27 November 2007

Can Studios currently have a vacancy for an experienced web developer to join our team.

Applicants must have demonstrable, real world expertise in PHP and OOP development principals.

The ideal candidate should be skilled in several programming languages, ideally covering both server and client side technologies:

Essential Skills:

• Advanced knowledge of PHP, CSS, MYSQL, HTML/XML

Preferable:

• Experience building data-driven Flash applications
• Experience of production processes for interactive media.
• Knowledge of e-learning.
• Knowledge of SCORM conformant Learning Environments
• Additionally programming languages inc: asp, JavaScript CSS
• Familiarity with OS X operating system

To obtain a full description of the role, please email us at jobs@the-can.com

This position is full time, initially for 6 months and based in our Sheffield office.

Salary offered commensurate to individual experience.

NO AGENCIES

19 September 2007

Today be International Talk Like A Pirate Day.
What better day t' announce our involvement in t' upcomin' KS3 Math product for Harcourt Education. We be producin' high impact games for whiteboard and stand alone use as well as a treasure chest full o' interactive content. Keep yer eyes upon the horizon and watch out fer Wavy Jones and her  mutinous crew mates. Arrrr!

14 September 2007

Can Studios currently have a vacancy for an experienced ActionScript developer to join our team.

Applicants must have demonstrable, real world expertise in ActionScript and OOP development principals.

The ideal candidate should be skilled in several programming languages, ideally covering both server and client side technologies:

Essential Skills:

• Advanced knowledge of Flash, Actionscript, HTML/XML
• Experience building data-driven Flash applications
• Experience of production processes for interactive media.

Preferable:

• Knowledge of e-learning.
• Knowledge of SCORM conformant Learning Environments
• Additionally programming languages inc php, asp, sql, JavaScript CSS
• Familiarity with OS X operating system

To obtain a full description of the role, please email us at jobs@the-can.com

This position is full time, initially for 6 months and based in our Sheffield office.

Salary offered commensurate to individual experience.

NO AGENCIES / NO LIGHTWEIGHTS

10 September 2007

Well, didn't see this one coming!

Can Studios are very pleased to announce that an elearning course recently developed for the Environment Agency has been short listed for the 2007 E-learning Awards in the category 'excellence in the production of learning content'.

The course provides an introduction to the subject of Water Resources Law.

Keen to avoid the target audience being subjected to a potential ‘dull as dish-water’ experience, we devised a stylised theme for the solution which we hoped would draw users in.  

Borrowing from the ‘hard-boiled’ private detective genre popularised by Raymond Chandler, we infused story telling, humour and characterisation within a contextualised setting to provide a backdrop to the learning.

To our delight the Agency were keen to try something a little different.

We have now been summoned to London to put our case to the panel of judges.

30 January 2007

Location: Sheffield, UK

Can Studios are a digital agency specialising in the development of cross platform eLearning solutions for both the public and private sectors. Since 1998, our award winning team has gained considerable experience in the development of best practice eLearning solutions and media rich, web-enabled applications.
 
Can Studios currently seek a junior new media designer to join our team.

Requirements:

Responsible for implementing the creative aspects of projects from concept to completion, the ideal candidate will have practical experience with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator & Flash.

A familiarity with content management systems, XML and design issues in relation to usability and accessibility would be an advantage.
 
To apply, please email us at jobs@the-can.com

This position is full time, initially for 6 months.

Salary - £18 - £22K offered commensurate to individual experience

Please note that Can Studios will not consider enquiries from recruitment agencies. None whatsoever. Sorry.

Update: This position has now been filled. Thanks to everyone that applied.

19 January 2007

This seems to be coming something of a habit. The awards bash on the second evening at BETT resulted in GCSE Science Whiteboard Resources finishing runner up in the category for Digital Content; Secondary Core.  Can Studios developed the title (alongside GCSE Maths Whiteboard Resources) in partnership with Collins Education in 2006.

Despite leaving ‘sans gong’ our developers spent some time on publishers stands during Friday, admiring several of the title displays we’ve worked on over the last year.

18 January 2007

Those of us who get out occasionally came together in London late last week for BETT. As ever the show was immense and despite completing several laps of both halls we came away having only scratched the surface.

The focus of the event for many came in the wake of the BECTa Learning Platform announcement. Those vendors awarded Learning Platform Supplier status prominently displayed the seal of approval on their respective stands. From what we were able to gauge from those partners we were able to catch up with, enquiries from LEA’s and schools were overwhelming and sustained over each of the five days.

The selection process has however not passed without controversy.
 
Discussions with BECTa approved vendors concerning Canvas integration were productive and Beta previews of the forthcoming assessment authoring components solicited some great feedback. As a team we are looking forward to working with partners in the learning platforms market for schools throughout 2007 and beyond.

20 December 2006

Well here it is, our brand new site, and just in time for Christmas. Many thanks to Dave and Stan who have managed to squeeze this in a long side their busy client schedules. If things look a bit thin on the ground don't worry there's plenty more content to come...

10 November 2006

The shortlist for the annual Bett Awards were announced this month, and for the second time in three years Can have been involved in the develoment of a short listed eLearning solution. 

This year "GCSE Science Whiteboard Resources CD-ROM" developed for Collins Education has been considered an exemplar product in the Digital content (Secondary core) category. Winners will be announced at the BETT Awards dinner on 11 January 2006.