Moved to England
After 30 odd hours of flying, transit lounges and endless spinach pasta stodge, I’m in London.
Now to find a job, if anyone knows of any Flash work going over here, drop me a line.
I have a job, house, etc thanks to all the people who posted links. Now I just need the weather to warm up.
March 22nd, 2009 at 5:01 pm
There seem to be quite a few Londoners posting positions on LinkedIn groups. On LinkedIn try:
Actionscript 3 / Flex / Flash Media Server – developers
Adobe Flex Developers
Adobe Flex Experts
Flash Freelancers
Flex addict
Game Developers
GamesProducers
Serious Games Group
Also try Monster.com, I believe they have a UK site as well, unlike DICE as far as I recall.
March 22nd, 2009 at 6:58 pm
I wish you good luck and a great start in your new life
March 23rd, 2009 at 11:33 am
Welcome to Europe! I hope some day you can come and visit Bulgaria
Try work in orjo.com, a lot of english companies are looking for flash dev-s there!
March 23rd, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Welcome to the UK! Clusta (http://www.clusta.com/ though they are working on there new website version so you can visit there previous site http://www.clusta.com/v6.htm and click on vacancies) I know are looking for Freelance Flash designers / developers. They may be in Birmingham (a good trains journey from London) and have a studio in LA but are a great bunch and I don’t think it would hurt to drop them a CV. There blog has quite a few details on positions also.
Anyway, I do wish you all the best on the job hunt and hope our cooler climate isn’t making you think twice about returning to New Zealand (love the it there).
March 23rd, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Hey dude,
Congrats on the move! – If you ever visit Glasgow give me a shout! I’ll have a word around the guys I know, see if anyone’s looking jobwise though.
Liam
March 24th, 2009 at 1:07 am
Send me an email, I’ll give you the low down with agencies and recruiters in London. There is plenty, plenty of Flash Dev Freelance/Permanent work at the moment. Hope you enjoy it over here in London!!
March 24th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Hi
Try http://www.jobserve.co.uk a very good site for job hunting
Good luck with that
March 25th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Thanks for all your kind words and resources.
Certainly makes it a little less intimidating finding work.
March 25th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Congrats on your move (most people I know are moving the other way!). I moved from the North Midlands to North London a few months back and found hitting up the usual portals worked for me..
Try these links – I know theyre big but ive found them useful in the past, if only to get to know some good recruitment agents:
http://www.thedrum.co.uk
http://www.designweek.co.uk/Jobs/Home.aspx
http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/
http://www.creativepool.co.uk/
good luck (not that you’ll need it!)
April 6th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
i don’t think you’ll have any problems finding a gig. too bad TDR (the designers republic) folded earlier this year. but there’s still their contemporary, Kleber:
http://www.kleber.net/
send them a wire, i’m sure you’ll be a shoo-in.
April 9th, 2009 at 2:36 am
Hi Dale, good luck from all your ‘old’ kiwi (and non kiwi!) buddies, speak soon.
yeehaa
Dave
April 11th, 2009 at 5:17 am
MeCompany might also be worth a look:
http://www.mecompany.com/
they’re in London and worked extensively w/ Bjork. your illustration work might also come into play here.
PS
going through your NoPonies work, reminds me a bit of Nick Bantock. good stuff!
April 20th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
http://www.hires.net
April 20th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
http://www.hi-res.net
April 29th, 2009 at 4:19 am
and don’t forget -
http://www.tomato.co.uk/
May 18th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Hey!! We need an update lol how is the job hunting going?
May 20th, 2009 at 5:09 am
is there surf close to london?
May 21st, 2009 at 10:10 pm
the company i work for – rehabstudio.com has 2 flash developer positions in shoreditch, london
check it out!
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:44 pm
@Scott,
No, there is not, which is a bit of a hassle for a surf junkie like myself.
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:49 pm
@Richard,
Cheers, looks like the positions are for the Belfast studio. Looks like a sweet place to work though.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:51 am
yea I read your about and was thinking that being from the wave rich land of NZ, your bummed on the surf situation. But I feel for you man, im from kauai, hawaii and recently had to move to florida, waters warm but the surf is pretty inconsistent. Anyways your as3 work is amazing, keep it up.
May 30th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Possible job? It’s for a senior flash developer at agency, london..
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=327727