Want to be on the team?
Get ready for a fast-paced, collaborative environment of creative types who produce award-winning work every year. Work hard and play hard in Houston's revitalized Midtown area, where you can be at the heart of the action.
We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits and inspired thinking. Adcetera is an equal opportunity employer.
Available Positions
- Marketing / Advertising Copywriter and Proofreader
- Senior .NET Developer
- Experienced Marketing / Advertising Agency Sales Professional
- Senior Motion Designer
Marketing / Advertising Copywriter and Proofreader
Adcetera is in the market for an experienced copywriter with wit, energy, and enthusiasm. Savvy writing, editing, and proofreading skills are just the beginning — some of your work will require insight and creativity, while other projects will demand discipline and precision. You’ll have to collaborate and meet challenging deadlines with grace and aplomb. You’ll need to wear different hats, write in different voices, and master different subjects. And you’ll want a healthy sense of humor — we only take our work seriously.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (English, marketing, advertising, or related field preferred, but not mandatory)
- Four years professional writing experience (at least two of those in an agency environment)
- Familiarity with real estate, food service, or health care industries a plus
- Proven proofreading ability (a proofreading test is required)
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office software
Senior .NET Developer
We're seeking a full-time Senior .NET Developer who thrives in a high-impact environment. You will work as part of a hyper-creative team with the goal of producing stunning experiences that make our competitors weep in frustration.
Job Requirements
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop innovative, efficient, 100% bug-free .NET websites and database driven web applications that surpass our client's expectations
- Work with the Design Department to design and build compelling high quality solutions
- Shape the details of a project by providing cutting edge techniques and technologies
- Manage deadlines and execute on-time and on-task
- Stay current with browser, production tool, and technology advancements
- Act as a technical/tactical resource for the creative teams
- Help to refine and improve the production process
Experience:
- Bachelor's degree preferred with a minimum of three years experience in a digital/production environment, or the equivalent combination of work experience and education
- Experience in a client-service environment preferred
- Microsoft .NET 2.0 and 3.5 technologies (VB.NET, C#, ADO.NET, ASP.NET)
- Development of applications using SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 as the database backend, including development of stored procedures and a working understanding of Enterprise Manager, Query Analyzer and other MS SQL tools is required
- Experience with web development technologies is critical, including knowledge of IIS, VBScript, C#, JavaScript, XHTML, DOM, and COM
- Understanding of OOP, web optimization practices and examples to prove it
- Experience with XML, XPATH, XSLT, XSL
- Experience using Visual Studio .NET
- Adobe Production Suite
- Web architecture and Internet protocols
- HTML, CSS and Javascript
- Strong conceptual and design skills with keen attention to detail
- The ability to use exceptional organizational, written and verbal skills toward being an active diplomat and problem solver
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Must be able to work within a multi-segmented team
We are a full service creative agency located in Midtown, close to downtown Houston. Over the past few decades we have sustained a fast-paced, dynamic, professional-yet-casual team environment. We rock.
We also offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits, including a discretionary bonus plan, full health coverage and a generous vacation policy. We reward longevity with a matching retirement fund and an internal promotion strategy.
Experienced Marketing / Advertising Agency Sales Professional
Adcetera is in the market for an experienced outside sales professional to work as part of our business development team. The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of outside sales experience, and will have the proven ability to develop, lead and manage sales efforts in a fast-moving creative agency setting. You should be highly motivated, a self starter, and have a keen understanding of business fundamentals. You should have an outgoing, friendly personality, and the ability to build and maintain professional relationships with clients and potential clients.
This is a highly competitive, commissioned position; compensation is based on results. Up to 25 percent travel should be expected. Paid health insurance, available dental and vision, retirement plan.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- At least 10 years outside sales experience
- Proven ability to initiate, develop, manage and grow business
- Outgoing, motivated, fearless personality
Senior Motion Designer
The Senior Motion Designer is responsible for developing spectacular creative for clients and internal audiences. Involvement is critical in all phases of the design process, including concept development, storyboarding, animation, graphic design, and production. Works created span a variety of mediums and types including Internet video, animated shorts, trailers, product demos, digital signage and post-production.
Job Requirements
Experience:
- BS/BA/AD degree preferred with a minimum of three years experience in a digital/production environment, or the equivalent combination of work experience and education
Technical:
- Adobe Production Suite (CS3/4 – Premiere, After Effects...)
- 3DS Max
- Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks
Key Responsibilities:
- Working with Art and Motion Directors to design and build compelling high quality animations and video productions
- Utilizing conceptual and design skills to bring ideas to life
- Shaping the details of motion projects by providing cutting edge techniques and technologies
- Coordinating with programmers on integrating functions and objects into visual designs
- Managing deadlines and executing on-time and on-task
- Staying current with production tool and technology advancements
- Training Motion Designers in production best practices
- Delegating production tasks to Motion Designers
- Review of final output and source files
- Acting as a technical and tactical resource for the creative teams
- Helping to refine and improve the production process
