We’re looking for a well-organised and client-friendly Producer / Project Manager to join our expanding team in Nottingham.
You’ll work closely with the design team and will be responsible for developing and executing integrated projects of varying sizes and across multiple platforms including digital, print and motion graphics.
If you think you’ve got what it takes to join us, email your application with salary expectations, CV and any relevant work samples to michelle@studio-output.com by 5pm on Monday 6th February 2012. To download the full job spec, click here.
Producer / Project Manager
Studio Output / Nottingham
Join our London team in 2012
Studio Output / London
The New Year has started with a bang already for us and we're after a whole load of new people to join our London team. Read on for more details on what we require from a Creative Planner / Strategist, a Producer / Project Manager, an Office Manager and a Business Development Executive – could you be the one for us?
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Creative Planner / Strategist
We're looking for an experienced creative planner or strategist with experience across digital, brand, communications and media to join our thriving creative team.
The role would be to deliver strategic communications in an integrated environment. You will work with the Account Director, Creative Director and Head of Digital to develop strategies for some exciting, well-known brands through an understanding of their business objectives, customer needs and broader market trends. You'll add value to on-going client relationships as well as delivering on shorter term strategic projects.
For more details on this role click here to download the full job spec.
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Producer / Project Manager
We’re looking for an extremely organised, client-friendly Producer / Project Manager to join our rapidly expanding creative team. The successful candidate will have experience handling a range of projects as well as exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to closely manage clients, budgets and schedules.
You’ll work closely with the creative and technical teams, along with the Account Director and Head of Digital, in delivering successful projects. You’ll be responsible for developing and executing integrated projects of varying sizes and across multiple platforms including digital, print, motion and TV. You should have proven experience in delivering these projects on brief, on time and on budget.
For more details on this role click here to download the full job spec.
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Office Manager
We're looking for an enthusiastic and organised office manager to ensure the smooth running of our rapidly growing team. You will be a key part of the day-to-day running of the business, dealing with the team, suppliers and clients.
Day to day tasks will involve organising meetings and managing the diaries of the senior team. You'll organise staff meetings and events, maintain supplies of stationery & equipment and manage expenses, petty cash and general office documents. You'll be the public face of the studio and the first point of contact for visitors.
For more details on this role click here to download the full job spec.
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Business Development Executive
We're looking for an enthusiastic Business Development Executive to join our growing team.
You'll play a key role in the continued success of the company by focusing on researching new leads and setting up meetings with potential clients. You'll support the department by researching new sectors, organising regular insight events, dealing with the press and helping with the day-to-day marketing of the business.
For more details on this role click here to download the full job spec.
Squarepusher at the Warehouse Project
James Gilmore
On Friday the 9th I headed up to Manchester to attend one of the Warehouse Project club nights. Set in railway tunnels underneath Manchester's Piccadilly station these nights have become a regular fixture in the Manchester club scene for the past 5 years. Friday nights entertainment was curated by Modeselektor, with Squarepusher undoubtably being the highlight.
Part of what made his set so amazing was the live visuals going on as part of his set. Sporting an LED Daft Punk style helmet, animations and graphics moved between his helmet and the LED wall behind him. Creating a real sense of inking the artist with the AV set to create a more rounded experience. Everything had a very strong simple palette and a heavy 8-bit style to it, which all complimented the music and atmosphere perfectly without detracting from Squarepusher's work.
If he performs this set again I'd definitely recommend trying to catch it to experience something both visually and sonically exciting.
The Most Insane Immersive Movie Experience EVER
Ian Hambleton
It's been a long time coming, but we're very pleased to say we’ve just launched an epic trilogy of short promos for PlayStation®Store – to showcase the ‘Movies On Demand’ service from PlayStation Video Store.
Once again we were able to collaborate with some amazing creative talents in the FND Collective and MLF, who helped us to bring the campaign to life. All three virals use some exciting creative technology, combining projection mapping, 3D realtime tracking and ‘whizz-bang’ pyrotechnics. There are even some Morph-suited ninjas in there for good measure! We should have the making of video up later next week if you're interested in seeing how these were made.
So far the films have had over a million views in just a week since their release, but we’re hoping this is just the start. Please take a look and if you like them, would it be cheeky to ask you to share them with your friends?
Most Insane Immersive Movie Experience EVER - Part 1
Most Insane Immersive Movie Experience EVER - Part 2
Most Insane Immersive Movie Experience EVER - Part 3
Cher Lloyd makes her mark in Shoreditch…
Rebecca Johnson
In anticipation of her new album we wanted to do something a bit different with the billboard space we had for Cher Lloyd. With the mix of press she is getting at the moment our aim was to create a piece which would make people stop and go 'wow', so we enlisted the help of the super-cool people at Paintshop Studio and came up with a design that was really going to get noticed.
With our design as a base, Dep and Tizer set in for a long day's work covering the huge 96 sheet and adding their awesome style to the Cher campaign. The results are even better than we hoped for, these photos (big thanks to Jeff Metal for these) speak for themselves. If you're in the area go and check it out!
Flying Lotus and the Anti VJs
James Gilmore
Last Saturday night I saw one of the most exciting live audio-visual shows I've ever seen. The one-off show at the Camden Roundhouse was a collaboration between groundbreaking music producer Flying Lotus and audio visual specialists the Anti VJs.
The show was dominated by large-scale projection-mapped animations, constantly playing and evolving whilse Fling Lotus went to work to provide the soundtrack. Leading the audience through an interstellar journey, past galaxies, meteors and strange worlds – all the while only using a limited palette of black, white and grey to increase the visual impact.
I can't stress how impressive it was to see projection mapping live with such an experimental soundtrack. I'd recommend catching the show live, although unfortunately it's only going to be performed twice more, once in Paris and once in LA!
Shedding light on recruiters’
shop fronts
Ian Hambleton
I recently wrote this piece for Recruitment Consultant Magazine, following our successful launches of sector-leading websites for Source and RedLaw.
Here's the transcript in full:
Recruitment companies rely heavily on websites as a virtual shop front. So, if the old saying “first impressions count” is true, why aren’t they trying harder to make a better one?
Having been asked by Source, a recruitment agency specialising in the creative industries, to overhaul their website, we started looking into their competitors. We uncovered the ugly truth that most recruiters’ websites we viewed are a good 10 years out of date, and aren’t working to their maximum, stuck in a cyber rut. In an age where social media is infiltrating every area of our lives, with every industry moving at a breakneck speed, recruitment agencies have to harness the power of new digital technologies to streamline and improve ways of attracting the best talent, through the likes of data tagging, testimonial barometers, search, Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. Social media should be at the heart of every recruiter’s business, and as a result, should feature prominently on their website.
Having worked with the likes of Ministry of Sound, Simon Cowell’s record label Syco, Sony PlayStation, BBC and HMV, we were intrigued when we were approached by Source to give their site an overhaul. They wanted the site to have a creative approach, to work much harder and create a more effective user experience. Having become accustomed, in our own searches for new talent, to recruiter websites being outdated and rather sad, we were happily surprised that they were bucking the trend and finally wanted to create a destination for unique content rather than just a job board, of which there are thousands.
We were briefed by Source to create a recruitment website with a difference: innovative, cutting edge and using the latest social media and technologies available. Let’s be honest, the recruitment industry isn’t the most trusted out there, so it was important that more focus was placed on the personality of the business and of the people within it. We worked with Source to build a face for the brand, ensuring that case studies linked back to specific recruiters, their social media stats and information were clearly visible and the jobs that they are currently recruiting for are easy to see.
The Source website is now very clear from the offset, with links to searching for a job and the latest recruitment news. However, most importantly, there are links to sections where candidates and clients can vote on their opinion of Source’s helpfulness, honesty, and knowledge of the industry, overall quality of service and the likelihood of passing on recommendations. All are displayed in live percentages in their unique Source-O-meter. There are also live links to the team members, their biogs, their LinkedIn pages and personal blogs. Candidates can now apply for jobs on the site, engage with Source through reading their blog entries and contact individual consultants on social media platforms.
Of course, while having all these exciting features is great, we didn’t forget the nuts and bolts. Recruiters aren’t web designers and we looked to create a site that could be easily maintained in the future and was also accessible on mobile.
Since the website overhaul, Source have had a very positive response from clients and candidates alike and seen a huge interest in their blog posts. Those that have written blogs for the website have seen their profiles targeted by clients and candidates more than their colleagues that haven’t. This leads to more direct applications to them rather than the company and more importantly their colleagues, and as we know this is know is no bad thing. With an average dwell time of nearly 12 minutes around the articles, this proves that recruiters don’t have to be seen as the faceless enemy but can represent a portal to industry insight, as well as access to hints and tips on getting your dream job.
So as you can see recruiter's shop fronts really are the most important first impression, get them right and clients and candidates will be hunting you down to work with your organisation. However getting it wrong leaves you languishing in the last decade working harder and not getting the best results. If 85% of companies are looking to Twitter as a way to recruit new staff, recruiters need to make sure that social media is at the heart of what they do and is prominent on their website.
A little creativity can go a long way.
BLAB 8 talk
Rob Coke
Ian and I ventured to Manchester to speak at Northern Digitals' fabulous BLAB night on Thursday 18th August. Warming up the crowd for talented director Ian Wharton, we spoke long into the night and drunk even longer. Check out the (very) full-length video of the talk here, courtesy of BLAB organiser Matt Booth.
Surviving tough economic times
Dan Moore
Rob and I recently contributed a Smith & Jones style conversation piece to Computer Arts on the loose theme of surviving tough times in today's economic climate. Read the article here in full, and buy Computer Arts!
That's us in the picture by the way – yes, really.
Nominated for a BIMA!
Sam Allen
Our Christmas Tweet project from late last year has just been nominated for a BIMA Award.
The festive Twitter analyser project – created with Morph London – is nominated in the 'Best use of data, mash-ups and data visualisation' category.
To see the rest of the nominations click here. Results are announced on Thursday 10th November – wish us luck!
Visit achristmastweet.com.
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