Conversion Rate Optimization Specialist, Salt Lake City, UT

Salt Lake City, UT (On-site)

$60K/yr – $91K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive web content optimization and conversion improvements by collaborating with SEO, content, analytics, and paid teams.

  • Own ongoing site content optimization and journey improvements to boost conversions.
  • Must-have: 2+ years driving conversion rate improvements in a web business.
  • Standout: Collaboration across SEO, Website, and Paid teams to align audience targeting with CTAs.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Work with teams producing content and ensure goals are established and best practices are followed
  • Monitor content across the site and brainstorm ideas to optimize pages, experiences and flows toward key metrics
  • Understand the customer journey and and categorize page purposes based on that journey
  • Collaborate with SEO, Website, and Paid teams to help match audience targeting with correct calls to action and journey progression
  • Monitor page analytics and work with analytics team to understand users and their behaviors
  • Optimize current pages as well as approving future pages and their purposes

Requirements

  • 2+ years of in-house or agency experience within a successful web business, driving conversion improvements
  • Confidence using web analytics in driving improvement ideas from customer journey insights.
  • Bachelor’s degree preferred
  • Knowledge and experience with conversion rate optimization
  • Proven track record of driving successful outcomes in optimizing customer journeys and improving conversion rates on site
  • Strong analytical skills, strong data skills and experience with analytics platforms
  • Strong communication skills and a creative mindset
  • This position requires occasional travel of up to 20%, including required attendance at designated company summits (typically one to two per year). Additional travel may include conferences, visits to company locations, and other business-related events as needed. Additional travel may be assigned as needed to support business requirements.

Benefits

  • bonuses
  • medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare
  • health savings account and flexible spending account
  • basic and voluntary life insurance
  • disability coverage
  • accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
  • legal and identity theft coverage
  • retirement savings plan
  • wellbeing program
  • discounted WGU tuition
  • flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual
  • flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual
  • 11 paid holidays
  • other-paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave
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WGU, www.wgu.edu, is an online university for the 21st century.We are driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs. Since its establishment in 1997, WGU has grown into a national university, serving more than 120,000 students from all 50 states.The university continues to open doors for adult learners who need flexibility to achieve their education and career goals. WGU’s innovative competency-based academic approach makes it possible, allowing individuals to fit their education into their lives, not the other way around.WGU was founded by the governors of 19 U.S. states. WGU is also supported by over 20 major corporations and foundations who believe in WGU’s commitment to producing highly competent graduates.

Founded in 1997
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
12K employees (373 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
9.6M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$9.3M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
24.4%
Direct
63.4%
Referral
10.7%
Social
0.6%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~12K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
276 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
4.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Funding

Last Raise
Grant, 10 months ago

Funding History

  • May 2025
    Grant

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