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Like most agencies seemingly; due to an increased workload, plans for expansion and all those things, we’re looking to grow our design capabilities with the addition of a new member of staff.

We’re looking for a Senior Designer.

Here’s what we’d like
5+ years experience and comfortable in an agency environment ie. things move fast, clients change their minds, briefs come think and fast. We work in a very agile manner. We sketch, comp things up, brainstorm round a boiling kettle and scribble on white boards. You must be comfortable taking these ideas and making them real by grounding them in solid design thinking and extending an idea beyond the obvious.

You should understand the web, have a deep knowledge of user-centred design and can make an online brand presence sing with personality. Above all we want great creative flair, a close attention to detail and the ability to tackle a problem from many angles.

It goes without say that you must have all the usual skills including proficiency in Photoshop and Illustrator and a sprinkling of InDesign maybe. A good grasp of HTML (this isn’t a coding role) and AJAXyness never goes wanting.

In exchange for this we’ll pay you for doing something you love, let you have access to the Wii and the 6ft. beer fridge and maybe even give you a say over what radio station we play in the studio.

If this is you and you’re looking to join a rapidly expanding agency, get in touch.

If you want to know how to design and build a site - it’s all here. Follow these simple rules and you won’t go far wrong. Love it!

Launched last night, www.millbayplymouth.com is the culmination of 12 weeks work by the team.

The Millbay area of Plymouth is undergoing a radical, and what looks to be a stunning, redevlopment over the next couple of years. Already underway, the redeveloped coastal quarter will incorporate a mix of new homes with commercial, retail and leisure space and cement Plymouth’s position as one of Europe’s finest waterfront cities by reclaiming a partly redundant harbourside area close to the city centre.

To supply the imagery on the site we used a local photographer who takes pictures of Plymouth and the surrounding area in his spare time. Contacted through flickr, Jason was more than happy to contribute some of his best images for use in marketing this great new development in his home town.

To get a feel for the scope of the development it’s probably best to take a loot at the ‘Explore‘ section or even watch the flythrough - produced in partnership with another agency.

The first phase of the site is primarily focussed on marketing the development at the world’s premier property conference, MIPIM in Cannes, France.

To accompany the site there is a kiosk version which has been modelled specifically for use on the marketing stand at MIPIM. This will be developed further for future use in the on-site marketing suite at Millbay.

There are huge plans for the coming months not least expanding the site as more details of the development are realised as well as some very exciting community features - more of which we can reveal at a later date.

In the mean time, check out the site.

This is a double-heading new beginning. Both a new blog and myself, Simon I’Anson, as the new Creative Director of Pancentric.

I’ve blogged before whilst working at other agencies so looking back it’s pretty easy to say what you should expect to see here in the future. There’ll be the odd post about agency process and site launches. I’ll blog about industry observations, seminars and conferences I attend. I’ve even been known to read some geeky design books and write reviews. I’ll endeavour to keep everything on-topic and promise not to start blogging about my sick cat.

To whet your appetite, I’ll kick things off with a great little clip of one of my design idols talking about his career, typography and ‘the grid’. Couldn’t you just drown in that wondrous dutch accent.

Wim Crouwel on YouTube.