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Great job opportunity for UK Web Developers…

October 28, 2011 By Dan Thornton

If you’re a UK-based Web Developer looking for a career with a brilliant and fast-growing company, then one of my clients, Jigowatt (creators of Jigoshop) , might have just the thing for you.

They’re looking for talented and experienced web developers to become a core part of the team, with the opportunity to become a core part of evolving the brilliant Jigoshop WordPress eCommerce product, and also the chance to work on a range of interesting projects for a growing number of clients.

You can read the full details on the Jigowatt and Jigoshop hiring here, but there are a number of things to consider that aren’t in the formal details.

The team are great to work with – all very talented, all very driven, and all nice enough that they can put up with me in the office. And there’s a great atmosphere in the office.
The company has existed for 3+ years and continues to grow at a good rate.
You’ll get a chance to choose what’s on the office stereo – at least when Chris isn’t at his desk and he’s left Spotify running.
Almost every day someone brings in cakes and biscuits, which is brilliant if you’ve overslept and missed breakfast.
And most importantly – as a free and open source project, Jigoshop is all about the amazing community, whether that’s the contributions made via Github, the designers and developers adapting Jigoshop for clients, or end users, and it’s a wonderfully gratfying experience to be able to help, support and encourage that community to achieve the best results. It’s what is really seperating the Jigoshop experience, and makes it a joy to work on.

I can honestly say that working with Jigoshop is one of the most fun things I’ve ever managed to get paid to do. So if you’re a web developer, you really should check out the ad.

The dumbest tweet ever? A major Twitter mistake

March 18, 2009 By Dan Thornton

As an advocate and evangelist for social media and Twitter usage for business and individuals, I’m a big believer in the power of transparency and authenticity.

However…

It’s essential that you always remember anything you publish anywhere on the internet can, and will, be found. Even if you’ve got privacy settings enabled, I’d still only ever publish the same things I would happily say in front of my family, colleagues and boss (luckily by being consistently open with them throughout my life/career, there are few times when it would become an issue, and I’ve built up a reasonable amount of trust).

I had a little sympathy with James Andrews, when he managed to slur the entire city of Memphis en route to speak about social media to a company based in Memphis. (You can read his own response)

But the current hot story is mindnumbingly stupid (especially in the current climate):

Someone offered a job by Cisco posted the following tweet:

‘Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.’

(Sadly the account, @theconnor, is now private, ruling him out of Tweet of the Week).

Within hours he got a reply from Tim Levad – Cisco channel partner advocate:

‘Who is the hiring manager. I’m sure they would love to know that you will hate the work. We here at Cisco are versed in the web.’ (Original here)

Info via I’m Not Actually a Geek.

Web Producer vacancy on major motorcycling website

June 24, 2008 By Dan Thornton

There’s a vacancy for a Web Producer role on top motorcycle website www.motorcyclenews.com. (Disclosure: I work for the publisher of the website, and work with them on Community Marketing).

It’s great for anyone who has a love of motorcycles as well as a love of working with websites and digital technology. And now for the corporate speak bit:

“You’ll get to write, edit and publish content viewed by the biggest audience in motorcycling as well as learning how to create, edit and produce multimedia content.
You’ll be bursting with new ideas to drive people to the website and ways to market the website throughout the internet,
whether it’s on social networking sites, video sites, or an entirely new way to reach more motorcyclists.
You’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to the print edition, travel to bike launches and events in the UK and abroad, and even take your motorcycle licence and test the latest bikes.
Writing or blogging skills are essential and previous experience in website production is preferable, as is a love of all
things motorcycling .
The position is based in Peterborough, UK. To apply, please email your CV and any examples of previous work to
angus.farquhar at bauerconsumer.co.uk.”

And if you want the inside info on what it’s like, you can always message me, because my previous role was as Web Producer for Motorcycle News!

Work and blogging – Like oil and water…

June 26, 2007 By Dan Thornton

Normally I try and avoid blogging about my job. There are numerous reasons, but the main ones are that when things are going well it’ll come across like an advert, and when things go badly it’ll come across like a whinge.

But I’m making an exception today. We’re looking for someone to join the team on Motor Cycle News and www.motorcyclenews.com, as a Junior Web Producer. You’ll be part of my team, doing everything from plugging our stories on social networking sites to editing video, along with dealing with technical problems, publishing stories, and learning about every aspect of running the largest motorcycle website in the world, along with working on the biggest selling motorcycle weekly in the world.

You don’t have to be a huge bike fan, but you do need to willing to learn. You also need to be a bit web savvy, and know your way around blogs, the main social networking sites, and have plenty of ideas for how we can build and develop the website, along with other digital projects.

I should be posting again with a full job spec, but in the meantime I thought I’d give my loyal readers a quick heads up! If you are interesed in finding out more or applying, then just email daniel dot thornton at emap dot com.

Normal service will be resumed tomorrow….