Technical SEO Specialist Job at AmericanEagle.com in Des Plaines

Americaneagle.com is a family-owned web design, development, and digital marketing agency with a passionate belief in the power of technology to positively transform business practices. Our focus is on helping customers grow and achieve success in the digital space. We cover a variety of different industries, including eCommerce, associations & nonprofits, government, healthcare, sports & entertainment, transportation, and more. The company was recently named by Built in Chicago as one of the best places to work and to Inc.com's list of 5000 fastest-growing private companies for the past eight years.

Americaneagle.com is seeking a qualified Technical SEO Specialist to join the Americaneagle.com team. The primary function is to support organic search optimization for clients ranging from small to mid-size companies up through Fortune 100 global corporations. The Technical SEO Manager should be highly skilled in analyzing websites, optimizing for organic search, and troubleshooting complex SEO challenges. They will be responsible to plan for SEO in redesigns, audit newly developed websites for SEO performance, and support organic growth initiatives for Americaneagle.com clients.
Responsibilities:

• Complete technical SEO audits
• Assist in large-scale redesigns from an SEO perspective
• Analyze newly developed websites to identify organic improvements
• Troubleshoot complex SEO challenges
• Consult on multi-lingual, multi-regional, and global SEO strategy
• Provide structured data markup direction
• Build XML sitemaps and robot.txt files to improve crawl performance
• Identify page speed shortcomings and providing direction to remedy
• Monitor websites for SEO performance and necessary updates
• Analyze organic KPIs and to create a long-term strategy for growth
• Assist in developing and prioritizing roadmaps to remedy SEO components
• Collaborate with web development and digital marketing teams to resolve SEO priorities
• Measure and communicate growth in organic channels as a result of SEO efforts
• Contribute to company-wide best web development practices as it relates to SEO

Requirements:

• 4+ years of hands-on technical SEO experience
• Experience managing SEO for enterprise and/or large e-commerce websites
• Proficiency in web development languages (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, etc.)
• Proficiency with Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools
• Google Analytics Certified with experience in Google Tag Manager
• Strong experience with SEO tools including Screaming Frog, SEMrush, Botify, DeepCrawl
• Advanced knowledge of schema.org and JSON-LD
• In-depth understanding of search engine algorithms, up-to-date techniques, ranking factors, and principles for sound web development
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to articulate complex concepts both verbally and in writing to clients and team members
• Solid time management skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, team-based environment
• Ability to think logically and develop practical SEO recommendations for client websites to support their marketing strategies and efforts
• Follows industry trends and passionate about SEO
• Programming / web development experience a plus

Americaneagle.com provides its employees with an energetic work environment and opportunities to further develop their skills. Our dedication to growing our development team is how we can produce excellent sites and applications for our clients. We do all of this while maintaining a family value focus and pushing for a good work-life balance. We offer a generous compensation and benefits package.