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Careers

Can you see yourself at one of the most respected integrated agencies outside London? Even if you don’t see a current vacancy here, we’re always glad to hear from ambitious, talented individuals who feel they can make a difference to our clients. If that’s you, send us your C.V. attached to an email with a bit about you and make sure you’re first to know about any opportunities.

Here’s who to contact:

Client services: philip.crick@theblackhole.co.uk
Digital: michael.stewart@theblackhole.co.uk
Design: tim.hales@theblackhole.co.uk
Copy: karl.stones@theblackhole.co.uk

Is The Black Hole right for you?

Black Holers are an odd bunch. We tend to take electrical items apart to see how they work… listen in on conversations in coffee shops… and look at life a little differently. So if you don’t take yourself too seriously, but you can do seriously good work – The Black Hole could be just the place to grow your career. But before we sit down and discuss working together, here’s a little more about us.

A real opportunity to develop

Account and creative teams work together as teams to work on specific clients. This not only helps deliver more value to our clients, but also helps you build a strong relationship with them and gives you more power to make positive changes to their marketing campaigns.

Clear progression and training opportunities

Team structures within the agency have given us a clear picture of how each individual staff member can develop. And because we aim to keep all of our clients ahead of the pace, your opportunity for training and professional development is second to none.

You’re appraised and rewarded on performance

One of the ways we can see how well we are doing for our clients is by having a real and tangible appraisal process at The Black Hole. You’ll even find a formalised feedback structure, so you can see what you’re doing really well and where you can develop further. Everyone pulls together as one for our clients. And with a performance related bonus scheme tied into our appraisal system, it certainly adds to the hardworking team ethic.

Work hard, play hard

Hard work is what keeps our clients coming back for more. But the girls here like to let their hair down and the boys have been known to throw some cool shapes on the dance floor. We can even manage to drag our resident dad dancers and yummy mummies out for our communal Big Night’s out. But that’s what makes The Black Hole such a great place to work and play.

Talent File

Live life at the Front End

We’re looking for a talented senior front end developer, with a strong agency background, to join our busy integrated studio. You’re as flexible as a Swiss Army Knife and you’ve already cut your teeth building everything from HTML emails to websites.

Here’s your chance to shine on a range of blue-chip clients: including Argos and HBOS. As our main developer, you’ll be handed the reins – whether that’s hands-on build or overseeing projects. You can hand-craft code and you know the differences between your Foxes and Explorers and how to build/test for each of them. You’ll also be a master of:

  • HTML/XHTML to Web Standards
  • HTML for emails
  • CSS
  • JavaScript (incl. the use of popular libraries)
  • Flash with ActionScript 2 & 3

Think you can step up? Send your CV to tim.hales@theblackhole.co.uk

NOTE TO AGENCIES: we have taken a conscious decision to recruit in this way. Unsolicited calls and CVs will be the quickest way to get yourself put on the list (yes we have a list!) of recruitment agencies we don’t want to deal with. We have agency recruitment partners already and are not looking for anymore at this time. Please save both our time and yours.