SEO Manager

Job Description

3Q Digital is leading the disruption of the growth marketing industry by turning our clients into market leaders and household names across the B2C, B2B, ecommerce, and FinTech verticals. We’re independent and values-driven, and the way we work reflects our Silicon Valley roots: we're relentless, curious, and accept no limits in driving growth for our clients and each other.

We offer full marketing services including SEM, SEO, social advertising, display, mobile, analytics, CRO, creative, and business strategy. We build and execute strategies to enable clients and our own internal teams to capitalize on opportunities, break through barriers to growth, and lead our respective fields.

We are committed to building and sustaining an environment where everyone feels psychologically safe and valued. We seek frequent, open feedback from our team and we offer company-wide training and regular, open discussions on diversity, equity, inclusion and other social issues.

3Q offers employees flexibility with remote, hybrid, and in-office options (depending on team/location).About The Role

We are looking for a passionate, creative, and highly motivated SEO Strategist to join our growing SEO team. We work with a wide range of clients, spanning various verticals and industries so if you’re looking for a fast-paced, evolving, and collaborative environment, then 3Q Digital will be the place for you.

Our SEO Strategists are client-facing Subject Matter Experts (SME) who are charged with keeping clients abreast of the latest and greatest SEO trends, while also helping them achieve both their SEO and business goals. Our SEO Strategists will also get a chance to learn about Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO). While we don’t expect our Strategists to come to us with CRO experience, if you’ve ever been interested in the Site Experience or Site Testing side of SEO management, then this is your opportunity to expand your digital marketing repertoire.

About The Team

Our SEO team (internally called SECRO because we run SEO and CRO in tandem) is one of the fastest growing teams at 3Q Digital. We are a collaborative, fun, and inclusive team that is made up of SEO veterans, young upstarts, and a group of talented CRO SMEs. We are a team that’s dedicated to not only providing a world-class SEO service to our clients, but also fostering a world-class teaching environment for everyone on our team.

About You

We are looking for candidates who have at least 2 years of hands-on experience running & managing SEO projects. This is a mid-level position, ideal for someone who has a well-rounded SEO background and is comfortable with technical jargon. This is also a client-facing position, so a successful candidate will be able to distill complex SEO concepts into something a non-digital marketer can understand. The SEO Strategist will report to a Director, SEO and will lead SEO strategy & execution for clients.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Explaining to clients how search engines work, SEO optimization techniques, principles of sound SEO strategies, and all key and recent industry changes.
• Thinking creatively and strategically to identify and solve difficult website problems
• Managing accounts with various goals, moving deadlines, and changing priorities
• Researching, diagnosing, and resolving technical site issues either independently or in collaboration with the development team. Must have a clear understanding of how and why technical issues, including crawl errors, redirection, duplication, and site speed, can impact website performance
• Conducting keyword research, strategy assessments, and competitive analyses.
• Creating high quality and well-written deliverables and presentations that successfully communicate SEO opportunities & recommendations to clients.
• Presenting SEO results, developing insights and analysis, and providing recommendations for account optimizations.
• Mentoring & teaching junior associates.

You’ll need to have experience in the following areas:

• Technical auditing including identifying, diagnosing, and creating a plan to address crawl errors, URL treatment & duplication issues, crawler accessibility and readability concerns, and site speed problems.
• Diagnose keyword targeting issues as well as creation of new keyword strategy to establish optimization opportunities for metadata, on-page content, and structured data.
• Site optimizations including metadata, content, rich assets (e.g. images, vidoe), and site speed.
• Project planning & roadmap development
• Providing consistent and structured follow up on status of SEO recommendations

Other key skills:

• Strong time and project management skills as well as high attention to detail
• Experience using SEO-related tools including (but not limited to) Screaming Frog, DeepCrawl, BrightEdge, Searchmetrics, SEMrush, and AHREFs.
• Experience with site analytics tools like Google Search Console, Google Analytics, or Adobe Analytics.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills and be proficient in Powerpoint, Excel, and Word
• Understanding of HTML, CSS, and Javascript development and constraints
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Be a self-starter and able to work both independently and in a team environment

Additional things that will impress us:

• You are an energetic and creative SEO enthusiast; eager to roll up your sleeves and be hands on, learn, and grow in the search marketing space
• Familiarity with Tableau or Data Studio
• Familiarity with common CMS & eCommerce platforms, including Drupal, WordPress, Magento, Commerce Cloud (formerly Demandware), and Shopify.
• Familiarity with international SEO best practices & SEO best practices for JavaScript websites
• Familiarity with non-traditional search engines, including Amazon, YouTube, Apple App Store, and Google Play Store.
• Strong perspective on mobile-specific products (e.g. AMP, PWAs, and native apps) and various JavaScript frameworks (e.g. React.js, Angular.js).
• Experience with CRO and customer research

About Us

3Q’s unique culture is developed and nurtured by our fantastic people and our core values:
Be Inclusive. We value everyone’s ideas and opinions and commit to building a psychologically safe environment to foster them. Our hiring, communications, and promotions practices reflect our belief that diverse perspectives and equitable and inclusive practices continue to push us and our clients to find new ways to lead.
Act for the Greater Good. We lead with empathy and teamwork. During good times and bad, we are committed to supporting each other, our clients, and our communities.
Own It. We are accountable: to ourselves, to our teams, to our clients. We are proactive, we communicate clearly, and we follow through.
Accept No Limits. We are intellectually curious and resourceful. We constantly challenge the status quo to find or develop innovations that drive breakthrough opportunities for our teams and our clients.
We are a collaborative, open-door, best-idea-wins environment that fosters personal and company growth and has fun doing it. We promote work/life balance and encourage constant learning by offering unparalleled training, mentorship, and development for career progression. And perhaps the best, most fundamental part of our culture: authenticity.

• AdAge Best Places to Work 2020 and 2021
• One of Inc.’s Best Places to Work in 2019 and 2021
• Winner of the 2019 US Search Diversity, Inclusion and Equality Award
• Competitive compensation
• Full benefits including health, dental, vision, a 401K plan and company match, and paid parental leave
• Flexible PTO
• Flexible work-from-home policy
• Volunteer opportunities, team retreats, and lunch seminars

The budgeted range starts at $74,000.00. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience and location.
3Q Digital is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to evaluating all qualified candidates regardless of gender, gender identity, race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Furthermore, we believe optimal results come from operating a meritocracy built upon diversity of thought and background and absolutely devoid of discrimination and hate speech. We do everything in our power, including strict adherence to an anti-harassment policy, to make 3Q an inclusive, psychologically safe organization whose employees feel comfortable respectfully sharing their thoughts with each other and our leadership. Our training and mentorship programs help make sure all employees have an equal opportunity to grow and excel.