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by Hanna

Senior Developer

November 15, 2011 in Jobs

Salary: £36k-£40k (depending on experience)
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

A great opportunity has arisen for a Senior Developer to join an internal web development team.

The department consists of highly skilled software architects, developers, business analysts, test technicians and technical authors all operating in a dynamic and customer focused environment.

As well as encouraging innovation and agility the company also looks to embrace the latest technologies to provide ever increasing business benefits to their customers.

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by Ardrich

Developer Developer Developer North!

September 2, 2011 in Events

Date: 8 October 2011, 08:30 to 17:00
Venue: University of Sunderland
Cost: Free
Event website

The UK’s premier FREE Developer conference comes to the North of England, this October.

As usual with the great format that has been established with Developer! Developer! Developer! events, the agenda will be community-led with great sessions and speakers, all on a Saturday and for free.

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by Ardrich

Sunderland selected to host top web conference

September 2, 2011 in News Roundup

ddd_conferenceSunderland has been announced as the host city for the North’s first Developer Developer Developer (DDD) conference.

The free DDD North event will take place at the University of Sunderland on Saturday October 8, aiming to offer the best in technical education and networking opportunities for the local and national .NET community.

As is traditional with DDD events, the conference has a community-led agenda with sessions and speakers selected by the attendees themselves.

Current session proposals include: “ C# Coding Guidelines – Techie Panto”, “Enforcing code beauty”, “.Net on a diet”, “Mind Control Your Computer” and “Touch me, stretch me, squeeze me”.

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by Ardrich

AYO Media adds two new recruits as growth continues

August 12, 2011 in News Roundup

 Barry Vallely (left) and Mark Kennedy join AYO Media.

Barry Vallely (left) and Mark Kennedy join AYO Media.

A Tyneside-based web development specialist has appointed two new members of staff as the fast growing company’s continued expansion shows no sign of slowing down.

Business development manager Barry Vallely and Applications developer Mark Kennedy have joined AYO Media, who specialise in web applications, ecommerce development and online branding.

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by Ardrich

ASP.NET C# Web Developer


April 26, 2011 in Jobs

Job type: Fixed Term Contract
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: 
£25k pro rata

We are looking for a keen Web/Software Developer to join a highly successful and dynamic team on a fixed term contract for 2-4 months starting on the 9th May 2011.

This job specification sets out some of the main areas of responsibility together with some of the qualities that are required.

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by Ardrich

Head of Technical Support

April 7, 2011 in Jobs

Location: Gateshead
Salary TBD, based on experience.
Company: Orchid Software

Orchid Software is seeking a Head of Technical Support to join its existing Technical Support team. This role would suit individuals who possess more than three years’ experience of web development, plus a proven record of effectively managing a team and delivering projects to deadline within a software-oriented environment.

The Head of Technical Support will be responsible for managing a small team of support engineers, who will in turn be responsible for the support and maintenance of a wide range of customer installations featuring our intranet software product, Orchidnet.

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by Ardrich

Senior Web Development Manager

April 7, 2011 in Jobs

Location: Gateshead
Salary: TBD, based on experience
Company: Orchid Software

Orchid Software is seeking a Web Development Manager to join its existing Software Development team. This role would suit individuals with more than three year’s experience of web development, and a proven track record of effectively managing and co-ordinating a software development team.

The Web Development Manager is a key role in the success of the company, and the position requires a results-oriented individual with the ability to understand and implement Orchidnet intranet software on an individual as well as a team basis.

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by Ardrich

DIY website in 30 minutes

March 23, 2011 in News Roundup

The team behind ImpressPages, Audrius Jankauskas, Mangirdas Skripka and Mindaugas Stankaitis at work.

The team behind ImpressPages, Audrius Jankauskas, Mangirdas Skripka and Mindaugas Stankaitis at work.

Sunderland-based company ImpressPages has created a free app that enables those with no knowledge of web development to create professional-looking websites in less than 30 minutes.

The company – which received first stage funding from The Difference Engine, a programme for early stage digital businesses – is now seeking to attract investor-led finance for their business.

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by Ardrich

HTML 5 – The Definitive Course

February 15, 2011 in Events

Date: 2-3 March 2011, 9:30am – 4:30pm
Venue: London/Shoreditch,
35 Kingsland Road, London, E2 8AA
Cost: £399 per person, including VAT (Students only pay £198!)
Event Website

Did you also know that there is so much more to HTML 5 than the new video tag? Many new HTML markup tags and semantic rules, many new attributes, a whole new form validation system and much much more.

You could spend weeks googling it all – or you could spend 2 fun, exciting, hands-on workshop days learning all about it instead, while mixing with other industry professionals. Most browsers are ready and even Internet Explorer is starting to catch up, so come and join us and learn everything you need to know to be production-ready for HTML5.

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by Ardrich

C# Web Developer

October 13, 2010 in Jobs

Based on the outskirts of Newcastle upon Tyne a company is looking to add a C# Web Developer to their web business.

Primary Objective:

Responsible for the development of code, software suitable to client demand in line with company practices.

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