The candidate
We are looking for someone who has a solid grounding in web development with a thorough understanding of database, website and server technologies and has experience of managing a team, a collection of on going projects and client expectations.
The ideal candidate will have been working recently on Drupal 6 & 7 projects and may recently been running their own web development company or delivering a web development server inside of a larger company as a service.
Key Responsibilities
Management and responsibility for the day to day running of the digital team and their delivery of service in conjunction with the Communication & Digital Director develop strategies and initiatives to deliver best of breed event websites.
Ensure all event websites and digital portals are live and functional
Keep all event websites secure and up to date with Drupal updates
Timely delivery of software development managing workload and internal client
(event teams) expectations
Lead the digital team in the support and enhancement of websites
Lead the digital team in the support and enhancement of the portal
Stay current with internet marketing best practice and help with the delivery of this as strategy and guidance for the marketing managers
Project and code management of a collection of Drupal projects
Hands-on programming of and modification of Apache, MySQL, PHP, Drupal & JavaScript programming
Database management and administration
Working with the marketing managers to develop new features and looking for opportunities to share learning on one event to another.
Knowledge, Skills, Attitude and Behaviour
Technical:
- Website design and usability include SEO techniques and internet marketing best practice
- Understanding of the Drupal framework at an architecture level
- PHP programming experience, specifically Drupal
- Configuration and management of a Drupal system (Modules, Users, Views, Blocks, Permissions, Content-Types)
- Web server administration using Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP (LAMP) Web technologies (HTML, XHTML, - CSS, JQuery. XML, XSLT, JSON, RDF) Cross Platform development through responsive design
- Google Analytics (Advanced Segments, Goals, Dashboards, Reports)
- Google Webmaster Tools, Sitemaps, Reports & Google Analytics integration
- Basic skills in graphic manipulation
Experienced at database administration, design, implementation and data management
Experience of running an e-commerce portal with payment services would be useful Understanding of how to use the different channels of internet marketing (Web, Email Campaigns, Search marketing, Content Marketing, Blogs, Newsletters, Twitter, FaceBook, Pinterest, LinkedIn)
Source Code Version Control & System Configuration management
Build, Test & Release Management
Management
Team management, motivation, discipline and training
Managing client expectations, issue resolution and crisis coordination
Organized and professional project management skills including task management and reporting
Financial management of a budget, invoice reconciliation and processing
Stakeholder management and reporting
Third party provider engagement & performance management![]()
We are looking for someone who has a solid grounding in web development with a thorough understanding of database, website and server technologies and has experience of managing a team, a collection of on going projects and client expectations.
The ideal candidate will have been working recently on Drupal 6 & 7 projects and may recently been running their own web development company or delivering a web development server inside of a larger company as a service.
Key Responsibilities
Management and responsibility for the day to day running of the digital team and their delivery of service in conjunction with the Communication & Digital Director develop strategies and initiatives to deliver best of breed event websites.
Ensure all event websites and digital portals are live and functional
Keep all event websites secure and up to date with Drupal updates
Timely delivery of software development managing workload and internal client
(event teams) expectations
Lead the digital team in the support and enhancement of websites
Lead the digital team in the support and enhancement of the portal
Stay current with internet marketing best practice and help with the delivery of this as strategy and guidance for the marketing managers
Project and code management of a collection of Drupal projects
Hands-on programming of and modification of Apache, MySQL, PHP, Drupal & JavaScript programming
Database management and administration
Working with the marketing managers to develop new features and looking for opportunities to share learning on one event to another.
Knowledge, Skills, Attitude and Behaviour
Technical:
- Website design and usability include SEO techniques and internet marketing best practice
- Understanding of the Drupal framework at an architecture level
- PHP programming experience, specifically Drupal
- Configuration and management of a Drupal system (Modules, Users, Views, Blocks, Permissions, Content-Types)
- Web server administration using Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP (LAMP) Web technologies (HTML, XHTML, - CSS, JQuery. XML, XSLT, JSON, RDF) Cross Platform development through responsive design
- Google Analytics (Advanced Segments, Goals, Dashboards, Reports)
- Google Webmaster Tools, Sitemaps, Reports & Google Analytics integration
- Basic skills in graphic manipulation
Experienced at database administration, design, implementation and data management
Experience of running an e-commerce portal with payment services would be useful Understanding of how to use the different channels of internet marketing (Web, Email Campaigns, Search marketing, Content Marketing, Blogs, Newsletters, Twitter, FaceBook, Pinterest, LinkedIn)
Source Code Version Control & System Configuration management
Build, Test & Release Management
Management
Team management, motivation, discipline and training
Managing client expectations, issue resolution and crisis coordination
Organized and professional project management skills including task management and reporting
Financial management of a budget, invoice reconciliation and processing
Stakeholder management and reporting
Third party provider engagement & performance management