Enterprise SEO Strategist

OuterBox is seeking a talented SEO Enterprise Strategist to create and execute integrated, search engine optimization strategies that improve relevant traffic, search engine rankings, and ultimately drive qualified leads (and/or sales) for their Clients. This individual is a part of the Enterprise SEO team Team and works closely on executing SEO strategies with other SEO teammates and leaders towards unified goals. This is a client-facing role that partners cross-departmentally beyond their immediate team and works with Enterprise clients directly. If you’re ready to take your career to the next level and join an award winning agency - this job is for you!

This is a remote work opportunity with limited travel obligations, which requires demonstrating a level of dedication and commitment to being self-driven and accountable. 

Cohesive Culture + Good Humor + Combined Skills = Awesome Results

At OuterBox, what we won’t stop doing is winning as a team for our clients, while at the same time winning for each other as both professionals and individuals. We know our awesome wins start with our incredible people, which is why for over 20 years we’ve created—and continuously refined—a team-centric work culture that is rooted in trust, respect, accountability, appreciation, fun, and collaboration. The Plain Dealer & Cleveland.com demonstrate this by having awarded OuterBox as a Top Workplace for three years running in 2022-2024! 

At OuterBox, we’re here to thrive together—not simply survive. So if you’ve been searching for an agency that energizes, inspires, and directly helps you achieve the best for you, the person, and you, the professional, maybe it’s time to think outside the traditional agency box? 

What You Get to Do Every Day

• Plan, develop, and execute advanced search engine optimization strategies tailored to client needs, ensuring top-tier results within the allocated budget and timeframe.

• Measure and report on SEO performance including traffic, rankings, quality of conversions and other trends to our clients through email, phone calls, and in-person meetings.

• Collaborate with your immediate team and cross-departmentally on digital marketing strategies that are aligned with your client’s business goals.

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of client’s business priorities and how they translate into SEO strategies to deliver qualified leads and/or sales for your enterprise clients.

• Conduct in-depth competitor analysis to identify industry trends, best practices, and opportunities for improvement in key business areas.

• Ability to develop, implement, and monitor budgets to ensure efficient allocation of resources, including effectively managing surplus and overage balances.

• Meet expectations of timelines, communication, results and meaningful deliverables to contribute to company and team retention goals.

• Exemplify strong communication skills, instilling confidence in clients through trust-building interactions and via email towards company and team communication goals to strengthen and maintain client relationships.

• Grow your business acumen by exploring client industries, staying on top of trends, and using insights to drive more innovative strategies..

• Accountable to outlined client, team, & company targets for your individual performance and portfolio of accounts and will report on these metrics weekly/monthly as they relate to company goals.

• Strategically plan and collaborate with your Lead and with other teammates across the organization to manage scopes, workloads, budgets, and client priorities.

• Stay passionate about staying "in-the-know" on the latest digital marketing trends, including Google algorithm shifts and industry updates. Continuously enhance your knowledge independently and also through ongoing BSchool training to build credibility & business acumen with both teammates and clients and share your insights.

• Utilize appropriate SEO tools such as Screaming Frog, Ahrefs, Brightedge, Accuranker, or related tools to enhance, develop and evaluate optimization strategies & effectiveness.

• Ability to work flexibly in a dynamic and changing environment.

• Excellent creativity and adaptability. Must be self-motivated and independent, well organized, able to do hands-on work with minimum supervision, and work well with all staff levels.

• Other duties, as assigned.

What You Bring to The Role

• 4+ years experience preferred.
• Solid understanding of leveraging and optimizing search intent throughout the consumer/buyer journey.
• Experience working and communicating with Enterprise-level Clients.
• Critical thinking, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate to Clients & Teammates in an  approachable, credible manner both verbally and in writing as this is a client-facing role.
• Organizational skills with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects, with a sense of  urgency to get things done
• Exhibit basic understanding of conversion optimization.
• Demonstrate expertise & understanding in using spreadsheet functions and formulas to analyze, identify trends, and summarize data.
• Experience with Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google Search Console, Botify, DeepCrawl, Screaming Frog, SEOClarity, Brightedge and other website analytics and marketing applications
• Basic HTML, CSS, and content management system (CMS) experience like WordPress, Magento, Shopify, Big Commerce, Modx
• SEO experience with large, consumer facing national websites with 1,000+ pages.
• Experienced in collaborating with Development teams to troubleshoot, test, and resolve technical SEO issues, improving site health and search positions.
• Consultative, analytical background through agency or freelance contracts.

Why You’ll love working at OuterBox: 

• High-character, fun, and cohesive work culture

• Competitive base salary

• PTO that is genuinely encouraged

• Affordable, low-deductible health insurance plans

• Supplemental benefits, including employer-paid life insurance, short & long term disability insurance

• 401k with company match

• Remote work flexibility

• Supportive, transparent, and accessible leadership that welcomes ideas, insights & feedback

• Professional/individual development stipend

If you’re ready to join a cohesive team that will support and encourage you to take your career to the next level, we encourage you to apply!