2 IT and Digital Projects Opportunities

This is a great opportunity to get involved in a major e-commerce project, and gain web experience.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC is an entrepreneurial, independent, worldwide publisher listed on the London Stock Exchange with offices in London, Oxford, New York, Sydney and New Delhi. Over its 33 year history, Bloomsbury’s mission has been to publish works of excellence and originality.

We are looking for a web testing assistant for a high-profile, business-critical e-commerce project. The successful candidate will primarily provide testing support on the project, working with colleagues from e-commerce, project office, editorial and marketing to support a timely launch of various websites.

You will learn about web project management and generally gain some very marketable skills.

Main purpose of the role includes:

• To support testing for an e-commerce project
• To support content migration work

Key responsibilities

• Testing of front-end and back-end e-commerce functionality
• Content / content management system (CMS) pages testing
• Write bugs for developers to fix
• Use JIRA software to manage bugs
• Work with the test manager to triage bugs raised by other user acceptance testers

Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential

• Experience of web testing
• Good MS Office skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good time management skills
• Attention to detail, fast and accurate
• Able to work to deadlines, cope well under pressure and deliver on time
• Self-motivated, team player

Desirable

• Experience of working on an e-commerce project
• HTML experience
• Experience of project-management tools, such as Jira, Zendesk or Basecamp
• Experience of working in the publishing industry

Additional information

The role is a full-time temporary position for 6 months with a FTE salary of £24,000

The role is based at our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP on a hybrid working pattern of 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred). Allocated office days for this role are: Monday and Thursday

As an assistant role, this position is eligible for Bloomsbury’s Rental Deposit Loan Scheme. To assist candidates who want to start and to establish a career in publishing, Bloomsbury offers an interest-free rental deposit to support securing somewhere to live. The rental deposit loan can be up to £3,000 and will be paid back over 2 years.

The closing date for this role is Friday 17th June 2022.

Bloomsbury reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications

Bloomsbury benefits

As well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organisation, Bloomsbury offers the following competitive benefits package:

Working Pattern

• hybrid working pattern of: 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred)

Holidays

• 25 days holiday
• 3.5 days Christmas company holiday
• 2 Personal Wellness Days

Other benefits:

• Flexible Fridays – take Friday afternoon off by working an additional 3 hours and 45 minutes earlier in the week
• Season Ticket Loan
• Sharesave Scheme
• In-house Doctor
• Eyecare Voucher Scheme
• That Day – access to complementary wellness workshops
• Company culture! – Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (BAME, Disability, Mental Health, LGBTQ+ and Parents, Guardians and Carers), 15 Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources

Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

The Book Trade Charity provide financial assistance for people looking to get into the publishing industry; you can find more information and talk directly here: http://booktradeentrysupport.org


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