London; full time; fixed term to 31/03/2017 (with poss of extension depending on funding)
£25,000-£30,000 per annum
Into Film is an education charity that puts film at the heart of children and young people’s educational and personal development. Working with the education and informal youth sectors, we provide 5-19 year olds with unparalleled opportunities to learn through and about film. Our ambitious UK-wide programme includes a network of extra-curricular film clubs, educational resources, training opportunities, a cinema-based film festival and the annual Into Film Awards. To our knowledge, no other UK-wide cultural education initiative has such a high take-up by schools and youth groups, with a network of over 16,000 registered clubs. We work with a range of partners in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, in addition to the film industry at large and several high profile ambassadors. Our work is supported by the BFI, through the National Lottery, and other film organisations including Cinema First.
Reporting to the Product Manager, the Junior Product Owner sits within the Digital Team and works alongside the Product Manager to commission, develop and launch new digital products in development as well as support the development and maintenance of existing Into Film sites. They support the Product Manager in the timely and successful delivery of any new digital products in development. This includes working to produce and manage the Agile requirements, gather stakeholder input and feedback and lead on the delivery of these sites. They play a key role in managing the relationships with internal teams as well as with external digital partners/agencies.
Responsibilities:
- To gather stakeholder and user requirements for new products – helping facilitate brainstorms and meetings with internal and external stakeholders
- To research collaborations and opportunities with new technologies, agencies or digital partners – assessing content and functionality for inclusion on our products.
- To prioritise requirements and provide project status updates – working closely on the build with stakeholders.
- To work closely with UX on wireframes and designs – ensuring that they are delivered on time, meet our design guidelines and evolve with stakeholder feedback.
- Commissioning, engaging and managing relationships with external digital agencies to build new products – including writing project briefs, shortlisting agencies and inputting into statements of work.
- To manage and prioritise the product and sprint backlog to meet our goals and KPIs.
- To define and elaborate user stories – creating and managing them in JIRA.
- To write the acceptance criteria for user stories and do the acceptance testing.
- To plan and theme sprints and communicate with the developers.
- To participate in the Scrum Meetings in the role of a Product Owner – attending daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning meetings.
- To lead on the development of the sites including co-ordinating the work of external agencies with that of our internal services team to manage co-dependencies and integrations.
- To work closely with the Product Manager and Solutions Architect to ensure that systems and functionality are reusable.
- To work closely with content teams, Comms web team and project leads to plan and scope content requirements and manage content delivery deadlines and the timely upload of assets. This may include (where not possible to delegate) gathering, producing and uploading assets, writing copy and ensuring sign off of assets.
- Assessing, refashioning and migrating relevant content from the existing sites (e.g. Film Club) to new products.
- To run user testing to gather feedback and ensure sites meet our user needs.
- To work closely with development to ensure that sites are quality assured and meet our technical guidelines.
- Writing test scripts, performing manual testing and smoke testing of any new features and bug fixes.
- To plan releases and work closely with the Scrum Master to ensure sites deliver on time and to budget.
- Help manage the Digital Team’s relationships with all the internal teams to ensure that we are all working to common standards, strategy and timelines.
- To produce handover documentation and run training with internal teams.
- Report on the analytics and interpret those analytics to suggest product enhancements.
- Raising any copyright clearance or safety issues that may arise.
Person Specification:
Essential:
- Experience at a junior level of performing the Product Owner role and of supporting the Product Manager in gathering requirements and the processes involved in delivering and launching responsive digital products
- Familiarity with Web development technologies, including content management systems and HTML.
- Good knowledge of internet tools, web browsers and experience in using project management systems, especially JIRA
- Experience of delivering projects using Scrum, Kanban and Agile methodologies
- Familiarity with best practices in Web development, including accessibility, usability and design
- Creative flair – ability to generate, develop and deliver new ideas
- Project management skills – ability to work to tight deadlines, prioritise and manage your time effectively
- Excellent written and oral communication skills – ability to manage multiple stakeholders, work with teams across Into Film and resolve conflict
- Strong digital skills and enthusiasm for keeping abreast with new developments in web, mobile and other interactive technologies
- Excellent organisational skills
- Experience of the Microsoft Office suite (preferably for Mac)
- Experience in using Google analytics and using them to interpret trends
Desirable:
- Experience of creating and delivering interactive content for teachers and young people – excellent knowledge of what makes good content for different users
- A love of film
Please download the job description and apply at https://intofilm.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk06dqd. The closing date for applications is 9am on Wednesday 3rd August, with interviews 11th and 12th August.
Please note that we will only consider application forms uploaded at the link above – CVs or email applications will not be considered.
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