Jobs at Torpedo7
Updated: DECEMBER 2011
Current Openings:
- Torpedo7 - Web Content Team leader
- Torpedo7 - Product Description Editor X2
- Torpedo7 - Senior Test Analyst
- Torpedo7 - Intermediate .NET Developer
Torpedo7 - Web Content Team leader
Due to an internal promotion, we are on the hunt for a multi-talented team player to fill the role of Web Content Team Leader for the Torpedo7 business unit. The successful applicant needs to have great product knowledge across our key sales categories, a very good eye for detail, excellent communication skills and proven experience managing a small team. This role is pivotal to the success of the business and decisions made at this level have the ability to positively (and negatively) affect the profitability of the business unit.
Key tasks include:
- Effective management of the ?product to web? process for all Torpedo7 products
- Leadership of a small team of descriptions editors
- Double and triple checking?
- Product description writing
- Providing product related assistance to the Customer Services team
- Researching product
If this sounds like the new challenge you have been waiting for and/or a chance to experience another part of the Torpedo7 limited business then read on?.
To succeed in this role, you?ll need to be:
- A details person; VERY high attention to detail is a key part of this role
- Previous experience in copy-writing or editorial writing would be an advantage
- Experience managing a team
- Hard working and reliable, with excellent organisation skills
- Able to work independently
- Able to take leadership and have complete ownerships of tasks PC literate; some HTML knowledge would be beneficial
- A good communicator
- A fast learner
- Able to work under pressure and to deadlines
If this is the opportunity you have been looking for then get your CV and Cover Letter in to: Race.louden@torpedo7.com ASAP!
Torpedo7 - Product Description Editor X2
Love Biking?
Love Fishing?
Love the Outdoors?
How about Motocross?
Into Snowboarding?
Or all of the above - Even better!!
Do you think you know your stuff? Do you keep up to date with all the new products and techy bits?
We have a 2x NEW full time positions within the Torpedo7 Descriptions team ready for the right candidates!
These roles will be responsible for writing and maintaining the product descriptions across our entire Torpedo7 product range. They will add some much needs capacity to the existing team to enable them to deal with the massive growth that we are currently seeing across the website. The successful candidates will need to have extensive knowledge of the key product categories in our existing website offering, a strong customer service focus, and be able to demonstrate the ability to research new products and then present these products in an informative and customer friendly way on our website.
Key Tasks:
- Edit and write suitable product descriptions for new products.
- Maintain existing product content to ensure that it is accessible and easily understood by our customers
- Have frequent communication with the Marketing and Customer Service Teams to determine website product content requirements
- Monitor new brands and products to ensure they are being set up within the required guidelines
- Provide general assistance to the Team Leader - Torpedo7 Descriptions.
Required Skills:
- It is essential that you have a solid background and sound knowledge of our key Torpedo7 product categories.
- Previous experience in copy-writing or editorial writing would be an advantage
- Attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy with data entry is required
- High level of competency with spelling and grammar
- The candidate must have excellent organization skills
- Excellent written English and oral communication skills
- The ability to see through our customers eyes when writing product descriptions
- Ability to take instructions and follow these with a minimum of supervision
- Sound MS Office skills
- Web savvy for searching for information on the web
- Be a team player
If this is the opportunity you have been looking for then get your CV and Cover Letter in to: Race.louden@torpedo7.com ASAP!
Senior Test Analyst
We are in the process of growing our in-house development team to take more control over our website development. We are looking for a senior test analyst with several years of experience to come into our team and help us develop and refine our growing stable of websites.
This is an opportunity to become a member of a special team who are passionate about their work and enjoy being part of one of the fastest moving and exciting companies in the country.
Key result areas:
- Test processes developed and followed by Web Team
- Software quality metrics are setup, being measured and improving.
- Fewer disruptions to services caused by software defects introduced by the Web Team
- Comprehensive defect tracking system developed
Key tasks:
- Setup a robust testing structure, processes and procedures in the team
- Review requirements for testability
- Obtain client requirements when documentation is poor or insufficient
- Determine test conditions/test objectives
- Create comprehensive test cases relevant to test conditions
- Execute test cases and report results
- Working with members of the organisation to identify defects
- Raise, close and clear defects when necessary
- Periodically report results to other in the organisation
- Report to the Team Lead on a regular basis, detailing current work load, progress and issues.
Core skills:
- Minimum of 3 years? relevant testing experience
- Senior level experience in testing with good analysis skills and high levels of initiative
- Sound understanding of testing techniques and awareness of the appropriate use.
- Experience in producing test plans and estimating.
- Sound understanding of testing methodologies, tools and processes
- Experience in test case design, test case writing and traceability matrices
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- A sense of humour
If you?ve got what it takes to succeed massively in this exciting role, send your CV and cover letter to: Michael.hamid@torpedo7.com ASAP.
Intermediate .NET Developer
We are in the process of growing our in-house development team to take more control over our website development. We are looking for a developer with a few years of experience to come into our team and help us develop and refine our growing stable of websites.
This is an opportunity to become a member of a special team who are passionate about their work and enjoy being part of one of the fastest moving and exciting companies in the country.
| Duties and responsibilities |
- Work with the Team Lead and other members of the organisation to deliver new functionality to the current web sites or create any new web sites as required.
- Design and implement maintenance and/or upgrades of existing website systems, including performance and usability improvements.
- Train staff to use new developments and applications identifying time constraints, gathering key resources and conveying needs and requirements in clear and plain English.
- Report to the Team Lead on a regular basis, detailing current work load, progress and issues.
- Provide support to the business.
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| Required skills |
- At least three years web development experience.
- Strong knowledge of .NET based technologies.
- In depth knowledge of Web Development technologies - including HTML, JavaScript, CSS.
- Strong database knowledge specifically SQL Server or MySQL
- Excellent communication skills.
- A sense of humour.
Desirable skills and experience
- Source code version control, preferably Subversion.
- Documentation writing and reviewing ? build docs, proposals, and specifications.
- Object-oriented programming and domain modelling.
- Ecommerce web site development experience.
- Enterprise size web site development experience.
- Exposure to ASP.NET MVC and Razor.
- Experience working in an Agile environment
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If you believe you?ve got what it takes to succeed massively in this exciting role, get your CV and cover letter to: Michael.hamid@torpedo7.com ASAP.