Employment Opportunities
If you believe strongly in quality output and commitment to the customer + have expertise in the digital field, Gray Web Technology + Design would like to hear from you. Gray Web Technology + Design is always looking for talented designers, web developers, programmers, multimedia experts, and managers with digital technology experience.
Submit your resume with a cover letter and a link to your online portfolio to JOBS (at) GrayWebTech (dot) com. No phone calls please.
We are now hiring for the following positions:
Associate Web Developer
posted on June 23rd, 2009. Location – Downtown San Antonio, Texas. No off-site or freelance proposals will be considered.
This position is primarily responsible for creating, adding and updating content, graphics and multimedia elements to new and existing websites.
Candidate requirements: - Intermediate level CSS/XHTML skills
- Experience with Photoshop up to at least CS2
- Ability to make professional and consistent design decisions.
- Ability to reproduce client content in a table-less CSS format.
- Ability to produce consistent text design specifically for online legibility with regard to padding, line spacing, font style, font color, etc)
- Information design skills (ability to take large blocks of content and organize them into user-friendly layouts within a page.)
- Ability to produce banner ads that match the original design direction given by the Creative Director or Web Designer.
- Basic understanding of enterprise level Content Management Systems is a plus.
- Understanding of how to troubleshoot CSS browser display issues for IE6, IE7, IE8, FireFox, and Safari is a plus.
- Basic Flash skills are a plus. (creating simple transitions, buttons, etc.)
Education: Bachelors or Associates degree preferred
Minimum 2 Years Experience
Additional skills: ability to take creative direction, detail oriented, punctuality, dependability, willingness to learn, amicable nature, good communication skills and a team player mentality.
Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Life, Long Term Disability,401K Plan + Employer Match and Holidays + Paid Time Off. Additional individual options available.
Interactive Media Traffic Coordinator
posted on June 23rd, 2009. Location – Downtown San Antonio, Texas. No off-site or freelance proposals will be considered.
This position: - Reviews daily schedules with the Account Services, Production and Creative Departments.
- Communicates job requests and changes from Account Executives to the production staff
- Revises schedules and distributes a Weekly Status Report and daily Hot Sheet listing the most pressing deadlines for the day to ensure all departments are advised of schedules and job progress.
- Expedites all crisis jobs. The majority of work should flow through Account Services on a reasonable, scheduled basis.
- Acts as the first level of quality control for work completed by production.
- Notifies Account Executives of materials or information needed from the client to finish scheduled projects.
- Keeps Account Executives informed on the status of all work in progress within the production department
- Conducts weekly traffic meetings involving personnel from relevant departments.
- Recognizes and immediately communicates problems affecting job quality, due dates and costs to Account Executives.
- Forwards completed jobs to the Account Executives who, after review, close the job.
Candidate Qualifications: - 2+ years of experience as a project/traffic coordinator. Preferably in an agency, design studio, or in-house communications team.
- Must have had previous direct reports (1-3 people minimum).
- Must have an understanding of the interactive production process.
- Must have an understanding of the creative development processes for online and offline communications
- Must possess top-notch interpersonal, listening, scheduling, and negotiating skills
- Must have experience using project management tools.
- Must have expert knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Education: Degree preferred
Salary: DOE
Status: Full Time
Additional skills: ability to work independently, detail oriented, punctuality, dependability, willingness to learn, amicable nature, superior communication skills and a team player mentality.
Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Life, Long Term Disability, 401K Plan + Employer Match and Holidays + Paid Time Off. Additional individual options available.
Social Media Coordinator
posted on June 9th, 2009. Location – Downtown San Antonio, Texas. No off-site or freelance proposals will be considered.
We are looking for an individual who is passionate about social media. Have you mastered Twitter, YouTube, facebook, StumbleUpon or a variety of other social sites? Do you have a personal blog that you update regularly? If yes, then we would love to hear from you! Send us your resume but, don’t forget to include links. We want to friend you on facebook, read your posts, follow your tweets and possibly take a look at a YouTube channel or Picasa gallery.
The Social Media Coordinator will assist our Account Services team setup and manage social media campaigns for small business clients.
Responsibilities include:
- Creating, implementing and measuring social media / online marketing strategies
- Managing blogs
- Providing basic social media training, support and guidance
- Monitoring and actively participating in social media conversations
- Determining and reporting success of online initiatives
- Encouraging community contributions, facilitating conversations and developing ideas for new and exciting content and social media opportunities
- Developing and managing e-newsletter campaigns
- Copy writing
- Reporting and presenting basic site performance / analytics
Requirements:
- Through and clear understanding of the social media space. Well versed in web writing styles and able to create engaging, professional copy
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Able to plan, organize, monitor, and execute multiple projects simultaneously and meet aggressive deadlines
- Able to provide solutions and effectively communicate and recommend ideas to team and clients
- Bachelor degree
Bonus:
- HTML, CSS, Content management system, design, and / or web development experience a plus
- Experience using Web Analytics to produce web site statistics for reporting and testing purposes
Additional skills: detail oriented, punctuality, dependability, willingness to learn, amicable nature, good communication skills and a team player mentality.
Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Life, Long Term Disability,401K Plan + Employer Match and Holidays + Paid Time Off. Additional individual options available.
Web Production Specialist [Updated]
Updated on June 9th, 2009. Location – Downtown San Antonio, Texas. No off-site or freelance proposals will be considered.
This position is primarily responsible for: assisting the design department with new site builds, upgrading existing sites, assisting other employees with CSS and HTML coding questions, and maintaining existing sites.
Candidate requirements: - Intermediate CSS/XHTML skills
- Experience with Photoshop up to at least CS2.
- Proven experience slicing designs and recreating them in CSS/XHTML.
- Basic experience with asp.net master pages.
- Understanding of how to troubleshoot CSS browser display issues for IE6, IE7, FireFox, and Safari.
- BONUS - Basic understanding of SQL Server databases is a plus.
- BONUS - Basic understanding of enterprise level Content Management Systems is a plus.
Education: Bachelor Degree Preferred
Minimum 3 Years of Experience
Additional skills: ability to take creative direction, detail oriented, punctuality, dependability, willingness to learn, amicable nature, good communication skills and a team player mentality.
Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Life, Long Term Disability,401K Plan + Employer Match and Holidays + Paid Time Off. Additional individual options available.
Web Designer
[POSITION FILLED - THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO SUBMITTED RESUMES]
posted on May 15, 2009. Location – Downtown San Antonio, Texas. No off-site or freelance proposals will be considered.
This position is primarily responsible for the graphic design of websites and website elements. This includes the design and construction of content areas of each website using a CMS application interface and HTML/CSS. Selected employee will perform the following duties: Design detailed layouts for websites providing excellent design work which competes with the latest trends, integrate content into database driven websites using a CMS interface and design information areas and navigation elements for maximum usability.
Candidate requirements: - Ability to make professional and consistent design decisions.
- Expert-level use of Photoshop is required (up to at least CS2). This includes the use of Photoshop’s various tools, blending layers, adjustment layers, etc. This does not include over-reliance on instant effects such as “bevel.”
- Intermediate level CSS/XHTML skills
- Ability to reproduce client content in a table-less CSS format.
- Professional web typography sensibility/talent (ability to produce consistent text design specifically for online legibility with regard to padding, line spacing, font style, font color, etc)
- Information design skills (ability to take large blocks of content and organize them into user-friendly layouts within a page.)
- Ability to produce banner ads that match the original design direction given by the Creative Director or Web Designer.
- Basic understanding of enterprise level Content Management Systems is a plus.
- Understanding of how to troubleshoot CSS browser display issues for IE6, IE7, FireFox, and Safari is a plus.
- Basic Flash skills are a plus. (creating simple transitions, buttons, etc.)
Education: Bachelor Degree Preferred
Minimum 5 Years of Experience
Additional skills: ability to take creative direction, detail oriented, punctuality, dependability, willingness to learn, amicable nature, good communication skills and a team player mentality.
Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Life, Long Term Disability,401K Plan + Employer Match and Holidays + Paid Time Off. Additional individual options available.
