Interaction Designer
Mint is looking for a passionate individual to join the design team. It’s a broad role, working on projects from social campaigns for big brands like Benetton to proprietary mobile applications like LivePitch.
We aren’t just looking for someone who can make beautiful designs (though that is important). The ideal candidate will be fascinated by how users interact, what motivates them to click and how they flow between pages. With luck, you'll be intrigued by human communication and the ways technology changes what is possible.
The team works across London and New York. This allows for great freedom but means the ability to self-direct (and knowing when to collaborate) is essential.
This is a great opportunity for a designer who wants to make a difference within a rapidly growing company in an industry where the rules are being rewritten every week.
Key responsibilities:
- Conceptualise, define and produce well-considered wireframes.
- Produce charming interfaces for mobile and web applications.
- Collaborate with Mint's strategy and technology teams to ensure your designs are realised as wonderful applications.
- Help with other right brain tasks: anything from graphics for blog posts to giving presentations added delightfulness.
Requirements:
- Thorough knowledge of Illustrator and Photoshop.
- Evidence of ability to create stunning visual interfaces.
- Awareness of web/mobile usability best practices and rapid prototyping techniques.
- Adept at knowing when to listen and when (and how) to convince others your way is right for users.
- Desire to reduce complex tasks to simple, intuitive interactions.
- Basic (or better) grasp of HTML5 and CSS3.
- 1–3 years professional experience.
- A love of the grid and minimalist typography wouldn't hurt.
Salary: Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
Location: London
Start date: As soon as possible
To apply: Send an email, CV & portfolio to design_jobs@mintdigital.com
Date posted: July 19th, 2010
Developer with passion for mobile
Are you captivated by the remarkable change in how people interact with software since the popularity of the iPhone, iPad, and Android platforms? Do you want to develop your skills by working with an excellent team in the mobile space? Are you excited by the novel opportunities presented by this rapidly changing technological landscape?
We have an opening for a strong Objective-C, C, C++, or Java programmer interested in applying those skills to mobile development. Given Mint's background and current client base, any experience with Ruby and Rails, while not required, is definitely a plus. Prior mobile development experience is certainly not required, but be prepared to demonstrate a passion for the space.
Mint creates projects that combine the social possibilities of apps with the mass appeal of TV and brands. Recent clients include Disney, MTV, BBC, and Benetton.
We're a small-ish company (28 or so people) and we make individual creativity a high priority.
Salary: Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
Location: London or New York
Start date: As soon as possible. But as long as necessary.
To apply: Send short email and CV to jobs@mintdigital.com
Date posted: July 9th, 2010
Senior developer
Do you love writing software? Have you been doing it professionally for 3-5 years? Do you learn new languages and work on side projects in your spare time? We should talk.
At Mint Digital we are obsessed with building great software and learning as much as we can about the craft while we do it. Our core beliefs:
Creating software should be a fun process. We've been working in Rails for four years, and it's been a blast. Every year, we head off somewhere remote, split into teams and compete for a week in building something cool. We use whatever tools will help us solve the problem at hand in the best possible way. Our current toolset includes: Ruby, Rails, MySQL, Chef, Redis, Resque, Ubuntu, nginx and git.
But at the same time it's serious business. Although we're having fun, we take our responsibilities to our customers and to the products we create for them very seriously. This is true both collectively, and individually.
A software developer must constantly be learning. If you're still doing things the same way you did two years ago, or even last year, then you're in danger of letting the industry pass you by. All of our staff are sent to industry conferences, and provided with training on a regular basis. Although we're known primarily as a Ruby / Rails shop, we're constantly playing with new tools (Scala, Erlang, JS, and Objective-C have been recent obsessions for various Mint devs).
We all have a responsibility to help those less experienced than ourselves. Those of us who are experienced developers can all look back on mentors who helped us along the way. It's the nature of life that we can never really repay those mentors, so the only thing we can do is help others to develop their skills as well. At Mint many of our "junior" developers have moved into senior roles in the last two years, and we're very proud of this aspect of our culture.
We're looking for an experienced developer who's passionate about software, and skilled at producing it. We're not obsessed with the specifics of your experience. It's obviously nice if you have some interest in / experience with Ruby, but if you've been working in C/C++, or Java, or C#, or Lisp, or Python, or any number of other languages, you may be a good fit at Mint. It takes about 3 months for a good dev to become proficient with our current toolset, and it can take years to become a good dev. We understand this. If you think you'd fit in here, please drop us a line with your CV and a short personal email explaining why you think we'd be good for each other. We look forward to speaking with you.
Salary: Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
Location: London, New York or, with luck, Glasgow
Start date: As soon as possible. But as long as required.
To apply: Send short email and CV to jobs@mintdigital.com
Date posted: Ongoing vacancy. (Refreshed: 20th July)
Please note: The Glasgow office is at the planning stage. This expansion will be subject to a government grant, which we hope to conclude within the coming weeks. So, no guarantees!
HTML/CSS Developer who wants to learn Rails
Do you want to develop your skills by working with an excellent team? Are you excited by the opportunities of the web?
We have an opening for a strong HTML/CSS programmer (JavaScript a plus, but not required). If you’re great with web front-end programming, and you’re interested in learning about Rails, this opportunity is for you.
Many of our senior technical staff initially joined Mint to do a similar job. In your first 18 months with Mint you will get hands-on experience of all parts of a first-class software development process. You will probably also work on the development of Mint's own software, including BloomBox and Hemlock.
Salary: Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
Location: London, New York or, with luck, Glasgow
Start date: As soon as possible
To apply: Send short email and CV to jobs@mintdigital.com
Date posted: Ongoing vacancy. (Refreshed: 20th July)
Please note: The Glasgow office is at the planning stage. This expansion will be subject to a government grant, which we hope to conclude within the coming weeks. So, no guarantees!
Note: no agents, thanks!