[Remote] Senior SEO Strategist

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Elk Marketing is a fast-growing digital agency serving brands with high-performance SEO, Paid Search, and Paid Social strategies. They are seeking a Senior SEO Strategist to lead strategy across a diverse portfolio of eCommerce and B2B clients, collaborating with various teams to deliver performance-driven results.

Responsibilities

• Onboard with our SEO team, tools, systems, and clients
• Get up to speed on the accounts you'll be supporting by reviewing existing strategies, campaign roadmaps, content calendars, and recent performance
• Shadow other SEO team members (Senior SEO Strategists and SEO Managers) and join client calls to understand our workflow, client needs, and cross-team dynamics
• Join internal SEO team syncs and begin 1:1s with your manager
• Own ongoing SEO strategy and reporting across your assigned client load
• Begin presenting performance insights and strategic roadmap updates in a way that feels authentic to your style
• Review SEO Specialist work for quality, consistency, and alignment with strategy
• Collaborate with SEO Managers to ensure specialty areas are accounted for within your strategy (content, technical, local- if applicable)
• Join company-wide internal team meetings such as All Hands and Team Syncs
• Lead SEO strategy and reporting across all assigned accounts with confidence
• Support roadmap planning, content calendar planning, and contribute to client QBRs alongside Account Executives and Strategists
• Be a resource for training others on SEO strategy, whether it’s mentoring a teammate, supporting an internal promotion, or helping onboard a new hire
• Start contributing to process improvements and documentation that strengthen the SEO department
• Serve as SEO Team Captain on one or more internal initiatives, such as tooling audits, reporting improvements, or documentation projects
• Lead keyword research, site audits, content strategy, and campaign planning across your assigned clients
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Account Executives, internal and/or external dev teams, and the technical SEO team to implement SEO recommendations and maintain site health
• Create and present performance reports using Looker Studio, Google Search Console, and AgencyAnalytics
• Provide input on site structure, redirects, schema, and performance-related issues, working closely with internal and client-side dev teams
• Spot trends across accounts, share learnings with the team, and recommend new tactics, tools, or testing strategies

Skills

• 5-6+ years of experience in SEO, including agency or multi-client work, with at least 1+ year of SEO technical experience
• Excited by working directly with clients such as HexClad, Built Bar, and Taylor Made
• Naturally take initiative and enjoy mentoring others
• Think beyond execution and want to shape processes, tools, and workflows
• Bring a creative and critical approach to your SEO strategy
• Interest in ongoing education of our ever-changing field (GEO, AI Optimizations, LLM Optimizations)
• Experience using Slack, Asana, Google Workspace (GSC, GA, GBP, GMC), SEMRush, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, and any content optimization tool (SurferSEO, Frase, MarketMuse, etc.)
• Desire to grow into a leadership position within a collaborative team
• Experience leading or contributing to training programs
• Curiosity around measurement, testing frameworks, and marketing analytics

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