Job description

Digital Director

Position: Full Time

Location: Poole, UK

Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 + Benefits

We are based in the UK, but work in the heart of Silicon Valley. Collectively we embrace innovative and emerging technologies combined with beautiful design to bring ideas to reality. Our creative toolkit and technical stack allow us to break the rules to build new and exciting brands, platforms and all sorts of visually stunning experiences.

So, what are we looking for?

We are looking to add a Digital Director to our highly skilled leadership team. You will get to work alongside our digital marketing, creative and design experts to champion digital excellence in the conception, delivery and continuous improvement of websites and applications for our global client portfolio.

This is a technical but, more importantly, strategic role that requires someone who can work closely with and gain the confidence of senior stakeholders and oversee the successful delivery of customer focussed digital solutions that tie into their wider business vision.

In addition you will be an early adopter, excited by embracing, eulogising and embedding new technologies and platforms into our stack. You’ll help keep us at the leading edge of the ever changing digital landscape, matching the ambitions of our tech focused client base.

And to make this a long term success, you’ll have responsibility for leading and growing a small but mighty team of developers and UX/UI designers. You will guide and inspire those around you to create and evolve super-smooth responsive experiences and intuitive web applications through building the internal processes and inter-team partnerships that ensure we deliver effective, and exceptional experiences for our clients’ customers wherever they interact.

Essentials

• Ideally, you’ll have 10+ years’ agency experience working across a broad set of clients in multiple sectors
• Demonstrable experience of leading the entire process from inception and concept to launch of high-end, bespoke technical web apps, dynamic, responsive websites and rich online experiences
• Well versed in human-centred design principles and strategies. You don’t just consider how an audience will process the information in front of them, you consider how they interact with it too.
• Knowledge of establishing and maintaining an organised and robust infrastructure for our platforms, websites and other server reliant projects
• Strong leader who can inspire a team of digital designers and developer that are in-house, remote and/or on the move
• Your finger is on the pulse of the latest trends in digital design and technology with clearly formed opinions on how to navigate the change and keep pushing the technology envelope
• Align with our people values: HACK - Humble, Authentic, Curious and Kick-ass!

Our current stack

• HTML5, SASS and JavaScript
• Bootstrap/Tailwind/Custom
• PHP/MySQL
• Laravel, Wordpress, Webflow
• GIT
• Jira
• XD, Figma
• MacBook Pro and OSX environment
• Google Workspace, Office 365, etc.
• Slack, Zoom, Teams, etc

Other super powers

• You are a super positive, energetic and friendly person
• You thrive on embracing any challenge with a can-do attitude
• You are a bit of a nerd and love hearing about new technologies
• You are always looking for new and exciting ways to be technically creative

Nerds with benefits

• Flexi-Friday™
• 28 days holiday plus we close the studio at Christmas
• Pension plan, sick pay and strong remuneration package
• Kit: Macbook Pro, magic mouse and keyboard
• Pizza, coffee and other goodies on the house
• Regular team socials, events and bi-annually all hands sessions

Important details

Hiring Process

Our company may be small but hiring is a big deal for us. We take a very thorough approach to finding the right fit for both our business and our people. Our hiring process includes in-depth interviews with different team members to give you and us as much insight as possible. We respect your time and appreciate your participation in our mutual goal to help you find the ideal position for your skills and strengths.

Embracing Diversity

We all come with our own quirks that make us unique. We thrive on that, we embrace what's 'different', it's a big part of who we are. Beep does not discriminate and will welcome anyone to apply who fits the right mind-set, attitude and energy that we all feed on as a team.

So what do you think?

I know, it's an application, but think about this as the first step to a new adventure. Drop in your details, upload your credentials and hit send.

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: £55,000.00-£65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Flexitime
• Referral programme
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Poole: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• agency: 5 years (required)

Work Location: In person