s[edition] at ART HK!

For its first ever art fair, s[edition] is participating in the Hong Kong International Art Fair (ART HK), one of the most exciting and fastest-growing fairs in the art world. Our CEO Robert Norton will be there to show fair visitors what s[edition] is in the context of the Art Flat- where the works are sold in a typical 24 square meter Hong Kong apartment pop-up within ART HK.

Art Flat, is an independent project curated by Intelligence Squared Group CEO Yana Peel and art advisor Diana d’Arenberg-Parmanand. The works sold in Art Flat are accessibly priced with works ranging from HK$80 to HK$4,000.

May 17-20; Booth Z11, Level 3, ART HK, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

We’re hiring: Web Graphic Designer

Responsibility:

  • • Graphic Design for website, mobile app and tablet app
  • • Prototyping,wire framing and working alongside developers in development (new product)
  • • Branding (To help customers understand our value via multi-media advertising)

Desired Skills & Experience

Essential:

  • • Must have an outstanding portfolio of work which demonstrates a strong flair for idea generation, visual design and communication.
  • • Formal graphic design or design qualifications.
  • • Proven knowledge of Adobe creative Suite, strength in Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.
  • • Working knowledge of CSS.
  • • Ability to interpret a design brief and execute effective design solutions, as appropriate for digital interactive platforms.
  • • Proven ability to understand quickly the design requirements of any website and to work to agreed deadlines.
  • • To observe the established brand identity and design values of sedition, and work to established style guidelines.
  • • Ability to solve design problems associated with working in a busy team.

Additional experience considered favourably:

  • • Illustration.
  • • Animation.
  • • Ability to work in different visual styles.
  • • Awareness of usability and accessibility matters and the principles of user centred design.

Experience:

  • • 2 year web design experience.
  • • Relevant experience in mobile/tablet app design.
  • • Relevant experience in design preferably in an e-commerce or social web company, willing to take on a start up role & culture.

Company Description

s[edition] is a revolutionary new way to collect, share and trade art in digital format. We believe art collecting can be instant, affordable, social and enjoyable. We think more people would be collectors were it not for lack of access and resources. That’s why s[edition] is in the business of making more people collectors.

Just like limited editions in the physical world, we sell work by the world’s leading contemporary artists in limited runs. Once those editions are sold out, you’re able to sell the work to other collectors through our open marketplace launching soon.

To Apply: Send in a link of your showreel or portfolio and CV to jobs@seditionart.com

We’re Hiring: VFX / 3D animation Generalist

s[edition] is looking for talented VFX/3D animation generalists to work on animations with some the world’s leading contemporary artists.
We’re looking for passionate people who care about the intersection of art and technology.

Location: Notting Hill Gate, London
Type: Full-time
Function: VFX / 3D animation Generalist

General:

  • • Good communication skill
  • • Capable to work alone with a project individually
  • • Be proficient in modelling, texturing, lighting
  • • Knowledge about rigging and animating objects in 3D environments
  • • Have a good eye for composition

Required Skills:

  • • Strength in Autodesk Maya, Adobe Production Suite
  • • Rich experience of video compression
  • • Extent knowledge with Cinema 4D, 3Ds max, ZBrush, PF Track, The Foundry Nuke or other VFX/3D software
  • • Prefer knowledge with sound effects and sound mixing
  • • BA, MA Degree in animation or similar

About s[edition]

s[edition] is a new way to collect, store, share and distribute limited edition art for your digital life. Working with some of the world’s leading artists, s[edition] enables you to buy digital versions of the world’s most desirable contemporary art. Backed by leaders in the art and ecommerce world, the company has launched with exclusive art for use on smart phones, monitors, televisions and other digital displays. Each original artwork will come with its own certificate of authenticity that can be traded when the edition is sold out.

To Apply: Send in a link of your showreel or portfolio and CV to jobs@seditionart.com

Launch Partner for Facebook Timeline

We’re very excited to be one of Facebook’s 60 global launch partners for their new Timeline features.

As you share art through s[edition], you’ll create a gallery of your art tastes right in your Facebook Timeline.

http://www.facebook.com/about/timeline/apps

You can take a look at our press release here:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sedition-launches-new-app-for-facebook-timeline-137632418.html

Just launched – Shepard Fairey’s ‘Mandala’

Shepard Fairey has been dubbed one of the most influential street artists of our time. He aims for his work to reach the broadest audience possible, and as part of the 2010 art fair Art Basel Miami, he created a huge mural on a public building, Mandala Ornament. In this artwork Mandala, we see the design re-imagined, as each separate element of the surrounding pattern revolves around a central motif – the face of French wrestler Andre the Giant. The elaborately-ornate design continuously expands and contracts, while its core remains static, adding a slightly sinister undertone to this entrancing artwork. Working directly with the artist, s[edition] brings you this exclusive limited edition.

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We’re Hiring: Senior Ruby on Rails Developer

Location: Notting Hill Gate, London
Type: Full-time
Function: Senior Ruby on Rails Developer

s[edition] is a digital arts ecommerce company building a next generation platform to collect, share and trade art online. Founded by leaders in the art and ecommerce world, we are a rapidly growing team of developers and seeking an expert Ruby on Rails Developer.
You will have built and deployed commercial Ruby on Rails applications that scale. You write readable, maintainable code, take pride in your work and deeply care about the resulting experience. You should have experience implementing applications that rely heavily on asynchronous task processing, task scheduling and in-memory data caching solutions. You should be capable of working with large quantities of data to identify and implement new relationships between entities that will help s[edition] grow as an engaging, social platform.

General:

  • 100% commitment and appetite to work in a start-up environment
  • Proven track record of delivering results under tight deadlines in a fast paced environment
  • Strong aptitude for learning and embracing change
  • Friendly, engaging personality with excellent teamwork and communication skills

Required Skills:

  • Strength in all the Rails fundamentals, Rails 3 and above
  • A firm database contention and object-oriented design
  • TDD/BDD with good automated test writing skills
  • Expert knowledge of web application security
  • Application performance testing and management
  • Experience of an Agile/Scrum environment
  • BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or similar

Excellent package including health insurance, pension and stock options.

About s[edition]

s[edition] is a new way to collect, store, share and distribute limited edition art for your digital life. Working with some of the world’s leading artists, s[edition] enables you to buy digital versions of the world’s most desirable contemporary art. Backed by leaders in the art and ecommerce world, the company has launched with exclusive art for use on smart phones, monitors, televisions and other digital displays. Each original artwork will come with its own certificate of authenticity that can be traded when the edition is sold out.

To Apply: Send in a link to your portfolio and CV to jobs@seditionart.com

We’re hiring: Senior Mobile Apps Developer (Android/iOS/Windows)

We’re hiring a Senior Mobile Apps Developer (Android/iOS/Windows)

Location: Notting Hill Gate, London
Type: Full-time
Function: Senior Mobile Apps Developer (Android/iOS/Windows)

s[edition] is a digital arts e-commerce company building a next generation platform to collect, share and trade art online. Founded by leaders in the art and e-commerce world, we are a rapidly growing team of developers and seeking a world class Senior Mobile Apps Developer.
We’re looking for an apps developer to join our development team to build out a suite of applications to support viewing art across multiple devices and platforms.
You will have built Android, iOS and/or Windows Mobile applications and integrated these with APIs. You will be comfortable with producing apps for smartphone, tablet, desktop and TV. You will be a natural self-starter happy to take on the challenge of building apps that work great on many devices.
The ideal candidate will have:

General:

  • 100% commitment and appetite to work in a start-up environment
  • Proven track record of delivering results under tight deadlines in a fast paced environment
  • Strong aptitude for learning and embracing change
  • Friendly, engaging personality with excellent teamwork and communication skills

Required Skills:

  • 2+ years Android
  • 2+ years iOS and Objective C
  • Server side/API integration experience including Facebook API & OpenSocial API
  • Expert knowledge of web application security & REST APIs
  • Solid grasp of algorithms, memory management, concurrent programming and server interfacing.
  • JQuery UI mobile / mobile website dev experience/IOS SDK, Android SDK, Windows Mobile SDK & Blackberry
  • Experience of an Agile/ Scrum environment
  • BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or similar
  • Excellent package including health insurance, pension and stock options

About s[edition]

s[edition] is a new way to collect, store, share and distribute limited edition art for your digital life. Working with some of the world’s leading artists, s[edition] enables you to buy digital versions of the world’s most desirable contemporary art. Backed by leaders in the art and ecommerce world, the company has launched with exclusive art for use on smart phones, monitors, televisions and other digital displays. Each original artwork will come with its own certificate of authenticity that can be traded when the edition is sold out.

To Apply: Send in a link to your portfolio and CV to jobs@seditionart.com

We’re Hiring: Front End Web-Developer

Location: Notting Hill Gate, London
Type: Full-time
Function: Front end developer

Opportunity

s[edition] is a revolutionary new way to collect, share and trade art in digital format. Following a successful product launch last November, our team is expanding rapidly to meet the challenges of collecting art on a social platform and bringing art to screens across multiple devices.

We are looking for a talented front-end developer who has a passion for developing social UI solutions that empower and engage users. You should have a strong understanding of how technologies such as CSS3 and HTML5 can deliver rich media experiences across different devices and be keen to use hot new tools, such as backbone.js, Websockets and LessCSS, to implement slick and versatile solutions. Respect for best practices, including semantic coding and the separation of content and presentation, are key to this role. Furthermore, experience writing clean, modular based Javascript, or experience with jQuery plugin patterns is highly desirable.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

General:
100% commitment and appetite to work in a start-up environment
Ability to work independently using high level design specs, wireframes, page mock-ups
Knack for problem solving and a drive to succeed
Proven track record of delivering results under tight deadlines in a fast paced environment
Strong aptitude for learning and embracing change
Friendly and engaging personality

Technical skills:
3+ years of experience in coding HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
3+ years of experience in coding jQuery, Ajax
Experience of adapting PSD format files to standards compliant HTML and CSS
Experience of optimisation HTML to produce fast loading pages, images and CSS
Knowledge of usability, SEO and web metrics
Interest in graphic design and UX
Strong understanding of cross-browser and mobile device compatibility

Nice to haves:
Experience of Ruby-on-Rails, ERB, MVC, MySQL, REST
Social integration experience, Facebook Graph API

To Apply: Send in a link to your portfolio and CV to jobs@seditionart.com

The Insider View

We’re looking for people who would be interested in working closely with us at s[edition] by joining one of our feedback groups.

You would be encouraged to share your thoughts and ideas on how we can enhance and develop our website so we can make the experience of collecting – and displaying – our limited edition digital art even more enjoyable.

If you are interested, please send an email with your name, age and occupation to change@seditionart.com

Thank you. We look forward to brainstorming with you!

Tracey Emin appointed as RA’s Professor of Drawing

Congratulations to s[edition] artist Tracey Emin on her appointment to one of the most prestigious art teaching roles in the UK – the Royal Academy’s Professor of Drawing.

Tracey Emin unveils her Olympic and Paralympic poster at the Tate Britain in November this year

Tracey Emin unveils her Olympic and Paralympic poster at the Tate Britain in November this year

www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/8955811/Tracey-Emin-appointed-as-RAs-Professor-of-Drawing.html

Mat Collishaw’s Sordid Earth on TateShots

This summer at the Roundhouse, Mat Collishaw collaborated with designer Ron Arad to create an ambitious work – Sordid Earth. The Tate have just posted a video of this work as part of TateShots.

Designer Ron Arad created Curtain Call, a 360-degree canvas for film created using 5,600 silicon rods suspended in an 18-metre diameter ring. Sordid Earth drew on Collishaw’s earlier series, Infectious Flowers, where he explored the confluence of beauty and decay, digitally grafting various skin diseases onto photographs of flowers. Sordid Earth explored the confluence of beauty and decay, digitally grafting various skin diseases onto photographs of flowers. The immediate impact was heightened by presenting them on a far greater scale, set within a tropical landscape with cascading waterfalls.