Remote Seo Strategist - Canada

Description

This is a remote, full-time contract position and is open to candidates throughout Canada with preference for candidates in Western Canada.

Brafton is looking for an SEO strategist to join our Consulting Department.

The ideal candidate has previous agency experience, a passion for digital marketing, excellent problem-solving skills, very strong attention to detail and a ton of curiosity about the ever-changing search landscape.

SEO is always evolving. Even more important than being a current expert is being a perennial learner. The right person will be an exceptionally curious individual who is both autodidactic and capable of learning from others.

This is a client-facing role that interfaces with many internal stakeholders and produces consistently thoughtful work. To succeed, the SEO strategist must have strong people skills (communicating, problem-solving, building relationships), be exceptionally analytical and technical and also be a very strong writer. This individual needs to make complex search concepts and technical items easy to understand and interesting.

Responsibilities & Tasks

• Itemize errors and opportunities
• Be a constant student of SEO who is applying his or her learnings to their work and sharing knowledge with internal and client-facing teams.
• Undertake SEO-specific research or optimization work for projects including but not limited to: UX/Website redesigns, large-scale organic SEO work (including but not limited to keyword research), and backlink-focused projects.
• Expertly utilize our software tools (like MarketMuse, SEMRush and Hrefs) to:
• Assess the health of our clients' websites
• Craft competitive and compelling audits, proposals, and reports
• Leverage a strong understanding of Google Analytics
• Be a versatile team player who can tackle various projects and collaborate with all teams.
• Execute against planned scopes relating to site optimization or other technical SEO-specific tasks.

Qualifications

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of HTML, Javascript and CSS as they impact search performance
• Strong project management and organization skills, ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects
• Comfort with and mastery of (or ability to quickly learn) spreadsheet formats (Google Sheets, Excel).
• Advanced understanding of technical SEO concepts (crawling, indexing, rendering, AMP, site migrations, page speed optimization, core web vitals and more)
• Strong knowledge and experience using standard and enterprise search tools and platforms (Botify, Sitebulb, Conductor Searchlight, Stat, SEMRush, Sistrix, DeepCrawl, Screaming Frog, SEMRush, etc.)
• Compelling written and verbal communication skills, a positive attitude and the ability to thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced environment
• 3-5 years or more of experience contributing to or managing SEO programs, preferably in an agency setting
• Advanced understanding and experienced user of Google Analytics and Google Search Console - Tag Manager and/or Publisher Center is also a plus
• The ability to meet scheduled and proposed deadlines.
• Understand recent developments in SEO such as Core Web Vitals, Google Discover, E-A-T, new Rich Results and more
• Evidence of success with previous SEO campaigns for medium to large brands, ideally including e-commerce companies
• Comfort and skill with formatting professional presentations and reports in MS PowerPoint and Google Slides.
• Strong proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite: Word, PowerPoint and especially Excel
• Strong understanding of cross-channel marketing principles

Contractors must provide their own industry hardware and a stable internet connection.

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