dConstruct 2007 was a great event. It was the first one I had been to and was just a fine example of another one of those things which happens in Brighton that shows what a great community of web professionals we have in the town. The presentations apart, which were all based around User Experience, the best part of the day for me was having the opportunity to get to spend time with a good many of the people I’ve met since setting up down here, as well meet some new faces.

As Yahoo! Developer Network were one of the official sponsors of the conference it was a great opportunity to meet up with some old colleagues.

NixonMcInnes were one of the more local sponsors of the event and they were making a considerable effort to recruit new talent into their team. At this stage, I will unashamedly say that NixonMcInnes is pretty much the business I’d like to build miggle.co.uk into. They do some great work, for some high profile clients and service these really effectively through a team that’s based around a few, what I would call, classic web producers.

The role of a web producer has always been a hard one to define. Its so ubiquitous. To me, a good producer is the person who makes things happen. They’ll likely be multi-skilled and will just do what it takes. This comment from Jenni Lloyd’s profile on the NixonMcInnes site really sums it up. She says:-

Producer is one of those funny job titles that confuses more than it enlightens. As my friend Ali asked me at Christmas - ‘Yes, but what do you actually do?’

I’ve found that question asked of me a lot during my career. What I think it shows though is that if you have a business built from people who can make things happen, then things will happen. So, with a good team of producers, I don’t really see it as any surprise that NixonMcInnes does so well.