Jobs at mydeco
At mydeco we're always on the lookout for exceptional, talented and enthusiastic people. If you'd like to know more about joining our team, read on...
What it’s like to work for us
It’s leaping, vaulting, nothing’s impossible ambition
mydeco is a brand new business, bursting with enthusiasm about what we can achieve. We’re looking for people to join us who are outrageously ambitious and keen to stretch themselves in a fast-paced, changing environment.
It’s exceptional, professional and passionately progressive
You’d be working with a brilliant team from a wide variety of backgrounds. Everyone is committed to ensuring that mydeco transforms the way our customers design and shop for their homes. When we decide to do something, we do everything we can to make sure it’s done right.
Current Vacancies
Senior Front End Web Developer >
Classification Analyst Interns >
Editorial Internship programme>
Senior Front End Web Developer
Essential to the continued success of mydeco is a skilled front end developer to keep us looking slick. This is a great opportunity to join an exciting, fast growing business where you can immediately make a difference.
- Your essential areas of expertise will include:
- Cross-browser HTML & CSS development experience
- Intermediate to expert JavaScript skills
- Your desired areas of experience will include:
- Writing code that pulls in dynamic content from a CMS, in addition to static page design
- Experience of Django
- Experience of Mercurial
- Experience of Flash
- Experience with Photoshop
Only apply if you are have a keen eye for detail and are an enthusiastic team player!
If you have a thirst for learning new skills and technologies then please send a CV and covering letter to jobs@mydeco.com.
Have you got hundreds of facebook friends, an affection for YouTube and loads of mates on myspace? We’re looking for community manager to build and moderate the mydeco community and help integrate it across the website.
Your key areas of responsibility would cover:
- Act as a 'brand evangelist' and increase participation within the community through word-of-mouth marketing, blogs and other social-networking platforms.
- Represent mydeco and build its profile and relationships on external web sites
- Monitor the community and act as the mydeco ‘customer champion’ to the business – deal with user feedback and complaints and promote the development of new functionality to meet user needs
- Raise the profile and engagement of the community across the mydeco website
You’ll be an enthusiastic participant in a variety of online communities and have excellent written and verbal communication skills. An interest in interior design is a distinct advantage and experience in managing an online community is preferred.
The sky is the limit... the mydeco community is in its youth and has enormous potential to expand. If you’re passionate about the possibilities of social media then please send a CV and cover letter to jobs@mydeco.com.
Classification Analyst Interns
We're looking for two classification analyst interns to support our search team. If you're interested in learning how online 'search' works and are keen to taste life in a fast-paced internet start-up, this could be an ideal stepping stone.
- Your key areas of responsibility would cover:
An interest in home furnishings would be preferred, alongside an attention to detail and basic understanding of classification/taxonomy. If you're passionate about getting things right the first time, then please send a CV and cover letter to jobs@mydeco.com.
We're looking for a bright and enthusiastic intern to help moderate and engage with mydeco's community.
- Your key areas of responsibility would cover:
- Interacting with real users in the community, responding to their feedback and answering their questions.
- Monitoring the community, keeping track of what people are talking about and feeding it back to the business
- Working to a brief for interior schemes built using the mydeco 3D Complete Room Planner tool
- Researching and sourcing independent designers and styles to appear on the website
- Sourcing images to build sections
- Selecting products for trend stories and editorial themes
- Updating content in design sections on a daily basis using Content Management Systems (CMS)
- Working with retailers to build looks around current collections and seasonal themes
- Creating designer profiles each week to tie into style deadlines
- Reporting on high street design, interior shows and new designers and sharing information with the team
You'll be an engaging writer with a genuine interest in shopping and/or home design. A journalism or English background and an interest in online communities would be ideal. You'll be familiar with PCs and the internet and most importantly, you'll be enthusiastic, friendly and outgoing.
Immediate start, for a minimum of four weeks. If you're interested in this unique opportunity, please send a CV and cover letter to jobs@mydeco.com.
mydeco's three month internship placements are highly sought by creative graduates looking to gain unique experience in an online environment. You'll create 3D rooms and build room collections around seasonal themes, as well as contributing to mydeco's rapidly expanding design boutique.
- Your key areas of responsibility would cover:
Editorial Internship Programme>
mydeco's three month editorial internship is a great opportunity for a budding journalist keen to broaden his/ her knowledge of online magazines and the interior market.
- Your key areas of responsibility would cover:
Immediate start, for a minimum of four weeks. If you're interested in this unique opportunity, please send a CV and cover letter to editors@mydeco.com.
We're always on the lookout for enthusiastic new talent - if you've got interiors experience and a great eye for style, please send a CV and cover letter to jobs@mydeco.com.
