• Bonus (10-15%).
• Share options.
• Private medial healthcare (family plan included).
• Company pension (15% company contribution).
• Home working opportunities.
• Free subscription to the service once online.
• Pluralsight subscription.
• 27 days holiday.

Junior Front End Shopify+ Developer

This is a new role for a fast growing, award-winning eco brand who are developing their ecommerce team. Working as part of a well-resourced Marketing team you’ll be designing, developing and maintaining the web technologies and international eCommerce stores.

Reporting to the eCommerce Manager you will be responsible for:

• Translate concepts and wireframes into real life customer experiences via testing platforms.

• Work with the wider eCommerce team to deliver the development roadmap and accurately prioritise deliveries on the Shopify+ platform.

• Technical lead and support for the wider eCommerce team with any issues that may arise on the website.

• Work with the search team to implement technical and on-site fixes and enhancements.

• Work with key stakeholders in the development of an over-arching and ongoing test and learn strategy to maximise performance and share learnings.

• Manage and execute the product and content upload/maintenance processes

• Create and maintain technical documentation using defined technical documentation templates.

• Creative flair and outside-the-box thinking to leverage eCommerce to drive traffic at a category and product level along with identifying new opportunities for growth.

• Assist with the day-to-day incident management and bug fixes

• Produce high quality and functional code.

• Effectively prioritise workload and manage deadlines.

• Understanding the importance of Brand guidelines and championing this through all areas.

• Stay up to date with developments with web development technologies and methodologies.

• Previous experience of working with external agencies or partners is desirable.

• Opportunity to take the role where it needs to go, help develop the role and implement new and exciting ideas.

You’ll have a minimum of 1-year experience developing web applications on Shopify + with strong JavaScript, jQuery and Ruby programming knowledge.  Additionally, you’ll have strong HTML, CSS and JavaScript to build frontend designs including knowledge of MVT and A/B testing, and SEO principles. Hands on experience creating websites and templates on Shopify+ is a must.

On offer is a salary between £20k - £25k Holidays, pension and benefits.  This role will be working from home initially and phasing back to work in their offices in Northampton when allowed.

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Digital Designer (UX/UI)- (Agency) Northampton

Skills - Photoshop, illustrator, Web Designer, UX Design, Wireframing, Prototyping, eCommerce design, HTML, CSS, Axure, Sketch, Omnigraffle, Balsamiq, user centred design, UI Design, 

We are looking for a Talented, Creative digital designer with strong UX Design Experience to join my client's award winning Digital Design / UX Design Team in Northampton working on design projects for well-known household and international names

We require talented, innovative Digital designers with a penchant for UX design (illustrator, Photoshop, Wireframes) with an online portfolio to show their talent in Web design utilising, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash (a bonus) ideally with knowledge of HTML / CSS but not essetial

As a Talented Digital Designer / UX Designer you be responsible for planning the UX, wireframing as well as setting the design look and feel for the web / Ecommerce sites. Day to day responsibilities will include project research, problem solving & interface design using a user centred design approach as well as design of new & original creative concepts for websites and user journeys. With a passion for UX design ideally you'll possess Experience of using wire-framing tools including Sketch, Axure, Omnigraffle and Balsamiq is a big plus 

We are looking for pure creative design talent in the web arena, with the web design skills and drive to match my clients existing award winning Design Team.. To accompany your CV we are looking for a portfolio to Wow us with examples of Digital Design, UX and Wireframes from Web and Mobile projects etc to be considered.. No Portfolio, No likey!

Come join one of the Midlands (Northampton) most Creative Design Teams, working on Marketing Leading UX design Driven projects.

Apply now with a word CV and Online Portfolio - essential skills, Photoshop, illustrator, UX Design, Wireframes, Prototyping, Sketch, Axure, HTML, CSS

Junior Digital Designer (Photoshop, Illustrator)

Location Northampton

Salary £18-20k

Skills, Design, Digital Design, Web Design, Graphic Design, Adobe CS, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, UX.

I have an exciting role for a Junior Web Designer / Digital Designer to join a growing vibrant Agency in Northampton. We are looking for exciting new Design talent who leave and breath creativity, with skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, to join this award winning talented Design Team who are a now looking to strengthen the team.

You'll have Web Design / Digital Design / Graphic Design skills utilizing Photoshop, illustrator, inDesign etc but most importantly a portfolio to showcase your creative Flair these can be either personal projects or University Projects. We are keen to hear from Designers with a true passion for Web / Digital design, your portfolio will outweigh commercial experience.

We will consider Design Graduates or Candidates with just flair and creative passion -BUT a portfolio is essential

You'll join a leading Creative agency who are working on some exciting projects and brands, based in their funky Northampton based Studio.

If you are a Jnr or Graduate Designer looking to kick off your career with an exciting Agency then apply now with a word CV / creative CV and most importantly a portfolio to show case your skills.

Data Technology Director - North Bucks - £70-80k + Excellent Benefits

The effective use of data is key to the successful delivery of the company strategic goals. Reporting to the Chief Data Officer as part of the CIO Portfolio this is a key senior management appointment to build and run the Data Technology Capability for the business. The successful candidate will be a thought leader in the data technology space with relevant experience in defining data technology strategies, technology operations, architectures, roadmaps and how to implement these successfully.

This is a time of great change and opportunity in the organisation to embed innovative ways of working and new technology adoption. The role will take ownership of a newly implemented Azure Data Hub and lead its transition of this from successful change programme to a business as usual state that will enable continued growth and innovation with data.

As part of the Chief Data Office this role will work in partnership with the Data Management and Data and Student Analytics Functions to deliver an end to end data service to the University.

Key responsibilities

The Director of Data Technology will take ownership for and lead:

• A Data Technology Team, that works on behalf of the Chief Data Officer to have a strategic advisory role on all current and future data technology adoption
• The definition and operation of the Data Technology service catalogue, strategy, roadmap, priorities and required people and processes to successfully deliver it
• The definition of data technology architectures and working in conjunction with Enterprise Architecture to define cross university architecture strategy’s and principles, and governance processes.
• The implementation and ongoing operationalisation of an Azure data environment, through strong partnerships with IT, that ingests, stores, organises and provides data to internal customers across the business.
• The coordination of data engineering teams working on data centric initiatives as well as others deemed relevant by the Data Office
• The engagement, at various levels of seniority, of key stakeholders across the organisation in order to drive the data technology strategy and roadmap
• The Implementation of Data Management and Data Analytics technology solutions in partnership with the wider CDO functions.
• The building of an effective Data Technology team that develops and motivates people to do the right thing with data across the business and brings the core Data Technology disciplines together
• The support of technology innovation initiatives, through proof of concepts and other means, across the business.
• The management of existing and new partnerships with technology vendors, service providers and the marketplace, including relationship and contract management.

The primary focus for the initial phase of the role will be to:

• Shape and refine the existing Data Technology function and recruit skilled resources accordingly
• Work with the Director of Data and Student Analytics on current and future solutions for reporting and analytics
• Support key strategic programmes in the engineering of data solutions
• Engage the business governance forums in order to implement an effective use of Data Technology, and establish the Data Architecture practices that the business needs that work in tandem with existing governance practices.

Skills and experience

The successful candidate will have a proven track record in:

• Leading change and communicating complexity in a simple manner.
• Building and maintaining highly motivated teams that bring together a number of specialist disciplines.

• Explaining in simple terms how Data Technology can create value by showing a strong grasp of the practical fundamentals of Data Technology.

• Have a holistic understanding about the complementarity of different technologies and how these are evolving in the marketplace
• Implementing data solutions on time and on budget
• Implementing onpremise as well as cloud based data solutions (Platform as a Service and Software as a Service) using Amazon, Microsoft and Google services
• Running data technology services in business as usual as a service to internal stakeholders
• Translating data and security related regulatory mandates into actionable technology solutions
• Defining methods and approach to large scale and complex change solutions
• Articulating different data technology domains and how these relate to each other to bring business outcomes/benefits
• Leading large programmes or work streams with a practiced delivery mentality
• Working in a large and complex organisation where stakeholder engagement and collaboration are key to success.
• Working with confidence and credibility at all levels, including senior executives.
• Understanding, interpreting and dealing with operational risks in a way that drives action

Key Relationships:

• The wider CDO functions – Data Management, and Data Analytics
• The wider CIO portfolio – IT (architecture, technology implementation, operationalisation), Learning Experience (data solutions for student experience initiatives), CISO, and Strategic Programmes
• Data Stakeholders across the business, with specific focus on KMI (Knowledge Media Institute) and IET (Institute of Educational Technology).
• 3^rd party service and software providers.

Over the past few years Homebase have seen some massive changes but we're proud to say that despite some challenges along the way, our future is looking very bright!

With success comes growth and just one of many teams expanding is our Marketing team who are seeking a Creative Artwork Designer to join them on a permanent basis!

What can you expect from this role?

Working within our highly talented marketing team you will be responsible for delivering effective and action driven campaigns across print aspects of marketing communications. This will include creation, branding, design, copy and graphics – as well as the day-to-day volume mail merge of large briefs.

Alongside this you’ll be creating accurate artwork for creative concepts and campaigns, as well as helping create overview documents and mock-ups to help realise concepts, from internal teams’ briefs.

What attributes you need to be successful:

Be Good with People– you’ll spend a lot of your time working with various team and team members on a multitude of projects so being able to work well with others is key in this role.

Be Organised – it’s the old cliché, but this skill is one of the most important attributes you’ll need to demonstrate. As we’ve said you’ll be working on multiple projects at any given time so you’ll need to manage your time and your diary effectively to ensure you’re able to hit all of your project deadlines.

Have an Eye for Detail - Your work will be seen by thousands of customers and shared across a multitude of platforms – that level of visibility can be daunting and so we need you will need to ensure your work reflects the highest quality our customers have come to expect.

Be Creative – This one is pretty obvious, but we couldn’t not put this in here! It’s easy to say you’re a creative person but for this role we need you to have 100% confidence in your creative ability. While your manager and team will of course support you where they can there will be times when you will need to solve problems and deliver on projects on your own. You will need to be sure that the work you’re putting forward always reflects your best: be critical about your work when you need to be but also trust in your ability to produce outstanding content and stand behind that.

What can you expect from Homebase?

When joining us you’ll enjoy a range of benefits including:

·24 days annual leave

·Store discounts up to 20%

·Company Pension & Life Assurance

·Access to our employee assistance helpline

And many more additional benefits, discounts and offers.

SOUND GOOD? FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS ROLE AND TO SPEAK WITH ONE OF OUR FRIENDLY INTERNAL RECRUITERS SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TODAY!