[Remote] Senior Specialist, SEO

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Stella Rising is the leading marketing and media agency for spirited, high-growth consumer brands and service companies. They are seeking a Senior SEO Specialist to manage SEO strategies for multiple clients, focusing on client relationships and continuous learning in SEO best practices. The role involves executing on-site and off-site SEO strategies, maintaining client communications, and developing comprehensive campaign strategies based on performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Manage communications and relationships with designated client accounts. This includes daily and weekly email and phone correspondence, as well as occasional in-person meetings
• Gather all pertinent facts and performance statistics for a client’s website and formulate a comprehensive campaign strategy based on client’s goals, available resources/budget, and SEO best practices
• Perform all on-site optimization, including (but not limited to) optimizing title tags, meta information, URLs, content, headers, and more
• Assist on technical auditing of client websites, competitive analyses, as well as site architecture audits
• Use client’s performance data and competitive insights to develop an off-site strategy to support SEO efforts
• Have at least a basic understanding of new developments in SEO, such as core web vitals, E-A-T, various algorithm updates, and more
• Collect all relevant performance metrics and create compelling and user-friendly reports for clients on a monthly basis. Clients may also require more frequent reporting or communications
• Create presentations for client use on an as-needed basis
• Attend conference calls and occasional in-person meetings with clients to present data, provide clear direction and insight on their campaigns, and provide complete answers to their questions
• Provide ad hoc phone and email support for clients
• Independently research current SEO methodologies to supplement on-the-job training in order to broaden SEO skill set

Skills

• Must have 2+ years experience managing SEO campaigns start to finish, concept to execution
• Must have demonstrated ability to handle large, complex projects
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills and feel comfortable making presentations both internally and to clients
• Must have strong MS Office Suite skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
• Must have experience with Google Analytics or other major web analytics programs
• Must be 'conversant' in HTML – you should be able to read code and identify certain elements
• Must have strong quantitative analytical skills – numbers should excite you, not scare you
• Must love data (bonus points if you have an interesting data story to tell)
• Self-motivated and able to work proficiently in a remote environment
• Previous agency experience is highly desirable
• Previous experience with Brightedge, Moz, SEMRush or other SEO software is a plus
• A strong willingness to learn is crucial!
• Demonstrated understanding of and participation in social media is also highly desirable

Benefits

• Health, vision, dental, life insurance
• A 401k with company match
• Wellness and technology reimbursements
• Home office setup support
• Over 7 weeks of PTO
• Summer Fridays

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