Job Description

JOB TITLE:                          Live Operations Web Developer

REPORTS TO:                     Web Development Manager

HRS:                                   Standard (37.5 hours)

LOCATION:                         Perform - Feltham

Company Profile:

Perform is the world leader at broadcasting and commercialising sport in digital media. Through industry leading production, technical and commercial solutions, Perform maximises the returns for sports associations, rights holders, football clubs, content publishers, bookmakers, media groups, mobile operators and broadcasters around the world.

We currently stream over 15,000 live events each year and has developed over 240 web, video broadband and mobile sites for clients including the ATP, Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, FIBA, FEI, PSA, FLi and Chelsea FC, that serve over 17 million monthly unique users. In October 2009, Perform made sports broadcasting history by streaming the first England football match exclusively live over the internet to over 500,000 viewers - believed to be the largest live internet pay to view sports stream in the world.

Perform also owns and operates e-Player, the leading global sports VOD network which currently streams 40 million on demand sports clips every month through major publisher group websites. Perform employs 345 staff and has offices in central London, Holland, Italy, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, India and the USA.

Job Description:

This role is to provide 2nd and 3rd line support to live websites and systems. Working with the Live Operations manager and a team of web, java and flash developers the role is to manage and maintain the number of requests in the support queue. Tasks undertaken cover a wide range of high traffic websites and services, and are often time critical.

There is a huge amount of scope to take ownership of the role and the work undertaken, actively looking to improve and manage the processes that underline the work. The candidate must be able to show intuition, innovation, motivation, enthusiasm and strong problem solving abilities along with the ability to work in a faced paced high availability environment.

The role is for 37.5 hours a week covering all days and includes shift patterns that will vary between 8am and 8pm Monday to Sunday. There may also be a requirement to occasionally work outside these hours when required.

Responsibilities:

• Achievement of established completed targets set by Live Ops managers

• Effective and concise communication

• Adhere to department policies, procedures, guidelines and best practice initiatives

• Contribute to the team by sharing new ideas and technologies in meetings

• Accurately record your time spent on projects and communicate your progress made on tasks

• Work closely with other developers within department to ensure effective reusability

Key Performance Indicators:

• Quality

• Productivity

• Accurate delivery of required targets

• Adhering to department standards and guidelines

Experience:

• At least 3 years commercial experience working with web based technologies.

Technical Skills:

• HTML, XHTML, CSS, Javascript

• JQuery

• XML/XSLT

• AJAX

• Problem solving / bug fixing

Personal Skills:

• Self motivated and proactive

• Hard working and dedicated

• High attention to detail

• Open, honest and approachable working style

• Team player

• Problem solver

• Ability to multitask and work under pressure

• Excellent communication skills including concise and clear explanations

• Ability to receive feedback from others

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

IF SELECTED FOR INTERVIEW, YOU MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE UK

UNFORTUNATELY WE WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO CANDIDATES WHO HAVE THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE REQUIRE. IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD FROM US WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF YOUR APPLICATION, YOU MAY ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.