SEO Specialist


Job Location:

Blue Ash, OH - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 14 days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Overview

Element has an exciting opportunity for an SEO Specialist to join our Global Digital Marketing team in Blue Ash Ohio.

This role is ideal for someone who is highly organized process-driven and passionate about SEO digital content and website optimization. You will play a key role in maintaining and enhancing Elements global websites and digital platforms while partnering closely with our Senior SEO Specialist on technical SEO initiatives content optimization audits and best practices.

You will also support Business Unit Marketers across the Americas by managing content requests during U.S. business hours and working hands-on within the CMS to build update and optimize web pages while ensuring consistency quality and strong user experience across all digital properties.

This is a hybrid role: 3 days in our Blue Ash OH office and 2 days remote

**Sponsorship is not available for this opportunity.**

Please note: This position is being advertised externally as an SEO Specialist to better align with market terminology and candidate search behavior. The official internal title for the role will be Website Specialist upon hire.

Responsibilities

SEO

  • Act as a day-to-day SEO resource for the team: advise marketing teams on SEO best practices in a clear accessible way and review content against SEO and quality guidelines
  • Support the Senior SEO Specialist with SEO projects including technical SEO crawls audits and keyword optimization applying current best practices; cover for them during periods of absence to keep projects on track
  • Stay current with Google algorithm updates AI-driven search developments and evolving SEO best practices; proactively apply these and communicate relevant changes to the team
  • Define maintain and champion SEO and content guidelines templates and checklists; support stakeholders to follow them consistently
  • Triage and manage incoming SEO and content support requests via the web content board prioritizing effectively and ensuring timely delivery
  • Track and report on organic performance using SEMrush Google Analytics Google Search Console and Looker

CMS & Content

  • Manage daily CMS operations including uploading content creating and updating pages and maintaining site structure quality
  • Review and approve content change requests through the CMS ensuring submissions meet quality guidelines and SEO best practices
  • Perform regular website and content audits to identify missing elements broken links or UX issues; work with stakeholders to resolve findings
  • Support Business Unit Marketers - particularly those in the Americas - with content and CMS requests triaging as appropriate and providing responsive coverage on USA timezone hours
  • Train and support stakeholders in how to get the best from the CMS following content templates and standardized formats
  • Monitor error and downtime reports troubleshoot issues and escalate complex problems clearly to the Platforms Manager
  • Support the Global Digital Director Platforms Manager and wider Digital team with ad-hoc tasks as required
  • Keep current with developments in CMStechnology contentandUX bestpractices

Skills / Qualifications

Essential

  • Minimum 23 years experience in an SEO-focused role within an agency or larger organization
    Deep current knowledge of technical and content SEO best practices including the latest Google algorithm updates and the impact of AI on search
  • Proven ability to both implement SEO improvements directly and advise others clearly - equally confident doing and coaching
  • Demonstrable experience supporting others to follow SEO and content guidelines including triaging and managing support tickets and requests
  • Hands-on frequent experience building and updating website pages within a CMS - personally and regularly not occasionally or via another team
  • Excellent written English and a sharp eye for content quality; able to identify good and poor content and apply consistent judgement to defined guidelines
  • Familiarity with standardized content templates and experience helping others to use them
  • Experience with SEO tracking tools (SEMrush preferred) and website analytics tools including Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager

Highly Desirable

  • Experience with an enterprise CMS such as Optimizely (Episerver) Sitecore or Drupal; solid experience with any CMS considered if hands-on and frequent
  • Experience with headless CMS systems and modern content architecture approaches
  • Working knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS and web development principles
  • Experience using AI prompts and tools to support SEO content or workflow tasks
  • Experience with LookerStudio and/or Asana

Education

  • Bachelors Degree in Marketing Digital Marketing Communications or a related field preferred; equivalent practical experience will be considered

Key Behaviors

  • Deep SEO expertise with a genuine passion for staying current
  • Exceptionally high attention to detail
  • Excellent standard of written and spoken English
  • Clear confident communicator: can explain complex SEO concepts simply to non-technical audiences
  • Process-driven and disciplined: follows and enforces standards consistently
  • Highly collaborative
  • Action oriented and pragmatic: gets things done and escalates appropriately
  • Responsive across time zones; flexible in taking on varied tasks

Diversity Statement

At Element we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming the worlds most trusted testing partner.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age disability ethnic origin gender marital status race religion responsibility of dependents sexual orientation or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about discussed or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge (b) in furtherance of an investigation proceeding hearing or action including an investigation conducted by the employer or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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OverviewElement has an exciting opportunity for an SEO Specialist to join our Global Digital Marketing team in Blue Ash Ohio.This role is ideal for someone who is highly organized process-driven and passionate about SEO digital content and website optimization. You will play a key role in maintainin...

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