Nudge needs you: Social Web Developer

About Us

Nudge (http://www.nudgesocialmedia.com) is a trail-blazing social media marketing company. We create and produce campaigns, pages, utilities and games on social networks for brands, clients and digital agencies - we're writing the book as we go. Come and join us as we educate the market on remixing, warm traffic and viralocity! Based in Soho, we offer a hard-working but fun and relaxed environment where everyone plays an active role.

Our current clients include Britvic, PlayStation, PhotoBox, THQ and others, as well as some we're not allowed to tell you about till you're 'in'!

We're looking for a full-time talented Web Developer to join our team in Soho, London. Salary based on skills/experience.

Skills required:

• Object-oriented PHP 5 skills and experience with a PHP framework like CodeIgniter or Kohana
• Strong knowledge of standards-compliant XHTML and CSS
• Javascript and understanding of AJAX techniques
• Experience using MySQL with some degree of concurrency
• Linux server knowledge
• A hands-on problem-solving approach and positive attitude

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience using the Facebook Platform (API, Connect, FBJS) and/or OpenSocial
• Familiarity with "NoSQL" systems - CouchDB, Cassandra, etc
• Some exposure to Amazon EC2 infrastructure
• Flash/Flex & Actionscript 3 experience
• Experience with version control systems (CVS, subversion, git, etc)
• Other scripting languages - Python, Perl, Ruby

Responsibilities:

• This position is focused on Facebook Platform development and engineering
• Server-side development of Social Media applications
• Client-side XHTML/FBML/CSS/Javascript

It goes without saying that you will have a passion for social-media; the ideal candidate will have notched up a few years of web-industry experience, but of course if you're talented with a portfolio to knock our socks off, then you'd be more than welcome to get in touch.

Personal Skills

• Good time management
• Avid Facebook user / social media junkie
• Passionate about online and digital media
• Articulate, Approachable and excellent team player
• Ability to solve problems
• Very good attention to detail
  

How to Apply

Please email your CV, and a covering note including salary expectation to jobs@nudgesocialmedia.com

This is a full-time, London-based position. No recruitment agencies please (really!).