Lab Continue South Africa Growth With New Senior Front-end Developer Hire

WOKING, U.K. - March 17, 2014 - PRLog -- Lab, a top 20 digital agency in the south of England^* working with brands who want to give their customers personalised experience online, are delighted to announce the recent appointment of Maré Greyling to the role of Senior Front-end Developer, based in their South Africa office.

Within this role, Greyling will work with designers, producers, and project managers across both the UK and South Africa offices, working on front-end applications for all client website projects involving Drupal, Magento, PHP, and Java.

“Lab’s philosophy is to make digital a better experience, both for clients and for their client’s customers,” said Greyling. “Their focus on customer experience and personalisation means that they create websites that look amazing and work really well. Lab is rocking the digital agency world at the moment, growing exponentially both here in South Africa and in their home country of the UK, and I am thrilled to be joining them in these exciting times, and help them to grow further by delivering remarkable work for our clients.”

Greyling has held a number of senior roles in front-end software development and back-end website development, helping to deliver successful work for a large number of clients in South Africa, USA, Australia, and the UK. Among his many successes are work on Magento for coffeeforless.com, a custom PHP and Java engine solution for an Australian client to remotely control and manage big cooling towers in buildings, and the creation of a Drupal system for the World Trade Centre Association Africa, allowing them to run and manage their content between countries.

Andri de Jager, Senior Project Manager and Head of Lab South Africa, said, “Maré is a very experienced front-end developer. His familiarity in dealing with clients from all over the world, in combination with his experience with Drupal and Magento, means he understands different cultural nuances when it comes to website development, and all client projects on those web platforms will meet with success. I am absolutely delighted to welcome him to the team and to our ever-expanding South Africa office.”

About Lab

Lab is a top 20 digital agency in the south of England^*, working with brands who want to give their customers personalised experiences online, and with Sitecore, Magento, and Drupal. With over ten years’ experience in website development, digital marketing, and web technology, Lab are experts in persona-based website design and conversion rate optimisation – making sure the website experience, and any related social media and digital campaign, is targeted to the right customer groups for their clients, and making sure it delivers results. Lab’s services include digital design, e-commerce website development, mobile websites and apps, digital marketing strategy consultancy, and digital campaign management. Clients include Motorola, Hearst, Future Publishing, Tesco, the Home Office, Whirlpool, Lewmar, Vintage Roots, Oakhouse Foods, Subway, the BBC, and SmartFocus. Catch up with Lab at lab.co.uk

^* Wirehive 100 2013

Contact

Huw Waters | Marketing Manager | Lab

0207 183 6668 | media@lab.co.uk (mailto:media@lab.co.uk?subject=PR%20Enquiry)