SEO Specialist

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We are looking for a Remote SEO Specialist to manage search engine optimization and marketing activities. The SEO Specialist will be responsible for managing all SEO activities such as keyword strategy, content strategy and link building to increase organic search rankings and drive search traffic from Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search engines. A successful SEO specialist must keep up-to-date with the latest industry best practices and work closely with editorial and marketing teams to develop a successful organic search strategy. The right candidate will also be passionate about and well informed about Local SEO, and in particular, Google My Business best practices and strategies.

Perfect English both in writing and speaking is required.

Work Schedule and Pay:
*Required availability: Monday - Friday, 8 am - noon EST (8 pm - midnight PHT)
*Up to 20 Hours Per Week
*Pay bi-weekly through Wise
*Time Tracking with Screenshots required

Responsibilities:
*Manage and make recommendations to Local SEO strategy
*Optimize copy and landing pages for search engine optimization
*Proofread SEO & Social Copy as well as proof website pages before go live
*Perform ongoing keyword research and discovery, expansion and optimization
*Research and implement search engine optimization recommendations on the website
*Research and analyze competitor content and links
*Develop and implement link building strategy
*Work with the development team to ensure SEO best practices are properly implemented on newly developed code
*Work with editorial and marketing teams to drive SEO in content strategy and creation
*Work closely with social media team to align social distribution and SEO efforts
*Recommend changes to website architecture, content, linking and other factors to improve SEO positions for target keywords

Skills:
*Excellent proofreading and writing skills in English as a native North American speaker
*Proven SEO experience and a track record of success growing organic search traffic and conversions
*Solid understanding of performance marketing, conversion, and online customer acquisition
*Up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in Local SEO, SEO and Social Strategy
*In-depth experience with website analytics tools (e.g, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Google Tag Manager)
*Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript development and constraints
*Familiarity with content management systems (e.g, WordPress, Shopify)

To Apply:
If you are interested in this position and believe you have the qualities listed above to be successful:

1. Please Complete our Google Form job application: Upgrade to see actual info
2. Message through Online Jobs with the subject line: “#SEOSpecialist”. In the first paragraph, tell me why you want this Upgrade to see actual info the second paragraph, please describe your off-page and on-page SEO experience. Feel free to include any questions you have in the third Upgrade to see actual infondidates who do not follow these directions will not be considered.

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