I`ve been working with schuh for 5 years now and have loved every minute. Initially a web developer for the first 3 years, I`ve now moved on to become a team lead in the same department. To support the transition to team lead, schuh enrolled me on a leadership essentials course with a group of other new team lead/managers within schuh. In the web development department we develop and support everything for our UK, IE, EU and DE domains. This includes managing and developing the databases which support our online catalog and transactional systems, managing and developing our custom build CMS system which populates our websites and of course the website itself which has been custom built in-house and is both multi-lingual and multi-locale. schuh expects their staff to work hard and in return offer an environment which is fun, supportive and encourages individuality and forward thinking. Last year I was given the chance to attend and speak at our group IT conference in Nashville which was both fun and challenging. Fun because we took part in a shark tank competition where teams had someone from each of our group companies. I now am the proud owner of a shark trophy. Challenging because it was my first time presenting to such a large audience but with the support of my colleague, was very successful and well received. Crossing international boundaries and seeing how your peers handle the same challenges is interesting and collaboration between our group companies is very important. ©