We have an exciting, new project coming up and would like as many of
you to get involved as possible!!
But first we’d like to know if you match the following criteria…
Are you German or Indian living in the UK?
Do you have a child aged between 0 – 36 months?
Are you available on 05th & 06th July 2011?
If you answered YES to the above questions and would like to participate in a really cool project and earn up to £230, then GREAT because we have
the perfect project for you!
We are running a co-creation workshop in London on 05th & 06th July
2011 and are looking for Indian or German Moms that have lived in the
UK for the past few years.
It will be a fun, interactive and an interesting two days, so if this
sounds appealing to you (and you meet the above criteria) please fill in this form!
If you don’t meet our criteria, but think you know someone who does,
feel free to pass this email on!
We’re recruiting talented people again! This time we’re looking for a motivated, tech savvy Mindbubblers to be Freelance Community Managerfor the community.
The role would suit somebody who knows everything about how Mindbubble projects work and who has participated to a few online communities, and, ideally, who had previous experience in Community Management and online communities.
Ideally we’d like somebody who can come over to the Mindbubble HQ in Central London for a couple of hours, to meet the team and get trained with the site, but then the work can be done either from our offices or from home, at your convenience.
The role includes:
- Updating tasks on a daily basis (copy provided)
- Providing on-going support for the community, liaising with Mindbubble tech team.
- Monitoring participation and keep in touch with the participants on an individual and daily basis
- Liaise with the Research team to feedback on the progress of the project.
We have a few projects lined up for the next couple or month and would love to hear from you if you think you’d be suitable for the role. Please send a CV and Cover letter, as well as the email your registrered on Mindbubble with, to marion@facegroup.co.uk
We’re currently looking for a Digital Intern to join and aid our community and development teams. To start with this role will last 3-months but there is potential for it to be extended.
The main responsibilities for the Digital Intern will be:
1. Community on-going support
- Check and answer user emails, blog comments, etc…
- Manage the community blog (Wordpress formatting, video/picture sourcing etc..) and freelance writers
- Help writing up documentation and supporting research projects
- Help with internal training on the community
2. Technical support
- Testing and bug reporting
- Knowing the platform and helping in design of new specs
- General support for the Digital Project Manager
3. Social Media support
- Help maintaining the communities presence on Twitter, Facebook etc…
- Keep an eye on communities stats and analytics
- Copywriting and proofreading for the web
This role is perfect for a graduate with a keen interest in the digital world and a desire to learn about online communities and digital projects in a marketing agency.
The successful candidate will need to have excellent Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), excellent written English (for blog writing), confident telephone/communication skills, a keen interest in social media, an understanding of how websites run and, in a perfect world, a basic knowledge of HTML and web development.
To apply for this role you need to have access to Central London, our offices are based on Tottenham Court Road, and be available to work 5 days a week, 9am-5.30pm.
All travel costs and lunch expenses will be paid for.
To apply for this position please send your CV & cover letter to marion@facegroup.co.uk with Digital Intern in the subject line of your email
We would also like you to answer the following question in no more than 250 words:
We hope you had a great festive break and an amazing start to the year.
2011 is starting pretty well for Mindbubble as we are now happy to present you a brand new way of connecting with your community.
From today you will notice a new and quicker way to sign in on Mindubble, by simply using your Twitter or Facebook account.
To connect your account, simply sign in as usual with your email address and password, then go to your Profile and use the Connect button in the left bottom corner to link your Twitter and Facebook accounts.
Another great update for Mindbubble is that you can now see each other’s profiles when participating in a project!
Don’t worry, only your screename, biography and picture will be visible. We will never display all the personal details you share with us as they are for recruitment purpose only! You can update these details on your Profile at any time.
In the right hand side of your Profile, you can decide to display your Twitter feed and/or Facebook statuses so the other community members can get to know you a bit better.
Should you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave a comment on this post!
Christmas has come early here at Mindbubble HQ as we are treating our website to a new a interface and some new functionality!
New Dashboard
There aren’t any big disrupting changes (like there are on the new Facebook profile maybe?) just some adjustments to your Dashboard that will make it easier for you to see what tasks you need to perform and what you have already achieved.
New Project Page
We’ve also added a Project Page! This will help you organize projects and tasks, you can access the project page by clicking on the project name.
New Task Flow
From now on, you will be able to easily jump from on task to the next task. Once you’ve completed a task you will be asked what you want to do next. This will, we hope, make it easier for you to stay on the top of your projects and smoothly manage your deadlines.
Please do not hesitate to give us your feedback on the new interface and/or the site in general. It’s always great to hear what you think!
Many thanks & I hope you will enjoy the new Mindbubble!
This past question time we asked you to imagine this scenario: If you were marooned on a desert island with only 3 glossy women’s weekly magazines to have with you for entertainment, which ones would they be and why?
And we got lots of responses from you all (as well as some great insight in to your women’s weekly preferences) so thank you to all of you who took the time to participate!
So without any further ado, here are the results…
What’s your favourite Women’s Weekly?
Although we had a wide variety of answers to this one, Woman and Red tied for most votes (by a narrow margin) over all the other women’s magazines mentioned.
Why did these win over other magazines mentioned (such as Grazia or OK)? Here were some of your answers…
“Woman magazine is one of my favourites, it is actually where I heard about Mindbubble- and it is all for women.If it’s where you heard about Mindbubble, then no wonder it was one of your favourites…
Another reason mentioned: “Red because it’s a good read; great, semi-affordable fashion and lifestyle pieces, and a good dose of aspirational stuff as well.”
And your second favourite?
It appears, according to our Mindbubble survey, that your second favourite was Woman’s Own, the magazine which is (according to its brand profile): “one of the best loved weeklies for women who know how to enjoy life, are fun-loving, confident, and whatever their age, feel 10 years younger.”
Here’s what Mindbubblers had to say about their reason for choosing it as their second favourite: “Woman’s Own because this mag is great for really good real-life stories, tips on how to save money, a weekly blog which readers can write, and great health and beauty advice – all for under a pound.”
And your third and final favourite girly glossy mag…
Third place went to Grazia (which just narrowly missed both first and second place spots), which you all chose because “Grazia [is] a great high street fashion mag which keeps up with the celeb gossip.” Along with less positive feedback… “Grazia because it’s weekly and it annoys me, so I can read about it and then complain.”
Thanks again from the Mindbubble Team to all of you who participated- not only is it a great way to get to know you all better, but it helps us to make Mindbubble better as well!
Last night, I treated myself with a stop by the shop for a chocolate bar and a glossy girly magazine. Reading (well, looking at photographs) through the mag, I stopped, captivated by the front page of one of the articles.
It was showing a burning piece of paper on which was scribbled the following:
And in my mind I screamed: HOLD ON! WHY are you burning MY life plan??
In this article, the author explains that it’s okaaayy not to have kids just yet, or even be sure what you wanna be when you’re a grownup… wait, you ARE a grownup? Weeell, yes it’s still okay (pat on the shoulder).
To be honest, apart from listing a few successful old ladies (right, Salma Hayek had a kid at 41, but she’ll still be an old mummy by the time her kid is a teen!) this article didn’t appease any of the anguish I secretly have when I look at my baby wrinkles and ghost-of-a-grey-hair in the mirror.
There’s a reason why I became a project manager: I do plan everything ahead! And actually what the author advises, can also be considered as useful PM techniques: assess the risks and opportunity costs, learn from your errors and experience in general, and plan in an agile or iterative mode.
However, there’s a very interesting point made here… and it’s that Social Media is screwing our minds up!
Because of Facebook, and Twitter and co, we are way too aware of our “friends” lives: whether it be that girl you were to Uni with, but rarely spoke to, or that friend from primary school that you haven’t seen in 10 years … and they’re all having babies!
NOT ANOTHER ONE!
Please slap me if you haven’t thought something along the lines of, “What is happening to them? They’re all spawning at the same time…. grrrr”.
I’m 26 and LOADS of my friends between 23 and 30 are getting maried and having babies now. And I never would’ve heard about their pregnancy, labour pain, ultrasound, or sleepless nights if there were no status updates in this world!
I’d also just like to say: Thank youMark Zuckenberg for coming up with the brilliant idea of the ‘Relationship Status’: now I can get over the fact that my friends are “not attending” my Saturday Girl’s Night Out, because I now know that they don’t need to- they are all “Engaged”!
And I can even double check who with… *sob*
So what’s the secret trick the article advises?
Do-not-compare-yourself.
Easy to say. But so hard to do these days, when you don’t even need skill anymore to stalk somebody online. How many of you have ever facebook-stalked one of your exes (or a sworn-enemy), and if I’m the only one, then please slap me hard again!
June 14th, 2011 by 
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