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We are proud to annonce our new partnership with the Interieur Foundation for this year's edition of the famous biennale Interieur 2012 in Kortrijk, 20 - 28 October.

Interieur is a renowned biennale with worldwide recognition that puts contemporary design for the home and interior innovations on display for a broad general public and not only for professionals.

Our e-card technology will be available to all visitors of Interieur 2012. At the online registration for Interieur 2012 visitors will be asked to print a barcode ticket enabling them to receive their personal e-card linked to their own contact information.

With the e-card they will be able to select information on touchscreens kiosks and receive it on their online account. Back home visitors will just have to enter the code printed on their card on the Interieur website to retreive all the information (product sheets, catalogues, price lists, pictures, videos, special offers,...) they selected.

Exhibitors will receive real time statistics about their touchscreen kiosks on their online administration interface which will also enable them to download contact details of their booth's visitors who agreed to be contacted.

Our new website is out!!!

It is the fruit of a long reflection that took almost 2 years. Back in 2009 we had only one product the Clickey and we didn't even know who we were going to sell it to. So we started selling it online and explained on the website what it could do without addressing a particular audience, just speaking generally. Not surprisingly, we didn't sell that many products through our online shop. Because we didn't even know our target audience and secondly because the product is quite complicated so it requires a direct contact with the client to sell it. We understood that our product could only be used in a closed environment and that is when we came to the event industry.

We started selling our product directly by contacting prospects and the business started to grow. We noticed quickly that our product was only adpated to a certain type of event like conferences or congresses. It wasn't suitable for bigger events with different aims and higher number of attendees. This is the reason why we came up with new products for trade shows and music events.

The reflection about the new website started with the arrival of those new products. We started thinking in terms of target audience in order to address our website specifically to this target. This is why we segmented our offer into 3 different types of events rather than talking about the products themselves. As we are primarily talking to events organizers, they can directly identify which section is more relevant to them. We are also clearly demonstrating the advantages for every actor in the event industry: the organizer, the exhibitors or sponsors and the visitor.

We have segmented our offer into 3 differents axis with products and services adapted to a specific type of event:

Clickeys and tag posters for Congresses: typically small events with a conference and an exhibition space where networking and information exchanges is really important. 

E-cards and touchscreens kiosks for Trade Shows: big events with many exhibitors where information exchanges and leads collection has a great importance.

Wristbands and Social Networks Interaction for Music events: events where sponsors are looking to increase their brand awareness and get exposure on social networks.

For each type of event we have added Case Studies enabling our clients to get an idea of all the advantages they can get from our services. They also help to get a better picture of what it actually look like on an event and more importantly what the results are.

We have decided to concentrate the website on the events segment because it is the first sector in which we make business and the one in which we have acquired an extensive experience. Nevertheless, we have also developed  projects for other industries which will soon be reavealed.

This reflection and website re-design was made possible thanks to the help of Geoffroy Delobel (Central Design) and Ali Nassiri (Digital Park) who have been our partners since the very beginning of this adventure.

What You’ll Do: As soon as a contract has been signed with the sales team you will handle the management of this project.

You will be the client’s primary contact and insure the organization and project development from the signing of the contract to the event itself.

You will be the central point in the project coordinating the development teams and insuring the client’s needs are met. Who You Are:

You have 3 years of experience in project management or a related field.  You master and manage all aspects of project management including project planning, data gathering, analysis, development, extensive internal and external communication, status tracking, implementation, monitoring, and extensive follow-up. 

You are confident in coordinating project activities and communicating key project timelines, milestones, etc. You are EXTREMELY organized and have excellent computer skills with all Microsoft Office programs.

You are fluent in English and French oral and written communication as well as a knowledge of Dutch.

What You’re Already Good At:

You’re a team player with strong problem-solving skills who is able to make decisions under pressure.

You possess strong oral and written communication skills in addition to being proactive at identifying and owning leadership opportunities.

You are confident in managing clients accounts and high budget projects. You are able to maintain good relationships with clients and learn their interests in order to adapt the project to their needs.

How to Apply?

What You’ll Do: You will be in charge of assisting the senior web developer and web designers in developing the back end of our web platform.   You will also help in the integration with various API’s and interactive touchscreens. Who You Are: You have 1 to 2 years of experience. You are a very well organized and structured person who has a methodical approach to work with a good sense of responsibilities. An ability to work quickly and efficiently under pressure is required as we develop projects under very short deadlines for the event industry.   You speak French fluently and have a good knowledge of English.

What You’re Already Good At:

Php (7/10)

Mysql (7/10)

Javascript (jQuery) (6/10)

Unix system (6/10)

Facebook Graph Api (is a plus highly recommended for the job)

MVC (is a plus)

Flex (is a plus)

How to Apply:

Vos futures responsabilités:

Vous aurez un rôle de pionnier qui consistera en l’ouverture du premier bureau Getyoo à Paris.

Vos principales tâches seront la prospection et la recherche de nouvelles opportunités d’affaires. Vous serez en chargé(e) de démarcher nos premiers clients sur Paris et ses environs: principalement des organisateurs d’événements.

Vous vous occuperez du suivi de grands comptes clients. Grâce à vos compétences commerciales, votre créativité et votre collaboration avec l’équipe de Bruxelles, vous serez capable de convaincre les clients, de négocier et de finaliser des contrats.

Le premier stade débutera par de la prospection téléphonique suivie par des rendez-vous commerciaux accompagnés par votre manager direct.

Vous élaborerez et mettrez en œuvre des activités spéciales de vente afin d’augmenter les ventes.

Vous suivrez les pistes nouvelles et d'orientation résultant de l'activité sur le terrain.

Vous participerez à des événements de marketing tels que séminaires, foires commerciales et événements afin de promouvoir Getyoo.

La position exige de travailler selon un horaire flexible et occasionnellement de voyager à l’étranger

Qui vous êtes :

Vous avez suivi une formation académique en commerce, marketing ou un autre domaine similaire. Vous avez une expérience dans le développement commercial de minimum 3 ans. Vous parlez couramment le français et avez une bonne connaissance de l'anglais. Vous maitrisez parfaitement les outils Microsoft Office et êtes capable de créer, composer et éditer les documents écrits ainsi que des présentations Powerpoint. Vous avez un intérêt pour les nouvelles technologies et le web. Une bonne connaissance ou expérience professionnelle dans le domaine de l’événementiel est un plus.

Ce dans quoi vous êtes déjà bon :

Vous êtes fort dans la création de relations avec les clients et vous vous intégrez facilement dans des réseaux sociaux. Vous persuadez facilement les autres et êtes flexible, proactif et entreprenant. Vous êtes orienté résultat et avez une approche stratégique permettant d’atteindre les objectifs commerciaux qui vous sont fixés. Vous êtes autonome, doté d’importantes capacités organisationnelles et vous opérez de façon indépendante. Vous avez de l’expérience dans la gestion de grands comptes clients et de budgets importants.

Comment postuler?

What You’ll Do:

Design and produce layouts for material in a variety of formats—such as html, web, newsletters, PowerPoint presentations, advertising, brochures, and sales materials 

Interact with web designers, web integrators and developers for the design of web interfaces and applications.

Keep up on latest graphic design trends and best practices in the industry, and share info with the team.

  Who You Are:

You have strong visual design skills with a strong sense of layout, color theory, typography and style. You have a degree in Graphic Design or a related discipline, one to three years of relevant design experience and advanced proficiency in Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop (Slicing, Web Images Optimization, etc). You also have an understanding of xhtml (html5), CSS 2 (3) and a basic knowledge in interface design and user experience (desktop/mobile). Notions of Javascript, Flash/Flex are a plus.

What You’re Already Good At:

You’re strong at planning and organization and you’re able to make decisions under pressure. Your job description doesn’t stop at your computer, you also have excellent customer service skills and a high level of creativity. You’re a team player with strong problem-solving skills. You’re not afraid of working independently. And lastly, you possess strong oral and written communication skills in addition to being proactive at identifying and owning leadership opportunities.

How to Apply:

Getyoo announces a partnership with Eventattitude to further develop opportunities for interaction between social networks and fun experiences on events or on brand activation operations.

Encouraged by the success of recent projects combining the experience on the event and its extension to Facebook (Fiat / Lancia at the Motor Show and Belgacom International Thriller Film Festival Liège), Eventattitude has concluded a partnership with Getyoo to accelerate its development in this area. This agreement will also allow to broaden the range of possibilities.

Founded in April 2009 and based in Brussels, Getyoo is a company active in the field of paperless information services for the events and meetings industry. True effective alternative to paper waste, Getyoo allows to exchange digital business cards and to select digital information using a contactless smart card (NFC).

It is this same technology that promotes the development of experiments in which gestures that are made on site ("Real Life Shares ") have an extension on social networks like Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, for example.

For the advertiser, the advantage is clear: the many people implied in the fun experience at the event will be as many relays of information to their networks of online friends.

For the start of their partnership, Eventattitude and Getyoo will take the time to select some pilot projects in the coming weeks.

The Interactive Experiences Concept launched by Getyoo on PIAS Nites.

On March 25th and 26th, Getyoo launched its concept of Interactive Experiences on PIAS Nites in Brussels, a major music event featuring Faithless, Cassius, Buraka Som Systema, Crystal Fighters and many others. The concept involves your Facebook (or other social networks) friends in experiences that are happening to you at a party.

Thanks to an amazing new technology, a small chip (NFC tag) incorporated in a card, which can be identified by a reader, real Facebook users were able to use the service offline and to perform interactions coming from Facebook but in real life. Partygoers received a unique ID card that they had to link to their Facebook account on one of the interactive kiosks. Once the link was made they could start to perform actions involving Facebook.

For example, in the Photo booth Experience developed with Vedett, groups of friends could touch the reader with their card and pose in front of a camera that took pictures and posted them automatically on their Facebook profile. There were 1631 photos taken during the two evenings. In addition, two people who just met physically at the party could also make friends requests suggestions on Facebook by placing their card over two readers next to each other. We generated a huge number of Facebook posts with an average of 5,8 feedbacks per post (likes & comments) which created a lot of online buzz. 

As a fast growing startup in Brussels, Getyoo is looking for new talents as Web Developer (PHP), Systeme Administrator and Business Developer

At Getyoo we believe in a positive and creative team culture where everyone feels ownership and enjoys what they do. Our work environment is fun, fast-paced and rewarding. We provide a unique environment for learning, development and shaping the future of Internet services and we’re looking for energetic, intelligent and highly motivated individuals with a just-do-it attitude to join us.

If you have strong technical skills, a creative spirit and a commitment to delivering the very best experience to our users globally we want to hear from you! [email protected]

Location: Brussels

Personal skills:

Autonomous and proactive

Dynamic and motivated

Ability to adapt quickly to change

Good knowledge of social networks

Good communication skills and team spirit

Keen and willing to learn

   Position “Web Developer”:

Description:

You will join a small team of Web Developers to participate in the development of our web platform based on Open Source Softwares.

Your mission will be to build exceptional and highly customized internet solutions that produce real business results for our clients.

You'll work directly with clients and with our team throughout the development process - from determining needs to implementing the right solutions.

 Skills:

PHP5, Zend Framework, Ajax

OOP, Subversion, Unit Testing

SQL, PostgreSQL

Web Service, SOAP, JSON

  Position “System Administrator”:

Description:

You will be in charge of the maintenance and operations of our computer system and network.

Your mission will be to install, configure, support, and maintain servers or other computer systems (hardware) for development test and production servers. You will provide monitoring and maintenance scripts/processes for all tiers of systems, including supporting documentation. You will also be building and maintaining scripts/processes to efficiently roll new code to systems. and interacting with customer technical teams to plan and execute application installations.

You ‘ll work at the office for daily tasks but also interacting with clients and with our team to plan, execute and maintenance application installations on our events. You will have to travel periodically.

 Skills:

2-3 years of professional experience Linux system administration, J2EE application deployment, and production support.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent

Previous experience running a production LAMP solution stack environment including monitoring, backups, disaster mitigation and recovery

 Previous experience supporting server-side Java solutions embedded in the Tomcat application container

Solid background in Perl, PHP and sh

Solid background with Oracle, MySQL, and Postgres databases.

Position “Business Developer”:

Description:

You will be in charge of managing our new clients’ accounts. You will take care of new accounts from prospection to redaction of personalized offers. You must be very confident, able to make contacts easily, maintain relationships in order to close deals.  

Skills:

Business Studies

Commercial experience

The Real Life Facebook Interaction launched on one of the last concert of Faithless.

On March 25th and 26th, Getyoo, a company creating smart and interactive experiences for events, will launch its brand new experiences connecting the physical world with the virtual world on PIAS Nites at Tour & Taxis, Brussels.

On March 16th 2011, Faithless the British electronica band  announced that they would split. Faithless have sold over 12 million records worldwide. It will probably be one of their last concerts. PIAS expects more than 6,000 people on this event. For the first time in Europe a connected event will integrate Facebook with an offline activity in a completely new way incorporating real life activity thanks to an amazing new technology.

The principle is easy. As the card you use to open a door, partygoers will receive a “interactive card” to perform interactions coming from Facebook but in real life. For example, two people who just met physically at the party can also make friends requests suggestions on Facebook by placing their card over two readers next to each other. Geoffroy Simon, COO of Getyoo said about the system “all processes are automated and interactions happen in real time, it’s a great step forward in the world of social networking”.

Getyoo believes there is a great potential in the system and hopes to inspire brand and event organizers to go even further and create entirely new ways to interact with our environment. Kenny Gates, CEO of PIAS Label added “it’s a revolutionary concept that opens up a wide range of possibilities in the world of music events, we’re excited to see people’s reactions at PIAS Nites”.

In the Photo booth experience developed with Vedett, groups of friends can touch the reader with their card and pose in front of a camera that will take pictures and post them automatically on their Facebook profile. In addition, the system also enables to play games, enter contests and select digital media. Partygoers will be offered free music and will get a chance to win a Fender guitar signed by all artists by just placing their card on a reader on one of the sides of the interactive cubes sponsored by ING.

On the 23rd and 24th of November, Getyoo went to Berlin to provide its networking and paperless solutions to EWEA - The European Wind energy Association - for the conference they organized just next to Alexander Platz. 

The GRIDS 2010 conference explored the financial, technical, policy and regulatory issues that will shape the development of a grid that meets Europe's energy, consumer and climate needs. 

We created 2 Wall of Fame containing links to information, videos and pdf's about sponsors and exhibitors, we also placed small posters on exhibitors stand in order to let people get digital information instead of paper documents. 

Many thanks to EWEA for their great organization !

On the 30th of June and 1st of July, we were exhibiting at the European Business Summit in Brussels. We stayed until the end on the last day and witnessed the waste of paper. Here are some pics we took to show you there IS A BIG PROBLEM on those events that we can fix !

On the 7th of July, 600 Getyoo Clickeys were given to all participants to the opening ceremony of the Belgian Presidency of the Competitiveness Council (Research) happening at the Bourse / Beurs in Brussels.

The ceremony was organized by Benoît Cerexhe, the Belgian Minister of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, responsible for the Economy, Employment, Scientific Research and Foreign Trade, by Sabine Laruelle, Minister for SMEs, the Self-Employed, Agriculture and Scientific Policy and by RIB, Research in Brussels.

The Clickeys had a great success as everyone was wearing one. We constructed a “Getyoo Wall of Fame” for the occasion comprising  24 tags that people could click in order to get links to the main scientific and research organizations in Belgium as well as links to digital arts organizations and pdf’s publications related to science, innovation and research. There were also digital arts installations showing the latest innovations in the field. Participants had the occasion to click on descriptive sheets placed next to each installation in order to pick up more information about the artist and the installation. The artist themselves could also click the people who were interested into their artwork so they could follow the discussion later and easily find each other’s contact details.

The event was a great success with many many clicks !

END OF EBSUMMIT 1st DAY:

En tant que startup à évolution rapide, Getyoo est à la recherche de nouveaux talents désireux de réaliser un stage cet été avec possibilité de carrière professionnelle. Nous sommes basés à Bruxelles centre et les bureaux sont facilement accessible par les transports en communs et trains.

Si vous possédez de très bonnes connaissances techniques, une créativité sans limite, un sens de l’initiative, un bon esprit d’équipe et que vous êtes à fond dans le futur du web, nous avons quelque chose pour vous. Nous recherchons des stagiaires dans différents domaines, avec possibilités d’embauches par la suite. Contactez nous à [email protected]

 Qualités personnelles :

 Autonome et proactif

 Dynamique et motivé

Capacité à s’adapter rapidement au changement

Bonne connaissance des médias sociaux

Bonne communication et esprit d’équipe

Désireux d’apprendre

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Position « Web Developer » :

Description

Au sein de l’équipe de Web Designers, vous participerez au développement de notre plateforme de networking ainsi que de nos services en lignes basé sur des Softwares Open Source. Suivant votre volonté et vos qualifications (et le planning), vous pourrez trouver une place à différents niveaux. Vous pourriez travailler sur le site web ou sur l’intranet/extranet, sur différentes couches (comme la persistance, la gestion d’images, le log in, …), sur des fonctionnalités Ajax ou des services web, sur du unit testing ou de la documentation, …

Environnement technique : 

PHP5, Zend Framework, Ajax

OOP, Subversion, Unit Testing

SQL, PostgreSQL

Web Service, SOAP, JSON

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Position « Flex Developer »:

  Description:

Vous serez responsable du développement d’un outil de statistiques. Vous vous concentrerez principalement sur le front-end (présentation et interactions), cependant, faisant partie d’une petite équipe vous serez hautement impliqué dans la conception, l’analyse et devrez travailler en étroite collaboration avec les back-end developers.

Environnement technique :

Flex, ActionScript 3

AMFPHP, XML, JSON

Graphs, charts

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Position “Intégrateur”:

   Description: 

Votre rôle sera de donner vie au designs plats en les transformant en HTML/CSS compatible avec tous les navigateurs populaires. Des connaissances en JavaScript et Ajax sont aussi requises – seulement pour l’utilisation de librairies existantes.

 Environnement technique :

XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax

Photoshop

Notions de PHP, la connaissance de Zend Framework est un plus

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Position “Web Designer”:

  Description: 

En tant que web et graphic designer pour Getyoo, vous réaliserez du contenu web et des animations pour nos clients ainsi que pour nos futurs développements. Vous ferez partie d’une petite équipe au sein de laquelle les interactions avec les autres seront importantes. Vous devez faire part de grandes qualités au niveau de l’ergonomie et de l’expérience utilisateurs. Avec l’aide de nos Seniors, vous serez impliqué dans le processus de développement complet de l’analyse, la conceptualisation, en passant par le wireframing, le design jusqu’à la réalisation concrète. De bonnes notions en design d’interface utilisateurs sont capitales pour ce job !

 Environnement technique :

Wireframing

XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax

Photoshop

Notions de PHP, la connaissance de Zend Framework est un plus

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Position “Account Manager”:

  Description:

Vous serez responsable de la gestion et du suivi de nos nouveaux comptes clients. Vous vous occuperez des nouveaux clients depuis la prospection jusqu’à la rédaction d’offres personnalisées. Une grande confiance en soi, la capacité à se faire des contacts facilement, une aisance dans la conversation et une bonne communication sont des qualités essentielles et requises pour vous permettre de négocier afin de conclure des deals.

 Environnement technique :

Etudes de Business, Economie ou Management

Expérience Commerciale

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint) 

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Position “Communication Executive”: 

  Description: 

Vous assisterez le Communication Manager dans l’organisation d’événements, la publicité, les campagnes de médias sociaux, les actions marketing et les relations avec la presse. Nous recherchons une personne proactive possédant un esprit très créatif aussi capable de mener ses propres projets et de créer des campagnes de buzz en utilisant les moyens de communications du web 2.0. Une bonne connaissance des réseaux sociaux et blogs est requise, une expérience en graphisme et web design serait un must !

Environnement technique :

Très bon niveau d’anglais écrit et parlé

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)

As a fast growing startup in Brussels, Getyoo is looking for new talents as students & Interns for this summer.

At Getyoo we believe in a positive and creative team culture where everyone feels ownership and enjoys what they do. Our work environment is fun, fast-paced and rewarding. We provide a unique environment for learning, development and shaping the future of internet services and we're looking for energetic, intelligent and highly motivated individuals with a just-do-it attitude to join us. If you have strong technical skills, a creative spirit and a commitment to delivering the very best experience to our users globally we want to hear from you! [email protected]

Location: Brussels – Job Type: Intern & student

  Personal skills:

Autonomous and proactive

Dynamic and motivated

Ability to adapt quickly to change

Good knowledge of social networks

Good communication skills and team spirit

Keen and willing to learn

   Position "Web Developer":

        Description:

You will join a small team of Web Developers to participate in the development of our networking platform based on Open Source Softwares.

Depending on your wills and skills (and the planning), you can find a place for you at different levels. You could work on the website or intranet/extranet, on different layers (like persistence, images management, logging...), on Ajax functionalities or web services, on unit testing or documentation...

       Skills:

PHP5, Zend Framework, Ajax

OOP, Subversion, Unit Testing

SQL, PostgreSQL

Web Service, SOAP, JSON

  Position "Flex Developer":

         Description:

You will be in charge of the development of a statistics tool. You'll focus mainly on the front-end (presentation and interactions) but, being part of a small team, you'll be highly involved in the conception/analysis and will have to work closely with the back-end developers.

          Skills:

Flex, ActionScript 3

AMFPHP, XML, JSON

Graphs, charts

Position "Integrator":

         Description:

Your role will be to bring the flat designs to life by transforming them into HTML/CSS compliant with all popular browsers. JavaScript and some Ajax will also be needed - simply using existing libraries.

         Skills:

XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax

Photoshop

Notions of PHP, knowing Zend Framework is a plus

Position "Web Designer":

         Description:

As a Web & Graphic Designer at Getyoo you will be designing web content and animations for our clients and next development. As part of a small, highly iterative team you will work in efforts that spread across all works we make. With support of our seniors you will be involved in the complete development process from start to finish and have a strong influence on the way we interact with our users.  

         Skills:

XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax

Photoshop

Notions of PHP, knowing Zend Framework is a plus

Position "Account Manager":

        Description:

You will be in charge of managing our new clients' accounts. You will take care of new accounts from prospection to redaction of personalized offers. You must be very confident, able to make contacts easily, maintain relationships in order to close deals.  

         Skills:

Business Studies

Commercial experience

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint) 

Position "Communication Executive":

        Description:

You will be in charge helping the Communication Manager in events organization, advertisments and social media campaigns, marketing actions and press relations. A proactive person with a very creative mind is needed, you need to have a good knowledge of social networks and blogs, experience in graphic design and web is a must!  

         Skills:

Good written and spoken English

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)