Why work at RV?

Revolution Viewing is a leading visual content and technology business that produces world-class solutions.  We are a team of 20 people operating as niche specialists at the top of our game; this is why over 110 UK universities and some of the UK’s largest home builders keep coming back for more!

Working from office / home

The Board is keen to provide employees with the flexibility to choose working patterns and working locations (office, home, hybrid) that will support their work-life balance, maintain our great working culture and encourage team collaboration. All of our employees currently have the freedom to choose where they work, be that from home or the office. A number of our team regularly make use of our office situated on Kirkstall Rd on the outskirts of Leeds City Centre. This office space provides workstations, collaborative / break-out space, a formal meeting room and plenty of free car parking spaces.

Who we are 

Meet some of the RV team: Team Gallery

See some of what we get up to: Instagram

See what we talk about: Linked-in

Work-life balance manifesto

The feedback we receive from our team suggests that this is an unusual policy for such a business, hence the mention here in the job spec.  This is from Tom, our CEO: “You will get paid for any extra hours that you work or you will be given the time back.”  Quite simply, you will never be asked to work more hours than contracted, without receiving that time back in lieu or being paid overtime.

Ten reasons to apply for a role with Revolution Viewing

• We have a Work-life Balance Manifesto that is policy!
• Our team tell us RV is a great place to work
• We produce sector-leading products
• Our clients love what we do (Homebuilder side of the business has NPS of 83!)
• Every six weeks we have a whole team catch-up / social
• Complete work-life flexibility: home, hybrid, office – it’s your choice!
• Individual objectives set in annual appraisals and progress reviewed in monthly 1:1 meeting with your line manager
• Potential for a team-wide bonus from our RV Bonus Scheme
• We share our strategy, including mission, direction and financial progress
• We offer a thorough induction and comprehensive training for your career

Our core values

These values are a key consideration when hiring a new team member; we need to feel each team member shares these values:

• Respect for people
• Vibe (contribution to a great)
• Sustainable progression (we don’t make rash decisions that jeopardise the company)
• Honesty & integrity
• Innovative & dynamic
• Passion & pride (in all we do)

A Day in the Life

You’ll start the day on our morning virtual stand-up, an opportunity to say hi to colleagues but also for everyone to run through what they’re working on and highlight any blockers. One of the devs has a question on how to proceed with a particular feature – you quickly discuss it as a group and then make a decision. After you’ll finish writing the questions for the student focus groups that are taking place next week – this particular session is going to be building on the feedback you’ve received from an online survey that’s offered a hypothesis that you’d like to test. After a quick brew, you’ll be tweaking a couple of tickets on Jira that you’d written the week before but the devs had flagged that something had been overlooked. Once complete, you’ll prepare an up-to-date export of Vepple’s roadmap to be featured in next month’s Board pack. After lunch, you’ll need to review a couple of features that are sat on our QC environment to make sure that they’re up to scratch. They’re generally very good but there are a couple of minor tweaks that’ll make them better so you add some notes to the ticket and then send them back to be resolved. Next, you join a call with one of our Account Managers who’s talking to an existing client about how they’re using Vepple. You’re mainly listening to hear how Vepple’s working for them but sometimes you’ll ask questions to better understand barriers/opportunities. After the call, you’ll log this feedback in the relevant place, considering if there are any actions required off the back of the call and if anything on the roadmap needs changing as a result. The last job of the day is to hop on another call to review designs for the new feature that the devs are likely to be working on soon. The designs look great and you’re happy to sign them off. You update the relevant ticket in Jira to confirm that this is now ready to be worked on by the developers.

Job remits

We’re currently a small team and as such the remits listed below are wide reaching. The vacancy demands a certain degree of flexibility, particularly to start with until the team expands. You don’t need to be an expert at all of the below remits, a can-do attitude and willingness to muck-in to drive forward the team’s success will go a long way.

To achieve the upper-level of the salary range you must provide evidence that you have substantial experience in each of the job remits below. If you don’t have the relevant experience and require further training/time to reach the required skill level, then this will be reflected in the salary offered.

• Seeking feedback from end-users and university partners to ensure the right product is built
• Develop and manage the product roadmap
• Write user stories and clear acceptance criteria to ensure that the requirements of the development team are understood
• Line management
• Define sprint goals to facilitate the prioritisation of new feature/bug releases
• Identify areas of improvement based on analytics data and work with colleagues to propose solutions
• Quality Control of new features and bug fixes
• Own the communication of product changes to relevant stakeholders
• Assist with the onboarding of new clients
• Assisting with client queries logged on our ticketing system where required
• Assisting our client services team with product-related sales enquiries where required

Key Skills

To be considered for this role you will need to meet all of the “Essential” items listed. To achieve the upper level of the salary range you must provide evidence that you exceed a number of the “Essential” items and meet or exceed a number of the ”Desirable” items listed below.

Key Skills (essential)

• You should be a confident communicator both internally within the team and externally with clients
• The ability to quickly grasp sophisticated requirements, solve problems, arrive at a solution and eloquently communicate the solution
• The ability to listen and consider the comments and advice given by team members whilst having the confidence to operate autonomously and make sound judgement calls based upon your experience and the evidence presented to you in any given situation
• You should have a passion for technology and innovation with a desire to really understand the product areas you’re responsible for

Key Skills (desirable)

• Understanding of GDPR and what this means for digital products
• Understanding of WCAG 2.1 and what this means for digital products

Experience (essential)

• At least three years of experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner of a digital product
• Experience in line-managing at least three people

Experience (desirable)

• Experience working in Higher Education marketing
• Experience in a software business
• Experience working in a small company or start-up

General Outlook

• Inquisitive – always looking for a different way to approach a barrier or problem, able to spot the insight (whether from client or industry) amongst an array of information 
• An energetic and positive approach to work
• Alignment with our company core values

Ten reasons to apply for a role with Revolution Viewing

1. We have a Work-life Balance Manifesto that is policy!
2. Our team tell us RV is a great place to work
3. We produce sector-leading products
4. Our clients love what we do
5. Every six weeks we have a whole team catch-up / social
6. Work-life flexibility: home, hybrid, office – it’s your choice!
7. Individual objectives set in annual appraisals and progress reviewed in monthly 1:1 meetings with your line manager
8. Potential for a team-wide bonus from our RV Bonus Scheme
9. We share our strategy, including mission, direction and financial progress
10. We offer a thorough induction and comprehensive training for your career

Our core values

These values are a key consideration when hiring a new team member; we need to feel each team member shares these values:

• Respect for people
• Vibe (contribution to a great)
• Sustainable progression (we don’t make rash decisions that jeopardise the company)
• Honesty & integrity
• Innovative & dynamic
• Passion & pride (in all we do)

See the top of this job spec for the application deadline.

Send your email to: working@revolutionviewing.com

Your application must include the following information:

1. Please let us know how soon you could start if you are offered a job.
2. Let us know where you heard about this vacancy.
3. As part of our recruitment process, we will be conducting 1st stage (remote) interviews via video call before inviting candidates to assessment/2nd stage interviews. The dates of the 1st stage interviews will be Monday 11th & Wednesday 13th September (times for interviews will be confirmed with candidates following the application deadline). Please let us know if you can be available on these dates. Note: you will only be required to attend one of these dates.
4. Applicants successful at the 1st interview stage will then be invited to an (in-person) assessment/2nd stage interview at our offices in Leeds. The date for the assessment/2nd stage interview is Friday 22nd September. Again, please let us know if you can be available on this date.
5. Attach your current CV.
6. Attach a 10-line cover letter outlining how you will add value to our company.

Please note: the successful candidate must, by the start of their employment, have permission to work in the UK.

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