The Marion Group has an exciting opportunity for a Writing and Marketing Assistant in our Houston office.  As one of Houston’s largest marketing, advertising, and graphic design firms, The Marion Group has provided a complete portfolio of award winning marketing communication services to nationally known firms since 1981. Marion offers great benefits and a hard working but fun atmosphere.

Responsibilities
The Writing and Marketing Assistant will have writing assignments to develop copy for client projects such as websites, corporate brochures, newsletters, etc.  In addition to client projects, this person will assist in the development of Marion’s marketing tools such as our e-newsletter, blogs, interactive marketing pieces, adding news and updates to our website and more.  In addition to the writing responsibilities, the Writing and Marketing Specialist will be supporting our Account Representatives and other company officers with their projects and daily needs.  These duties include brainstorming, project coordination, vendor coordination, filing, shipping, and answering incoming phone calls.

Requirements
College degree in marketing, communications, public relations, business administration or related field.
Strong writing skills.

Knowledge of: Branding, marketing strategy, printing, on-line marketing, websites, public relations, etc.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, dead-line oriented environment.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
A positive and enthusiastic attitude.
Strong MS Office skills.

Qualified candidates should submit their resumes via email to: damon {at} marion.com  Please reference Writing and Marketing Assistant in your subject line.  No calls please.

The Marion Group has an exciting opportunity for an Account Representative in our Houston office.  As one of Houston’s largest marketing, advertising, and graphic design firms, The Marion Group has provided a complete portfolio of award winning marketing communication services to nationally known firms since 1981. Marion offers great benefits and a hard working but fun atmosphere. 

Responsibilities
The Account Representative is responsible for adding new clients to our client list and helping current clients achieve their marketing goals.  This role will require the Account Representative to find prospects, qualify their needs, create quotes for our services, following up and close the deal.  Once they become a client, the Account Representative will be the key point of contact with the client and is responsible for guiding the clients’ marketing projects from concept to development and onto production.  This includes managing internal resources and the client in order to stay on time and on budget.

Requirements
College degree in marketing, communications, public relations, business administration or related field.
3-4 years of sales and marketing experience, agency or account executive experience a plus.
Knowledge of: Branding, marketing strategy, printing, on-line marketing, websites, public relations, etc.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, dead-line oriented environment.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Ability to manage client expectations with a customer service mentality.
A positive and enthusiastic attitude.
Strong MS Office skills.

Qualified candidates should submit their resumes via email to: damon {at} marion.com  Please reference Account Representative in your subject line.  No calls please.

People oriented, strong communications, self-motivated, fast-paced and accurate worker. Excellent in process development and design integration of programming systems. Helpful and patient in training others.
Over 5 years of experience. 

Technical Skills Needed

Operating Systems: Windows workstation and servicer platforms.
Programming Languages: ASP, .net , Classic ASP, PHP, CSS, HTML
Database Systems: MySQL, MS Access (SQL Server a plus)

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Technical Skills as a Plus
Design Systems: Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark Xpress, InDesign
Internet Protocol Suite: Practical understanding of TCP/IP –DNS networking concepts, relating to Website hosing, ecommerce and email applications.
E-commerce: Zen Cart, OS Commerce, or others 
email: aaron {at} marion.com or call Aaron Ellisor, President  713-557-1400 

Experienced programmer to help with web-enabled applications to build online forms for data capture and data management by means of a secure admin panel.

Programming Skills
Essential: PHP, ASP, MySQL
Some: HTML, CSS, SQL, Javascript

Design Applications
Some: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, Action Script

Operating Systems
Essential: Windows (all versions)
Some: Linux

Qualified candidates should submit their resumes via email to: damon {at} marion.com.  Please reference Freelance Programmer in your subject line.  No calls please.

The Marion Group is always looking for new talent to work as contractors and freelancers, including:

• Production Artists
• Graphic Designers
• Technical and Creative Writers
• Website Designers