas and designs, appreciating other people’s work and able to take constructive criticism. It is also essential you can work in a fast paced, deadline driven environment and be able to deliver quickly without sacrificing on attention to detail.

Essential skills must include Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash with some experience of Fireworks and additional animation or 3d software. In an ideal world you will also be able to build prototypes in Flash, HTML/CSS.

This is a fantastic role for a designer who wants to be part of a really exciting organisation, working on a global brand as part of a highly skilled team.

To apply for this position please send your CV and link to portfolio to meera@wearefutureheads.co.uk please only apply for this role if you are serious about re-locating to Berlin.

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Digital Designer, London, £25k

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

A leading integrated agency are looking for a talented and motivated designer to join their digital team. Working with creative teams and senior designers you will be responsible for design and layout of web pages, emails, banners and applications. You will also be given the opportunity to do some original concept design with supervision. In collaboration with the team you will be producing pixel perfect beautiful design work, the sort of stuff you should be proud of, for a range of interesting and well known brands.

A keen interest in the digital industry, including emerging trends and technologies, is essential as are strong hands on skills in the Adobe CS4 suite. Although this is not a coding role and understanding of web technologies and being able to design within the limitations of these is needed, as well as an appreciation for issues affecting accessibility and usability. This is an excellent opportunity for a designer with some commercial experience and a good portfolio to join a fun agency full of passionate people and embark on a long and happy career!

The role is based in London, permanent and the rate is £25k

To apply for this role please send your CV and link to portfolio to meera@wearefutureheads.co.uk applications without a portfolio or work samples will not be considered.

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Digital Designer, Bedfordshire, £25,000.00

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
 

A leading travel company are looking for a talented designer to join their in-house design and user experience team, this is an excellent opportunity to work on some high profile projects and work for a company that promotes and encourages career progression. As a Web Designer you will be responsible for applying visual thinking to the presentation of online functionality and content in order to simplify the customer’s journey and make it an all round better experience. Your responsibilities will include:

  • contributing to the creation of ideas and design solutions;
  • page layout, navigation, typography, photography style, use and design of audio/visual elements
  • Create screen- and paper-based prototypes for usability testing
  • Create accurate, pixel-perfect final visuals
  • Provide web-optimised artwork to the Web Developers to build page templates in HTML/ CSS/JS
  • Creation of on-line marketing materials such as banners, buttons and emails.

You should be a pro-active individual who has excellent communication skills and is able to build internal relationships with ease. It’s essential that you are passionate about digital media and keep up with current and emerging trends and technologies with a keen interest in issues surrounding usability and accessibility. Excellent hands on skills in the Adobe CS suite are essential as well as knowledge of standards compliant code.

The role is based in Bedforshire and the rate is £25k

To apply for this role please send your CV and portfolio to meera@wearefutureheads.co.uk please note that applications with no work samples or on-line portfolio can not be considered for this position.

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Digital Group Project Director, 60k – 70k, London,

Friday, May 21st, 2010

Our client who are an award winning digital agency are looking for a Group Project Director to join a new high profile account for them. The successful candidate will be the Group Project Director on the account and should look to identify potential delivery synergies for both the agency and the client.

Early stages of the account will involve delivering multiple, transactional websites so experience of this kind is essential.  There will also be a number of other projects in-progress at the same time, potentially including email, mobile and microsite projects.  These projects will be at different stages of development and release, so the successful candidate must have experience of working on concurrent projects with multiple stakeholders.

As Group Project Director, close management of all projects is essential.  The  Group Project director will line a manage a project director and a project manager. Alongside their team they will be expected to identify dependencies and risks and propose appropriate mitigation strategies.  They must be in control of project finances and timelines at all times as well as ensure scope of work and change management is adhered to.

Our client has the opportunity to become a senior partner of their client both in their UK operation and international expansion, and as such require a suitable Group Project Director who can develop key relationships with senior delivery stakeholders, cementing the agency as a key delivery partner.

Finally, the successful candidate will be working in partnership with the account team and other disciplines within the agency and the client.  They will to be able to get their hands dirty, but also take a pragmatic approach when shocks occur to projects, working with the whole team to deliver the best solution.

Experience Required

  • Digital experience on creative accounts / at a creatively focused agency as well as experience in managing big build technically complex projects
  • Experience of managing Project Managers
  • Experience of managing multiple projects concurrently
  • Delivery of large websites (transactional site delivery ideal)
  • Be comfortable presenting to and conversing with clients at all  levels including senior
  • Excellent diplomatic and negotiation skills
  • Experience of working in Financial Services or in a heavily regulated, highly secure technology environment a bonus
  • Experience of large, transactional site builds
  • Able to run multiple projects concurrently and at different stages of the lifecycle
  • Programme-level planning and monitoring
  • Ability to carry out risk assessment and develop mitigation strategies for projects
  • Technical knowledge of web content publishing, with publishing to mobile and multiple sites ideal
  • Confident managing of multiple projects within a complex and challenging client organisation / multi-stakeholder environment
  • Ability to build relationships with delivery partners and internal stakeholders

If you demonstrate the above experience and want to hear more about this really exciting opportunity please email your CV and contact details to Rachel@wearefutureheads.co.uk or call 0207 420 3540.

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Digital Project Director, London, £55k -£65k, Permanent

Friday, May 21st, 2010

As Project Director you will reporting directly to the Director of Project Management and partnering with the Business Directors, the Project Director is responsible for managing and coordinating the projects and Project Managers across their respective Client/Account Groups ensuring the efficient and successful delivery of all projects according to client requirements and the high standards of the Agency.

As a senior member of the agency, the Project Director will be seen as a leader within the Digital group providing insights and challenging their current way of working, whilst constantly seeking way to develop the agency in the constantly changing Digital environment.

The Project Director has exceptional project, personnel management, client management and leadership skills and has a proven track record in project execution and managing a programme of projects from commencement through to successful delivery.

Experience Required

  • Flawless project management skills with adaptive use of the appropriate methodology of dependent the needs of the Client/Account Group.
  • Strong leadership skills, with the ability to manage board level internal and client relationships
  • Strong negotiation, mediation and facilitation skills
  • The ability to create and manage third party relationships at a senior level
  • Excellent working knowledge of project management tools such as MS Project with the ability to coach PM team member on their appropriate use
  • Ability to monitor the quality of all aspects of all projects: scope, risk, schedule, budget, quality, delivery on time on brief on budget and all associated client communication.
  • Exceptional core project management skills
  • To be able to work closely with the Director of Project Management and Business Directors and communicate with clients and teams on an ongoing basis on all Client/Account Group production process and status
  • Prepare business requirements, reports and feasibility studies and provide digital production consultation to the client, account, strategic, creative and production teams in management of the project lifecycle process and defining individual project requirements
  • Experience in execution of new business pitches from a project management perspective to ensure potential work is scoped and priced correctly.
  • Effectively encourage communication with other departments (Creative, Technology, Operations, Finance, User Experience, Strategy & Accounts) ensuring a smooth and productive flow of work.
  • Ensure consistency in overall PM team communication, methodology, best practices and team management

If you demonstrate the above experience and want to hear more please email Rachel@wearefutureheads.co.uk.

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Lead User Experience Consultant, Wiltshire, £40 to £55K, 12 Months

Friday, May 21st, 2010

A well established client  of  ours is looking for Lead User Experience Consultant. This is initially to cover maternity for 12 months from June/July 2010.

Our  client, based in Wiltshire – with a suite of personal and business products are looking for a Lead UX Consultants to help define the overall user experience for new  projects and work across existing clients and partners on existing ideas. The team itself are progressive and understand the importance of good user research and analysis of business goals.

You need to be commercially minded with a background in an agency or working across transactional services within a similar environment.

You will help support and mentor the team, critique and be responsible for the quality of output across all research and user experience project steams.

You also need to be a really good communicator, be able to build relationships internally with stakeholders and across design and tech disciplines.

An evangelist for good user experience, you will lead partners and internal projects maintaining a focus on best practise user experience and information architecture.

To summarise, client side, out of town, cohesive and friendly culture, commitment to UX, working with huge brand name partnerships, complex interaction and UX to sink your teeth into.

 The position is  based in Wiltshire for 12th months.

 Rate -  £40 to £55K

If this sounds like an opportunity your interested in please contact Be Kaler -

be @wearefutureheads.co.uk

0207 420 3539

I am at UX London for this week, but if you respond by email I’ll get back to you asap with next steps.

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Freelance Usability Specialist, London, 6 days

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Well known mobile and web service client of ours requires a  usability expert with agency experience. We are looking for a  usability specialist to work for 19 days (some from home) from around 7th June 2010. You will be leading and moderating 40 in depth interviews across web and mobile services, managing any questions the viewers may have – so experience in this area is essential.

You will be carrying out 5 interviews per day and then  my client has scheduled a further 6 days to analyser, create graphs/charts and report using a templated document provided. The 6 days analysis and further 2 days reporting work can be carried out from home. 

Day rate negotiable – please get in touch.

The role is base in London and start date is 7th June 2010 for a period of 6 days.

Please contact Be Kaler- be@wearefutureheads.co.uk  – 0207 420 3539

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