SEO Manager

• Experience working in a fast paced SEO environment, ideally in both, or in at least one of, a digital agency or publishing environment.
• At least 7 years hands on SEO experience. Detailed content planning and optimization experience is a must. Fundamental technical SEO & UX/UI experience is also required. Advanced technical SEO understanding is preferred, as is link generation experience.
• A track record of providing actionable SEO insight that leads to tangible growth for web based properties.
• Experience of optimizing for Traditional Google Results, Google Discover, and ideally Top Stories listings.
• Direct experience of working with editorial teams, as well as engineering and product teams.
• Able to work across several disciplines of SEO, including content specification, on-page optimization, technical SEO, link generation and UX.
• Able to undertake effective keyword (entity) research, content planning and content optimization, at scale, for both the short and long term.
• An understanding of the importance of UX/UI and user metrics in contemporary SEO.
• Ability to interpret Core Web Vitals and provide appropriate recommendations.
• Knowledge of standard SEO skills & tools, across both content, links & technical, including, but not limited to: Google Search Console, Screaming Frog (& cloud based crawlers), JetOctopus, SEMRUSH, AHREFs, Majestic, Google Analytics, Google Publisher Centre, Heatmaps.
• An understanding of web development technologies, including knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, dynamic languages, and ideally REACT.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, to collaborate with stakeholders in Engineering, Growth and Content teams. Able to effectively communicate complex concepts to many different audiences, including C-suite level.
• Entrepreneurial spirit, with a proactive approach, able to ensure that initial ideas and concepts are delivered to completion, with tangible impacts.
• Knowledge of link creation, including creative ideas and outreach strategies. A good understanding of how links are generated and able to apply this understanding to Minute Media properties.
• Able to generate and manipulate large datasets for insights, ideally able to utilize Data Studio and SQL (BigQuery). Any python knowledge is a plus. Ideally experience with utilizing various APIs.
• Critical thinking skills, able to use logic and rationale to identify the root cause of any SEO issue, with clear actions to resolve with an impactful solution.
• Ideally, knowledge of international and multi-language SEO. Fluent English is a must, any multilingual skills are a plus, with Spanish and Portuguese preferred.
• An understanding of Google updates, ability to plan for future updates, and react to current algo changes.
• Knowledge of ChatGPT and how to effectively use AI for SEO.
• Knowledge of YouTube optimization, ASO and other growth channels is a plus.
• An interest and understanding of soccer, and other (US) sports.

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About the team

Minute Media is a leading media technology brand focused on two main pillars—platform and content. Minute Media’s platform serves as the company’s foundation, powering its content as well as enabling the evolution of other market-leading digital media brands. To date, Minute Media’s owned and operated destinations include The Players’ Tribune, 90min, DBLTAP, Mental Floss, The Big Lead, and FanSided. For more information, check out https://www.minutemedia.com/.

The Minute Media Growth team is focused on increasing the amount of users that visit our various brands, leading to tangible and clear increases in pageviews and revenue. We work directly with multiple teams across the organization, including content teams, engineering teams and Business Insights.