We are looking for an experienced, creative, and skilled SEO Specialist with a passion for digital marketing to join our dynamic team!
The SEO Specialist is responsible and accountable for the successful creation, curating and management of relevant SEO, content for clients that meet and exceed client contract expectations.
The successful candidate will have the following skills, if this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!
- You are well versed in SEO and familiar with content writing and email campaigns
- You understand how to implement digital marketing principles to produce engaging content
- You are results oriented with keen attention to leading digital marketing concepts in order to facilitate an increase in client’s generation of online leads and sales
- You are a creative thinker with excellent communication and organizational skills
Candybox Marketing is an award-winning full-service digital marketing agency located just outside of Toronto. We have been recognized as one of Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies 3 years in a row and have been listed on the Great Places to Work list for 2021 and 2022. We are a team of innovative marketers looking to make the web sweet!
This is a full-time position for candidates located within drive time of our Studio in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
Start Date: ASAP
Responsibilities:
- Work with clients in a variety of industries
- Develop and execute SEO projects for clients
- Meet with clients to gain an understanding of their brand, business, project and marketing objectives
- Participate in strategizing sessions with the Internal Team
- Conduct thorough SEO research on client industry topics
- Research and implement search engine optimization recommendations
- Execute tests, collect and analyze data and results, identify trends and insights in order to achieve maximum ROI
- Track, report, and analyze website analytics
- Recommend changes to website architecture, content, linking and other factors to improve SEO positions for target keywords
- Optimize copy and landing pages for search engine marketing
- Perform ongoing keyword discovery, expansion and optimization
- Research and analyze competitor advertising links
- Develop and implement link building strategy
- Work with the development team to ensure SEO best practices are properly implemented on newly developed code
- Conduct SEO Audits and create strategies for optimizing key SEO elements on client websites
- Review Google Analytics/In-Platform Analytics and, based on results, make the necessary content changes to improve lead generation for clients
- Work with the Dev Team to fix technical back-end SEO issues for clients
- Manage and provide monthly/quarterly reports to clients
- Develop and execute content such as copy, multimedia articles, blog posts, email marketing campaigns and content for other digital elements
- Follow all department project management processes (Monday.com Boards, Toggl, Google Drive, Slack, Zoom and email communications)
- Stay up to date with new strategies and case studies
- Maintain up to date Toggl and Monday Boards as per department process requirements
Requirements for the role:
- Be legally eligible to work in Canada
- Marketing Graduate
- Familiar with the top social media platforms (Blogging, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram)
- Experience in design and image creation
- Experience with softwares: SEM Rush, Klaviyo, other Email/SMS softwares,
- Google Analytics, Google Search Console, etc.
- Experience with Canva, Sketch, or Adobe Products
- Easily learns new software (Reporting, tracking etc)
- Proficient in an Apple and Google Drive environment
What we are looking for in a successful candidate:
- Acts with Integrity
- Self-Managed
- Accountable
- Problem Solver
- Do what you say you will do
- Consistently demonstrates positive behaviour
- Takes Initiative
- Strong Work Ethic
- Punctual
- Engages positively with others
- Builds Relationships
- Effective Listener
- Effective Communicator (sensory, written and oral)
- Creative
- Results Oriented
- Achievement Driven
- Analyze and Predict
- Effective Conflict Manager
- Work well under pressure
- Positively acts on Feedback
What we offer
- Competitive salary
- Health benefits (dental, eye care, physio, medical, massage, and more)
- Quarterly bonuses based on performance and company success
- Group RRSP Participation
Start Date: ASAP
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent, Hybrid Work Structure [In-Studio + Remote]
