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Winterwell (http://winterwell.com) is a fast-growing data analysis/IT consultancy based in central Edinburgh. We do interestingly varied work for an interestingly varied client base. We’re also the makers of SoDash (http://sodash.com), the smart social media dashboard (as used by Pepsi, the Foreign Office, the Scottish Green Party & others).

We’re looking for an organised and up-beat person to manage the day-to-day operations of our increasingly busy Edinburgh office.

Key responsibilities:

- Co-ordinating project teams and keeping them on track.
- Admin tasks, including financial tasks (e.g. invoices).
- Communicating with clients.
- Possibly some business development, depending on your skills.
- Helping make our office a great place to work.

There will be opportunities for personal & career development as the job grows with the company.

This is not necessarily a technical role, but you must be comfortable around technical matters, and able to play the role of coordinater in software discussions. I.e. you don’t need to know the jargon, but you mustn’t be put off by it. If you do have technical or graphical design skills, please let us know.

Requirements: No formal requirements. You must be intelligent, organised & self-motivated with good communication skills.

Hours: From 1 day a week upto full-time depending on the person.

To apply, please send a CV and covering letter to: info@winterwell.com.

• There are over 150 companies hiring at SiliconMilkRoundabout this weekend with over 500 technical jobs up for grabs at London start ups (with salaries from £20k to £100k

• There are 3,134 Graduate technical jobs available in the UK and over 1,000 in London currently listed on Adzuna.co.uk, the UK’s most comprehensive job search engine.

• The average Banking IT salary is £57k which is 19% higher than the average tech start up salary. Tech startups offer greater job satisfaction and the upside of options, but this salary gap is what the start hiring community is up against.

• 23% of start ups currently hiring in London are offering stock to graduate tech employees; 0% of banks hiring graduates are offering stock.

• Despite their age, workhorse languages such as C and C++ continue to remain at the top end of the software development landscape in terms of use and job potential. That being said, Ruby, Hadoop and HTML5 are the fastest growing “in demand” tech skills with employer demand up 70%+ year on year for all of these search terms

• Graduate Mobile developers can demand a premium, with the average graduate salary for iPhone developers at £34k and Android developers at £35k, 20% higher than the average graduate tech job.

• Despite what appears to be an abundance of tech jobs in the UK, 13.1% of computer science graduates remain unemployed (source: HESA). 7,000+ computer scientists graduated this summer from University in the UK.

The position requires basic iPhone dev skills, including experience with the maps functions and integrating multimedia and video.

Conrad Molleson, Artistic Director at Hoda, confirmed that the position will be paid, and that the app is just one element of a bigger plan:

If a student were to take it on it would be in the region of £500. A supervisor would be paid according to experience. We currently have an ECA student working on the Flash version and Heriot Watt have offered the use of their iPhones. We also have an engineering student from Leeds who’s looking at the GPS app development. Ultimately, we’re hoping for a ‘soft’ launch at Dynamic Earth for mid September.

As a bonus, Hoda has a talented team of artists providing compelling artwork for the app, as you can see in the preview video below. Interested? Send your CV to info[at]hoda.org.uk.

This prestigious, public-facing role has been held by some big names in the past—namely, StartupCafe’s very own Jess Williamson, who has since moved south to work at a new startup accelerator. Prior to that, you may recall the reign of Sarah Luger, another powerhouse of networking and organisational talent.

The new co-ordinator position will be 15 hours per week on a decent salary scale, and most interestingly, has a contract for up to two years. Full job description and application details here.

This is a great opportunity to throw yourself into the middle of the University’s entrepreneurship scene, and to harness real resource to put on cool events that contribute to the greater community. So tell your friends to apply, and make them tell their friends, because it behooves us all to get someone awesome and inspirational leading the E-Club come September.

The other day we received a message on our Facebook page:

“Hey, I’ve just graduated from Glasgow university and want to get into the startup scene. Getting involved with a current startup seems to be what is mostly advised on the web as a good way to start, but I’ve been researching on the internet and can’t find anywhere where there is any info on startups that are hiring in Scotland or the UK for that matter, perhaps there aren’t any hiring outside people? Any advice on where to look or any other advice would be appreciated…”

This would be the perfect opportunity to introduce a new company called…wait for it…WorkInStartups, which helps people find exciting jobs in awesome startups.

Founder Diana Proca (formerly of Launch48) has been extremely busy over the last couple of months looking for jobs within UK startups to advertise on her site, and she’s found loads!  There are lots of exciting roles for designers, developers, marketers, sales folk, managers as well as a variety of intern positions for people wanting to gain experience.

One limitation, quite a severe one for those not wanting to move out of Scotland, is that most of the roles advertised are London-based. But it is not intended to remain this way.  So, calling all startups in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen and the rest of Scotland….if you would like to advertise for people who specifically want to work in startups, why don’t you submit vacancy details to diana@workinstartups.com or tweet @workinstartups.  The last time I checked, it was completely FREE to do so!

We are a very exciting early stage startup developing a highly viral mobile web app, aimed at providing an innovative advertising solution for SMEs. We want someone who can contribute on more than a coding level, someone with an entrepreneurial streak who is capable of looking at the bigger picture, and someone with a passion to be part of something big—something disruptive!

We are Edinburgh based and need someone primarily proficient in HTML5, preferably with some experience of PHP and phonegap. A little understanding of java j2ee would also be handy, but not essential.

If you are interested and want to hear more, or know of anyone that maybe interested, please get in contact via admin@lipvine.com

Company overview
Hubdub Ltd is a VC funded high-growth startup based in Edinburgh and San Francisco that aims to be the world’s largest premium social gaming company for sports fans. Its main product, FanDuel, transforms traditional fantasy sports ($1bn, 30m people market) into an instant gratification daily game where users win cash prizes every day. It is played on FanDuel.com, via white label partners such as the New York Post, and in future on mobile. If you want to work with smart people on an exciting product that could be Scotland’s next big success story we want to hear from you.

Description
Hubdub is looking for an end-to-end LAMP developer to work on the core FanDuel product. You will have a high degree of responsibility in a small development team, and work with the product manager and technical lead to scope, implement, test and maintain new functionality in the game. The environment is fast paced, challenging and dynamic. We are looking for someone comfortable with this level of uncertainty and who thrives on the excitement of working in a startup. You will form part of a highly talented team so only high-calibre applicants able to demonstrate excellent problem solving and software engineering skills will be successful.

Responsibilities
• Front end (CSS, HTML, Javascript) and backend (object oriented PHP5, MySQL) development
• Work to challenging deadlines in an agile setting
• A share of technical support

Requirements
• 3+ years’ commercial experience of end-to-end LAMP / PHP application development, including front end Javascript / HTML / CSS
• Experience of principled object oriented design (in PHP, Java, or similar)
• Experience of a live deployment environment, source control, and agile methodologies
• Highly proficient and productive with the desire to build high quality, robust web applications that users love

Experience in some or all of the following will be an advantage:
• Building consumer/social web products or games
• Working in a startup
• User- and test-driven development methodologies
• Linux sys admin, server configuration and scaling backend systems
• Facebook API development
• Ajax development
• iPhone/Blackberry/Android development
• Agile development methodologies

Compensation
• Competitive package of salary and stock options

Interested? Great! … APPLY HERE.

1. C++ Programmer for part-time work, possibly leading to full-time employment

Speech Graphics Ltd, a technology startup in Edinburgh providing lip-sync middleware and services to the video games industry, is seeking a talented software engineer for a consultant position, possibly leading to full-time employment. The candidate will assist in the development of a commercial middleware application to perform automatic lip-synchronization for video games. We seek someone with the following qualifications:

• C++ programming
• GUI design experience
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• High technical and aesthetic standards

The following is also very desirable:

• Experience developing a commercial product
• Cross-platform development (e.g., wxwidgets)
• Experience with computer animation

Speech Graphics offers an exciting, rewarding work environment in a highly interdisciplinary field—at the interface between speech technology and the dynamic video games industry. As we are still a small company, your contributions can have a great impact. Interested parties should send a CV to Michael Berger at berger [AT] speech-graphics.com

2. Summer internship (three months from May–August 2011) for developer with PHP and JQuery experience

Read4Sure are a Scottish web startup developing a cloud-based Intellectual Property (IP) management tool for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). “Hawk IP” will have a creative and dynamic interface designed for ease of use by non-experts.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic developer to help build the service. This post would suit a talented student or recent graduate who can rise to the challenge of an agile environment—a constantly evolving spec, low paperwork burden, and an opportunity to contribute to the design and direction of the product.

We’ll be developing in PHP (Kohana framework) and extensively in JQuery, so experience in these is a definite plus. Linux and MySQL admin skills are desirable but not strictly necessary. We want good quality work, fast.

The position will be in our Linlithgow office, right on the historic High Street and a few hundred metres from the Palace and loch. It is a couple of minutes walk from the train station (20min from Edinburgh, also direct from Glasgow, Falkirk, Stirling, Dunblane etc.) and intercity bus stops.

Interested? Please send your credentials and a covering email explaining why you think you’re right for us, and why this post might be right for you, to careers [AT] read4sure.com.

So, what does Kiltr do?
Professional Networking Platform +  social media website

Why are you guys awesome?
We are focused on developing great products and services  using the latest social networking technologies and at the same time building an innovative and fun company culture.

What position are you hiring for?

x2 .NET guys/Girls and x1 Digital marketing person (full or p/t)

Who would be the ideal candidate?
Start-up enthusiast, dynamic, hard-working, creative/innovative, social networking presence.

How about logistics?
Starting from 1st September or sooner – salaries to be discussed.
Location: Livingston

Wow that should be me, how do I apply!?
send max 2 pg CV and short email telling us a wee bit about yourself to:
brian@kiltr.com

So, Seton Design, what do you do? We are a design agency creating brands across the print and online media.

Who are you looking to bring onboard? A flexible freelancer with .net/php programming skills

What kind of projects would I be working on? Websites, databases, CRM systems

How about the logistics? Flexible working hours depending on clients requirements and timescales, daily rate of pay negotiable and depends on client budget.

Ok I’m interested! What now? Email Seton Design (enquiries@setondesign.com) with links to examples of work, two client referrals and details on any relevant work experience. Working with design agencies in the past producing similar work would be an advantage.

Good luck!