Linney Group

We're seeking an Account Director with a minimum of 3 - 5 years' brand or product marketing experience to aid our strategic and creative business development across our national and international blue chip client base.

Working in a fast-paced, innovative and challenging environment, you'll demonstrate a proven ability to deliver integrated marketing plans across a wide spectrum of on and offline communication channels. You'll also need a strong commercial understanding - particularly of sales versus costs, and account profitability.

Solid communication skills and a hands-on approach are essential, as you'll be leading and organising team members to execute projects effectively and efficiently. Working with clients to understand and develop their marketing strategies, you'll be confident both to interpret and challenge their briefs.

With an understanding of and realising the importance of brand strategy, marketing planning, business development and market research across a range of communication channels, you'll have the opportunity to influence at a global level, so confidence and credibility are crucial.

Apply in writing with an indication of your salary expectations to nmunro@linney.com

The ideal candidate will be involved in building some of the most desirable brands in the UK and will be expected to participate at all levels, including essential project management duties, running a production team and supporting the Account Director in a client facing role.

Bringing new energy and vigor to the team whilst maintaining all necessary control, you will be expected to manage your daily work and the production programme with minimal supervision, within critical deadlines and to budget. Your thorough and organised nature will make you the perfect custodian of these projects and your excellent communication skills will allow you to motivate and ensure the account team performs to its optimum. Given full project ownership, you will be involved at all levels keeping financial and business documentation up to date and presenting schematics and proposals to the client.

Furthermore your experience in New Media Industry in arenas such as online and mobile marketing will enable you to build strong, successful internal and external client relationships with a clear understanding of their requirements and expectations.

It goes without saying that full commitment and enthusiasm together with a strong sense of commercial business acumen are essential attributes for the right candidate.

If you feel suitable and 'up for the challenge' for the position, please send a copy of your CV, salary details and cover letter explaining why to: Rachel Logan, Linney Design, Adamsway, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. NG18 4FW.

We are seeking creatives of exceptional standards to join our dedicated team of 55 staff. Passionate and ambitious individuals demonstrating great design knowledge both on and offline will be advantaged. Creatives should ideally also be proficient in usual industry softwares including InDesign.

Role and Responsibilities

• The execution of creative concepts, presentations and design to a very high standard in line with industry and business expectations.
• To conceptualise and develop ideas from sketch through to finished artwork when absolutely necessary.
• To contribute to the development and expansion of new and existing accounts within the business through creative direction of projects, innovation and idea generation.
• To develop colleagues and contemporaries in the business through experience and creative guidance.
• To contribute to improved throughput and efficiencies in the business through all of the above.
• To perform as a creative Å’ambassador¹ for both the business and its clients.
• To contribute to and perform as an effective and willing member of the creative team.

We are seeking a talented and creative designer to join our new media team and work on a wide range of exciting and high-profile accounts. The successful candidate will:

• Work across the business developing concepts for all current and new clients for whom we produce online and multimedia material (includes web design, e-marketing, animation, 3d modeling, film production etc).
• Conceive and develop designs, using traditional visualising skills as well as industry-relevant software.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of and skills in Flash and Photoshop. Also animation/film editing software (eg Lightwave, Premiere, After Effects etc).
• Be absolutely in-tune with current trends, demonstrating strong understanding of the use of the web. Also other new media (mobile, multimedia, gaming etc).
• Where necessary, present concepts and designs to colleagues and clients, demonstrating strong rationale in creative thought process.
• Contribute to and perform as an effective and willing member of our creative team.
• Demonstrate a desire to innovate and improve and always exceed client expectations.

Role and Responsibilities

• Involved at the start or concept stages of projects to assist and ensure a smooth transition from concept to print.
• Producing Mac visuals from scamps and page layouts provided by creative director or senior creatives.
• To produce artwork suitable for hand over to external or internal suppliers ensuring that all production methods used are efficient and that the end product to be supplied is compatible with final out put requirements.
• Produce high-end reprographic work using industry software appropriate at the time of production. (Currently: In Design, Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Production of high-end retouching, image manipulation, colour balancing and compilation of imagery as a project requires.

Essential

• In Design
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Microsoft office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Visualising skills - traditional drawing, creative skill
• Knowledge and proven experience designing for print
• Reprographic and print understanding
• Exceptional communication skills capable of communicating effectively at all levels

Do you dream of using AS3 to turn big ideas into a glorious, cutting-edge reality? A creative thinker who can conceive and develop designs then call upon vast experience of web development to implement concepts. Utilising and pushing the boundaries of Flash, incorporating data feeds and multimedia elements to create motion graphics that surpass all expectation.

If this is you, we are seeking a talented and creative flash developer/designer to join our digital team and work on a wide range of exciting and high-profile accounts. Your core skills and passions will include: Flash 9 (AS3 and OOP methods), AIR, XML/XLST, JavaScript, HTML, CSS and Adobe CS3 suite.

It is critical that you are able to develop fast, accurately and predict timescales for production. Experience of Ajax, ASP.net (C#), MS SQL Server (Stored Procedures, Triggers, DTS, Relational Design), video editing and 3D Studio Max would be an advantage but not essential for this position.

In addition you would be expected to inspire others by mentoring and motivating junior members of the team. As part of the creative team, bringing your vision to life by inspiring clients and communicating your ideas is essential.

You should possess excellent communication skills and be self-motivated. This is an excellent opportunity to work on portfolio of high profile clients whilst contributing to the ongoing success and innovation of the dept.

Linney Group Account Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for the right person to join the Linney Group as an Account Manager working with many of our well known high street and branded clients.

Whilst being based from our head office in Nottinghamshire, your role would be to provide support for the current print management account teams already in place throughout the South-East of England, largely in the London area.

This is likely to be a very challenging role requiring the successful candidate to be highly adaptive as they move between our various sites, learning and understanding about our clients, and how the Linney Group supports them in achieving their businesses objectives.

Do you already work in this kind of environment, or do you have a similar background and are looking for a challenging role with lots of variety?

Do you have knowledge of print management working in a retail and brand marketing environment?

If you do, and the above sounds of interest to you, please send your CV and a covering letter to personnel@linney.com

Linney Group Project Managers: Linney Connect and Linney Direct

We're also looking to expand our Project Management team further to continue improving the support and service we offer our clients.

Working with the Linney Group and its clients' Management Information Systems, you will be responsible for processing, administrating, and expediting projects and campaigns for our customers, using Linney Group companies and its outwork partners.You are likely to have daily customer contact. Some of the skills required are general project management skills, excellent communication skills, analytical thinking, problem solving and attention to detail.

The two Project Management roles we’re looking to fill are at Linney Connect on the print management side of the business, and at Linney Direct on the fulfilment* side.

* Digital print, variable pick and packing, data collection, stock management.

This role also has the potential to allow the right person to continue their career development by moving into Account Management. In the past, some successful Project Managers have moved into an increasing client focused role, generally working directly with the customer at our customer's head offices, often in the Greater London area.

If you fit the basic criteria for any of the above roles, you may be the sort of person we are looking for. Our business has been expanding rapidly and we have opportunities for numerate, selfmotivated, confident, team orientated people, who can help our further expansion and become key players in our business in the years to come.

So, if you want to take that critical next step, please get in touch at the address opposite.

Linney Print are looking for a quality orientated Digital Repro Operator to work within our pre-press team. The ideal candidate will be aware of current workflows within the pre-press environment and be a daily user of print related applications, notably Illustrator, Quark, Acrobat & Pitstop, InDesign and Preps.

Linney Print is a busy company dealing with a wide range of work types and operating 24/7. As such, you will be expected to work a three shift system including nights, for which a generous allowance is paid. Working as part of a small, friendly team, you will have good people skills and be used to rapid turnarounds. The ability to use initiative in solving problems whilst retaining a high degree of accuracy is essential.

Please email your CV and any relevant supporting information to gdavison@linney.com

We're also looking to expand our Estimating team to continue to support the Sales team in winning desirable work through the production of innovative, accurate, and timely quotations.The right person is also likely to be involved in some degree of the procurement function. We are open to seeing people at differing stages in their careers, from within the print industry or not, and with varying degrees of experience and qualifications.

Print/Media industry knowledge would be beneficial but not essential. personnel@linney.com

This is an excellent opportunity to work in a key area of our business. Working in Linney Print but interacting with other Linney Group companies, the successful candidate will have a proven track record in B1 sheet-fed print sales to help enable us to deliver our long-term strategy. The applicant must command loyalty from clients and apply their interpersonal skills to deliver innovative solutions which meet and exceed our clients' business needs. Excellent package and career prospects exist for the right candidate.

EMAIL YOUR CV AND DETAILS OF CURRENT PACKAGE TO: PIERS STICKLAND AT pstickland@linney.com

Are you a successful and strongly motivated Print Sales professional and feel restricted by your current company’s facilities? If so, this may be the perfect career opportunity for you.

Whilst the key focus of your role will be to provide quality sales for Quadrant, where we operate two 5 colour B2 presses along with high quality pre-press and finishing, you will also have the opportunity to utilise the full range of services provided by the Linney Group of whom we are part.

These include Linney Design offering full Graphical and New Media Design Facilities, Linney Print with comprehensive Digital Pre-press and 6 x B1 presses (including 2 x 8 colour machines) in addition to a full range of finishing equipment, and Linney Direct with Customer Response centre, Direct mail, Fulfulment, Mail Order Processing and Digital Print Operations.

So if you want to apply your sales skills in a company that can give your customers a complete solution, send your CV stating current remuneration package to:- John Carter – Sales Director