Senior Content and Search Strategist

Maryville, TN (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level7+ years exp

Posted 8 days ago

Job Summary

Own content strategy and SEO driven writing for multiple clients, overseeing ideation, production, optimization and reporting across blogs, press materials and thought leadership.

  • Lead content creation and SEO integration across client programs
  • Translate data and research into clear content recommendations for teams

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Write and self-edit client-ready press releases, blogs, bylined articles, thought leadership, website copy and other strategic content.
  • Establish and maintain the appropriate voice, tone and point of view for assigned clients.
  • Develop content strategies aligned with client business, PR and search visibility goals.
  • Conduct baseline SEO audits for assigned clients, including keyword performance, search visibility, content gaps and competitive opportunities.
  • Establish SEO benchmarks and provide ongoing progress reports demonstrating improvements and opportunities.
  • Conduct keyword and topic research to guide blogs, website content and thought leadership.
  • Review existing content and recommend opportunities to optimize, update or expand it for better search performance.
  • Incorporate SEO best practices into client content without sacrificing readability or quality.
  • Help evaluate how clients appear in LLMs and AI-powered search and identify opportunities to improve GEO visibility and brand authority.
  • Understand how earned media, authoritative content and third-party credibility can support both SEO and GEO strategies.

Requirements

  • Minimum 7 years of experience in content marketing, communications, SEO or a related field.
  • Exceptional writing and editing skills with a strong portfolio.
  • Experience writing about complex B2B or technical subjects.
  • Strong understanding of SEO, keyword strategy, content optimization and analytics.
  • Familiarity with GEO, LLMs and the evolving role of AI-powered search.
  • Ability to turn data and research into actionable content strategies.

Benefits

  • medical, dental and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • paid time off
  • office massages and other team benefits.
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Ripley PR

Ripley PR is an award-winning, global public relations agency. We have been named one of America’s Best PR Agencies in Forbes and Newsweek as a Top 10 Franchise PR Agency by Entrepreneur Magazine.We provide services across a spectrum of industries, including skilled trades (home service - HVAC, plumbing, electrical; construction; engineering), B2B technology, manufacturing, franchising, and B2B professional services. Combining industry-specific expertise with creativity, precision and thorough, strategic planning, we work to build momentum and deliver measurable results for your brand.Our roots lie in business management, and we use that history of attending daily sales meetings and developing budgets and P&L statements as a grounded foundation for our outreach.Our agency is intentional, yet unrestrained; traditional, yet unconventional; dependable, yet unexpected. We’re not typical.

Founded in 2013
Maryville, Tennessee, USA
18 employees (9 in marketing)

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
9 (50% of company)
Median Tenure
5.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
45.6%
Direct
34%
Referral
5.6%
Social
13.5%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~18

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Senior Content and Search Strategist

Ripley PR · Maryville, TN · Unknown