Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Senior SEO Specialist

OuterBox is seeking a talented Senior SEO Specialist to expertly execute advanced SEO tasks and deliverables with precision. This role is suited for detail-oriented professionals passionate about optimizing SEO elements to achieve top results. Key responsibilities include mentoring junior team members and collaborating with other SEO professionals to ensure each deliverable is effective and in line with current SEO guidelines and trends. If you’re ready to take your career to the next level and join an award winning agency - this job is for you!

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Cohesive Culture + Good Humor + Combined Skills = Awesome Results

At OuterBox, what we won’t stop doing is winning as a team for our clients, while at the same time winning for each other as both professionals and individuals. We know our awesome wins start with our incredible people, which is why for over 20 years we’ve created—and continuously refined—a team-centric work culture that is rooted in trust, respect, accountability, appreciation, fun, and collaboration. The Plain Dealer & Cleveland.com demonstrate this by having awarded OuterBox as a Top Workplace for three years running in 2022-2024!

At OuterBox, we’re here to thrive together—not simply survive. So if you’ve been searching for an agency that energizes, inspires, and directly helps you achieve the best for you, the person, and you, the professional, maybe it’s time to think outside the traditional agency box?

What You Get To Do Every Day:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Complete optimization of specific on-page elements, including meta tags, headings, content structure, and internal linking resulting in improvement in overall page performance.
• Conduct regular, comprehensive SEO audits, delivering actionable insights and recommendations that increase search visibility.
• Dive deep into keyword research, understanding search intent, and ensuring content align with targeted keyword strategies.
• Stay passionate about staying "in-the-know" on the latest digital marketing trends, including Google algorithm shifts and industry updates. Continuously enhance your knowledge independently and also through ongoing BSchool training to build credibility & business acumen with both teammates and clients and share your insights.
• Work closely with other SEO team members, content writers, and strategists to integrate specialist insights into broader SEO campaigns.
• Implement and oversee technical SEO initiatives such as site structure, crawlability, indexing, canonical tags, and redirects.
• Monitor and analyze backlink profiles to ensure quality and relevance, and take necessary actions to remove or disavow low-quality or harmful links.
• Optimize for local search visibility, managing business listings, citations, reviews, and localized content strategies.
• Work with SEO Strategists and define target websites for backlink outreach. Coordinate with affiliated sites, define project timelines.
• Complete migration-related tasks in conjunction with design and engineering teams.
• Ability to work flexibly in a dynamic and changing environment.
• Excellent creativity and adaptability. Must be self-motivated and independent, well organized, able to do hands-on work with minimum supervision, and work well with all staff levels.
• Provide guidance and support to junior team members and peers within the SEO department, fostering their professional growth and development. This includes conducting regular training sessions, offering constructive feedback, sharing knowledge on the latest SEO trends and best practices, and serving as a resource for troubleshooting complex SEO challenges.
• Actively contribute to building a collaborative team environment by encouraging open communication and promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Other duties as assigned

This is a remote work opportunity with limited travel obligations, which requires demonstrating a level of dedication and commitment to being self-driven and accountable.

• 4+ years experience preferred. Demonstration of exemplary performance may supersede experience requirement.
• Solid understanding of leveraging and optimizing search intent throughout the consumer/buyer journey.
• Critical thinking, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate to clients & teammates in an approachable, credible manner both verbally and in writing as this is a client-facing role.
• Organizational skills with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects, with a sense of urgency to get things done
• Demonstrate expertise and understanding in using spreadsheet functions and formulas to analyze, identify trends, and summarize data.
• Experience with Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google Search Console, Botify, DeepCrawl, Screaming Frog, SEOClarity, Brightedge and other website analytics and marketing applications
• Basic HTML, CSS, and content management system (CMS) experience like WordPress, Magento, Shopify, Big Commerce, Modx
• Experienced in collaborating with Development teams to troubleshoot, test, and resolve technical SEO issues, improving site health and search positions.

Physical Demands

• Primarily involves sitting at a desk and using a computer for extended periods of time.
• Light physical activity is also required, such as carrying equipment or setting up for presentations.
• Requires a high level of mental focus and the ability to work under pressure.
• Good manual dexterity, hand-eye coordination and the ability to use a computer for extended periods are required.

Work Authorization/Requirements

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Travel

Limited travel may be required to our headquarters or to client offices. Less than 10%

Affirmative Action/EEO Statement

Our company is an equal-opportunity employer committed to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected status.

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