Head of SEO
Worldwide
We’re looking for a highly experienced SEO specialist to take ownership of our SEO strategy and implementation. This is not a generalist marketing role. We’re looking for someone with a proven track record of growing **non-branded organic traffic and turning it into customers and revenue** for a SaaS, technology, marketplace, or similarly competitive digital business. What you’ll do: - Take full ownership of our companies SEO organic growth strategy - Execute on your strategy by leveraging contractors What we’re looking for: - Someone who has a previous track record generating SEO results - Able to take ownership of their metrics and able to work autonomously This is a new role within our company, so the scope of the position will evolve and grow with you as the company and your responsibilities develop. Things that you may end up doing: - Own and execute our SEO strategy. - Identify high-value non-branded commercial search opportunities. - Grow qualified organic traffic, signups, and customers. - Improve rankings for strategically important keywords. - Identify and execute technical, content, and on-page SEO opportunities. - Develop and improve our link-building strategy. - Analyze organic performance and identify what is driving customers and revenue. - Work closely with our content team to turn search opportunities into high-performing content. The finer details on what we’re looking for: - Several years of hands-on SEO experience. - A proven track record of growing SEO for SaaS, technology, or similarly competitive businesses. - Strong experience with non-branded search and competitive commercial keywords. - Demonstrable success turning organic traffic into leads, signups, customers, or revenue. - Strong technical, content, on-page, and off-page SEO knowledge. - A commercial and analytical mindset — focused on business outcomes, not just traffic and rankings. - The ability to independently identify opportunities, develop a strategy, and execute it. Most importantly, we want to see what you’ve actually achieved. How to apply: When applying, start a conversation with us about your previous SEO work. Tell us about a successful project you’ve personally worked on, what the starting point was, what you changed, and the results you achieved. We’re particularly interested in measurable growth in non-branded traffic, rankings, customers, and revenue. If you have a strong track record of doing this successfully, we’d love to hear from you.
- More than 30 hrs/weekHourly
- 6+ monthsDuration
- ExpertExperience Level
- Remote Job
- Ongoing projectProject Type
Skills and Expertise
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About the client
- Hong KongHong Kong12:25 PM
- $884K total spent274 hires, 6 active
- 19,991 hours
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