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Experienced PHP Developer Vacancy in Yeovil, Somerset

Posted by David Hurst in HigherSites®, Job Opportunities on March 30th, 2010

Due to a staff member relocating, HigherSites is currently in urgent need of an experienced PHP developer to join our busy team here in the South West. We offer a fun working environment and plenty of variety in the work we do. We serve clients from small businesses right up to global brands and government departments.

Required Skills - we will only consider candidates with the following:

  • Advanced object oriented PHP5 skills
  • Intermediate to advanced SQL with MySQL
  • Good customer skills and the ability to visualise projects from the user’s viewpoint
  • Good CSS skills
  • The ability to write well structured and tidy code
  • Able to work as part of a team, showing initiative and commitment to deadlines
  • At least 2 years’ commercial experience
  • The ability to hand-code a whole page with nothing more than Windows Notepad (we don’t expect you to work like this, we just like to know that you can)

Preferred Skills - we will give preference to candidates with the following:

  • Good Javascript and experience with MooTools, jQuery or similar
  • OS agnostic - happy to work on Mac, Windows or Linux
  • ZCE qualified
  • 4 years or more commercial experience

Salary commensurate with experience.

Please email david at highersites dot co dot uk to apply or call Rob or myself on 01935 426958.

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How not to apply for a job as a web designer

Posted by David Hurst in Job Opportunities, Rants on March 19th, 2009

It’s one thing to whizz off an email to a prospective employer in which you wax lyrical about your XHTML & CSS skills, with links to your work and an attached CV. It’s quite another for the prospective employer to actually read it. But, if he does, make sure that your personal website is not a complete rip-off of the company website of the prospective employer. And, if you are that talentless that you have to steal other people’s work, at least have the common sense to replicate it with changes rather than using the ACTUAL source code of the site your stealing from.

Surely no-one could be that stupid right?

Wrong. We just had exactly this. The source code of his website still has our company slogan in the CSS styles. This is nothing more than theft, and frankly completely mystifying coming from a guy who is asking for a job as a creative.

Suffice it to say, his application on this occasion has been unsuccessful.

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PHP / MySQL Developer vacancy and Website Designer vacancy in Somerset

Posted by David Hurst in HigherSites®, Job Opportunities on June 12th, 2008

Higher Sites is in need of peeps to fill the above roles. A PHP / MySQL programmer and a graphic designer specialising in websites with XHTML. The positions are based in Yeovil in Somerset. Check out www.highersites.co.uk for more information.

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PHP / MySQL Programmer needed - job vacancy at Higher Sites Limited

Posted by David Hurst in HigherSites®, Job Opportunities, PHP on February 11th, 2007

Due to increased workload and subsequent expansion, Higher Sites Limited are in urgent need of experienced PHP/MySQL developers to work from our Ilminster offices. If you have 2 or more years’ commercial experience in developing websites with PHP and MySQL, we would like to hear from you.

Please call 01460 55662 or visit www.highersites.co.uk for more information.

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Field Sales Executive vacancy - South West UK, Somerset

Posted by David Hurst in HigherSites®, Job Opportunities on October 25th, 2006

Higher Sites Limited is hiring! We’re currently looking for an experienced sales rep to take our market leading products to the masses. Salary on offer is £16,000 + commission, which should bring on target earnings in the region of £25,000. Of course, we’re looking for someone exceptional who will consistently beat their monthly sales targets, in which case earnings would increase further.

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