Cogs Agency

Small boutique agency with enviable client list are looking for a junior - middleweight digital designer.

You'll have strong layout skills and also have motion graphics skills from previous agency experience.

The environment is very collaborative and will suit somebody with a can do attitude. Somebody who has the ability to articulate and talk to clients about design or creative work.

Skills; Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects

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£26,000 - £32,000

Leading technology and marketing agency are looking for a technical lead to start a role ASAP for 3+ months.

They must have proven industry experience in technical leadership in browser-based development, server-side integration, and expert-level knowledge of relevant technologies. They'll also be an evangelist for best practice in front-end engineering, and able to share their expertise with our team of smart, enthusiastic developers, and help shape their approach and knowledge.

Key skills for the role are:

Industry-leading expertise in OO JavaScript.

Experience of a range of JavaScript libraries and frameworks (our default choice is jQuery, but we also support libraries selected by our clients)

Knowledge of the Java application platform and JSP and JSF technologies, and working with custom tag libraries

Working closely with server-side application developers as part of the integration process

Strong knowledge of code documentation and handover processes

A high level of familiarity with server-side integration and content management systems

A strong grasp of front-end development for mobile

Expert knowledge of XHTML 1, HTML 5, cross-browser CSS (including CSS3)

Strong understanding of accessibility; the standards, patterns and approaches that enable web access for all users, irrespective of browsing technology

Proven line management and mentoring skills

If you think you match the requirements, please get in touch : kim@cogsagency.com or 020 7749 0777

Freelance Senior Production Manager needed for Global leading digital agency. You will be working on a high profile account - projects are typically high volume and fast turnaround. You'll have previous agency experience and used to managing multiple projects at any one time.

A giant within the advertising agencies who have paved the way in the industry are looking for a senior user experience consultant to sit within their strategy team to drive user experience across the business. This isn’t another agency role where they’re looking for a senior to work on IA documentation, they want a candidate who understands the agency model and can engage internal and external stakeholders with the value of user experience of projects.

The agency has grown out of a DM background and with this has an excellent understanding of a customer journey’s so it’s a natural progression to implementing equally great user journey’s within digital too, which has led to need a senior UE who knows how the get under the skin of the end user. The role is reporting into the planning director and comes with an open remit, it will be up to you to engage on the projects. You’ll have the opportunity to influence from the conceptual and pitch stage to final delivery. Internally all the teams recognise the need for a user experience consultant and want to have the knowledge within the team, it will be up to you how you implement your knowledge across the teams and projects.

Ideally this position would suit someone who has grown within agency from maybe a planning, production or creative background and who has moved into user experience in the latter years of their career. There isn’t a requirement for you to get involved within the other departments but it is however vital that you understand how all the disciplines fit into a project.

You’ll be working over a variety of projects, large content heavy government sites, creative marketing projects for prestige automotive and email marketing projects for consumer brands.

This brief isn’t black and white, if you’re a senior who understands the user experience life cycle and knows how an agency functions it can be what you make of it as long as you’re adding value to both the brands they work with and the agency too.

It is without a doubt one of the best perm positions I've seen with outstanding opportunities for the right person.

To find out more about this position please contact me directly, or drop over you CV and work samples.

I'm working with a brilliant boutique brand that is making waves with huge scope for potential global growth in the next couple of years.

As part of this growth strategy, they want to bring in a talented and creative designer to contribute to the updating of their visual identity whilst remaining true to their brand vision and ambitions for growth.

You'll be a proven creative with a superb portfolio of innovative and engaging design work across website design, email and advertising.

Experience in an e-commerce or content led website capacity would be great too as well as a keen interest in photography.

This is a great opportunity to join an already successful team as they really take off. They're passionate about what they do and want someone that can translate that into world class visuals.