Chicago, United States

Merge Storytelling and Technology

MERGE promotes health, wealth and happiness in the world by merging storytelling with technology and offers marketing and technology clients full-service capabilities including strategy, creative communications, experience engineering, performance marketing, media and digital platform development. MERGE has enduring client partnerships with American Express, T-Mobile, LG, Subway, Kate Spade NY, Coach, The North Face, Meta, Adobe, BlueCross BlueShield, Abbott, Astellas, Supernus, CSL, GE Healthcare, Broward Health, Indiana University Health, Nationwide and Morgan Stanley. With 800 employees across offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Kansas City, Montreal, New York City and Los Angeles, MERGE uses a talent-to-task process that enables clients to think higher and feel deeper about their customers. For more information, visit mergeworld.com.

Promote Health, Wealth & Happiness

We are committed to promoting health, wealth, and happiness in the world by partnering with purpose-driven clients in purpose-driven industries such as healthcare, financial services, and consumer products. Our deep vertical expertise and category insights stem from decade-long partnerships with our top clients.

Emerge to the Top of Your Career

At MERGE, we strive to create a superior work experience where talented and ambitious people grow. An experience that encourages people to think higher and feel deeper. An experience where people engage minds and hearts to do the best work of their careers.

As our Associate SEO Strategist, you will…

Be in a supportive role for Strategists, Sr. Strategists, and Managers on the SEO team, and you may also be client-facing. You can expect to employ your SEO knowledge and time management skills to compile client deliverables, and then speak to those deliverables during client calls. You are not generally expected to lead strategy or act as a primary point of content for clients, but you should be able to synthesize data in deliverables, form call-outs from those data, and speak eloquently about those call-outs to clients, which may include some client education. Experienced Associates may be given the opportunity to act as a lead on select clients, based on previous performance.

Be Accountable and Responsible

Help shape the direction for the SEO service offerings to clients.
Perform content gap analysis, SERP landscape analysis, and overall audience analysis to optimize site growth for organic traffic.
Recommend and implement the ongoing improvement of SEO keyword research, website SEO audits, schema, link building, SEO analytics, and implementation of all on and off-page SEO activities.
Research and analyze competitor advertising links to inform content strategy.
Assist with building and optimizing the internal linking strategy to maximize rankings.
Recommend changes to website architecture, content, linking, and other factors to improve SEO positions for target keywords.
Monitor traffic performance and site analytics using Analytics and Google Search Console in order to uncover opportunities and double down on what’s working well. Must be adept at using these tools to analyze information.

These are the requirements we are looking for

1-3 years SEO experience, ideally in a digital marketing agency
Experience using SEO tools (Ahrefs, SEMrush, Moz, BrightEdge, Screaming Frog) to inform decision-making and help aid future content strategy.
Experience using inbound marketing solutions, CMS, CRM, project management tools, automation tools, etc. (Marketo, Hubspot, WordPress, Pardot, Trello, Salesforce)
Knowledge of ranking factors and search engine algorithms
Experience managing fast-growing projects on a large scale, with an ability to consider multiple stakeholders (both internal and external)
An avid learner and passionate student
Ability to communicate, verbally and written, with both speed and effectiveness
Exceptional organizational skills and can stay up to date with SEO industry trends

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And here’s how we live our values at MERGE

Ability. Mastering our craft
Agility. Delivering with a growth mindset
Humility. Collaborating for shared success

MERGE is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer

MERGE welcomes and celebrates diversity regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status or people with abilities. We believe that the more diverse we are, the more creative our work will be!

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