Within the organistation over 3,000 people are employed at more than 100 sites offering a wide and often innovative range of waste management solutions. Shanks needed a web content management tool to serve the information needs of it’s customers, prospective customers, partners and staff.

Working in partnership with design and branding agency Appetite, Leftfield will deliver a custom install of Drupal CMS covering a range of content including information on social responsibility and client case studies.

Initially selling tickets for gigs and events (both for University venues but also other non-Union locations), branded merchandise and clothing, the initiative will look to extend the range of product and services offered by the Student Union online. Further integration between the various online systems will be delivered post-launch to provide students a single view user registration for all Union services. 

The site is due for launch for the start of the new academic year in early September.

Nanna is joining us in account management, previously having freelanced at Box New Media and studied Interaction Design at New York University (no less). She’s already well into projects for Leeds Met Student Union, AIG UK Ltd and TVOnics.

Dave hails from NZ and is our latest addition to the design team. Working with creative director Alex Blaney he’s already produced two project winning concepts (nice work!).

Welcome to both of them!

Alongside the Digital Creative Director, you will be responsible for driving all creative endeavors for the company, as well as helping to create the ideal atmosphere for producing award winning interactive experiences. In addition, you will have frequent contact with clients and vendors, so professionalism and a holistic view of the entire design/development process is important.

Your Credentials :

- You must possess the vision to generate and execute cutting edge design solutions.

- You are degree educated in a relevant subject or possess suitable digital agency experience (5 years minimum).

- You must have the ability to work harmoniously with both developers and senior management.

- You must have the ability to work effectively under pressure and juggle multiple projects on accelerated timelines.

- You must have a passion for creating pixel perfect designs, managing the fulfillment of concepts paying close attention to every last detail.

- You must have impeccable verbal and written communication skills.

- You are an expert in the following design-related applications: Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, HTML/CSS

- You are very proficient in the following: AfterEffects, Video Editing, 3D-design, PHP/Javascript

- You have a kick-ass portfolio that demonstrates your abilities, with online examples to back your work up… furthermore you have an attitude to not accept second-best or to lag behind the digital curve.

To Apply:

Package: £ excellent, based on experience. Performance related bonus scheme, healthcare and gym membership contributions

Location: New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1DG

Instructions for applicants: Submit your CV with a covering letter explaining your suitability for the job and agency. Applications will only be accepted with online examples. Absolutely NO Agencies.

Contact: recruitment@leftfield-digital.com, quoting “Blog : Senior Digital Designer”

Typical projects will include:

* CMS deployment
* ecommerce deployment
* Multimedia application development

This post will be managing clients across the agency and as such you need to work effectively as part of a supporting, cross-discipline team structure, delivering a high quality service to clients and growing accounts.

You will be able to demonstrate your ability to handle both internal and client facing situations. You will be equally split between client management and project management with good scope to grow and develop your role within the group.

Although well supported, you will be expected to show initiative and take the creative and strategic lead within the client relationship and as such you must develop a full understanding of their working style and requirements. Rapport building and relationship management are key skills in this position. You must be able to spot value-adding opportunities whilst staying on brief, on budget and on target for delivery.

Attention to detail in terms of record keeping and back office administration are vital to delivering optimal services to the client base. You must be well organised and able to maintain a suitable audit trail throughout the project process.
Candidate Requirements

Required:

* Degree Educated or suitable Digital Agency experience
* 2 years+ agency experience
* Demonstrable client facing experience
* Capable to work with minimum of supervision
* Complete understanding of the relationships involved in Client Business within the Digital sector
* Strong understanding of and ability to drive digital project lifecycle
* Capability to understand and work with teams to overcome technical issues when delivering solutions
* Analysis ability in order to deliver advice and reports to clients
* Understanding of and experience with CMS systems and project delivery
* Experience across new media centered projects
* Experience with or a good understanding of digital marketing

Desired but not essential

* Advantage to have some understanding of and experience with Ecommerce systems
* Advantage to be familiar with SEM, SEO, PPC, Digital Marketing, Ad-serving and the Affiliate systems
* Advantage to have some knowledge of HTML
* Experience with precision marketing such as database marketing, CRM or direct response would certainly give you an edge in your application
Package: £ excellent, based on experience. Performance related bonus scheme, healthcare and gym membership contributions
Location: New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1DG

Instructions for applicants
Please submit your CV with a covering letter explaining your suitability for the job and agency

Contact
recruitment@leftfield-digital.com, quoting “Project manager”

Join the Information Governance team from Islington Council for an event focused on Islington’s adoption of an organisation-wide Electronic Document and Records Management (EDRM) solution by Alfresco.

As a Gold Certified Partner of Alfresco, Leftfield are inviting clients and prospects from Local Government to attend to gain first-hand knowledge of how this powerful, Enterprise open source solution has transformed Islington’s flexible working practices.

Presentations and discussions will include usability and collaborative working, corporate records management, intranet content management, scoping and evaluation of available solutions and implementation and rollout.

If you are involved in Local Government and would like to attend you can find more details of the seminar here, and a registration form .For more information, please contact Richard Jackson (020 7420 5890).

Leftfield Digital has been appointed by Leeds Metropolitan Student Union (LMSU) to revamp their online presence with the deployment of a new Leftfield CMS site. The deployment will replace the existing content management platform.

The main reason behind the move to Leftfield CMS was driven by ease of use; the existing platform was considered too complex to maintain without technical support, and the fast moving nature and frequent updates required to the site content had led to the current website not being sufficiently maintained. This in turn had lead to students abandoning the site as a reference point for the Union and University.

With simple controls and a powerful feature set, Leftfield CMS will enable LMSU to re-engage students, streamline their administration processes and create a new channel to communicate with over 50,000 full and part time students. Future additions to the site are planned for Q2 2008, including a commerce function to manage merchandise and event ticketing activities, with a LMSU social networking area to support the students and the many social and sporting societies.

The new CMS site is planned to go live in Jan 2008.

Showcasing their TV and press work, their people and awards, the site is designed to demonstrate that as one of the UK’s leading full service advertising agencies, media and creative work better together.

A key challenge of the brief was deciding the most effective way of visually communicating this basic proposition. So, dear reader I guess it’s over to you. Have we succeeded? Take a look at the site, decide for yourself and then post a comment to let us know what you think.

Visit the site

To celebrate his arrival, the team went bowling. Fortunately, Brendan is far better at building webpages than knocking down the pins, as he was (quite frankly) rubbish, incurring several fines as a result. Still, can’t be good at everything and he took his penalties like a man.