Senior Seo Specialist

Gravity Search Marketing is seeking a Senior SEO Specialist to develop and deliver high-touch, personalized SEO services for a select roster of clients in a small agency setting. The successful candidate will have SEO experience, strong interpersonal skills, excellent writing skills, and an analytical mind.

About Gravity Search Marketing

Gravity Search Marketing is a full-service SEO agency specializing in organic SEO and paid search advertising, helping corporate clients of all sizes improve their presence in search.

We're an agile, creative, proactive team of search marketing experts focusing our services where our clients need them most. Our work is above-board, honest, and transparent. Our data is defensible, our recommendations are well considered and informed, and our communication is clear. We do not pursue risky, unsustainable results or engage in spammy SEO practices. Learn more about Gravity at https://www.yourseoplan.com.

Job Duties

You’ll work as part of our small consulting team to deliver customized, thoughtfully crafted and data-driven SEO services, with primary responsibilities including client communications, strategy development, and project planning. This is a fully remote position.

This role involves a combination of big-picture thinking and highly detailed work. After an initial training period you’ll work both independently and in close collaboration with your colleagues.

Your responsibilities will include:

Support Client Needs: You'll work under the direction of an account lead to help address the needs of our clients, supporting conference calls and other client communications, and assisting with reports and other deliveries. You'll work closely with an account lead with an eventual goal of taking on more client-facing responsibilities. Client communications will take place by email, phone, and videoconference.

Develop SEO recommendations: Your top priority will be to provide SEO guidance that is a good use of our clients’ resources, and actually delivers value. You’ll create recommendations that are clear, thoughtful, defensible, and practical. A significant portion of this work will be developed in collaboration with your colleagues at Gravity.

Project coordination: You’ll help coordinate long-term SEO consulting projects, help define and document timelines and deliverables, and ensure timely delivery of work. Gravity uses a combination of tools, including Slack, Google Workspace, and Teamwork software for project management, collaboration, and documentation.

Written communications: You’ll use your strong writing skills to create effective communications and SEO recommendations that are tailored to the needs of the recipient. You’ll translate tech speak for non-technical marketers. You’ll write easy-to-scan emails for busy clients. You’ll summarize search trends and performance data in a few concise sentences. You’ll create clear and prioritized step-by-step instructions for implementers to follow.

Reporting and data analysis: You’ll review traffic performance data to help identify trends and opportunities, use keyword data to generate target keyword lists, and help design custom reports that clients find scannable and useful.

Process improvements: For our small team, small process improvements can make a big difference. Using your organizational skills and your experience with a range of tools and teams, you’ll constantly seek and implement ways to reduce cycles and improve workflows.

Stay current on SEO: You’ll maintain a learning mindset and dedicate a portion of your time on the job to staying current on SEO news and industry developments via trustworthy sources. Everyone has some knowledge gaps; you’ll always be transparent about what you don’t know, and you’ll never claim expertise you don’t have. You’ll be able to spot and steer clear of outdated best practices and unhelpful generic SEO rules, and you'll be confident in your ability to provide Gravity's clients with SEO advice that is practical and adds value.

Requirements

• 3+ years of SEO, digital marketing and/or paid search experience
• 2+ years of experience in customer service and/or account management.
• Excellent interpersonal skills. To be successful in this role you will need to be an excellent listener and communicator. This job will require that you ask clarifying questions, say “I don’t know”, apologize for mistakes or delays, send gentle reminders, and convey bad news sometimes, and you will be able to do this with skill and professionalism.
• Excellent written and spoken English. Advanced proofreading skills and good grammar and spelling a must.
• Highly organized with excellent attention to detail. Able to maintain methodical documentation.
• Thoroughly comfortable with Google Workspace and Microsoft software. Good spreadsheet skills are a must. Data visualization/report creation experience a big plus.
• Experience with a range of SEO tools and services such as Google Analytics, Google Search Console, SEMRush, Moz, Google Keyword Planner, etc. Some Google Ads experience is preferred.
• Some familiarity building or editing websites using a CMS is preferred. Experience creating or implementing SEO requirements for website builds or redesigns is a big plus.
• Gravity has a culture of collaboration. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to exchange ideas and information with others, to accept revisions to their work with grace, and deliver suggestions for improvement to others with professionalism and kindness.
• Comfortable in a work environment that combines regularly scheduled/routine tasks and interrupt-driven work. Ability to juggle multiple tasks and manage your own time to meet deadlines.
• Analytical; able to interpret data and communicate meaningful takeaways to others with clarity.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, set priorities, and see projects through to completion.
• Ability to think and act at multiple levels, from the strategic and broadly conceptual to the detailed and tactically specific.
• Fast learner; able to grasp new topics and learn new technologies quickly.
• CALIFORNIA RESIDENT

Why work here?

• Advance your skills with mentoring and professional development.
• Work in a supportive and collaborative environment, in a company with an accommodating work/life balance policy.
• You will never be asked to fudge numbers or do anything less than 100% ethical. Our work is above-board, honest, and transparent. We do not pursue risky, unsustainable results or engage in spammy SEO practices.
• Work from home, with some flexibility in hours. Gravity has been a fully remote company since 2006.
• Receive paid time off, holiday benefits, and a stipend for your home office. After a probationary period, receive healthcare and dental benefits, parental leave benefits, and retirement plan.

Location and Compensation

• This is a full-time, permanent staff position (not a contract position)
• Pay is estimated at $36-$45 per hour depending on experience
• This is a fully remote position
• California residents only

Interested applicants please send your resume along with the following information:

• A brief summary of your relevant background experience
• Your city of residence

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $36.00 - $45.00 per hour

Expected hours: 30 – 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Remote