Yakk is looking for a full-time SEO Specialist with SEO & WordPress Development experience to be part of our close-knit team on the Gold Coast.
Want to be part of a fun loving, inclusive, down-to-earth, no corporate BS, exciting work environment with the possibility of earning great money?
Right this way.
Who is Yakk?
We are a digital marketing agency based on the Gold Coast. Our close-knit team consists of a healthy mix of creatives, nerds, marketing geniuses, dog lovers and even cat people who believe great digital always starts face to face. We pride ourselves on our quality of workmanship, product, and customer satisfaction. Our team always strives to exceed expectations and deliver optimum results.
Herd Mentality
We truly believe that our team members are our greatest asset! We've been deemed the 'go-to' organisation for producing top-notch work for our clients and partners. We know that our success hinges on our ability to attract, develop, and retain stellar employees.
There is a high level of autonomy and an opportunity to really make this role your own. We work collaboratively across departments and encourage each other to bring new ideas to the table.
The Role
Your regular responsibilities will include:
* Attend marketing meetings with clients to provide input and feedback on both web & SEO
* Analysing, strategising, and producing SEO strategy proposals for clients
* Perform keyword research and produce a keyword list for targeting
* Produce a sitemap and ongoing content proposals
* Onboarding new clients
* Organising access to various applications needed
* Scheduling monthly workloads accordingly
* Delegating tasks on certain projects where possible
* Organising production of content, including copywriting & web designs.
* Topic research for accurate and relevant blog, news and article publishing
* Perform health optimisation of a website - technical onsite and offsite
* Speed optimisation where possible
* Setup schema markup / Yoast SEO
* Analyse backlinks and blacklist toxic domains
* Revision of websites titles, meta descriptions & H1's
* Implementing/developing new content
* Publishing blogs
* Ability to produce monthly reports on both work done for the month and organic growth results.
* Take ownership of enhancing our internal systems and workflows, including innovating new tools and resources that support better performance across SEO and web projects.
About You
Ideally, you will have at least 2 years of experience in SEO and WordPress development, during which time you will have proven yourself to be a great communicator and a people person. You will be able to work independently and use your own initiative to get tasks done whilst still being a team player!
You should have:
* A solid understanding of SEO. And staying up to date with the latest information on SEO
* A solid understanding of web development & WordPress development and usage of various page-building plugins, primarily Elementor
* Good attention to detail and organisational skills
* Share honesty & integrity as a core value
* Be someone who always follows through on commitments
* Have the ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment
* Be able to work in-house at our Southport office on the Gold Coast, QLD
* Follow the instructions (please see below – hint, it's a test)
Why Yakk?
The digital space is continuously evolving and you will be able to hone your craft with us. We're in the business of assisting others in growing their businesses, so if you have proven industry experience we'd love to hear from you!
We offer a work environment in which you will be challenged and encouraged to develop your skills. You'll gain experience working across a variety of different industries, and you'll work with a team of multi-talented people in one of Australia's fastest-growing agencies.
It goes without saying (but we'll say it anyway) - we provide genuine opportunities for growth in various aspects of the digital marketing industry. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer; we celebrate diversity and are committed to providing our people with a motivating and rewarding working environment.
We also have a trendy office space in the heart of the Gold Coast (which is just the icing on the cake)!
If this sounds like something you want to be part of, please send your CV and a cover letter that includes an image of your favourite meme to the below email address.
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