FRONT - A Strategy, Design and Technology Studio

Our projects tend to be based on open source technologies.  As a result, we’re looking for depth of experience with LAMP (linux / apache / MySQL / PHP or Perl) for both the system administrator and developer roles.

These jobs are based in our Belfast studio, though travel to client sites can be necessary at times. To apply, please email us quoting the job title in the subject line of your mail.

You should attach a cover letter and your CV/Résumé. Please include links to/samples of your work. We’ll be in touch to confirm we’ve received your application and will let you know if you’ve been shortlisted for interview.

Special thanks to Andy McMillan for all his organisational efforts (and to everyone on the Front team who helped too).

We’ve published some images on Flickr and there’s a highlights video and slides from each talk too.  Feel free to share your own images or your own thoughts in the comments below - feedback is particularly welcome, and you can rate / comment on our talks via SpeakerRate.

There’s some good buzz about Refresh on Twitter and you can follow @refreshbelfast to keep up to date with future happenings.

Win a £100 Amazon Voucher

Sharing our expertise helps us all deliver better work, and the enthusiasm from everyone who came was heartening.  We want the idea of Refresh to spread, so to encourage people to blog about it and build interest in future events we’re running a draw for a £100 Amazon voucher.

All you need to do is blog about the event, include a link back to this summary and add a comment below to let us know.  We’ll put all the names into a hat and one lucky soul will be getting their Amazon voucher next week.  We’re nice like that, see.

What is FOWD?

The Future of Web Design (FOWD) is an event for people involved with web design and development looking to learn from their peers. It attracts hundreds of enthusiasts from far and wide (have a look on Dopplr and see for yourself) who are interested in the talks and workshops on offer.

Barcamp was a really successful day; well organised, well attended - we got to meet up with some old and new friends. Barcamp is becoming a really important date on the calendar here in Belfast, and you can feel the industry moving forward as a result. The slides and video from my talk are now available online, and are also embedded below.

Thanks to everyone who attended last month’s Conversations event in London.  A special thank you also to all of our speakers (you can see their videos below) and to Jeffrey Peel for helping to organise the event.

We had a great evening, with plenty of thought-provoking ideas and some great discussion between the talks.  We’re hoping to build on this positive start by holding the next event in June (provisionally the 25th).  We’ll be confirming the next batch of speakers over the next few weeks and you can register online (but spaces are limited).