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Frank Design are looking for developers, junior developers and designers to expand our team. We're a hard working lot, enjoy a good social life in and around Manchester City Centre, love to share music, ideas and get excited about new technology as well as being keen sportsman with our own 11-a side football team!

We're looking for talented middleweight designers with bags of creative flair  and a raft of ideas who  thrive on working collaboratively. We'd also like to hear from junior to middleweight developers who love working in XHTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL. ActionScript and Flash skills would be a bonus.

For more information, send us an email with your cv and examples of your bestest work to recruit@frankdesignltd.co.uk.

• Strictly no agencies please

• all applicants must be required to attend an interview based in Manchester.

Frank Design have increased their client base within North West NHS organisations with the recent addition of the Cheshire & Merseyside Cardiac & Stroke Network, whose new site is now live. The site combines an accessible front end that utilises mega drop down menus, consistent action points and displays information in a clear and immediate format with Frank Designs NHS specific content management and Emarketing system. This framework gives the Network a comprehensive, flexible, one-stop system to manage their internal and external digital communications quickly and easily.

We're delighted to be working closely with the organisation to help the North West to reduce cardiac related illness and improve stroke diagnosis and awareness. If you would like more information about this project, or if you work for an NHS organisation and would like to improve your internal and external communications, please contact us to see how we can streamline your digital comms. Click here to view the site.

Frank Design have been commissioned to design and produce a new website for The AF Foundation. The AF Foundation is a children's charity set up by Andrew and Rachel Flintoff that raises funds to build, develop and improve child Rehabilitation & Physiotherapy Units throughout the UK. The first new unit has just been launched at Alder Hey hospital. 

 We're delighted to be working with this most deserving of charities and look forward to helping the foundation to improve their online communications, social media and online donations. The AF Foundation has a current site online: please click here to visit the site and find out more about the outstanding work that the foundation does to help Childrens physiotherapy to be a whole lot more fun.

The next AF Foundation event is the AF Foundation ball, with Mick Hucknall headlining. Go to http://www.affoundation.co.uk/events for up-to-date information. You can also show your support by following the AF Foundation on Twitter: @AFFOUNDATION and Facebook: The AF FOUNDATION.

Our new site for British Menswear label Private White VC has gone live. The PWVC collection consists of classic, timeless and traditional pieces that Private Jack White VC and his contemporaries would wear day in and day out. All garments are made in the Manchester factory which for the best part of a decade has prided itself in making only the finest quality handcrafted British garments. Superbly crafted threads for the dapper chap around town - perfect. Keep up to date with all the latest collection news by clicking here to register your email address online.

Private White's Mancunian HQ is the subject of a documentary airing this Friday 18/02/11, 7.30 pm on Channel 4. More info: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/made-in-england. Pick up a premier piece online; click here to visit the site and get shopping!

Thanks to the good folk at Umbro for inviting a Frank Design international select team (1 Irishman, 2 half Irishmen and like all good premiership teams, a strong English spine) to participate in their superb Umbro 5's event on a typically rainy Saturday morning in Ardwick. We were well looked after and the excellent Umbro boots and kit were put to good use. After narrowly missing out on a place in the final we finished a creditable 3rd, whooping XFM's finely-tuned, if a little  hung over, samba footballers. Read more about the FA Umbro 5's by clicking here to visit the Umbro 5's site.

Frank Design are delighted to announce that funding from national government has been secured for a new project working with 13-14 year old pupils from mixed faith schools within Stockport. The project, titled First Impressions, will involve pupils working together to deliver various products for an online multimedia project. Working with audio, video, animation and creative writing, pupils will create their own multimedia presentation which will be archived online after a VIP launch at the local Council! Working as a mutually beneficial knowledge exchange, First Impressions will provide Keystage 9 pupils from 4 mixed faith schools within Stockport with training which they will use to create mixed media content. Pupils will work in teams to interview senior citizens, learning about their historical experience of listening to music throughout their life, then will create digital content based on past and present music formats. Senior citizens will receive technology training from pupils so that they will be able to use modern technology, eg mobile phones, internet, exploring the shared love of music that both groups are passionate about. The judges from The Department Of Children, Education and Families were very impressed with the idea and are providing 100% of the project funding, which will ensure the projects sustainability for future  generations of pupils attending Stockport schools. The project will be starting in September 2010 and all at Frank Design are looking forward to working with some very talented pupils who will be driving this project forward. 

We're looking forward to getting started on a new project  for 2010, in conjunction with the North West Development Agency, who have kindly agreed to fund the research and development of a new online ratings engine. Based around accountability and social participation, the engine will be integrated into a number of projects over the course of the year. The first example will be posted online here.

Expert Health have commissioned Frank Design to produce their new corporate identity and apply it to their website and other marketing materials. Expert Health is a new concept in health care initiated by a collective of surgeons based in the North East, providing a private service dedicated to providing quicker referral times and a more streamlined, efficient pathway of care. Their aim is to provide their patients with enhanced lifestyle benefits and all at Frank are very much looking forward to working on this project with Expert Health over the coming months.

Bury And Rochdale Doctors On Call, an NHS funded out of hours service looking after 410,000 patients throughout Bury and Rochdale, have awarded the tender for the design and development of their new website to Frank Design. The phased project will commence with the redesign and development of a new public and professional facing site, with an intranet site and added functionality to be applied to the project later in the year. We're looking forward to helping to increase the profile of BARDOC and improve recognition of the organisation with the general public, as well as improving the communication streams currently used by professionals within the organisation.

Those lovely people at the NWDA, not to be confused with South Compton's finest, have confirmed that an innovative e-commerce project based around our continuing work in the education sector has received the full amount of requested funding and is slated to start in early October 09. Frank Design are looking forward to working with our partner web agency on the project, more information to follow in due course.

June 17th: Wimbledon, Glastonbury and the longest day of summer are around the corner, and this is the view from our office. Another balmy Mancunian summer awaits.

We're delighted to have secured a fantastic development project involving new client The Bespoke Building Company. TBBC are based in Los Angeles and specialize in providing bespoke interior design makeovers and initiating new-build development projects for high net worth clients. Frank have been commissioned to develop TBBC's brand ID in conjunction with the design and development of a new website. Operating mainly in the Hollywood Hills and Newport Beach areas of LA, TBBC enjoyed a recent meal in their Mancunian counterpart, the Cheetham Hills, when we took them for a curry after work one night.

...they would look something like this. The evil genius at our favourite posh butty shop, Olive, masterminded this heart-attack inducing extrava-sanga. Pastrami, cream cheese, dill pickle, swiss cheese, tomato on Mr Creosote sized pieces of sourdough bread. If you've ever seen a better sandwich served up in the city centre area, be sure to lettuce know.

Work in the studio schedule for this month (April) includes further site development for existing clients Greater Manchester & Cheshire Cardiac & Stroke Network, Forever Manchester, The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and The Sport Business as well as a rebrand and new site design and development for Virtual VA office services and Stansfield Hall School, Rochdale. New work will be posted in the portfolio area of the site once complete.

The St James Catholic High School website is now live. click here to view the site. St James asked Frank to design and develop their new site to help the school to publicise their recent excellent exam results, which positions the Cheadle Hulme based school as the best performing state secondary school in Stockport. Version 1 of the site defines the schools new design style whilst providing the platform to add increased functionality via further version releases throughout the year. We're also pleased to be starting work with Marple Hall High School, also based in Stockport, and we're looking forward to working closely with the team on the design and development of the new site over the next few months.

The Community Foundation for Greater Manchester has appointed Fido PR to create a brand identity and communications strategy for a new Government-awarded three-year, £4million fundraising campaign. Frank Design has been commissioned to create the Forever Manchester web site. Working alongside Fido its aim is to engage donators in the region and promote fundraising events.The government promises to match fund every pound raised through its Grass Roots Grants scheme in order to build a multi-million pound endowment that will support small community groups in Greater Manchester, now and in the future.

We're all very excited about a new online project, working in partnership with The Community Foundation to create a unique online community dedicated to contributing to the future of Manchester. Forever Manchester is a new movement for those who love Greater Manchester and want to secure its future for generations to come. The trust is embarking on an ambitious 4-year project aiming to develop and reinforce civic and Greater Mancunian pride, with Frank Design commissioned to design and develop the main user interface for the project. Tied in to a unique programme of events, auctions and community focused initiatives, get involved and watch this space for further updates. Forever Manchester is an initiative from the Community Foundation for Greater Manchester. Charity Registration No. 1017504

The lovely people at Fido PR have done away with the dog and launched their newly branded, user-centric, interaction-encouraging site. Last spotted sniffing around Paradise Wharf looking more than a bit woof, Fidos four-legged friend is now considered surplus to requirements and like the littlest hobo, has (involuntarily) moved on. Last seen complaining to anyone that would listen about the short-sighted move away from Flash driven, character based sites in favour of slick, accessible, multimedia-rich sites, it's a dogs life for the dog with a bone. Weak canine-based comments aside, go to the ace www.fidopr.co.uk for the latest Mancunian PR news, reviews, comment and controversy.

We're looking forward to a busy October starting work on new design and development projects for Flotech Solutions Ltd, Malbern Trade Windows Ltd, Promotional Merchandise Online and demolition and asbestos removal experts P McGuiness & Co Ltd, in addition to welcoming new project manager Simon Monaghan to the Frank Design team. Simon combines over a decade of project management experience in the banking and multimedia sectors with a relaxed and assured client facing style. Frank have rescued Simon from a prolonged spell in our capital city whilst re-established his Mancunian credentials, so if you see this forlorn and lonely looking figure propping up any Northern Quarter bars, be sure to buy him a pint of lager top.

Frank Design are delighted to have won the tender for the redesign and development of the Greater Manchester & Cheshire Cardiac & Stroke Network website. The site has a dual objective and will combine a public facing information provision site with an internal resource for Cardiac, Stroke and Network professionals to share information and book places at events securely on a first come, first served basis. The site will provide multiple booking system categories, automating the booking process and relieve some pressure from the busy admin team. Frank are delighted to have won this project and look forward to working with the Cardiac and Stroke Network over the coming months.

August maybe holiday season, but the Mancunian weather has unfortunately reverted to type without so much as a sniff of sunshine. New projects for this month include a multi-themed, client focused website for Artem Print Services based in Rochdale, content management sites for St James Catholic High School, Stockport, and Cheshire Commercial Office Supplies, an online market research application for Tameside & Glossop PCT / Greater Manchester Business Systems and a new sports based online e-marketing application, provisionally titled Teammail. We're also very excited about a new project to celebrate MCFC OSC's 60th aniversary in 2009, which should provide City supporters of a certain age with reminders of happy memories from the Maine Road era, freshly updated for 2009. More details will be published soon.

Frank Design are delighted to be starting work with new clients Tameside & Glossop PCT and Greater Manchester Business Systems to design and build an online market research web application for GP's and Practice Managers. The secure application will enable both organisations to research audience demands and requirements before commissioning a new program of work. The application will allow recipients to contribute to online surveys whilst providing application administrators with tools to collect data and analyse trends and statistics from key groups within the collective audience, automatically displaying statistical evaluation of results in various graphical formats.

At the end of May Frank Design packed up shop and said goodbye to Houldsworth Mill to move to a fantastic office / studio space just outside Manchester City Centre (see map). It's great to be working in one of the best city's in the UK, and to be within walking distance of an equally fine bacon sandwich emporium, courtesy of Jamaican John's executive cafe. Feel free to say hello and drop in for a quick game of pool if you're passing, just be polite and give us a call first.

The new website is live with more examples of recent project work contained within. Head straight to the clients section to view a cross section of work from the back catalogue. We'll be adding to the client section on a regular basis, so please keep checking back to see the work we've been polishing off. Let us know what you think - All comments, curmudgeons and constructive criticism welcome.