The MAG-O blog

It’s important to understand when a colleague may be going through a turbulent journey with mental health, which is why Pete spoke out about his experience and how his self-taught approach to becoming a developer helped him through some testing times.  Fuelled by his determination for success and recovery, Pete adopted a proactive attitude to shift his focus within departments from Meet and Greet to our tech teams at MAG-O. He made the bold decision to share his experiences with us in the hope of helping others in the same position. How did your journey with MAGO begin? I started my career with MAG back in 2016 in the Meet & Greet team at Manchester Airport. I knew I wanted to get into development, and I was already developing my skills in app and web development through online courses. It was around that time that, whilst browsing YouTube, that I found out there were plans to open a new department at MAG – MAG-O. I saw it as a brilliant opportunity to get so...

MAG-O are reinventing traditional graduate schemes by pushing individuals even further to develop their talent, interests and future employability. We offer graduates a scheme that operates on a six-month rotational basis, providing experience from various sectors of the business. Andy, a recent graduate In Business Studies from Liverpool John Moores University, accepted the offer for a place on our Customer Insights Graduate Scheme. I asked Andy what sets MAG-O apart from other graduate schemes; ‘The Customer Insights role has given me exposure to many areas of the wider MAG business. I was really impressed by the layout of the office space and the opportunities on offer. The scheme also allows me to apply for the secondment at the Manchester China Forum, a team based in Manchester setup by local businesses.’        Andy’s first placement was with our growing Data Science team; ‘What have you taken from your time with Data Science?’,...

During my time working in a position that failed to satisfy my creative interest, I realised it was time for a change and I had to be the one responsible to make it happen. Back in July 2017 I completed my course at Shillington Graphic Design school with a full printed portfolio ready to hit the creative industry. Following months of interviews and freelancing projects, I chose to accept the offer at MAG-O due to their creative work environment and for the chance to work with more autonomy. The training has been invaluable to my development; with only two months under my belt so far, I have learnt skills in writing for social media and presenting, as well as building upon my graphic design knowledge through plenty of interesting projects (both print and digital). After arranging some work experience at MAG-O last year, I was lucky enough to be picked as their new Media Intern out of a large pool of candidates to help manage their social media channels , as well ...

We caught up with Suzanne, who’s just joined MAG-O as a Solution Architect, to talk about her career journey. We started chatting about her previous experience and what attracted her to the role at MAG-O. ‘In my previous role I was an Implementation and Data Consultant working in the payments industry, so I have a good understanding of data management and ETL (extract, transform, load). I moved to this role as I wanted to use my cloud knowledge and influence the architecture and design of a product rather than helping clients onboard an in-house system’. We’re thrilled to welcome Suzanne’s skill set to our growing team at MAG-O. What makes MAG-O such an appealing company to work for? ‘The teams are really close, a lot like little families! Everyone is so nice, and we just get things done. We also have weekly show and tells which really help’. So how do we do things differently to help ideas flow within the team? ‘The teams use ‘spikes’ when mind mapping ide...