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• Employer:  bdaily business news network
• Location:   Tyne and Wear
• Job Type:  Permanent
• Salary:  Competitive
• Closing date:  2.Jul.10

bdaily business news network and our sister company, bgroup creative agency are seeking to recruit an experienced web platform developer to lead the development of the bdaily suite of products.

These products include the bdaily site, the bdaily CMS system with its associated search services, and our flatscreen TV content delivery network. On the back of recent investment we are aggressively developing this suite, so we have need of an individual who will be able to work with our business development and strategy teams to produce specifications for these products, then lead our development team in developing them to exactingly high standards.

The successful individual will have 5+ years experience in developing for the web platform, and will most importantly know how to architect applications in a HTTP-friendly way and produce secure, performant, scalable code in the language of their choice. Also absolutely essential are good communication skills, the ability to think and plan logically, the ability to project plan and manage deadlines, a desire to change the face of local media forever, and experience working alongside creative and interaction designers to produce brilliant user-facing results.

The majority of bdaily’s current codebase is written in object-oriented PHP. You must therefore have either good PHP skills or a willingness to learn. Future technical direction will be at your discretion.

bdaily’s sister company, bgroup are a successful regional creative agency, working predominantly in the health, education and enterprise sectors to deliver creative campaigns, digital marketing, web sites and applications. You will also have the opportunity to bring your expertise to bear on these projects where appropriate.

In return, we’ll offer you competitive pay, fun,flexible working conditions, gorgeous city-centre offices overlooking the quayside, and the requisite ‘dot com startup table tennis table’.

To apply, please send your CV in the first instance to Siobhán Bales (si@thebgroup.co.uk)