Email Developer Job Description

Email Developer Job Description Template

Our company is looking for a Email Developer to join our team.

Responsibilities:

  • Managing HTML content and related assets within clients’ email platforms;
  • Performing quality checks and peer reviews\
  • Develop and modify responsive email and email templates;
  • Contribute to client meetings where email best practices and strategy are being communicated;
  • Develop highly complex and customized email campaigns;
  • Keep up with industry standards and new best practices in email development;
  • Design, code, test, and debug ad hoc email sends and large email campaigns;
  • Monitor reputation, engagement, inbox placement, and blacklists across all domains and IPs;
  • Interacting with DNS managers within client organizations to coordinate sending domain setup;
  • Finding ways to solve difficult problems using initiative;
  • Apply dynamic content rules and configure link tracking;
  • Contributing wherever necessary to help the team reach its goals;
  • Participate in nurture program strategy and execution;
  • Knowledgeable on DNS settings for SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records;
  • Utilize knowledge and research of current email best practices to make suggestions in regard to design, layout, messaging and deliverability.

Requirements:

  • Ability to act as a point of escalation for technical requests or issues;
  • Ability to take a technical leadership role whenever necessary;
  • Advanced to expert knowledge of HTML and CSS;
  • Technical understanding of platform-specific scripting languages (e.g., AMPscript, RPL, etc.) and/or JavaScript is a plus;
  • 2+ years of experience as an Email Developer;
  • Testing and QA of email in multiple browsers, clients and ISPs;
  • Ability and willingness to learn new technologies quickly;
  • HTML, CSS, table-based layouts & mobile responsive coding experience IS A MUST;
  • Retrieval and uploading of data files to/from multiple systems and environments;
  • bull; Extensive experience with localized mail content; creating mails in multiple languages (including non-romance languages, like Japanese);
  • bull; Extensive experience with email testing tools, namely Litmus;
  • Knowledge of email construction and best practices;
  • 4-5 years email marketing experience utilizing SalesForce Marketing Cloud or similar software; agency experience preferred;
  • Understanding of dynamic content and personalization;
  • bull; In-depth experience with AMPScript, which is Salesforce’s scripting language which allows dynamic data to be added to email templates.