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Interaction Designer, London, £30k -£40k, J497

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Hello everyone,

We are working with a new and really rather different digital agency on a number of key permanent hires for their digital project teams. We are looking for interaction designers, either entry level or mid-weight, who like the idea of working for a digital agency who genuinely seem to be trying to do things a little differently to everyone else.

Their work:

These guys strive to create beautiful, user centred interfaces for a variety of products across mobile, web, desktop and hardware. UX is at the centre of everything they do, they have one of the most user centred production process’ that we have seen, and the UX consultants within the team lead the projects and client engagements. If you have ever dreamt  of being able to focus on creating beautiful digital solutions, without having to spend half your time evangelising and educating those around you, then these guys would be worth exploring. They work in a very agile way, with all facets of the production process in-house, making iteration and refinement a central tenet of what they do. If you have a creative passion for what you do, these guys will provide you with the support and tools you need to develop as far as your imagination will allow.

The roles:

These guys are engaged with a broad cross section of organisations and clients, but their most immediate pressure point relates to a project within a global Financial Services organisation, and in direct relation to an internal application to be used by traders and brokers. A knowledge of financial products (quants, derivatives, trading principles etc..) would be incredibly advantageous, but by no means essential. The ability to quickly understand interaction principles in relation to very information heavy systems, and be able to quickly generate ideas, sketches and prototypes for how those systems should function is essential.

You will be creating:

User cases, User stories, wireframes (lo-fi and hi-fi), research and requirements documentation, beautiful interactions

You will be:

A UX / Interaction / Interface designer with between 1-5 years experience, with a strong portfolio, and an ability to bring simplicity to complex systems. You will be passionate about creating beautiful interactions that bring systems to life, and want to work in a forward thinking ‘studio’ environment surrounded by like-minded people.

If this sounds of interest, please do get in touch as soon as you can, including your portfolio (if we don’t already have it), and I will send you all the information on the roles.

Contact ben@wearefutureheads.co.uk

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Technical Project Manager, Six months, £300 – £350 per day, London, J489

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Hello,

Our client is a very well known consumer brand who are looking for a Senior Project Manager with a strong technical focus.  The role involves overseeing their online hub in Great Britain and Ireland, a high profile, high traffic web, mobile and social media programme with over 1.5 million members.

As Technical Project Manager you will be responsible for:

  • Being the in-house expert on technology infrastructure and technical capabilities
  • scheduling projects and managing expectations across the business
  • Managing the successful delivery of a complex, rapidly-changing programme of promotions, brand experiences and new website features
  • Defining requirements for new features, working with internal stakeholders (brand, loyalty, digital, legal, consumer information, IT) and external marketing, creative and technical agencies
  • Managing the production and approval of briefing documents, wireframes and specifications
  • Providing technical input to brand, loyalty and IT strategies
  • Managing commercial relationships with external technology partners
  • Troubleshooting and crisis management

As technical Project Manager you will need to be able to demonstrate the following

  • Excellent Project Management skills for web and digital – at least 10 years experience
  • Experience of working on high-traffic, enterprise-level websites
  • An in-depth understanding of web standards and front-end web technologies – HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash
  • An in-depth understanding of enterprise-level systems and back-end web technologies – JSP, J2EE, SOAP, web services, IBM Websphere, Oracle  databases, or equivalent LAMP or .NET technologies
  • A good technical understanding of social networks and how they can be integrated with websites
  • An understanding of mobile technologies

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a high profile consumer brand in a role with an opportunity to influence and educate so really solid communication and Stakeholder Management experience required.  If you feel you demonstrate the above please email your CV to rachel@wearefutureheads.co.uk

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User Experience Consultant, London, Freelance, £350 per day, J488

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Hello,

I am looking for you to join a well known agency in London to work on an automotive client project for 15 days starting Monday. The client is working on a brand new site and is looking for some additional resource to produce site maps, process flows, wireframes and functional specifications.

It’s all very straight forward and there is some flex on the day rate I think

Holler me if you have a 3 week gap in your diary.  Thanks

be@wearefutureheads.co.uk

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User Experience consultant, Freelance, £350- £400 per day, London J486

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

 

Hello everyone,

I have a new freelance role to brief you on, to start this Wednesday 30th June, paying between £350-400pday (depending on experience obviously) and lasting at least 4 weeks, but most likely 8.

It is to work directly with, and be client facing for, a global investment bank, working on an application redesign. There is already a senior designer on the project team, so this role is entirely focussed around requirements gathering, scoping, and conducting in depth business research from the internal stakeholders, to fully understand the business requirements and considerations for the product.

Knowledge of financial products is essential for this role, as you will be liaising directly with heads of departments (trading, quants, derivatives etc..) and will need gain buy-in from these people, and put them at ease that you understand how the idiosyncrasies of how this sort of information would need to be handled by digital applications, and what the implications are from a UX perspective.

If you are a heavyweight practitioner, very accustomed to helping clients to define what their solutions need to be, as opposed to just delivering documentation around that solution, than please do drop me a line ASAP. ben@wearefutureheads.co.uk

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User Experience Consultants, London, £250pd or a pro rata salary of up to £65K- J487

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

My client is based in Central London and is looking for an additional hire into the user experience team due to so many interesting projects coming up.

You will work onsite with the design and technology teams and help bring the existing sites into conformity with the over arching brand.  You will be looking after around 9 different websites, they mostly are youth brands but the most interesting thing is how engaged the audiences are – so there is lots of innovation and fluid development to work around and support this. They also have some projects designing for ipad and iphone – so you will be at the cutting edge of technology using your experience of sketching, mock-ups and user flows. Experience of  running user testing sessions would be great.

Other stuff I *loved*

You can actually change the business, you are invited to spend one day a week working on a project which is work related, but personal – and there is history of this going live.

All staff get cool perks, a talk with an industry leader weekly and a summer ball.

They are doing some user testing on site all the time, all UX input is very welcome across the board and design and tech teams.

You are working with some really cool bands, and you might bump into the Arctic Monkeys or Katherine Jenkins

They are working on a major project with a big broadcaster, on a project that will allow you to access loads of radio sites from one interface.

It’s based in the heart of London.

If you are in a contract role and want to do more sketching, less visio/axure and see quick change -call me.

If you are in a permanent job and think this would be a good move into your first contract, drop me a line – it’s a one off and worth going gaga over. be@wearefutureheads.co.uk

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Information Architect, London, £400 per day, J479

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

My client is a big big bank in the city and has a couple of major work steams to move content into CMS’s (if you have worked with Vignette or Fat wire, great). 

 You will be there for 2 months initially, working on a content audit, and understanding the gaps so you could see how the new content would fit into the content frameworks and CMS’s. They may also like you to critique some of the work that is in place. It’s to work across a number of B2C retail brands, and you need to be efficient in using visio, excel and maybe axure.

To apply for this role email be@wearefutureheads.co.uk

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Freelance UX Contractor, London, £350-£400 per day, J467

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

My client, based in Camden is looking for a contractor for 3 months, we could wait 2 weeks for the right person. Your focus would be working on a finance client (finance experience isn’t essential). You will be following a proper UCD process and producing recommendations for design/tech as wireframes, sitemaps, process flows, interactions and prototypes – you may also do some small pieces of user testing. You will be working closely with the client, business analysts and design teams using Omnigraffle, Visio and or Axure.

To apply for this post email be@wearefutureheads.co.uk

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Account Director, £45K, London, Permanent, J465

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

As Account Director of this award winning global PR agency you will be expected to support the Head of Digital in winning new business by supporting pitch’s, whilst also being very hands-on with the day-to-day work and client management. As Account Director you will need to be fairly autonomous, a self starter, extremely knowledgeable about the social media/digital PR space whilst having the confidence to sell ideas to fairly senior clients and act as a point person across a variety of accounts. The role would also require help with internal training, mentoring of the two junior members of the team as well as assisting with the development of the digital offering.

Background

A proven track record in digital PR/social media is paramount along with proven client handling skills and experience. As Account Director you will need to understand the difference between advertising and PR, with proven experience managing client expectations and managing more complex stakeholder relationships. 

We are offering circa £45k if you can demonstrate the above skills and background.  If you are looking for an opportunity to take the lead with some key accounts and get involved in all aspects of a growing digital business giving you a lot of autonomy please do send your details through.  Also if you demonstrate the above skills please email Rachel@wearefutureheads.co.uk.

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Account Executive, £18k – £25k, London, Permanent, J461

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

As Account Executive for this full service digital agency you will get to work with some great brands and are an experienced digital team so a good place to cut your teeth and really learn the client services function and the digital space.  Your role will be varied involving everything from assisting in production contact reports, writing press releases, supporting preparation of proposals, financial management and assisting in the management of creative and technical teams. 

The team work in a very collaborative way so you will also get involved in assisting in brainstorming sessions and supporting pitch’s.  A big part of your role will be keeping abreast of digital industry developments, launches and client industry competitor activity to keep the rest of the team and the client informed on latest trends.

This role is a very good opportunity to work with smart, passionate and creative people.  As the agency is 25 person strong you get exposure to all stages in the production lifecycle and the running’s of an agency so a great platform to launch yourself into an Account Manager role.

As Account Executive you will have an appreciation of digital or at the least having come from an integrated background.  You will be able to demonstrate client facing ability, pro activeness and that you are organised and you have a cool head under pressure.  Some experience working in an agency would be useful or at least experience taking ownership of a project end to end.

This role is based in London, the rate is £18k-£25k and is permanent.

 If you demonstrate the above please send your CV to rachel@wearefutureheads.co.uk

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