• Email Developer

    Robert Half The Creative Group (Houston, TX)


    Description

    Position Overview

    We’re seeking a skilled Email Developer to join our digital experience team. This role combines hands-on development with creative collaboration, helping deliver high-impact, user-focused email and web campaigns. You’ll work alongside creative, operations, and strategy teams to ensure clients deliver seamless, data-driven communications that elevate customer engagement.

    Key Responsibilities

    + Develop responsive and optimized HTML deliverables for email and landing pages.

    + Convert design files (e.g., PSDs, Figma) into fully functional, mobile-responsive HTML emails.

    + Implement and enhance HTML code for cross-platform compatibility across major email clients.

    + Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs maintain visual integrity through coding.

    + Integrate content into various marketing automation platforms for campaign deployment, ensuring compliance with CAN-SPAM and other regulations.

    + Troubleshoot and refine emails, addressing rendering issues, dynamic content, and personalization scripts.

    + Conduct QA testing to validate rendering, deliverability, and tracking accuracy across clients and devices.

    + Develop and maintain template libraries, reusable assets, and documentation for campaign consistency.

    + Provide technical guidance to internal and client teams on email development standards.

    + Support offshore and nearshore development resources, ensuring quality and best-practice adoption.

    + Collaborate with designers and strategists to drive innovation through interactivity, animation, and dynamic content tools (e.g., Liveclicker, Movable Ink).

    + Optimize workflows and recommend efficiencies for coding, deployment, and quality assurance.

    Requirements

    Required:

    + Minimum of 2 years of experience in email or web development.

    + Strong proficiency in HTML and CSS, with proven experience developing responsive and fluid layouts for email and web clients.

    + Demonstrated portfolio or work samples showing at least 20 email templates or campaigns built for multiple clients/platforms.

    + 1+ year of experience working in at least one major marketing cloud platform (e.g., Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, HubSpot, Braze).

    + Ability to troubleshoot and debug across email clients and devices.

    + Strong attention to detail, organization, and problem-solving skills.

    + Willingness to travel occasionally based on project and client needs.

    Preferred:

    + Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Marketing Technology, or related field.

    + Salesforce Marketing Cloud certifications (Email Specialist, Administrator) or equivalent platform credentials.

    + Experience with dynamic content personalization and scripting languages used in email platforms (AMPscript, Handlebars, etc.).

    + Working knowledge of XML and JSON as used in integrations and campaign configurations.

    + Familiarity with Agile or Scrum methodologies and modern deployment workflows (e.g., CI/CD).

    + Ability to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.

    + Strong interest in digital marketing, design systems, and innovation.

     

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