Beyond the Story (BTS) Limited: Stories for the touch generation

We are a private company established in 2005 that has created some incredible immersive reading and gaming products for some huge media clients. We have a new product in development focused on creating a tool for story-tellers that provides a simple, fun, addictive and social way to produce, share and distribute stories. BTS is looking for an exceptional Product Owner to join a small but highly experienced Agile team to build the next generation of storytelling platforms.

The Job:

Product Owner

Reporting to:

CTO

Purpose:

The Product Owner is responsible for defining and driving the development of Beyond the Story’s new product ensuring that it delights customers and generates revenue.

What you will do:

• Define and drive the delivery of the roadmap, which will be set in collaboration and conjunction with the business stakeholders
• Produce hypotheses with the team that we think will meet our business objectives and test them with customers using the right test/research mechanism
• Work with the UX Lead and Development team in defining the user experience and customer delight factors
• Manage process (or agency) for recruiting triallists and setting up user testing
• Manage beta invitation and launch process
• Understand the functions and utility that the product needs to serve at each step
• Build a strategy for the future development of their product area, translating that into a clear roadmap for future development
• Serve as the day-to-day point of contact and business decision maker for the delivery and technology teams, establishing a working model that ensures rapid progress but also effective upwards communication and consultation where and when needed
• Complete, or ensure completed, all key business and product requirements documents necessary for development and stakeholder sign off (e.g., Business Briefs, Business Requirements)
• Accountable with the delivery team to ensure that all budgets are managed effectively and within approved limits
• Prepare and present updates and concepts to the wider company and stakeholders
• Treat every opportunity large or small as an opportunity to innovate and surprise in terms of the quality of the end experience for customers
• Lead daily standups and sprint retrospectives

Skills and experience we need:

• 6+ years in Product development and management
• Demonstrable commercial acumen and understanding of how to build successful business strategies and business models
• A Customer Champion with the ability to identify customer needs and use those needs effectively in the definition and development of new products
• Proven ability to identify new product opportunities, and to make appropriate trade-offs and decisions in pursuing those opportunities
• Experience in delivering great consumer products to mobile devices and desktops
• Interest in story telling and social media
• Willing to learn from colleagues and to share knowledge
• Positive can do attitude, willing to solve problems and offer solutions

Where you will work:

Funky Fitzrovia - Near to Charlotte St in Central London.

Remuneration and package:

Contract or Permanent engagement can be negotiated when salary and benefits are discussed.

Beyond the Story (BTS) Limited: Stories for the touch generation

BTS is looking for exceptional talent to join a small but highly experienced Agile team to build the next generation of storytelling platforms.

We are a private company established in 2005 that has created some incredible immersive reading and gaming products for some huge media clients. We are focussing part of our business on creating a tool for story-tellers that provides a simple, fun, addictive, social and mobile way to produce, share and distribute stories using their own content or content from the web.

The Job:

UI/UX Designer

Reporting to:

Product Owner

Purpose:

To help us create a modern, delightful and simple user experience and interface that hides complexity and uses the best of responsive web technology to delight our customers.

What you will do:

• Help the team produce hypothesis that we think will meet our business objectives and test them with customers using the right test/research mechanism.
• Work with us on user journeys and flow to understand the system.
• Understand the functions and utility that the product needs to serve at each step.
• Produce wireframes/mockups of interface design.
• Produce lo-fi design assets to test with customers.
• Produce production quality assets.
• Participate in sprint planning activities and six week hypothesis planning activities.
• Participate in daily stand-ups and sprint retrospectives.

Skills and experience we need:

• 3-5 years minimum of web design working on successful modern web products.
• In depth experience with web/app prototyping software and graphic design software (e.g Balsamiq, Sketch, Photoshop, Affinity).
• Experience producing wireframes/storyboards.
• Someone happy to go and do guerilla testing of concepts with the team.
• Experience in hiding complexity in the interface while still offering rich functionality.
• Willing to learn from colleagues and to share knowledge.
• Positive can do attitude, willing to solve problems and offer solutions.

Where you will work:

Funky Fitzrovia - Near to Charlotte St in Central London.