SEO Specialist with Minimum 5YR Experience

We are looking for an SEO specialist to join a growing team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing agency. We are looking for people with drive, enthusiasm and a real passion for achieving results.

As an SEO specialist, you will be required to manage marketing projects as well as liaising with members of the team for support including copywriting, development, social media, link acquisition and more over SLACK.

You will need good communication skills to be able to keep clients up to date and to provide detailed strategies / action plans and reports demonstrating growth. You’ll have the opportunity to take control of how this is done. You must be fluent in UK English with the ability to communicate in the same way someone in the UK would.

You’ll be required to have a full understanding of SEO as well as all Google updates, refreshes, algorithm tweaks and more.

PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU HAVE TECHNICAL SEO EXPERIENCE, You must be able to demonstrate good, strong SEO knowledge. We are looking for an SEO who has an understanding of search intent, optimising websites via UX and future Google algorithm technologies.

Some of the responsibilities will include:

Responsibilities:

Client liaising and client management (Good communication skills required)
Prepare marketing strategies for SEO or multi-channel i.e. SEO / PPC / SMM
Research and competitor analysis for various industries / verticals
Keyword research and intent research for clients and potential clients
Preparing reports / site audits / proposals and strategies for clients & potential clients
Analyse websites for architecture, on-page/on-site utilisation, content and navigation structures and identify strong / weak points
Understand website intent and provide guidance on keyword utilisation and intent mapping
Utilise 3rd party tool data in the analysis and formulation of a strategy for compliant SEO
Implement / provide recommendations for white-hat SEO
Understand CTR / Long Click data and to be able to improve CTR rates for both SEO / PPC
Understand analytics data in full, identify website engagement issues / poor time on site / poor CTR rates
Learn about the clients product / service and marketplace and to make recommendations based on marketplace knowledge and competitor data to improve website engagement / product and or service sales / enquiries
Use data from Pay Per Click and Social Media to aid conversions / make adaptive strategy changes for keyword targeting
Report to clients and provide updates
Work with our internal copywriters / adwords managers / internal marketers to get data / request content
Increase client website rankings and visibility in an ethical manner
Report to director weekly

Requirements:
At least 5 years’ worth of SEO experience (hands on)
Must have a fundamental understanding of white-hat SEO, Google Algorithms, Compliance
Must have good verbal and communication skills
An understanding of industry tools and products (analytics, WMT, Majestic, Moz, AHREFS, Spyfu)
Must be able to work hands on with clients and must manage clients effectively
Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, Google Docs etc.
Must have an understanding of website CMS platforms (Wordpress / Magento etc)
Be able to create reports / audits with templates provided
Should have a full knowledge of on-site and off-site SEO
Should be up to date with Google / Marketing news
Have an understanding of integrated marketing (SEO with PPC, PPC with SEO)
Have the ability to identify conversion opportunities from PPC data for SEO / Vice Versa
Should be organised and be able to work with Google Calendar / CRM
Should understand best practices for SEO and potentially PPC
Should be reliable, honest, hardworking and dedicated to delivering high quality work

Essential Requirements :
* At least 5 years SEO experience (ideally 7+ years)
* Excellent written and spoken English with good grammatical abilities
* Ability to be available for at least 5 Hours UK GMT Time (between 10am - 5pm UK time)
* Must be proficient at SEO project management
* Must be able to demonstrate strong technical on site and off site understanding
* Should be able to implement changes in Wordpress / Magento or should be able to liaise with our developers to get things implemented
* Should be able to manage their time and to use our time reporting / project management tools

You must:
* Not outsource your work, you will be required to work for us EXCLUSIVELY
* You must be prompt to respond to our team and must be available regularly

We'll offer pay progression/increases for the right candidate who works hard and delivers high quality work.

Skills required:

• English
- Speaking
- Writing

• Marketing & Sales
- SEM
- SEO
- Social Media Marketing

• Webmaster
- Content Management
- Webmaster Tools
- Wordpress

• Project Management
- Marketing Project Management