SEO Strategist

USA (Remote)

$55K/yr – $75K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end SEO strategy for client accounts, balancing budget, timelines, and measurable impact on traffic, rankings, and qualified leads while actively coordinating with cross-functional teams and clients.

  • Client ownership: plan and execute SEO programs that tie to business priorities and lead gen goals.
  • Measurement and governance: standardize weekly/monthly reporting and proactive performance reviews with clients.
  • Collaboration and growth: work with cross-functional teams and ongoing training to stay ahead of search trends and deliver innovative strategies.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Plan, develop, and execute advanced search engine optimization strategies tailored to client needs, ensuring top-tier results within the allocated budget and timeframe.
  • Measure and report on SEO performance, including traffic, rankings, quality of conversions and other trends to our clients through email, phone calls, and in-person meetings.
  • Collaborate with your immediate team and cross-departmentally on digital marketing strategies that are aligned with your client’s business goals.
  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of client’s business priorities and how they translate into SEO strategies to deliver qualified leads and/or sales for your Essentials clients.
  • Conduct in-depth competitor analysis to identify industry trends, best practices, and opportunities for improvement in key business areas.
  • Ability to develop, implement, and monitor budgets to ensure efficient allocation of resources, including effectively managing surplus and overage balances.
  • Meet expectations of timelines, communication, results and meaningful deliverables to contribute to company and team retention goals.
  • Exemplify strong communication skills, instilling confidence in clients through trust-building interactions and via email towards company and team communication goals to strengthen and maintain client relationships.
  • Grow your business acumen by exploring client industries, staying on top of trends, and using insights to drive more innovative strategies.
  • Accountable to outlined client, team, & company targets for your individual performance and portfolio of accounts and will report on these metrics weekly/monthly as they relate to company goals.

Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years of SEO experience. Agency experience preferred.
  • Solid understanding of leveraging and optimizing search intent throughout the consumer/buyer journey.
  • Experience working and communicating with small to medium sized clients.
  • Critical thinking, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate to Clients & Teammates in an approachable, credible manner both verbally and in writing as this is a client-facing role.
  • Organizational skills with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects, with a sense of urgency to get things done
  • Exhibit basic understanding of conversion optimization.
  • Demonstrate expertise & understanding in using spreadsheet functions and formulas to analyze, identify trends, and summarize data.
  • Experience with Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google Search Console, Botify, DeepCrawl, Screaming Frog, SEOClarity, Brightedge and other website analytics and marketing applications
  • Basic HTML, CSS, and content management system (CMS) experience like WordPress, Magento, Shopify, Big Commerce, Modx
  • SEO experience with large, consumer facing national websites with 1,000+ pages.
  • Experienced in collaborating with Development teams to troubleshoot, test, and resolve technical SEO issues, improving site health and search positions.
  • Consultative, analytical background through agency or freelance contracts.
  • Must be located in the USA.
  • We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Preferred

  • Agency experience preferred.
  • Consultative, analytical background through agency or freelance contracts.

Benefits

  • Why You’ll Love Working at OuterBox:
  • - High-character, fun, and cohesive work culture
  • - PTO that is genuinely encouraged
  • - Affordable, low-deductible health insurance plans
  • - Supplemental benefits, including employer-paid life insurance, short & long term disability insurance
  • - 401k with company match
  • - Remote work flexibility
  • - Supportive, transparent, and accessible leadership that welcomes ideas, insights & feedback
  • - Professional/individual development stipend
  • - Salary Description: $55,000.00 - $75,000.00
  • If you’re ready to join a cohesive team that will support and encourage you to take your career to the next level, we encourage you to apply!
  • Cohesive Culture + Good Humor + Combined Skills = Awesome Results
  • At OuterBox, we’re here to thrive together — not simply survive. So if you’ve been searching for an agency that energizes, inspires, and directly helps you achieve the best for you, the person, and you, the professional, maybe it’s time to think outside the traditional agency box?
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OuterBox

At OuterBox, we believe growth is oxygen. We think outside the box to grow our clients' businesses through digital marketing. Growth is the backbone of every client partnership and the power behind maintaining a solid team. We're a top-rated performance marketing agency offering website design and development, SEO, paid media, CRO, email marketing, eCommerce strategies, marketing analytics, and more. Since 2004, we've helped hundreds of B2B and B2C businesses grow their revenue and operations. We've also helped nurture digital marketing experts through various career stages.We're all in, all the time. That means we pour our integrity, strategies, hard-earned industry know-how, and genuine care for your success (client or team member) into everything we do. We deliver what your business needs to thrive online, driving leads and revenue. And when you're part of the OuterBox team, you know you're at a place that celebrates your uniqueness and supports your professional development. So whether you're a future client or team member, you get the picture—at OuterBox, we deliver results-driven online marketing with a people-first culture that grows business revenue.

Founded in 2004
Akron, Ohio, USA
347 employees (173 in marketing)

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Current headcount: ~347

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