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Chapter Media Seeks Team Assistant
Chapter Media are looking to employ a highly organized Team Assistant to begin work October 17th.
Title: Team Assistant
Reports to: Managing Director and Project Manager
Based at: Chapter Media, 2 New Burlington Place, London, W1S 2HP
Job Purpose: To seamlessly assist the Chapter Media team with all administrative requirements, with a bias towards working with the Managing Directors and Project Manager.
Key Responsibilities and accountabilities:
- Diary Management, arranging travel (for the office and Managing Directors).
- Copy proof-reading and document authoring.
- Ensuring entire building is tidy and use initiative to maintain it.
- The ordering of kitchen, cleaning, stationery products, water and any other requirements as under instruction from the Project Manager and the Directors.
- Processing and claiming all expenses on behalf of the team and the Directors.
- Any other administrative tasks required by the team and occasional reception cover.
- The raising of sales invoices and post purchase invoices, and posting banking transactions to the office accounting system “Quickbooks” under instruction from the Directors.
- Managing interns and scheduling as necessary.
- Template based royalty statements preparation on behalf of Raindance.tv.
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Being responsible for all Health and Safety throughout the office. Including First Aid/Fire. This includes taking a First Aid at Work Certification/refreshers and Fire Warden course.
The ideal candidate must have excellent oral and written communication skills as well as proven Team Assistant or PA experience within a fast paced media company. You must have advanced MS Office skills and a fast and accurate typing speed. A good understanding of Excel is also a requirement.
This full-time position will commence October 17th. For more information, or to apply with your CV and covering letter, please contact careers@chaptermedia.com.
Pottermore.com - The Magical Quill
Chapter Media is pleased to be involved in the launch of pottermore.com.
If you would like to gain early access to pottermore.com please visit the site and follow the clues to find the Magical Quill which will be available until August 6.
Stuff.TV HP Touchpad app released
We are very excited to announce the release of the Stuff.TV HP Touchpad app, currently rated 5 out of 5 stars on the WebOS app store.
Created in close collaboration with world’s biggest-selling gadget magazine and HP, and sporting an incredibly detailed design, this applicaiton pings all the latest tech news and gadget reviews straight to your HP TouchPad.
As with all out applicayions, utilizing a platform approach to creating the app means that it requires very little effort for the Stuff team to manage.
Wanderlust App released
Chapter Media is excited to announce the launch of the Wanderlust Travel Photo of the Year App, now available for free in the iTunes store.
Every year Wanderlust, the UK's leading travel magazine, runs the Wanderlust Travel Photo of the Year Competition, open to both professional and amateur photographers. The competition consists of 4 categories, and features great prizes such as an all-expense paid photographic commission to Columbia for 2011.
Compatible with the iPad, the app showcases photos from past winners in high resolution. Other features include photographer’s description of their image, captions detailing how the shot was taken, slide-show control, and links to the Wanderlust website.
The app is fully integrated with a CMS, facilitating content management for the client.
Launch of filmmaking competition
We’ve been working with Raindance.tv to launch a new filmmaking competition with Direct line insurance called 40 Seconds Straight.
Raindance and Direct Line challenge aspiring or professional filmmakers to create a film about making complicated situations straightforward in 40 seconds or less. Prizes include a trip to the Cannes Film Festival, and tickets to the British Independent Film Awards after show party. For details and guidelines, visit the competition website
Enjoying the new HP Touchpad
We’re busy developing an app for the soon to be released HP Touchpad. It is a lovely device to play with!
At the Cannes Film Festival
Zara will be at the Cannes Film Festival talking to film professionals about digital distribution and Raindance.tv. If you are attending Cannes and would like to discuss your project, please contact us
Celebrating the Royal Wedding
If you are excited about Kate and William’s big day tomorrow, you might enjoy a special app we’ve been working on. A Very Public Love Story tells the story of Kate and William’s relationship and wedding using a new format called Movics – which is a combination of a graphic novel, animation and movie elements.
Discovering the new WebOS SDK
Prototyping using the new WebOS SDK – its quite developer friendly but the Emulator clearly still has a way to go. Its really beneficial to have both App and CMS experts under one roof so we can rapidly create a proof of concept that includes end-to-end publishing.
At MIPTV
Keith and Peter will be at MIPTV to discuss connected TV platforms, and our children's TV series Iconicles. If you are attending MIPTV and would like to meet, please contact us
Sites launched
It’s not just the weather that’s been summery – so have our recent site launches! Have a look at BBC Gardener’s World Live, BBC Good Food Show Summer and Fruit Focus. And if summery weather makes you want to pull down the rooftop of your car, have a look at Chelsea AutoLegends.
Chapter Media and LG team up for new applications this spring
At the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), LG announced their latest range of TVs and Media Players, Netcast—their connected TV platform—and an intriguing device called the SmartTV Upgrader that allows consumers to upgrade existing devices with the latest Netcast technology.
Chapter Media is proud to have been working with LG and major publishers to develop applications that will be pre-installed on new devices released in Spring 2011.
These apps, and their integration with Necast, are a part of our unique and proprietary connected devices platform, which allows us to publish mobile, tablet and TV applications to multiple proprietary systems (iOS, Android, Netcast, YahooWidgets and many more). We enable brands and publishers a simple means to create and manage (via the platform’s content management system) an integrated user proposition across a broad variety of connected devices.
Another one of LG’s new devices, the Magic Motion remote controller, has allowed us to experiment with the technology while developing applications. The Wii-style control gives the user a truly integrated experience with the applications in use on LG’s new systems. Changing the channel has never been quite this entertaining.
In a revolutionary age of television and Internet technology, we are excited to be a part of the transformation of the industry. Keep a look out for more details as the release date approaches this spring.
LG prototype arrives
We took delivery this morning of a prototype of LG’s next LED TV – the magic remote controller is fun to play with! LG seem to like what we do as they are about to pre-install our apps on their upcoming range.
Pepsi 'MAX IT' Competition Announces Finalists
Chapter Media’s strategic and technical support throughout the joint competition between Raindance.tv and Pepsi Max succeeded in drawing in many submissions over the past few weeks.
Today the finalists of the competition were announced. The films can be viewed at Raindance.tv here.
The winning film, which will launch the 2011 Raindance Film Festival, will be announced on February 22nd. The film’s creator will be awarded a £30,000 production budget to create a film that will screen at the festival and a VIP trip for two to the Cannes Film Festival.
BIFA winners announced
We wish to congratulate Gareth Edwards, winner of the Moët British Independent Film Award for Best Technical Achievement Sponsored by Chapter Media. The visual effects for Monsters earned him the win at last night's BIFAs.
Other nominees in that category were:
John Mathieson for Brighton Rock
Tim Barker for The Arbor
Sylvain Chomet for The Illusionist
Eve Stewart for The King's Speech
Read the full press release here
Chapter Media develops Photo Gallery App for the IPad!
In collaboration with an online travel website, Chapter Media has developed an original Photo Gallery App for the IPad. Our app lets viewers browse photos in high definition with a user-friendly interface. We also developed a content management system so that content can be easily edited.
The app is due to launch soon. Click here to learn more about our app generating services.
Chapter Media launches Go ON for Race Online 2012
In support of Race Online 2012, Chapter Media has developed their interactive website, most recently launching the Go ON feature. Go ON is a campaign for UK citizens to “get more out of life online.” It is a tool for internet users to promote the web through accessible graphic and verbal messages.
The site supplies a free downloadable guide and badge artwork which can help internet users get other excited about using the web:
Click here to learn more about our work for Race Online. Get involved with the Race Online 2012 here.
Launch of the Pepsi ‘MAX IT’ Competition
Chapter Media is providing both strategic and technical support to Raindance.tv for its joint competition with Pepsi Max.
The Pepsi ‘MAX IT’ film competition invites filmmakers to create a short film about what ‘max it’ means to them and their mates. The best film will be chosen by a panel of industry judges to launch the 2011 Raindance Film Festival. Its creator will also win an amazing £30,000 production budget to create a film that will also screen at the festival, as well as a VIP trip for two to the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
The competition is open for submissions until December 12th 2010. Find out more here
Chapter Media sponsors the 2010 BIFAs!
Chapter Media is a proud sponsor of the Best Technical Achievement at the 2010 British Independent Film Awards on 5 December.
We would like to offer our congratulations to:
John Mathieson for Brighton Rock
Tim Barker for The Arbor
Chapter Media moves into Chapter House!
To support our recent and continued growth, the Chapter Media family has taken over a new building, Chapter House, just off Regent Street in the heart of London.
We completed significant refurbishment to the 200+ year old building in July, which including installing a kitchen/chill-out room, board room, 4 main offices plus 3 project/meeting rooms, a screening area for films, and editing/filming facilities.
