SEO Strategist / Magnani Caruso Dutton / New York, NY

Magnani Caruso Dutton/New York, NYWe seek an SEO Strategist to join our growing team. This is a strategic position where you will be responsible to build a consultative relationship with agency clients to drive the success their SEO programs. Day-to-day duties may include performing analysis of clients' businesses, as well as creating comprehensive SEO strategies based on sound research, leading industry reports, and client's overall goals. You will work closely across agency disciplines to develop and execute recommendations. This is a key position – the successful candidate will have significant client contact and involved in many high-level presentations. To succeed, you will be highly personable, organized, intelligent, strategically-minded, and technologically savvy.

Core Responsibilities:

* Lead SEO analysis of a client's business: draft a strategy based on client goals and data from analysis, and then execute that strategy
* Manage client programs and report results against goals; this may include measuring/analyzing feedback from video, social media, contest/promotional campaigns, etc.
* Provide thought leadership to clients and prospects via research/recommendations of new SEO/SEM strategies, Internet marketing and advertising technologies, and current Internet trends
* Carry out detailed SEO audits of websites (e.g., optimize for navigational structure etc.) and provide recommendations to maximize search engine visibility; may require to describe/define optimal website navigational structures for increased rankings
* Run, process, and analyze progress reports for clients and internal teams using analytics tools, include development of templates for site analysis and reporting
* Advise internal teams on SEO, SEM, SMO, and ORM opportunities that may be packaged to clients, and then perform technical execution to achieve results
* Perform requirements analysis, development, testing and launch, and competitive analysis

Requirements:

* 5+ years of SEO/SEM/SMO experience, with demonstrated ability to increase rankings
* Strong analytical skills (quantitative and qualitative)
* Mastery of Microsoft Excel, including, expertise in manipulating data (including working with pivot tables, V/H look-ups, macros, regression analysis, multivariate analysis/testing, etc.)
* Strong interpersonal, verbal, written, and presentation skills
* Experience working with and making presentations to Fortune 500 clients
* Problem solver, able to self-manage and meet deadlines in a time sensitive environment
* Experience with data driven SEO analytics, and tracking/reporting tools, search engine rankings
* Strong expertise in keyword search (using tools like GoogleAdwords, Wordtracker, Keyword Discovery etc.), keyword build-out, and knowledge of criteria of leading algorithms
* Knowledge/familiarity of front-end programming languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.), Rich Media formats

About us:

Magnani Caruso Dutton is a leading independent advertising agency located in New York City that has created groundbreaking work for top brands including AT&T, The Coca-Cola Company, DailyCandy, Discover Financial Services, HBO, Sesame Workshop, Tiffany & Co., and The Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Learn more at www.mcdpartners.com. Follow us on Twitter @mcdpartners.com, and on Facebook, www.facebook.com/MagnaniCarusoDutton.

How to apply:

To apply, please send your cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to careers@mcdpartners.com. Please indicate “SEO STRATEGIST†(in ALL CAPS) in the subject line of your message.

No phone calls or faxes please. We appreciate and thank you in advance for your interest in our openings. At this time, we will only respond to those candidates selected for the interview process.

Direct applicants only, no third-party staffing inquiries please.

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