Job Description: A Project Manager is the ‘glue’ that keeps all projects moving, on schedule and under budget. The vast majority of time spent being a Project Manager is communicating with everyone involved in the project, ensuring that everyone understands what is expected of them. They anticipate problems before they occur, manage risk and find ways to accomplish project goals regardless of changing circumstances. The Project Manager also makes a contribution to the continual improvement of the project management process. The purpose of the role is to act as the single point of contact for client projects, builds and support and maintenance activity within the development team. The Project Manager will manage multiple projects and will be line managed by the Production Director. Continue reading →

We’re looking for a grade-A Linux systems administrator to join our web operations team here at Semantico. We develop, host, and support many interesting content sites, such as ORCID, Access Engineering, Oxford Reference Online, and many more. We’re based in a lovely office in central Brighton, and have a ping pong table. As a senior member of this team, you’ll be expected to be maintaining & improving our management and monitoring systems for over 200 servers, in datacentres worldwide. You’ll also need to help project teams develop new solutions, and write proposals for projects – like how to move application A into customer datacentre B, without any downtime. In addition, you’ll need to be able to stand on your own two feet and decide just in which directions we need to move to make things better for everyone. Continue reading →

As a member of the web operations and support team at Semantico, you’ll be responsible for ensuring that application support tickets for our range of bespoke client web applications are answered in a friendly and responsive manner. This will involve ascertaining whether a query requires code change, updated documentation, or a tweak to their input data. You’ll also be responsible for ensuring that our customers sites are healthy by keeping a close eye on our monitoring systems. Continue reading →

We are currently looking for an intern to work in our marketing department. The position is part time, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday – though after you’ve settled in and are happy to work unsupervised these days and hours are open to negotiation. The length of the placement is flexible, but you should be willing make a commitment to a minimum six week stay in order to get the best from this opportunity. As a company at the forefront of rapid change in the publishing industry, Semantico offers interns a unique opportunity to gain knowledge and insight into an important emerging area of digital media. Continue reading →