We’ve just refreshed our stationery and our new business cards arrived fresh from the printers this morning. It’s pretty hard to photograph all the detail up close, but here’s a few snaps.

If you’re in the mood for an American Psycho spec, then here goes: They’re printed on a combination of 540gsm GF Smith Ebony and 540gsm GF Smith digital white. We’ve backed the two stocks together so the finished cards are super thick. On both sides there’s a tiny wire emboss. The type is black foil to the white face and silver foil to the black. We’ve set the emboss to run parallel with the type on a finished size of 85×40mm.

As part of a wider ‘No Smoking Day’ campaign, we’ve just launched wequit.co.uk. WeQuit is a mini site which allows users to make a pledge via Facebook or Twitter to quit smoking. The site tracks the total number of pledges made and shows a cumulative ‘cigarettes per day’ figure which will grow in line with the campaign.

As well as providing tips and advice, the site also acts as a portal for the other campaign content and PR that is being generated. One amusing aspect worth a watch is the ‘I Want To Break Free’ video viral. Users are being encouraged to submit their own versions and the first has been created with a certain Mr Bannatyne of Dragon’s Den fame! You can view the full project in our portfolio…

Working as part of our existing development team, you must have a proven background in back end development working on both open source platforms such as Wordpress, and building applications from scratch. You will have an aptitude for translating designs into code and producing XHTML/CSS templates from PSDs. You will also be responsible for testing, debugging and troubleshooting digital work on various browsers & platforms.

Most of our websites are built upon the Wordpress CMS, using a combination of bespoke and third-party plugins to achieve the extended functionality required by our clients. As such, a good working knowledge of WordPress is imperative, with further examples of work a bonus.

Required experience:

• Expert knowledge of LAMP. Expert knowledge of (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript (particularly the jQuery library).
• Prior experience of developing for WordPress (themes and plugins)
• Experience with other server-side languages and web frameworks.
• A working knowledge of Photoshop & Flash Actionscript is a bonus.

You will require a strong background in design for web and enewsletters, and be able to take a project from design in Photoshop, through to the initial front end XHMTL/CSS work to be handed on to our web development team. As part of the front end development process you will be competent in browser testing and have a good understanding of interface design and accessibility.

You will also have the skills to create flash banners and content from scratch, taking guides from media partners and ensuring content meets technical specifications.

Required experience:

• A proven portfolio in design for websites and applications
• Expert knowledge of XHTML & CSS.
• Expert knowledge of Flash and Actionscript.
• Experience with server-wide languages and web frameworks a bonus.

With our client list growing rapidly, we’re looking for a talented (and occasionally geeky) digital account executive to join our team. With plenty of room to grow professionally, an atmosphere that encourages entrepreneurialism and special clients who trust us with their brands, you’ll be coming on board at an exceptionally exciting time.

The account executive will support the client services team in the seamless day to day running of our key accounts, managing projects through the studio from brief to delivery, creating contact reports, organising presentations and notes for meetings as well as assisting the Account Director in tender writing and pitch preparation. Naturally you’ll live digital and breathe creativity, a passion for both is crucial.

You’ll have excellent organisational skills, a critical and keen eye for detail and the ability to develop client relationships. Previous experience with working on digital projects, a qualification in digital or communication and a minimum of one years experience with an interactive agency are preferred.

Another week and another new piece of work to add to the portfolio. This time it’s a nice little project for SEAT Young Driver Training. As the name suggests, SEAT Young Driver offer driving courses for under 17s at locations across the UK.

We’ve been working with Young Driver to help launch their online offer to customers, as well as developing an entire back end which handles all the booking and process management for each venue. The site allows customers to book sessions online through a secure payment gateway and then view and choose from available time slots at their preferred location. Course organisers can then see a full rundown of stats for each site and co-ordinate the driving instructors. As well as the main payment system we also built a gift vouchers platform, and added a soon to be populated online shop.

We’re really pleased to have been appointed to work with Bullring on their new ‘Life Feels Better’ campaign. There’s a number of bits and bobs in the pipeline, all of which we’ll put up on the site as they happen.

383 have been appointed to undertake a number of local level events and projects in and around Bullring. So far we’ve helped organise a launch event of feel good films at the Electric, introduced Chris from Created in Birmingham to the project which has spawned a number of exciting developments (one of which is the new Created in Birmingham shop) and organised last Saturday’s live graffiti project with Mohammed Ali.

‘Tweeffiti’ blended live art with real time online contributions around the themes of Hope and Optimism. We built a microsite for Bullring which was displayed on screens at the event and allowed users near and far to contribute key words and messages via Twitter which were then interpreted by Mohammed and integrated in to his piece. The event was a great success and attracted coverage from BBC and ITV, as well as generating a big crowd throughout much of the weekend. Here’s a few snaps we took throughout the project….