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The role: Technical Pre-Sales Consultant

The Technical Pre-Sales Consultant role forms a key part of Freestyles technical and sales teams. In

this role youll apply your passion, experience and ability, in a dynamic agency environment, to provide

our clients with innovative, best-in-class, technical solutions.

An established technologist, youll demonstrate a deep understanding of internet technology, combined

with an unrelenting desire to stay abreast of the latest trends within the digital space. Youll be keen to

share your knowledge playing a key educational role within the business, and representing Freestyles

technical expertise on social media channels / blogs etc.

Your technical aptitude will be matched by a strong commercial awareness, understanding, and

experience of the pragmatic application of technical solutions to a wide variety of business scenarios.

Youll be as comfortable producing a proof of concept using the latest tools, platforms and

technologies, as youll be communicating your solutions to technical and non-technical audiences alike

whether its a pitch situation, or developer briefing.

Our client-base is both broad, yet challenging whether we are working for one of the worlds leading

car manufacturers, or our 2012 Olympic hopefuls, we work tirelessly to bring innovation to our clients,

often working at the forefront of the market.

Objectives & Responsibilities of the role

Liaise with clients, team members and project managers to specify, architect and convert pre-

sales opportunities;

Assist in the estimating and planning of projects, as required;

Take responsibility for the successful technical delivery of all projects within the business;

Assist in the strategic direction of technology within the business;

Perform an active role in the collaboration between technical and creative teams, to ensure the

application meets the high standards, associated with our business;

Take responsibility for your own development or skills and industry knowledge, and help to

disseminate throughout the business;

Present work to a high-level, both internally and with clients.

Whos the right person for the job?

In order to fit the requirements that we have in the role, you will have previous experience in:

Delivery of web applications using ASP.net 2, 3.5 and 4, written in C#;

Expert understanding of general web development technologies and methods;

Expert understanding of web application hosting infrastructure, including best-practice

networking, caching and reverse-proxying techniques;

Expert knowledge of working with enterprise-level architecture (e.g. WCF, Windows Services,

Message Queuing etc);

Knowledge of RDBMS technologies (specifically Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL Server);

Knowledge of third-party integration techniques (for solutions such as CRM and Social

Networks);

Demonstrable development lifecycle understanding within the Agency;

Working experience of content and asset management techniques and theories.

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You should be able to offer the following:

A deep understanding and hands-on experience of developing web-based user interfaces;

A strong understanding of UI design principals;

Know your frameworks and technologies inside-out your JQuery plug-ins from your

Bootstrap, your Canvas from your WebGL, and your OpenGraph from your Oauth.

Passion for technology and innovation, as well as for implementing it on behalf of our clients;

Excellent leadership and management skills;

Desire to take ownership and responsibility, to see a challenge through to completion;

Must work well either within a team or individually;

Highly self-motivated;

Excellent investigative and problem-solving abilities;

Ability to apply commercial awareness to technical tasks;

Eye for detail and quality;

Excellent communication skills both verbal and written, including presentations;

Ability to juggle multiple projects.

You should have an understanding of the following, but not necessarily at enterprise-level:

Knowledge of non-Microsoft database platforms and ETL technologies (e.g. Oracle), as well as

non-Microsoft web development technologies (e.g. PHP or JSP).

You will need a good knowledge of the latest digital strategies and techniques, and while external

training is often made available as part of your personal development, youre also expected to work

hard to maintain your own knowledge.

What you get at Freestyle

In return for the hard work that you put in, we will reward you with:

Competitive salary

5% Non-contributory pension

Annual bonus dependent on individual and company performance

A minimum of 25 days holiday 2 duvet days

Flexible holiday option

Sabbatical after 3 years service

Company health care benefit

Company events and activities

Coffee, tea, biscuits and fruit

As we work in a rural location, youll be working in an environment with character and also

benefit from not having to pay for parking

This role is only open to residents of the UK that have the valid permissions to work here

Please send applications to: careers@freestyleinteractive.co.uk