by Hanna
February 1, 2012 in Jobs
Location: North Yorkshire
Salary: Up to £26,000 DOE
A small friendly digital creative agency based in North Yorkshire is looking to recruit a PHP / ecommerce developer.
You will be responsible for developing web sites and potentially ecommerce sites along with front end HTML/CSS and development stages of projects.
by Hanna
January 24, 2012 in News Roundup
Tom Harvey is the chief executive of Northern Film & Media.
The creative sector in the North East will benefit from the new £75k fund set to stimulate the creation of film, TV and digital media jobs.
The Creative Jobs Fund targets ‘ready-to-go’ North East film, TV or digital media company expansion programmes or production projects that will create jobs in the region this spring.
The launch coincides with the publication of a new research report which tips the North East as one of the regions to be hit hardest by the forthcoming public sector and welfare cuts leaving more people unemployed.
by Hanna
January 19, 2012 in News Roundup
North East digital agency AYO Media has become the first to sign up for space in a flagship new £9.9m centre for creative industry.
The rapidly growing digital specialist will relocate in the Northern Design Centre on Baltic Business Quarter near Gateshead Quayside.
Trebling their office space, the directors are confident that the move will be a catalyst for future growth.
“This is a huge milestone in the growth of the business as the new office will enable us to enhance our client servicing, provide our staff with a superb working environment and offer the flexibility for future expansion”, managing director Rob Mathieson said.
by Hanna
January 19, 2012 in News Roundup
North East digital company Armadillo is working on a campaign to promote the North Shields Fish Quay business hub.
With support from North Tyneside Council, Armadillo is delivering a range of digital and offline media to highlight the historic Quay both as an area for tourism and as a desirable business location.
A new website, launched in December, celebrates the rich history of the Fish Quay boasting a variety of media such as original and archive photography, video clips, stories, property downloads and desktop calendars.
by Hanna
January 18, 2012 in News Roundup
The North East creative sector now has a dedicated Google Map collating all the essential information about the vibrant industry for tech journalists and potential investors.
The map, created by local digital innovator Paul Lancaster, is building on the success of the PostOffice, a city centre venue that has been buzzing with events ever since it was established last June.
According to Paul, the events reflect the very talented pool of freelance and self-employed developers and creatives.
“At the grass-roots level, most of the activity organised by attendees of User Groups like @PHPNE, @rubynortheast and @DesignInterest falls under the radar of established support organisations and media”, he said.
by Hanna
January 13, 2012 in Jobs
Salary: £20000 – £30000 per annum
Industry: Advertising and PR
Location: Boldon Colliery
Start Date: ASAP
An exciting new role has become available for an established digital media communications company based in Boldon, the company is specifically looking to recruit a highly motivated, business minded, Digital creative project manager.
by Hanna
January 9, 2012 in News Roundup
Creative agencies have a chance to win an iPad and a £30,000 campaign for their client in a new competition.
Organised by AOL and Campaign, a leading UK advertising magazine, the DareDevil competition challenges creatives from England, Scotland and Wales to get creative with AOL’s Project Devil display ad format.
Project Devil is divided into three, fully interactive panels, allowing advertisers to take advantage of multiple digital strategies in their online campaigns.
Each panel includes a wide range of capabilities such as video, 3D rotation, slideshows and quizzes.
Entrants are asked to come up with ideas on how they would use the space in the Project Devil ad format.
by Ardrich
July 20, 2011 in News Roundup
A new organisation supporting the growth of independent creative businesses outside London is searching for its first chief executive.
Creative England, which will be up and running from October, will aim to help the sustainable development of creative businesses and the talent that feeds such businesses outside the capital.
The organisation is set to build on the work of regional screen agencies such as Northern Film and Media.
by Ardrich
June 8, 2011 in News Roundup
Status Marketing team with directors in the front row (from left) Graeme Wilkinson, technical director; Stuart Marlow, design director; Nick Salloway, managing director; Neil Lewis, client services director.
An award-winning team of digital marketers have broken away from the existing agency ‘Different Digital’ to launch their own company.
by Ardrich
May 24, 2011 in Events
Date: 22 June 2011, 6.30pm-9:30pm
Venue: Hoults Yard, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Cost: £10 per person (including foodage!)
Event website
This event is about making connections between people who think a bit differently about business, and who want to work collaboratively and creatively, using the wealth of talent that exists in our freelance community.
