Senior Account Manager, SEO

Summary

Join DEPT® as an SEO Senior Account Manager and leverage your expertise to elevate our clients' SEO programs. This remote role, based within 50 miles of New York, NY, requires a minimum of 4 years of SEO experience and a proven ability to manage complex projects. You will be responsible for creating project plans, developing reports, conducting technical and content audits, and managing client relationships. The ideal candidate possesses strong analytical skills, proficiency in SEO tools, and a deep understanding of search engine optimization techniques. DEPT® offers a collaborative environment and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare, 401k, PTO, and parental leave.

Requirements

• A minimum of 4 years of SEO-specific experience: proven prior work experience presenting findings and making recommendations for account optimizations to internal or external clients a must
• At least 2 years of experience running & managing SEO strategy independently, either in-house or agency
• In-depth understanding of how search engines work, SEO optimization techniques, principles of sound SEO strategies, and all key and recent industry changes
• Familiarity with emerging AI search engines and comfort with leveraging AI tools for automation
• High tolerance for change and proven track record of successfully managing accounts with various goals, moving deadlines, and changing priorities
• Strong time and project management skills as well as high attention to detail
• Expertise around how to research, diagnose, and resolve technical site issues. Must have a clear understanding of how and why technical issues, including crawl errors, redirection, duplication, and site speed, can impact website performance
• Experience with keyword research, strategy assessments, and competitive analyses
• Strong ability to create high quality and well-written deliverables and presentations that successfully communicate SEO opportunities & recommendations
• High experience using SEO-related tools like Screaming Frog,Cloud Crawling tools, BrightEdge, Searchmetrics, Semrush, and AHREFs
• Strong experience with Google Search Console and Google Analytics
• Strong analytical and reporting skills and be proficient in Powerpoint, Excel, and Word
• Familiar with HTML, CSS, and Javascript development and constraints

Responsibilities

• Independently create project plans & roadmaps for all clients
• Familiar with creating projections and/or impact potential for proposed initiatives
• Develop and maintain reporting for all clients on core SEO KPIs, including traffic, conversions (e.g. sales, leads, phone calls), organic impressions, CTR, and rankings
• Independently identify, diagnose, and create a plan to address crawl errors, URL treatment & duplication issues, crawler accessibility and readability concerns, and site speed problems on clients’ websites
• Diagnose keyword targeting issues as well as creation of new keyword strategy to establish optimization opportunities for meta data, on-page content, and structured data
• Development of all core deliverables, including reporting, strategy assessment, auditing, keyword research and mapping, and content optimization projects
• Act as a face of DEPT by facilitating and running client calls and meetings
• Providing consistent and well-structured follow up on status of SEO recommendations for all owned clients
• Manage & analyze ongoing reporting to identify optimization opportunities for each of our clients

Benefits

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage
• 401k plan, plus matching
• PTO
• Paid Company Holidays
• Parental Leave