We’re suggesting an exchange. You code amazing stuff for us. We give you money – and unlimited access to our coffee machines – on a monthly basis. That’s the baseline really. You’ll be working in a group of twenty or so system/frontend/flash-developers and motion designers, trying to not lag too far behind the children of the 90s when it comes to understanding technology on an instinctive level.
You were probably born in the late 70s or early to mid 80s, and your first computer was a C-64 or an Amiga (Ataris don’t count as computers – they were videogames with MIDI-interfaces). Well, your age and first computer actually doesn’t matter really (except for the Atari part). What’s important is that you saw PHP5 as an eye-opener. A proper language for web development, more agile than Java or .Net, and it just gives you a warm feeling to work with. So you switched to PHP, and never looked back. Most likely you’ve posted more than a few notes in the php.net online manual aswell. As a lead developer and architect, you’ve seen contributing to the PHP community as a natural part of your responsibilities, just as you contribute to, guide and lead the people around you. You’re also senior enough to realize that a junior developer, or even an Art Director or copywriter can sometimes teach you a thing or two about programming, by challenging your preconceptions and forcing you to rethink.
Experience
You have have worked as a system developer for at least 5 years.
You have have no problem with creating and documenting your architecure before starting development.
You have built some big sites in PHP – at least one as lead developer (Web shops, forums, communities, corporate sites)
You know where it’s best for PHP to hand over to AJAX or jQuery.
You know your way around existing PHP frameworks (CodeIgniter, Zend e.t.c.) and content management systems (Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress and so on)
Send us your resume or online portfolio at work@cpbeurope.com with “PHP developer” in the subject.
We are looking for a methodic graphic designer, with excellent knowledge in typography and layout. You are probably a person with diverse interests and with mannerism and style diversity in your blood. Also, you’re a very nice person.
You are comfortable working with wireframes – sometimes your own, sometimes from someone else. Your are comfortable working on briefs that are extremely detailed – or extremely free.
Rough sketches is your middle name. Photoshop is all you need to create comps clear enough for your mom to get the campaign idea. You’ve got a digital heart, but that doesn’t mean you write 20 tweets a day.
Agency experience is a must. Preferably from different agencies and countries. You know that it takes hard work, hard work and more hard work to accomplish great work.
Desirable bonus features:
+ Motion design knowledge
+ Print design experience
+ After Work presence
CP+B Europe is looking for smart guys/girls for our Gothenburg office.
You are pretty much a greenhorn, but have already figured out that advertising has changed into something else. You are devoted and drawn to that something else and you don’t label yourself an ”ad person”. Regardless if your primary skill is Art, Copy or both – you’re pretty much fluent in English and hopefully you know German or Spanish. (If you infact are British, German or Spanish that’s even better.)
Media is not important for your ideas – but if you’ve got a digital heart like most of us here – you’ll fit in right away. And by digital we mean interactive, but you already know that.
So.
Talented? Hard working? Prestigeless? Self-driven? Primus inter pares?
Dear Johan (or Johanna). We would really like to have you as our Front End Developer in the team. Right now.
Your skillset:
Experience in developing web applications for mobile devices.
Skills in HTML/XHTML, javascript and CSS on a level where we’d think you were born with it.
The master (not just any master, THE master) of at least one JS-framework, and a profound interest in CSS-platforms (jQuery is at the top of the list, but Dojo, Prototype, Scriptaculous, BlueprintCSS e.t.c works as well)
Genuine interest for APIs and frameworks (Google products, Facebook, Flickr, Twitter e.t.c.), and knowledge about how to implement them.
Production of front end interfaces that prioritize accessability and usability (WCAG)
Broad knowledge base when it comes to web development. Experience in server side development (PHP, .Net, Java e.t.c.) a huge plus.
Love experimentation and invention. Not afraid to try new technologies, APIs and functionalities.
A clear picture of what the future of the web holds (HTML5, CSS3 and so on), and a firm belief in standards and their evolution.
The name Johan or Johanna is not an actual requirement, but you might need to get used to being called by that name. All of our current front end developers are.
We’re looking for a smart and interesting person, with a sweet personality. You are passionate about your task, but also the overall project. You look forward to do something different in every project and you know that the account manager is not your boss, your excellent work is.
Creatives are your friends. They need you. And just like them, you know there’s an excited client behind every project – and a yet to be excited customer at the end of every production.
You speak your mind whenever it needs to be heard – no matter if it’s just to break the ice during a meeting, or if it’s about telling an account manager that your challenge just became more… challenging.
We don’t climb mountains. But we do like our challenges. Do you? Oh, and nerds are very welcome (just not the scary anti-social kind).
Core competence:
Microsoft .NET
Microsoft SQL Server
Strong knowledge in web based UI (HTML, CSS, Javascript)
Development on CMS framework. At least one of EPiServer, SiteCore, Umbraco, Drupal, Joomla – you get the idea.
Skills that will make us love you even more:
Experience in AJAX
PHP / MySQL
Public API integration (flickr, google, facebook, you name it)
Knowledge in JS-frameworks. One or several of them. (JQuery, Prototype, Dojo etc)
Other requirements:
At least three years of related work experience
Extensive web-knowledge and a genuine interest in the industry.
Genuine interest in design, user interfaces and above all the details.
Wii Sports Tennis rating at or above 2000. We work hard, we play hard.
For as long as we can remember, advertising has told men that manliness is all about beer, F1-driving, being a fighter pilot and headbutts. That men are supposed to be rock hard and more or less “invulnerable.” Well, in reality, all men know that true manhood comes with great pain and suffering. Not only from shaving.
Male pain may not be an easy thing to talk about, but you have to. When you’re ready to take that next step and talk about your vulnerability, you’ll also be ready to discover the new smooth shaver – Philips NIVEA FOR MEN. And discover your manliness.
At www.manligsarbarhet.se, (that’s Swedish for ‘male vulnerability’), you can borrow a mouth and learn how to talk about what worries you.
So, open up and get ready to shave.
Right now the campaign is available in the four Scandinavian languages. And soon there will be an English version too.
We’re looking for a smart and interesting person, with a sweet personality. You are passionate about your task, but also the overall project. You look forward to do something different in every project and you know that the account manager is not your boss, your excellent work is.
Creatives are your friends. They need you. And just like them, you know there’s an excited client behind every project – and a yet to be excited customer at the end of every production.
You speak your mind whenever it needs to be heard – no matter if it’s just to break the ice during a meeting, or if it’s about telling an account manager that your challenge just became more… challenging.
We don’t climb mountains. But we do like our challenges. Do you? Oh, and nerds are very welcome (just not the scary anti-social kind).
Looking for an excuse to leave it all behind? Spin the SAS globe of fortune and let destiny decide where you’re going and Facebook decide who’s going with you. Who knows – you might end up in Tampere with a colleague. Or Las Palmas with your ex, Moscow with your soccer buddy or maybe you’ll be off to Sundsvall with Andy back from ninth grade.
Just spin the globe and get your passport ready. It’s time for the SAS globe of fortune!.
