SEO Assistant
Remote position
Persist Agency is a full service digital marketing agency located in United States. Founded in 2013 as a web development shop later we extended our services and included: SEO, PPC, Content Marketing, Reputation Management and Social Media. This made us a one stop shop for a successful digital presence for any business.We work with big and small and have numerous successful projects in our portfolio. We drive conversions with the right message to the right person at the right time and help our clients realize their goals.
Success starts with having the right people. At Persist Agency, we value and mentor each member of our growing team. We seek out talented, goal-oriented professionals who live and breathe the Internet and thrive in a flexible but challenging work environment.
Role Description:
We are looking for an SEO Specialist to manage all search engine optimization and marketing activities for our clients and our own agency.
Your mission will be to maximize the volume of inbound organic traffic from search engines to our clients websites. This is accomplished through a combination of on-page and off-page techniques, including link-building, social media strategy, viral marketing, metadata sculpting, site speed optimization, content strategy, information architecture, and more
You will analyze websites for improvements, have an in-depth knowledge of keyword research, understand SEO copywriting and serve a liaison between various departments
You must be a problem solver and decision maker, with the ability to prioritize and plan for relevant and engaging content. We do have copywriters but your job will be to strategize the content production and optimize each content we produce
Technical Skills:
- Perfect written and spoken English
- Google and Bing Analytics & Webmasters advanced knowledge
- Experience with Google’s Keyword Tool and SEMRUSH
- A functional understanding of HTML and CSS
- The ability to work with back-end SEO elements such as .htaccess, robots.txt, metadata, site speed optimization, and related skills
- Proven success in link building and viral strategies
- The ability to deploy an effective local and long-tail search strategy
- A deep understanding of mobile strategy and how it relates to SEO
- A solid grasp of how blogging, press releases, social media, and related strategies go hand-in-hand with SEO
- Experience in building inbound organic search traffic and improving SERPs
- A background in creating reports showing web analytics data and site evaluations
- An up-to-date, working knowledge of current, past, and projected trends in the SEO industry
- Familiarity with the best tools in the trade
- Local SEO management (Google Maps optimizations, City Landing Pages etc.)
- Manual citations audit and building experience
Supplementary skills: PHP, UX, IA, CRO, SEM, Content Strategy, Social Media, Adwords, Facebook Ads, Instagram Ads, Twitter Ads, LinkedIn Ads
At Persist Agency, we promote an entrepreneurial, friendly culture that applauds innovation and results while embracing change and independence. We are intensely driven and constantly encouraged to reach higher and use creativity to achieve success – all the while enjoying high levels of collaboration and the luxury of working remote on our own schedules. We are proud to offer a unique blend of the innovation of a start-up with the history, stability, and benefits of an established corporation.