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Shoreditch £40k - £50k Reporting to the Membership Manager, this role will be our first hire in our professional services business where we are looking to build strategic relationships with organisations supporting and building their in house skills and capacity to execute their open data projects. The Strategy Consultant will be responsible for building trusted relationships with clients, overseeing and ensuring delivery of projects and contributing to marketing discussions. As a part of a small team you will be expected to assist others where the business needs it. You will be responsible for: Ensuring that consulting, research and technical projects deliver for clients; Developing new client relationships; and Working with clients to develop and shape their approach to open data Success will be measured on a mixture of feedback from clients, colleagues and financial performance. About you You must have the skills, knowledge, experience and interpersonal skills that will mean you will: deliver at least 6 projects for clients (either domestic or international) manage or deliver at least 3 research projects contribute to internal corporate strategy contribute to developing training content for our bespoke, in-company courses that meets the ODI and the clients objectives form long-term relationship with clients provide clear, concise top down analysis of clients business problems carry out clear quantitative and qualitative analysis and have an understanding of when each method is appropriate work with clients to agree what success looks like scope and price projects assemble and manage the appropriate teams to deliver varied projects write clear, structured products and project documentation turn abstract concepts into clear action The successful candidate must have: A passion or strong interest in open data (preferred) Experience of strategy consulting for either internal or external clients Excellent organisational, written and verbal communication skills Experience of delivering research or consultancy projects for public or private sector clients Proven examples of their ability to deliver The ability to identify and address project risks The successful candidate must be: Comfortable working in an unstructured environment on own initiative Able to listen, learn and build trust Solution focussed Able to demonstrate the ability to work on own initiative, and manage multiple tasks within tight time frames Able and willing to travel (including internationally) A collaborative team player We are a small team so, you will find yourself having to roll your sleeves up and get stuck into helping with whatever may come along! To find out more about this unique opportunity to build strong strategic relationships and to get involved in helping to open up data that can really make a difference to peoples lives go to the jobs page on our web site at theodi.org. If you want to apply for the role then please email your CV along with a one-page covering letter that sets out why you will be ideal for the role to Michelle Prescott at jobs@theodi.org. Please note that if you have not heard back from us about your application before the end of July 2013 then your application has been unsuccessful. Non-EU Nationals please note - The ODI has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are entitled to live and work in the UK. It is unlikely that we would be able to obtain a Certificate of Sponsorship for this job. Therefore, in most cases it is unlikely that we will be able to consider applications from candidates who require a visa to work in the UK. For further information on eligibility to work in the UK please visit the UK Border Agency website at www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk

Shoreditch £25k - £30k About the role Founded nine months ago, the Open Data Institute (ODI) is an independent, non-partisan organisation that drives the agenda for open data. We do this by working with organisations to: open up their data; train their teams; and build open data into their systems. A key part of that work is our membership programme. In that programme we are building a community of organisations who want to take advantage of the possibilities created by open data. We are looking to appoint a Membership Relationship Coordinator who will be responsible for: Working with the Membership Manager to create excellent relationships and experiences in the membership programme to drive retention of paying members Working with the Commercial team to deepen the relationship with members and make sure the whole ODI offering brings value to members e.g. open data training, event management design and delivery Facilitating the sharing of knowledge between members. The Membership Relationship Coordinator will be motivated by speaking to people, making connections between people and creating excellent experiences for members. You must be able to: Create a programme of networking events for members and the open data community around the UK - around one event a month. Create lasting connections between members and the wider open data community - initially at least one meaningful connection a month e.g. introducing two members who go on to work together. Create a flow of new members into the membership programme - you will be the first port of call for membership queries and should close at least five new members a month. Work with the ODI team to enrich our membership offer. Work with the Membership Manager to support the wider open data community. Work with the Membership Manager to be a champion of the member within the ODI - including, but not limited to, making sure our annual summit is a success for members. About You You must have the skills, knowledge, experience and interpersonal skills to excel at the following: Create and nurture a strong community of people working in open data. Creating and shaping events that bring value to our membership and that they want to share with friends and colleagues Being a strong advocate for the membership inside the ODI and making sure that e.g the annual summit and website provide a strong platform for the community. Evangelise the benefits of the ODI and our member organisations through public speaking engagements. Key Requirements A passion or strong interest in open data (preferred). Consummate networker - you live to bring people together! Experience with the sales cycle and CRM experience. Excellent organisational, written and verbal communication skills. Comfortable working in an unstructured environment on own initiative. Able to demonstrate the ability to work on own initiative, and manage multiple tasks within tight time frames. Team player. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wishes to stretch themselves, develop ideas and take on additional responsibility to ensure that we keep our members happy! We are a small team so, you will find yourself having to roll your sleeves up and get stuck into help colleagues at busy times! This role will require travel throughout the UK and the need to work flexibly including working away at least five weekends per annum. To find out more about this unique opportunity to deliver a professional and enjoyable experience for our customers and to get involved in training and events that can really make a difference go to the jobs page on our website at theodi.org. If you want to apply for the role then please email your CV along with a one page covering letter that sets out why you will be ideal for the role to Michelle Prescott at jobs@theodi.org. Please note that if you have not heard back from us about your application before the 31 July 2013 then your application has been unsuccessful. Non-EU Nationals please note - The ODI has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are entitled to live and work in the UK. It is unlikely that we would be able to obtain a Certificate of Sponsorship for this job. Therefore, in most cases it is unlikely that we will be able to consider applications from candidates who require a visa to work in the UK. For further information on eligibility to work in the UK please visit the UK Border Agency website at www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk.

My client is a well-respected and award winning mobile creative agency that produces high quality and innovative mobile applications, mobile web and mCommerce solutions that look and feel great and are used by some of the world’s biggest and best regarded brands. This top agency has a raft of retained enterprise clients (global brands) that keep coming back for more, now is the time to build on these success stories and take the cutting edge agency offering into new market areas. A Mobile Development Manager is needed to lead a large team of high performance top-notch mobile software engineers (20 in total, iOS / Android) whilst overseeing the design, architecture and development of innovative mobile apps / mobile assets for a number of Financial services clients, blue-chip brands and the occasional indy projects. You will be a diligent strategic thinker and have a can-do attitude, ideally someone who is seeking a hands on role where you can make a difference and where your contribution will be highly visible. This is a very exciting period of growth for the agency and you will be backed 100% and given whatever resources you need to make great things happen. This is a fantastic opportunity to join young and ambitious mobile agency that is poised for very big things on the world stage. This is a key role within the business and the future really is in your own hands. The agency has a fun and creative culture with ideas bouncing around and loads to do socially – it is already home to a top quality technical and design team that deliver amazing work for any given brief. Desired Skills & Experience Mobile Development Manager Profile: •Hands on Mobile Development experience on iOS or Android •Proven Mobile Development team leadership experience •Proven record delivering top quality mobile output, e.g. Apps, Mobile Websites, mCommerce •Agile environment development/delivery process experience •Technical geekologist - passionate about mobile tech/geekery - finger on the pulse of the latest dev thinking •Ideally a technical or mathematical degree and classical training in OO development. •Mobile Technology Advocate A great salary is on offer with a generous bonus, plus the odd free breakfast and beers on a Friday! Please get in touch asap for more information.

At Yammer, we believe the things that separate a great engineer from a merely adequate one are passions and goals, character and personality, not specific technical skills. Engineering exists to move the business forward. We expect all employees to speak openly about their ideas, their concerns, and their contributions. Everyone has a voice in what we build and we expect them to use it. We're seeking talented engineers to join our Rails team. You'll be expected to build stable, scalable, and robust features which help our users get their job done more efficiently. The Rails team works on public-facing applications and services almost exclusively. We build the site and APIs which serve millions of active users (and growing) every day. We spend a lot of time thinking about things like internationalization, caching strategies, A/B testing, and the product as a whole. Responsibilities: Help build and maintain Yammer�s Rails applications. Integrate our Rails apps with back-end services. Identify scaling bottlenecks and propose solutions. Research, test, benchmark and evaluate new technology. Solve the types of mysteries which only occur at high scale. Desired Skills: Ruby (including Rails) Experience building scalable applications Other tools we use: Memcached Unicorn & Nginx PostgreSQL RabbitMQ Git Java (including Jersey) new technologies

SPONSORSHIP/PARTNER MANAGER SOCIAL MEDIA WEEK LONDON THE ROLE Social Media Week London (23-27 Sep) provides unique opportunities for brands such as Nokia, Facebook, Adobe, Oracle as well as industry leaders such as EngageSciences, Betapond, Constant Contact and more to engage with our audience of influencers in London and through the global Social Media Week platform. This hybrid role combines elements of sales, account management and creative direction to deliver creative solutions to brands, agencies, publishers and technology companies taking part in SMWLDN. Working with the Chinwag team producing Social Media Week London (SMWLDN), we're looking for a dedicated, energetic, creative thinker who'll enjoy putting together exciting packages that'll hit client's objectives, enticing audience experiences and revenue to support SMWLDN. Being creative, energetic, driven, personable and a good problem-solver is crucial to the role. The role is based at SMWLDN HQ near Old Street in London, but a flexible working environment is actively encouraged. It is envisaged that initially, this role will be a part-time contract running until the start of Oct 2013. This will also include close cooperation with Social Media Week's global team and sales operations based in New York. RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE - Development and execution of sales strategy - Collaboration with global sales counterparts as needed on opportunities that represent integrated revenue building opportunities - Maintenance of CRM database consisting of client and prospect companies - Regular reporting of activity/contact reports and revenue pipeline estimates - Development of customised and creative sales proposals QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS The Chinwag team operates in a fast moving, lean and highly collaborative way. We think big and have a huge ambition to help the world's greatest people and businesses achieve success through collaboration. We are looking for an individual who shares this ambition and our values. A passion for emerging media and technology is a must. SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS - Ability to build and maintain senior level relationships - Ability to create creative solutions for clients - Expert sales and marketing skills - Expertise in partnerships and business development - Knowledge of emerging media and technology markets PACKAGE The compensation package will be made up of a base salary, plus a commission bonus based on individual and team revenue performance.

Job Title: Digital Sales Specialist Company: Jazz FM Start: ASAP Salary: Dependent on Experience Location: London Jazz FM have an immediate opening for a Digital Sales Specialist. We are looking for someone with drive and desire to help our businesses grow by utilising our unique set of digital marketing products in combination with opportunities we uniquely offer to reach listeners through our powerful radio brand. The focus of the role is to drive revenues from key agencies across our digital platforms and be an interactive advocate across the company. Duties include: ��Act as the company's digital sales expert for the complete suite of Jazz FM�s digital products including mobile, display, streaming and all online opportunities ��Identify and generate new digital sales opportunities ��Accept and meet Interactive goals as set by management ��Drive revenue from Radio Budgets via creative, results driven ideas ��Have a clear understanding of the Jazz FM brand, and ensure Interactive and Mobile activity adheres to those brand values. �� Key measures of success: ��Delivery of targets and goals as agreed with Management ��Offering excellent levels of service and attention to detail ��Providing creative solutions and exceeding customers expectation ��Develop and maintain strong working relationships with peers across the station, particularly S&P and sales teams Experience and skills: ��A clear understanding of the online and mobile world, agencies, clients, traffic and technical issues ��Contacts at online agencies, and understanding of their workings ��General knowledge of the online media businesses, including industry forecast and trends ��Be able to confidently communicate and sell all online formats including format advertising, rich media, sponsorship, cross media, mobile and email ��Ability to achieve monthly sales targets through face to face meetings, telephone sales, presentations and proposal writing To apply please send a C.V and short covering letter to info@jazzfm.com

Digital Account Manager - Vacancy Notice Title: Digital Account Manager Location: London, United Kingdom Min. Experience: Experienced We're a high growth, technology and creative services business focussed on delivering digital marketing and technology solutions to global, blue chip companies. We are currently recruiting talented Digital Account Managers to join the expanding operations in the UK and worldwide (US, Europe and Latin America). The successful Digital Account Manager will be digitally savvy, strategic, dynamic and exceptional at programme management and relationship development with both external and internal stakeholders *About the Role* The Digital Account Manager's primary day-to-day role will be to oversee digital account programmes and provide them with strategic counsel on tactical implementation. He or she will be helping to develop digital programme plans for brands ensuring tactics meet clients' strategic objectives. The post holder will be responsible for: - driving longer term account revenue growth; - managing accounts and ensuring clients strategic goals are met; - providing regular client counsel, including problem solving; - participating in new business pitching; You will be degree qualified and will be able to demonstrate the following: - deep understanding of digital marketing - strong client management/strategic counselling skills; - strong written and verbal communication skills; - an understanding of budgeting client programmes, including budget development, management, resourcing and forecasting - previous experience of managing sizeable client accounts and digital agency experience There will be a requirement for some international travel. Good working knowledge of a foreign language eg French, Portuguese or Spanish is good but not essential. Interested applicants should apply to Natasha Gomer via Natasha.gomer@pharmiwebsolutions.com with a copy of their CV and a covering letter

Reporting to   Technical Director Direct reports     None Location          London Contract          Full-time Permanent Hours of work 37.5/week Role To develop web based applications (including Mobile Web) using mainly Python programming language and Django framework. Participate in the design and architecture process. Take Tech/Team Lead responsibilities. Responsibilities ·      Build advanced information extraction systems as part of internal systems ·      Design and develop high-performance algorithms around entity recognition and extraction. ·      Research and investigate statistical machine learning and modelling techniques that apply to specific business cases ·      Design, develop, implement and maintain solutions as part of/related to the main internal systems ·      Work closely with other teams to coordinate current and future plans and activities including technical assistance to facilitate specific development projects that involve the computing environment ·      Keep current on assessments of technology for the business ·      Performs at or above the enterprise’s Information Technology performance standards ·      Provides weekly and monthly reports on system problems and their solutions, as well as assisting in forecasts of future utilization and equipment requirements ·      Configuration, security, resource monitoring, reporting and trouble shooting ·      Provide technical assistance to other teams ·      Contribute to the internal vision and goals of the business ·      Any ad hoc duties as required by the company Key Skills ·      Python ·      Django ·      Linux ·      WSGI ·      Data mining ·      Text and content analysis ·      Data visualization ·      NLP and NLTK ·      RDBMS ·      NoSQL ·      Web Services ·      Social Media ·      Excellent communication skills ·      Meticulous attention to detail ·      Credible industry knowledge ·      Passionate, energetic and confident ·      Proactive: self-motivated ·      Team-player: flexible and challenging Preferred: ·      Sysadmin and DBA experience ·      Knowledge of Web based environments Security ·      Performance, Scalability and High Availability policies and best practices Advantageous (any combination of the following): ·      Real World Instrumentation ·      Augmented Reality ·      Computer Vision ·      Responsive Design ·      PHP ·      CodeIgniter  Qualifications required Development related degree or equivalent experience. This job description is not intended to cover everything that will be expected of you but rather to act as a guide and you maybe required to get involved in other and reasonable ad hoc projects TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE - PLEASE USE THE LINK BELOW.  http://www.ikrut.com/microsite/Microsite.ashx?job_id=9271&cmp_uid=b756e5d0-6e96-481c-b6fc-60f0b140168a&strSourceID=12641&msite=True        

Title                 Senior Front End Developer Reporting to   Visualisation Production Director Location          London Contract          Full-time Permanent Hours of work 37.5/week Role Working in a highly focused team, developing new user interfaces and building upon existing platforms.  In return for your hard work and dedication, you’ll get the chance to work with one of the leaders in the Social Media and WOM space, creating tools and platforms, and technologies which will be at the cutting edge.  Responsibilities ·      Main responsibility is for the creations, production, modification and maintenance of websites, and web application’s user interfaces. ·      This involves working closely with designers, using semantic markup language i.e. XHTML/HTML5/CSS, to turn their static Photoshop designs into working browser based web pages. ·      You’ll work on projects as sole developer as well as collaborating/mentoring other developers and working closely with server-side developers on larger projects to implement their server-side code in order to develop complex, interactive and database driven websites. ·      Most of the time you’ll be working with an off-the-shelf or bespoke CMS, so you’ll work closely with the designers to integrate designs seamlessly into the chosen technology. ·      Solution Development and Delivery §  Creates efficient and logical databases for clients. §  Designs and codes superior technical solutions. §  Can easily recognise system deficiencies and, implements effective solutions. ·      Project Execution §  Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements. §  Communicates and enforces coding standards §  Consistently delivers high-quality services to clients. §  Works with the Digital Project Manager & Visualisation Production Director to ensure quality control on all builds ·      Working closely with the Digital Project Manager & mid-weight developer ·      Assist the Digital Project Manager in writing accurate Func. Specs. ·      Contributing to documentation (instructional, pitch and technical specification) ·      Train other non-technical staff, particularly designers ·      Discussing technical solutions with the Senior Production Executive and providing innovative new ideas ·      Maintaining a high awareness of industry issues and trends, particularly in regard to usability, and emerging technologies, and keep team members informed as appropriate, with a view to incorporating these in future projects and staying ahead of the market and position yourself and the company as a digital specialist. ·      Able to work as part of a fast moving team. ·      Contribute to the internal vision and goals of the business by participating in projects that benefit 1000heads as a company. ·      Any ad hoc duties as required by the company Key Skills ·      Facebook apps ·      PHP ·      Django ·      MySQL ·      AJAX ·      CSS2, 3 / HTML5 / XHTML ·      Javascript ·      W3C standards ·      Excellent communication skills ·      Meticulous attention to detail ·      Credible industry knowledge ·      Passionate, energetic and confident ·      Proactive: self-motivated ·      Team-player: flexible and challenging Exposure to: ·      Database builds ·      Python Optional: ·      3d modelling ·      AR ·      Agile methodologies experience Qualifications required Digital developer degree or equivalent experience. This job description is not intended to cover everything that will be expected of you but rather to act as a guide; you may be required to get involved in other and reasonable ad hoc projects TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE PLEASE USE THE LINK BELOW: http://www.ikrut.com/microsite/Microsite.ashx?job_id=9289&cmp_uid=b756e5d0-6e96-481c-b6fc-60f0b140168a&strSourceID=12641&msite=True

Faculty of 1000 Ltd (F1000) has a vacancy for a Midweight Designer (Web/Print) to work on a range of online products. The role involves translating business requirements into usable and intuitive on and off-line designs for a variety of pre- and post-launch products for a professional scientific audience. Aspects of this role include creating wireframes for new features and sections, graphical interface design, and ensuring that styles and colours are consistent across all F1000 product lines.   Utilising a high standard of creative skills to support the Senior Designer, you will also ensure business priorities, objectives and messages are translated into effective design concepts which are audience appropriate and form the basis of successful marketing activities.  Candidates must be self-motivated, flexible, have excellent design skills and enjoy working as part of a diverse team.    Responsibilities Create attractive and functionally appropriate new designs for F1000 websites Produce advertisements, leaflets, newsletters, posters and other marketing material (web/print) Produce and optimize images for website use Keep up to date with trends in design and usability Be alert to usability improvements during specification and testing phases  Requirements Experience of designing print-ready marketing materials Ability to map project requirements and specifications to mock-ups Excellent image manipulation and design skills Excellent attention to detail and accuracy Excellent Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Experience in creating Flash banners Understanding of XHTML/DHTML/CSS Good awareness of usability issues Excellent time-management skills in dealing with overlapping projects Good communication skills  Preferable Proficient in HTML 5 / CSS 3 Experience with responsive layouts preferred Excellent knowledge of browser and platform compatibility     To apply for this position please send your CV and covering letter, stating salary expectations, suitability for the position and quoting job reference to: Recruitment, F1000, 34-42 Cleveland St, London, W1T 4LB, or by email to: jobs@sciencenow.com.   Faculty of 1000 Ltd is an Equal Opportunities Employer