Remote SEO Strategist - Canada

This is a full-time remote position open to candidates across Canada.   Brafton is looking for an SEO strategist to join our Consulting Department.   The ideal candidate has previous agency experience, a passion for digital marketing, excellent problem-solving skills, very strong attention to detail and a ton of curiosity about the ever-changing search landscape.    SEO is always evolving. Even more important than being a current expert is being a perennial learner. The right person will be an exceptionally curious individual who is both autodidactic and capable of learning from others.   This is a client-facing role that interfaces with many internal stakeholders and produces consistently thoughtful work. To succeed, the SEO strategist must have strong people skills (communicating, problem-solving, building relationships), be exceptionally analytical and technical and also be a very strong writer. This individual needs to make complex search concepts and technical items easy to understand and interesting.  
Responsibilities & Tasks:

Craft competitive and compelling audits, proposals, and reports

Expertly utilize our software tools (like MarketMuse, SEMRush and Hrefs) to:

Assess the health of our clients' websites

Itemize errors and opportunities

Execute against planned scopes relating to site optimization or other technical SEO-specific tasks.

Undertake SEO-specific research or optimization work for projects including but not limited to: UX/Website redesigns, large-scale organic SEO work (including but not limited to keyword research), and backlink-focused projects.

Leverage a strong understanding of Google Analytics

Be a versatile team player who can tackle various projects and collaborate with all teams.

Be a constant student of SEO who is applying his or her learnings to their work and sharing knowledge with internal and client-facing teams.

Qualifications:

3-5 years or more of experience contributing to or managing SEO programs, preferably in an agency setting

Evidence of success with previous SEO campaigns for medium to large brands, ideally including e-commerce companies

Strong understanding of cross-channel marketing principles

Compelling written and verbal communication skills, a positive attitude and the ability to thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced environment

Advanced understanding of technical SEO concepts (crawling, indexing, rendering, AMP, site migrations, page speed optimization, core web vitals and more)

Strong project management and organization skills, ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects

Advanced understanding and experienced user of Google Analytics and Google Search Console - Tag Manager and/or Publisher Center is also a plus

Understand recent developments in SEO such as Core Web Vitals, Google Discover, E-A-T, new Rich Results and more

Intermediate to advanced knowledge of HTML, Javascript and CSS as they impact search performance

Strong knowledge and experience using standard and enterprise search tools and platforms ( SEMRush, Sistrix, DeepCrawl, Screaming Frog, SEMRush, GTMetrix, etc.)

The ability to meet scheduled and proposed deadlines.

Comfort with and mastery of (or ability to quickly learn) spreadsheet formats (Google Sheets, Excel). 

Comfort and skill with formatting professional presentations and reports in MS PowerPoint and Google Slides.

Benefits Include: Commission, Health Savings Account, pension, paid vacation, flexible remote schedule, and more!