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Tech Help - join the mumsnet team!

38 replies

Justine (mumsnet) · 13/01/2005 12:42

Hi all,

We are looking for someone to help out on the tech side of things at mumsnet hq. This is very much a part time - lunch hours, evenings and weekends - post, which is semi-voluntary. We can manage a modest salary and we very much hope to be able to increase the remuneration to something more market-related as and when the financial position of mumsnet allows!

Required skills are:

Knowledge of HTML
Knowledge of SQL
Knowledge of Java (not essential but useful)

Responsibilities will include:

Registration issues
Dealing with member queries about profile etc

Member tech queries
On site and via email

Html construction of newsletter/ dev emails/ subs emails etc

Advertising management
Putting up ads/ advertorials when required (SC is building template so rest of team should be able to do most of this)
Providing stats for advertisers

Page construction/ editing
Changes to existing pages and construction of new site pages

Managing member database
Deleting bad addresses etc

There's also some projects on the drawing board that will require programming if that's of interest.

Please email a CV to [email protected] if you are interested and want to discuss further.

Thanks,
Justine, Carrie, Rachel and Tech

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doggiewalker · 08/02/2005 17:03

Bonjour Monsieur Letech. (OOps just spelt that Leech, easy to miss out the "t")

friendofbadnat · 08/02/2005 09:58

Personally, I would rather he retained an air of mystery.

GhostofNatt · 07/02/2005 22:37

Can we have a profile of the new le tech, oh go on...

Hausfrau · 07/02/2005 13:04

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

RTKangaMummy · 07/02/2005 13:03

welcome letech

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Justine (mumsnet) · 07/02/2005 12:54

Hi all,
Just to let you know that our new DepTech is in action and will go by the name of LeTech - on account of his imminent relocation to Northern France. So look out for him and please treat him softly... at first anyway .

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Justine (mumsnet) · 28/01/2005 14:13

Thanks to everyone who enquired/ contacted us about this role. We have today appointed a Deputy Tech, who will no doubt introduce himself next week.
(Tigermoth we promise he's not wignrobe )

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piffle · 18/01/2005 20:45

Hi Justine, have emailed you re DH who says he could possibly do it although he is quite busy, he would have me as backup, I'm pretty ok with html and stuff, if not a little rusty, he could train me up even!
He'll mail CV tomorrow when he can find his laptop again!

Regards
Piff

tigermoth · 14/01/2005 18:35

justine, I hope you find some lovely mumsnetter to join your team. I am sure you will not be short of responses.

I know little about the tech side of things so I am probably being way to paranoid, but I hope yout troll deflecting system is on full alert, as someone could find this job offer tempting for all the wrong reasons.

flashingnose · 14/01/2005 15:34

You can give the pay to me, Lunarsea, if that helps

LunarSea · 14/01/2005 15:04

My sort of thing too (my RL existence is a sysadmin/webmaster/web authoring sort of role). Don't do Java, but the rest of it fits. Unfortunately, I don't think my contract here would let me do the same kind of thing for pay for anyone else.

futurity · 14/01/2005 14:27

This is right up my and DH's street..I am a web designer and he is the "tech" (programming, Java, server stuff etc). Have emailed him the details BUT I am expecting number 2 in 5 weeks!! Will let you know what he says.

Peckarollover · 14/01/2005 14:26

I have knowledge of HTML and SQL but not Java unfortunately.

WigWamBam · 14/01/2005 14:16
Grin
Bunglie · 14/01/2005 14:15

Sorry I just could not pass up the opportunity......

WigWamBam · 14/01/2005 14:12

Bunglie, you are shameless!

Bunglie · 14/01/2005 14:11

The Donkey is only on sabatical....(sounds painful), However end that sabatical now please as she is having far to much fun winding us all up again....glad she is back.

Is this the right time now that you have given us those wonderful italics [crawl][crawl] to ask that the 'new tech' should install a spellchecker as part of her job description???

Well, you can't blame me for trying?

lowcalCOD · 14/01/2005 13:43

what about peccarollver? she is a n internet queen

lilsmum · 14/01/2005 10:36

justine, i have emailed you

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Justine (mumsnet) · 14/01/2005 10:30

Yes it's working from home and you can fit it in anytime that suits really. The only fixed time commitment is the newsletter which is uploaded weds eve (takes no more than an hour) sometime between 5 and 11pm. It would be ideal if you could log on most days to check for registration and other queries and we anticipate the hours would be a minimum of 6 per week (although if you had more time, there's plenty of things to do to fill it). Drop us a mail if you need to know more. Thanks.

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SenoraPostrophe · 14/01/2005 10:13

Justine - Jan is right, this is my kind of thing, but I'm v busy at the moment.

If you can't find anyone else, would you be happy with an even-more-part-time-than-you-were-hoping-for arrangement? (don't get too excited though - I don't do Java. yuk yuk yuk. I do the other things though.)

Actually if all goes to plan I may have more time soon. Things don't usually go to plan though!

SuzySox · 14/01/2005 10:04

I'd consider it but spend far too long hanging round these parts as it is! I really don't think it would help with my addiction

lilsmum · 14/01/2005 10:02

would it be working from home?

SoupDragon · 14/01/2005 10:00

bump

Bring back the donkey!

JanH · 13/01/2005 21:54

damn.

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