The Mint working environment:
- We hire super-talented people and give them pleasant working conditions.
- Mint aims to create web hits. Our approach mixes technological excellence with creative flair.
- Mint was once described as a 'nice company'.
- We always stop for lunch. (Well, pretty much.)
- All new Mints must eat hot pot.
- Every year we have a WebApp weekender.
Web concept visionary
We are looking for an exceptional person to help develop new web hits.
You'll be working closely with Creative Director, Andy Bell, imagining ideas for new social websites and other cross-platform media.
You'll probably be:
- very bright
- a great writer
- passionate about the web
- a thinker of big strange thoughts
You'll be supported by Mint's awesome team of developers and designers. This means many of your concepts may see the sweet light of day.
The job is a bit like a development AP at an independent TV production firm (but dreaming up web concepts rather than TV shows). You'll spend your time brainstorming, thinking, writing up ideas and meeting potential collaborators.
An area of particular interest at Mint is cross-platform formats. Our big aim is to fuse the narrative of TV with the participation of the web to form a new type of cross-platform hit. You'll frequently brainstorm ideas concepts with Mint's TV production arm Menthol. A love of popular culture is a big plus.
You may be inspired by people like Clay Shirky or Tom Coates. Or perhaps you'll come from a totally different perspective (say gaming or product design or theatre production).
The ideal candidate will have:
- a couple of years of work experience
- studied an analytical subject at university
- tried to programme a computer at some point
That said, talent, enthusiasm, energy and ideas are the key requirements. Everything else is optional.
Salary: £22k to £28k (depending on experience)
Date posted: 4th April 2008
To apply: Send you CV and covering letter to Andy at andy@mintdigital.com (No agents, thanks!)