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These newmedia jobs were last updated on 02/10/06. If you are interested in any of them please quote the ref no(s) and send your CV. For web development jobs please include a list of URLs you've worked on in the main body of your CV.

Europe's leading producer and marketer of live entertainment events, each year they reach more than 27 million people through approximately 10,000 events at over 70 venues. Events staged by the company, include live concerts, West End productions and touring theatrical shows. Currently, a brand new role exists for an experienced Web Developer. You'll be designing and developing interactive solutions for a wide range of clients in this industry. You could be creating a new application or working on a new web platform. Working as part of a 10-strong team of Interactive and IS specialists based in London and with a range of clients across the UK and internationally. As well as a development degree, you should have expert knowledge of XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, C++ and .NET.

Most importantly you should have an impressive development portfolio and the personality and insight to develop amazing interactive solutions. You should also be excited and able to offer an innovative and creative attitude to development. Have an interest and passion in emerging technologies and understanding of the latest developments in the online space. Skills in Video and Audio manipulation for web is highly desirable, as is ability to demonstrate design skills in website design and IA. Client facing ability and experience, first class time management skills.

Oxford Circus £30000-40000

Contact: David Rowden Ref: 1191 02/10/06

Formed in 1991 and part of the world's largest marketing communications group. This is the most succesfull direct market full service digital agency around.
You will work within a creative, technical and strategic and work independently on small-scale campaign-specific micro-sites and ad-units and larger scale projects and rich Internet applications will be developed in close collaboration with the assigned Flash Engineer. You will oversee, review and approve the design and development of a given project prior to final approval from the Head of User Experience Implementation (Flash). You will also be responsible for following best practice and the direction of the relevant Flash Engineer in the development of simple interactive solutions. Projects will primarily use Flash 6 through 9 (or later) and XML to enable dynamic, localisable solutions. They will vary in scale from interactive advertising solutions through to simple launch sites. They are also required to adapt and execute the creative design supplied in a manner that is optimised for delivery using the best of the Flash platform’s capabilities.
Qualifications and Skills:
Preferably Creative and/or Information technology related education.
2+ years commercial experience.
Microsoft Windows XP Pro
Adobe Studio 8
Actionscript 1
Actionscript 2
XML.

London £36K

Contact: Jas Ref: 1190 22/09/06

This is a challenging opportunity to join a successful web development team working in a fast paced and dynamic environment. Currently there is a need for a Web Developer who is able to hand code and work either on their own or as part of a project team. You should live within easy travelling distance of Bedford.
They are looking for PHP/Web Developers with at least three years' commercial PHP coding experience.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for learning new concepts and technologies and have had experience of modular content management systems, web application development and e-commerce. You will be able to communicate clearly to a mixed technical and non-technical team and will have experience of leading and managing small teams of Developers.

Demonstrable experience in PHP development including object-oriented coding. Experience of using XML, XSLT, XML-RPC and SOAP, and Web Services with excellent understanding and application of current HTML/CSS/XHTML standards. MySQL Administration skills, including replication, table optimisation, installation and maintenance. Excellent written and verbal communication skills able to write supporting documentation or present ideas as required.

Buckinghamshire £ NEG

Contact: David Rowden Ref: 1188 12/09/06

A luxury online retailer. a laboratory of ideas, research and projects to be developed in collaboration with artists, designers and artisans from around the world to create an individual way of dressing and living in style. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years experience in an ecommerce environment (online sales)
Required Skills--
Perl, HTML, CSS, CGI Scripting, SQL, JavaScript, E-commerce (transactional) development experience, Windows.
Commercial acumen would be favourable, and the ability to translate business requirements into solid, working technology solutions - will be viewed as a real asset. You should also have an enquiring mind and be prepared to challenge the status quo and come up with new ideas.
Examples of the types of technology you would have had experience with
- Product merchandising solutions
- Session management
- Shopping baskets
- Payment and transactional gateways
- Content Management and caching technologies
- User registration and customer management systems
- ERP systems (such as SAP).

Waterloo £35-45K

Contact: Jas Ref: 1184 08/09/06

One of the fastest growing worldwide integrated agencies in London with an extensive list of blue chip clients who delivers marketing solutions in the three key operational areas: Relationship Marketing, Online Marketing and Data solutions analytics. This role combines a solid core of Project Management skills with an in-depth technical understanding of the computing and Internet fields. Ideally from a developer background with at least two years’ dedicated project management responsibility, the Technical PM is able to work professionally with agency and client members across business and marketing disciplines as well as technology. You will be of graduate caliber and ideally hold an undergraduate or postgraduate degree in a computing discipline, although mathematics or engineering related disciplines are considered appropriate. Exceptional candidates with other non-engineering degrees may be considered if you can demonstrate outstanding computing and software development experience. Ideally you will be a member of an appropriate industry association (BCS, PMI etc) and hold formal qualifications in the field of project management such as PMP or PRINCE2

Job Description
Scope, schedule and manage multiple complex projects, ensuring you fulfill agreed strategic, time, quality, and budget targets.
Develop proposals and statements of work to define end-to-end solutions.
Create accurate project plans and work schedules based on product and work breakdowns.
Assess and manage risk throughout the project lifecycle
Communicate effectively technical and project related information across all
levels
Build a team quickly and gain their respect
Understand and manage both technical and creative disciplines
Develop good working relationships with the client and key stakeholders
Identify and resolve problems, as well as working closely with technical team members
Clearly identify project goals and take a broad view of the project in the organisational context
Maintain and monitor progress on the project
Manage budgets and prepare scheduled and ad hoc reports

Essential Skills
Managing project through the full life-cycle software development process
Experience of accepted software development methodologies (e.g. MSF, RAD) in a web environment
Standard project management toolsets e.g. MS Project, issue tracking and source control

Minimum requirements
Good working knowledge of the IT and Internet industry
Experience with managing technical projects with a high level of technology exposure
Ability to liaise with technical contacts from developer to director level
Hands on experience with core web technologies such as HTML etc
Good understanding of the Microsoft Internet platform – ASP, ASP.NET, IIS, SQL Server
Knowledge of non-Microsoft technologies, such as Java, PHP, MySQL etc
Familiarity with databases technology and the SQL language
Knowledge of n-tier e-commerce architectures design and operation
High level understanding of network infrastructure and Internet transport protocols
Knowledge of XML, XSLT and web services
Working knowledge of accepted software notations such as UML

Preferential
Demonstrable skills in object oriented and procedural programming
Familiarity with industry accepted developer toolsets such as Visual Studio, SQL Enterprise Manager etc.
Configuration skills for both Microsoft and Unix / Linux platforms
Practitioner level knowledge of relational theory and hands-on experience of an industry standard enterprise RDBMS i.e. SQL Server or Oracle
Exposure to enterprise level application development – particularly in .NET or J2EE.

London Bridge £38-40K

Contact: Jas Ref: 1174

Ranked sixth out of almost 400 agencies in the UK and first for creativity and account management. My client is seeking a Lead Developer to join a growing team building websites and web applications for some of the UK's best-known brands. Combining hands-on front-end and server-side web development in multiple technologies, plus requirements analysis and some client liaison, this is a role for an experienced professional who is prepared to be known as "the expert". There's plenty of variety, a fast-paced environment and just about the best bunch of people you could wish to work with. My client needs someone with a great attitude, great skills and enough experience and knowledge across a wide range of circumstances to ensure the team meets all its challenges professionally and successfully. You'll need to get to grips with both legacy applications and new technologies and everything in-between. You'll be a safe pair of hands, and a trail-blazing innovator – a developer who can contribute ideas as well as get the job done.

Person spec
At least 5 years' experience as a developer in a digital agency or similar
A team player with initiative and a sense of responsibility
Loads of experience in Java servlets/JSP, and preferably PHP and ASP/.NET – on commercial projects
Strong, up-to-date XHTML, CSS, Javascript (including AJAX)
An intuitive understanding of the web, its capabilities and constraints, and the way in which it is used
Experience of building accessible websites, to AA standard and above
Interest in / understanding of the latest trends in web technologies

Responsibilities
Developing web sites, web applications, server-side components and scripts to agreed specifications, for existing and new projects
Building XHTML templates and pages using appropriate techniques/standards, including accessible build techniques
Testing and debugging code
Working with project managers and clients to identify project requirements
Documentation of all work for the benefit of others in the team
Understanding and maintaining existing websites and applications
Working with project managers to ensure projects are delivered to agreed timescales, and communicating problems and potential problems which may affect the project
Ensuring attention to detail on all work carried out, and taking responsibility for the quality of work produced
Working with other members of the team in researching new techniques, tools and technologies as required
Contributing to the team's understanding of and expertise in interactive technologies
Assisting the Technical Director in developing new competencies within the team.

Old St £40K

Contact: Jas Ref: 1175

My client is a worldwide full service direct and interactive marketing solutions agency. A great opportunity has arisen for a middle-weight Flash Developer. You will build Flash interactive components for web-based, desktop and wireless delivery. You will work closely with project teams that include Flash animators, art directors, designers and copywriters - as well as technical team members such as senior server-side web developers. You are expected to code using object orientated techniques with re-usability in mind, implement new scripting techniques when possible and be up to speed on current Flash development techniques and trends.
Responsibilities
Developing Flash movies / components that balance creative and technical excellence
Collaborating with team members to implement the best use of Flash
Working closely with Flash animators, art directors and designers to ensure that creative intent and results are achieved at the highest level
Working closely with senior server-side developers to ensure technical integration and the meeting of requirements for joint Flash / server-side projects
Working closely with other Flash developers, Flash animators on Flash projects ensuring peer-to-peer sharing of knowledge and practices
Maintaining high coding standards and practices and exercising quality control on all aspects of Flash development
Implementing innovative Flash techniques and features
Problem-solving in scripting, performance and optimization of Flash projects

Required Skills
At least two years' experience as a Flash developer in an agency environment
Practical knowledge of software development methodologies
Strong, proven, object orientated design skills
ActionScript 1 / ActionScript2 experience
Expertise in Flash development methodologies (component implementation, etc.) and quality assurance
Basic Flash animation, video and design knowledge
Creative toolset knowledge and expertise (e.g. Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
Basic client-side technologies knowledge (e.g. XML, HTML, CSS etc.)
Ability to communicate Flash's technical and creative prowess
Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and effectively juggle diverse demands
Proven aptitude for quick technical thinking with acute attention to detail within demanding deadlines
A strong team player who will develop team relations that foster both learning and excellence.

London Bridge £35-40K

Contact: Jas Ref: 1173

A medium sized games developer based in North London. Three core areas design -development of video games, 3D technology and sponsored games to be played across the Internet. They have contracts signed with major software entertainment publishers and distributors and are developers of internet navigation software. The e-gaming subsidiary is currently developing an exciting new range of products designed to bring new dimensions to the online gaming experience. The first product will be a revolutionary online 3-D virtual reality poker game to be launched this summer. Your primary role is the implementation and maintenance of website(s) for the on-line marketing and distribution of their games. Working closely with the marketing and creative directors to ensure that their online presence and distribution efforts support the overall brand promotion strategy. This hands on role will include managing relations with the online public and responding to email queries etc.
Knowledge and skills:
Working knowledge of the main poker variants (Texas Hold’em, Omaha and Stud)
Must be proficient in the use of website development tools including Dreamweaver, HTML, Flash, Actionscript, Java, XML and Photoshop (CS level).
At least 2-3 years experience of website development and maintenance preferably in a media or marketing environment.
Conversant with online promotion and distribution methods.
Able to implement strategic plans for online website optimisation, including email campaigns and online promotions.
Able to multi-task to achieve both short and longer-term deadlines.
Effective communication skills required in order to liaise with the brand management and development teams.
Some communication with external sources will be expected including web administrators at our online marketing and distribution partners, outside service providers and end users.

Hendon £25K+

Contact: Jas Ref: 1168

The London office of this Publisher/Developer has been in the computer entertainment business for over 20 years. This organisation has enormous name recognition - a known and trusted company for the highest quality of games.
My client is looking for a C++ developer with experience of client-server architectures, TCP/IP, SQL, and testing frameworks on Unix/Linux to work on the development of testing tools for a large-scale server application. Your key responsibilities will be creation of bespoke testing and administration tools, automation code, debugging, reviewing internal processes, test effort estimation and performing follow up activities.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
Degree educated in a technical or scientific field
2+ years of commercial C/C++ experience working with client-server applications knowledge of TCP/IP sockets, multithreading, etc.)
Experience in working with Linux/Unix environments
Working knowledge of SQL (MySQL)
Self starter, possessing drive and initiative and able to work within a team environment
Able to produce clear, concise documentation
Effective communicator
Ability to enforce change control
Prior experience in high volume, high availability services will be an advantage. Unix Systems Administration skills are highly beneficial.

West London Neg day rate

Contact: Jas Ref: 1167

One of the leading london based radio stations that also host events and festivals throughout the UK. Also part of a major worldwide recognised brand name.
Using HTML, PHP, JavaScript, Flash and graphics to maintain and create content for the websites run by New Media to an agreed editorial and technical standard.
The key responsibilities of the job include working as part of a small team:
under direction from the Editor and Head of New Media, to produce new portions of content for the website portfolio for example, photo galleries, enhanced contact-us systems, and flash-based content. You will heavily use PHP and JavaScript to produce this content. To assist with creating microsites for clients to an agreed deadline. To think of and create added-value items on the website, with a goal of attracting and retaining visitors.
To ensure that microsites meet the brief given, that they meet client expectations, and hit all relevant deadlines. To ensure that coding is clearly annotated, that it works across all supported browsers, and meets our design requirements. As a team, page impressions and unique users of the websites, together with increased online listener figures, are measures of success.
Qualifications
Maths or computer science A-level
A suitable qualification in multimedia applications or similar, to degree level
Skills & Knowledge
Outstanding understanding of HTML and CSS.
Demonstrable experience of programming with PHP, JavaScript and Flash ActionScript, including SQL database applications.
A clear understanding of user-interface design and accessibility issues.
A knowledge of operating a consumer website, online communities and other internet technologies.
An understanding of effective project management.

Experience
Over two years’ experience in operating a consumer-facing PHP-based website and designing user-facing web applications.

Soho £21-22K

Contact: Jas Ref: 1160

An innovative agency that use intelligent, creative thinking to help clients communicate who they are, what they do and to define what makes them unique to their customers. With a highly skilled, energetic and focussed team, they work in partnership with clients to produce design and advertising that is powerful, unique and resonant across all media channels.
My client is in urgent need of a solid PHP programmer who has agency experience and is a real code head. Here’s a basic outline of the minimum requirements you’ll need.
MySQL (relational databases)
PHP (Object Orientated)
Linux Administration (Red Hat)
CSS
HTML
JAVASCRIPT
APACHE (mod-rewrite)
So Object Orientated PHP is essential to be able to make sense of the CMS.
Relational databases (MySQL), you will need good knowledge of this concept.
You will need to be familar with Linux (Red Hat) platform. Able to express knowledge of general administration tasks and good knowledge of Apache (web server software). Mod-rewrite ties into Apache which they'll need to be familiar with also. Good Understanding of CCS would be great, if their CSS is good their HTML will be fine.

Hammersmith £neg

Contact: Jas Ref: 1162

A privately held company headquartered in London and boasts the world's first music recognition technology. The company's music recognition service is widely recognised as the best, most accurate and fastest music recognition service in the world already boasting over 3 million tracks which date back to the early 1950s, one of the world's largest music databases. A requirement for a bright enthusiastic developer that can help take their web and wap experience to the next level.
Core job description- Design and code web and mobile portals. Due to the dynamic nature of the business, self-motivation and the ability to learn quickly are essential. This position would be ideal for somebody with 3+ years of commercial experience, and a strong desire to work with a leading edge team.
The successful candidate will have all of the essential skills, and experience broadly in a broad subset of the , and some of the desired skills listed below.
Essential Skills:
JSP, JSTL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, XSLT, WML, XHTML, Preparing graphics for the web from designers' original artwork
Key Experience:
Working on a large multi-platform portal., working on highly available and performant commercial web sites. Liaising with marketing, design and the business.
Working with mobile technologies.

Responsibilities:
Web Portal Design and Development, HTML, CSS, Javascript coding. JSP coding.
Preparation of graphics/images. Contribute to web and mobile design process.
Generate plans (simple/lists) for each project phase. Design and implement templates. Design/code for performance and scalability. Implement agreed design, promptly raising exceptions if necessary.

Kensington £30-40K

Contact: Jas Ref: 1154

Leading New Media design consultancy, based in West London with an impressive client base in the areas of entertainment and FMCG.
Information Architect

The primary mandate of the Information Architect (IA) is to design a site that is easy and satisfying for the target audience to use, that meets the objectives of the business, within the business and technical constraints.

The IA is responsible for capturing business and user requirements and designing solutions using standard IA documentation. You will work closely with a wide range of team members - other IAs, visual designers, developers and business analysts. The role is also client facing and the IA should be capable of communicating their solutions to clients at all levels.
Knowledge and skills
Ability to quickly understand the client's business and business objectives, as well as target audience needs, and translate this into an effective site architecture.
Understanding of good usability practices online - how people behave online, what aspects of site design (structure, interface, content) help to make the overall experience simpler, more effective and more satisfying
Understanding of accessibility issues
General understanding of internet technologies and content management systems, and recognising the technical implications of design decisions
Familiarity with standard IA tools and methods , wireframing, process mapping / diagramming, site mapping, creating user profiles & personas, prototyping, observation of user behaviour, quantitative & qualitative research, ability to explain rationale and present work effectively.
Key responsibilities
Contributing to pitches and project work, Website evaluation and competitive benchmarking, working with other IAs and team members to establish user needs and gather all information required, define customer scenarios to represent each key target audience and identify their goals and tasks. define customer journeys based on customer scenarios and research, Identify all content required on the site and how it should be organised, create site structure and navigation systems, working with visual designers, create site maps and page wireframes, create functional specifications. Review site during visual design and development to ensure everything works as intended.

London £upto 45K

Contact: Jas Ref: 1149

The UK's largest games developer and publisher, this company has 5 UK studios and 6 branches abroad. Growth over the last 2 years means that 800 staff now achieve a turnover of £150 million from some of the biggest titles in the business.
My client is seeking an individual with proven experience in developing database backed websites that can join our web development team to help build, improve and expand our existing platform.
Skills/Experience
The ideal applicant will have qualifications or significant experience in the computing field, with a web development background.

The following skills are essential:
Working familiarity with Linux
Strong PHP development skills
Good competence with SQL
Understanding of good object oriented development

The following skills would be highly advantageous:
Experience with Apache
Knowledge of PostgreSQL database
Understanding of character sets and encoding, and i18n issues
Good understanding of Subversion and version control tools
Understanding of open source development and licenses
Knowledge of Perl/Python and C programming skills
Documentation and specification authoring skills
Interest in open source applications used in web site development

Some level of understanding of issues relating to the following would be beneficial:
Security
SQL, databases and query optimization
Implementing access control levels and content management features
Internationalisation
Internet protocols
Architectures for large scale database backed websites.

London £30+

Contact: Jas Ref: 1143

Our client is recruiting an Internet Development Leader in order to support the Head of Internet Development, to deliver high quality, maintainable and secure customer-facing solutions that maximise business value.

Accountabilities

- Lead a team of 5-10 Internet developers
- Deputise for the HO Internet Development as required
- Provide technical solution options, costs, and timescale estimates to the TPM / Solution Propositions team
- Ensure solutions conform to architecture guidelines, whilst challenging and developing it as appropriate
- Ensure solutions are secure, maintainable, functionally accurate, performant and operationally excellent
- Ensure solutions are designed and built taking into account the needs of customer devices and systems which they will be deployed upon (eg browser compatibility, broadband vs dialup, mobile vs desktop etc)
- Recruitment and upskilling of Internet developers

Experience/Qualifications

- Graduate calibre with degree in IT or similar technical discipline
- Experience developing HTML-based commercial software using an object-oriented language e.g. Java, C++, C# (3yrs+)
- Development experience with n-tier architectures including banking and internet platforms based on a combination of wintel and Unix (3yrs+ experience)
- Good awareness of the technology environment surrounding the future development of the internet and web / mobile based applications
- Self-motivated, innovative and strong evidence of initiative
- Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience of people management and building relationships (2yrs+).

Derby Up to £50k

Contact: lydia Ref: 1139

Leading New Media design consultancy, based in West London with an impressive client base in the areas of entertainment and FMCG.
The role of the Senior Developer is three-fold: the first is to act as a senior programmer within their given technology when working on a project, second is to assist and support the other roles that this person may work with to understand the technical and implementation related issues and help resolve them, finally it is the responsibility of this role to assist the Technical Architect in determining the technical solution and communicating the solution to the wider team.
Acting as a senior programmer, the responsibility of the role is to ensure that the correct software development processes are followed, both by themselves and by any developers that may work in the team. You will also be responsible for the mentoring and leadership of any developers in the implementation teams that they manage during a project.
You will also liaise with the Technical Architect(s) during a project to understand and contribute to the design of the technical solution.
Knowledge and skills
In depth understanding of digital media
Good experience in HTML/CSS and Accessible web design
General experience in agency work
General experience in setting up servers, using software development tools such Source Code Control, principles of testing
General experience in either ASP classic, ASP.NET or Java
Appreciation of other web technologies
Ability to lead a development team as part of an implementation project
Ability to work as part of a flexible team that includes both technology and design personnel.

London £30-33K

Contact: Jas Ref: 1137

Working for this award winning top 10 agency. A requirement for an experienced Flash Actionscript Developer jas arisen. As part of a dynamic team, using the latest interactive technologies you will be creating very interesting projects for various 'blue-chip' companies. Suitable candidates will have strong AS1 and AS2 OOP knowledge, experience with dynamically driven sites using XML or Flash Remoting. The right candidate will be a good team player and an enthusiastic individual with good communication skills. We would like to see some sample code plus examples of work you are proud of.

Camden £35K

Contact: Jas Ref: 1126

The UK's leading digital marketing solutions snd online advertising Sales, Marketing and E-Commerce. An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Interactive Develper whose characteristics are: a life long learner, possibly self taught, flexible
responsible for work produced.
Technical experience:
Llarge scale, dynamically driven flash applications, fun games involving physics and dynamics, OOP AS 1.0 through to AS 2.0, Experience with flash in mobile devices is a plus, Experience with Flash Media Server is a plus, Experience with flash in desktop applications is a plus

Additional required attributes:
Appreciation of brands and marketing and industry as whole, working in teams, initiative, attention to detail, work under pressure, possess good observational skills
in tune with creative world, understand user experience.

London £neg

Contact: David Ref: 1129

The UK's leading digital marketing solutions snd online advertising Sales, Marketing and E-Commerce. An opportunity has arise for a Junior Flash developer whose characteristics are possibly self taught, flexible and shows a sense of responsibility in work produced. On the technical side you must have evidence of attempting hand written code, dependency on downloaded fla’s not appropriate for role i.e. flashkit.com. You must show aptitude in this area if no professional experience evident. A technical discussion may be introduced in second stage of interviews. On the designs side - evidence of design and animation within flash is required, must possess a natural eye for form, colour and composition, ust possess a natural eye for motion and visual kinetics.

Paddington £22K

Contact: Jas Ref: 1128