SEO Consultant - part-time contract

About the position At Horizontal Digital, we hold ourselves to one key belief: You're only as good as your worst customer experience. This mantra is what drives our digital consultancy to think beyond the easy answers and instead create websites, apps, portals and other experiences that solve customer needs for Fortune 500 companies in intuitive and empathetic ways. And we make this lofty standard a reality by fusing strategy, data, design and technology together to arrive at solutions that set the bar higher for everyone. We use these values to fuel superior results: Lock arms, Show hustle, Embrace change, Elevate empathy, Never settle. Responsibilities • Prepare and execute on-page optimization strategies to achieve organic visibility for our clients. • Develop website technical audits to identify areas of concern from an SEO perspective. • Review website server logs, crawl reports, and analytics reports to produce strategies to improve indexation. • Review web analytics data to provide feedback to our internal team on performance, and to analyze visitor behavior and trends to develop next steps. • Work with internal resources to prepare, plan, and execute link building and content marketing strategies. • Coordinate regularly with our website development, SEM, design, and business development teams, as well as with senior management, to ensure that clients are attaining positive outcomes. • Collaborate with the content and outreach teams to help identify opportunities to create, distribute, and promote web content. Requirements • 3+ years of SEO experience required. • 2+ years of experience at an agency or consulting firm required. • Familiarity with website analytics platforms such as Google Analytics, Omniture, WebTrends. • Knowledge of factors that influence search engine rankings. • Ability to think strategically to identify and define keyword opportunities for optimization. • Well-rounded knowledge of SEO software such as SEMRush, BrightEdge, and ScreamingFrog. • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and/or Google Docs. • Bachelor's Degree. Nice-to-haves • Experience with paid search (e.g., Google AdWords, Bing Ads) is preferred. • Experience with Agile methodology (preferred). Apply tot his job