What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior SEO Strategist position at elk Marketing?
In Your First 30 Days:
- Onboard with our SEO team, tools, systems, and clients
- Get up to speed on the accounts you'll be supporting by reviewing existing strategies, campaign roadmaps, content calendars, and recent performance
- Shadow other SEO team members (Senior SEO Strategists and SEO Managers) and join client calls to understand our workflow, client needs, and cross-team dynamics
- Join internal SEO team syncs and begin 1:1s with your manager
By Day 60:
- Own ongoing SEO strategy and reporting across your assigned client load
- Begin presenting performance insights and strategic roadmap updates in a way that feels authentic to your style
- Review SEO Specialist work for quality, consistency, and alignment with strategy
- Collaborate with SEO Managers to ensure specialty areas are accounted for within your strategy (content, technical, local- if applicable)
- Join company-wide internal team meetings such as All Hands and Team Syncs
By Day 90:
- Lead SEO strategy and reporting across all assigned accounts with confidence
- Support roadmap planning, content calendar planning, and contribute to client QBRs alongside Account Executives and Strategists
- Be a resource for training others on SEO strategy, whether it’s mentoring a teammate, supporting an internal promotion, or helping onboard a new hire
- Start contributing to process improvements and documentation that strengthen the SEO department
- Serve as SEO Team Captain on one or more internal initiatives, such as tooling audits, reporting improvements, or documentation projects
- Lead keyword research, site audits, content strategy, and campaign planning across your assigned clients
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Account Executives, internal and/or external dev teams, and the technical SEO team to implement SEO recommendations and maintain site health
- Create and present performance reports using Looker Studio, Google Search Console, and AgencyAnalytics
- Provide input on site structure, redirects, schema, and performance-related issues, working closely with internal and client-side dev teams
- Spot trends across accounts, share learnings with the team, and recommend new tactics, tools, or testing strategies
- Have 5-6 years of experience in SEO, including agency or multi-client work, with at least 1 year of SEO technical experience
- Are excited by working directly with clients such as HexClad, Built Bar, and Taylor Made
- Naturally take initiative and enjoy mentoring others
- Think beyond execution and want to shape processes, tools, and workflows
- You bring a creative and critical approach to your SEO strategy
- You have an interest in ongoing education of our ever-changing field (GEO, AI Optimizations, LLM Optimizations)
- You’ve used Slack, Asana, Google Workspace (GSC, GA, GBP, GMC) SEMRush, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, and any content optimization tool (SurferSEO, Frase, MarketMuse, etc.)
- Want to grow into a leadership position within a collaborative team
Nice to Have:
- Experience leading or contributing to training programs
- Curiosity around measurement, testing frameworks, and marketing analytics
Recruiter Screen: A 30-minute call to go over compensation, benefits, elk Marketing, and the role
Disclaimers:
We are not hiring in the following states: CA, NY, or WA. If you currently reside in CA, NY, or WA please do not apply at this time.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO: Elk Marketing LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Employment-At-Will: Employment with Elk Marketing LLC is at-will. This means that either the employee or the Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice, in accordance with applicable law.
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