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We have been looking a new space for 84ideas to move in for the last month. One has to consider many things when moving office. Location, Type of Office Space and Feasibility.
Location
Considering that most of our clients have their businesses running from in and around Banjara Hills, it was the top choice. Jubilee hills was an other great option for the fact that, this area seems more green and airy.
Requirements
As a digital agency, we are a bunch of people from various backgrounds and workstyle. We are thinkers, marketers, designers, developers and human. Considering the type of work we do, we wanted a few things from our workspace. Flexibility, Formal meeting space, Catchup table, a nice kitchen and a brainstorming area.
Flexibility
Sitting in-front of the computer might not be the greatest place to think and might not stimulate everybody to solve problems. So, a casual seating area with a coffee table where you can sit and think clearly was very important to us.
Formal Meeting Space
This is for the clients who walk in to our office for a concept presentation or signing a cheque. We want them to be comfortable and convenient when they visit us.
Catchup Table
This is for those informal team gathering, to criticize a design or discuss the next marketing campaign or wireframe a concept. This could also double as a dining area.
Brainstorming Area
The place should foster team work. A big wall with a whiteboard for team huddles and co creation. This place could also be used for training sessions.
Kitchen
All of us at office have got some serious gastronomical issues. Some coffee lovers and some sambar lovers. And having friends like Cinnamon Sugar, one thing we all definitely needed was a good kitchen.
Type of Office
Initially, we were definitely inclined towards the idea of open office space. They look cool and promises to foster greater communication among the team members which will eventually make a happy workplace. There is a lot of debate and research going on this topic.
An open space mean that, we have to take up a bare shell and convert it to your liking. Bare shells are typically available on commercial complexes on the main road. So, we are paying for the location rather than the space. For 10-15 member team, we needed a 2500 Sq.ft space to accommodate all our requirements. This was too heavy for our pockets as we were looking for a place in a prime-location. Despite the flexibility the bare shells would offer, the cost of setting up and cost of renting is too high. We are basically going to pay for things we don’t need, main road location and expensive floor cost.
Taking our requirements into consideration, what we needed was clear. We decided to look a duplex house which could be rented out for a office space which would offer us the space we need and keep the environment very boutique in nature. Here is a sneak preview. Watch this space for more.
If enthusiastic and social media savvy is what describes you, then 84ideas is looking for you to fill in this position.
You should have a flair for communicating and social networking, be connected to the web at all times and should have a bent towards word-play, creative contexts and never-heard-before ideas.
The job would require you to take care of our clients’ networking profiles like facebook, twitter, LinkedIn etc. always keeping in mind the brand-guideline, as well as brainstorming and coming up with strategies to keep visitors engaged.
At 84ideas, we work hard, party harder, work from cafes and believe that we can use technology to revamp the way information travels effectively. Naturally, you’ll have to be willing to learn, switch roles or multi-task and be ready to roll up your sleeve to get the job done.
Inspite of this, winning the beer pong and passing out at 3 a.m. sounds familiar to all of us!
Join us for the next one!
At 84ideas, we live, eat, drink and breathe design.
We’re looking for individuals who can add to our space with their talent and drive.
If you think that your stints of 3-5 years with graphics design (2-4 of which should be with webpage design) and a strong portfolio have made you equipped enough in addition to ample exposure to Photoshop, Illustrator and their integration with web programming, then we’re looking for you. And if you are a pro at Flash InDesign along with HTML, CSS and JavaScript, then you must call right away.
In case you choose to, then you should look forward to a fun-filled work atmosphere and like-minded people, an environment that will allow you to play with concepts and be in tandem with industry trends, to give a form to rough concepts and give them the shape of art.
You will be expected to come up with multiple creative solutions for web design, user interface for software applications interactive learning tools, presentation design, and information visualization with focus on user experience and branding. As well as designing, prototyping, and usability testing web applications across multiple platforms.
If the idea of adding creative input and support throughout various stages of the design process – as a key player in design team – excites you, then lets work together and create!
We’re waiting!
We love brightness. We love the color orange. We adore warm and friendly people.
We’d love to have you as the face of 84ideas for our clients.
If in addition to this divinity, you also have an e-commerce or Internet technologies marketing work experience of more than a year and a marketing qualification to match, then you’re the person we’re looking for.
Do look forward to a fun-filled atmosphere here, benign smiles all around, and opportunities to create and build client relations within the country as well as overseas, and to develop a good sense of how to understand project scopes and communicate it to team 84ideas.
You will be expected to get business through different channels like online portals, web-based engines, social networking sites; to build a good Client Database and maintain project pipelines; communicate with the clients regularly on phone, chats and emails; make proposals, RFQ (request for quote) and a difference!
So, wear that smile and show up – we’re waiting to see you!
