We're hiring!

ICG is expanding following an exciting series of new account wins! We are looking for a Senior Graphic Designer and a Web Developer to join our team here in Warton, near Preston.

Senior Graphic Designer
This role is perfect for someone that is passionate about design and has a desire to produce their best work yet in a fast paced, highly creative environment.

We are looking for someone with more than three year's agency experience who wants to take the next step up the career ladder.

The appointed person will work both individually and as part of a team on B2B and B2C creative campaigns. Strong typographic skills are vital and web and new media experience would be an advantage, but not essential.

Strong communication skills will be needed for direct contact with both clients and suppliers and a degree of project management will be required.

Anyone wishing to apply must be highly competent on a Mac, using InDesign predominantly as well as other CS5 applications.

Web Developer
This person will be responsible for the development of major and minor applications and the maintenance of existing websites and internal systems.

The successful candidate must be able to develop, test and deliver websites and web applications, perform defect resolution and implement enhancements on an ongoing basis.

Experience with best practices and design methodologies to ensure the success of projects is essential.

Other required skills and experience for this role include:
*    Involvement in all stages of project life cycle from the requirements stage through to integration and delivery
*    Practical experience in developing with PHP5, (x)HTML, JavaScript, CSS and SQL
*    Practical experience with CMS
*    Familiarity with or a desire to learn and use new technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3
*    Ability to implement web designs from briefs and layouts from our design team
*    Excellent creative, technical and analytical skills
*    Ability to communicate effectively both in technical and business environments
*    A desire and willingness to work in a collaborative, innovative, flexible and team-oriented environment to deliver quality work, enhancements and fixes to deadlines
*    Knowledge of developing social media applications will also be an advantage
If you have what it takes and you are looking for your next career move please send your CV and examples of your work to simon@icgonline.co.uk

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from #icgRocks

Best wishes to everyone for Christmas and the New Year.

As we pen this blog, Cliff Richard's Mistletoe & Wine is bringing us plenty of festive cheer. We hope you have a rocking  holiday and if you've  enjoyed some of our #icgRocks, then life is good!

We've had a great 2012 - see ICG's Highlights of the Year book to find out all about it - and we promise there's lots more excitement to come in 2013. It's available for download on our website too.

See you next year from everyone at team ICG.

If you didn’t know already #icgRocks

One of the biggest debates here at ICG is, what’s the best Christmas song? Santa baby? Driving Home for Christmas? or Walking In the Air?

It’s a tricky one, so we let everyone have their say. And here's the results!

Tell us your favourite song @icgbrandbuilder #icgRocks or on our Facebook page and you might find some of our Christmas goodies winging your way!

• Zat You Santa Claus, Louis Armstrong (Dave  Mallalieu)
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Frank Sinatra (Julie Hackett)
• Winter Wonderland, Tony Bennett (Harry Bennett)
• Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Bruce Springsteen (Stephen Daniels)
• Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee (Sarah Southworth)
• Stop the Cavalry, Jona Lewie, (Stephen Taylor)
• Driving Home for Christmas, Chris Rea (Paula Holden)
• I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas, Gayla Peevey (Nicola Chew)
• Last Christmas, Wham (Ian Jones)
• Stay, East 17; Baby its Cold Outside, Zooey Deschanel & Legon Redbore (Emily Windle)
• Home for the Holidays, Emmy the Great/Tim Wheeler (Simon Couchman)
• Walking in The Air, Snowman (Peter Cobley)

ICG extends services to The Mall Blackburn

ICG has been appointed to assist The Mall Blackburn with its social media campaigns throughout the busy Christmas shopping period.
   
The team will work alongside the marketing team at The Mall to ensure a continuous stream of engaging and informative content is delivered to fans and followers at key times during the festive season.

Late night shopping, special offers and incentives and information about The Mall's hugely popular RewardME card scheme are just some of the posts that are currently being planned in.

Click here to 'Like' The Mall's Facebook page and keep up to date with everything you need to know on the run up to Christmas.

New addition to the team!

ICG has made its second new appointment this year following a series of exciting account wins.

Graphic Designer, Stephen Taylor, joined the creative team in late October, bringing the total headcount to 13.

He will work on across ICG's exciting portfolio of clients including Realm, Blackpool Airport, Iveco, MedicX Pharmacy, Central Training and VIP Computers.

Seatruck Ferries' new website sets sail

The UK's only dedicated freight ferry company on the Irish sea turned to the ICG design and digital teams when it embarked on voyage to launch a new website.

The brief was to create an information and sales portal that would allow current and potential clients to find everything they need in one place.

ICG's digital and design teams got to work and the resulting website includes sailing schedules that are updated in real -time to give the most accurate information, shipping forecasts, media gallery with free downloadable images, an online quoting facility, all the latest Seatruck news and the contact details for each of the ports used by the company.

Designed in accordance with brand guidelines, the site is easy to navigate with a clean, fresh look.

New services and signage systems for Central Training

The ICG design team has masterminded the creatives for the launch of three new services that are being offered by Central Training.

A new state of the art gym, modern hair salon and 3G sports pitch, which are all located in Central Training's Central Park Campus in Wigan, all have their own specially created sub-brands, which have been rolled out across a suite of promotional material including flyers, banners, local press advertising and web advertisements.

In addition, ICG has worked with Central Training to devise and design a signage system for the whole Central Park site, which was officially launched in October.

The way-finding system colour-codes buildings across the campus so students can easily navigate their way around.