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Senior web developer job (Ruby on Rails and PHP)

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Mixd are looking for an experienced and passionate Senior Web Developer to join and lead the development team in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Candidate should have a minimum of 4 years experience in Ruby on Rails and PHP development.

The perfect candidate will be an expert in advanced web development using PHP and MySQL, Ruby on Rails and WordPress as well as a strong command of web standards and best practices. They must demonstrate excellent customer service skills, technical wizardry, flexibility, a sense of humour, motivation and an eye for detail. Any experience with iPhone development and Facebook applications will also be highly desirable.

About working at Mixd

You’ll be working with some exciting clients, creating websites, online applications and iphone apps at the leading edge of usability, accessibility and functionality. It is an exciting time to join Mixd as we continue to grow in size and are looking for a senior developer to further expand our development team.

Benefits

In addition to being rewarded with a competitive salary and excellent career advancement opportunities, you’ll benefit from a number of perks:

  • Negotiable and competitive salary based on experience circa. £28,000 – £33,000 per annum
  • Prefer someone who will work in our Harrogate office, but would consider remote working
  • Personal training/conference budget available
  • Flexible working hours

Required skills:

Here is what you need:

  • Exceptional development skills in Ruby on Rails and PHP
  • Advanced experience in WordPress
  • Database design, development and management
  • JavaScript, DHTML, Ajax scripting and jQuery
  • Experience with version control systems (GIT or Subversion preferred)
  • Good understanding of web technologies (HTTP, Apache) and familiarity with Unix/Linux

How to apply

Get in touch with your CV, covering letter, URL examples of recent projects and salary expectations at: info@mixd.co.uk

Strictly NO recruitment agencies – if you are a recruiter, do NOT contact us about this post.

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North Yorkshire social media expert

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Extract taken from the Harrogate Chamber of Trade and Commerce’s monthly ‘Review’ magazine:

A record attendance of members and guests packed into the Old Swan Hotel on Monday 8th February to hear from North Yorkshire’s social media experts…

Tweet your way to success

Bob Tait, from Harrogate-based, full service creative agency Mixd, was next up, to help demystify the online phenomenon Twitter and in particular how businesses can embrace this powerful social networking tool as part of their own brand strategy. Whilst the room was entertained when Bob explained the basics of Twitter terminology, such as ‘Tweets’, ’Twetiquette’ and ‘Tweeple’ (no doubt soon to appear in the Oxford English Dictionary), it was clear to Chamber Members the serious impact, both good and bad, that Twitter could have on their businesses.

Twitter has experienced unprecedented growth since its conception in 2006, with latest year on year figures showing an increase of 1,928 percent in unique users from June 2008 to June 2009; propelling it into the top 5 of all social networking sites. Contrary to popular belief, the majority of Twitter users (84%) are over 25, making it an ideal audience for the business community.

This powerful online tool, with so many users, offers substantial benefits to businesses including:

  • a new and innovative way to drive new traffic to your website;
  • online protection of your brand / reputation;
  • customer support;
  • opportunities to engage with a new audience to share opinions, tools and resources and demonstrate your knowledge; and
  • the formation of networks and collaboration.

Bob went on to discuss case studies on a range of businesses who currently utilise Twitter, including Dell (international), BT (national) and Mixd (local), as well as touching on the basics for success; including:

  • what to say in the 140 character limit;
  • how to gain ‘followers’;
  • how to brand your Twitter page;
  • the basics of ‘Twetiquette’ (Twitter etiquette!); and
  • the use of add-on tools for business, such as search facilities, topic alerts and multi-users.

The informative 20 minute presentation provided a great insight into Twitter for Business, but there is so much more to benefit Chamber Members.

For further details, log on to the Mixd blog at www.mixd.co.uk, contact Bob on 01423 566043 or, of course, jump on http://twitter.com/ and send a Tweet to @mixd

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Nice article; go Bob!

If you want a hand with your social media strategy, or how to utilise Twitter for business, please just get in touch through whatever medium you like!

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