Avalaunch Media is hiring: Senior SEO Specialist in Lehi

**THIS IS AN IN OFFICE ROLE IN LEHI, UTAH. LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY PLEASE**

Our Mission

“To Launch Brands and People”

Why Avalaunch

There’s a reason why “Launch People” is in our mission. We believe that a career is more than just a job. It’s where you spend over one-third of your waking hours. It becomes a key part of your life and either fulfills and inspires you or exhausts and empties you. Our vision is to create an environment where you can launch and enjoy a long-term, fulfilling career. A place where you feel excited, empowered and motivated to achieve goals and grow personally. 

We’ve learned that the way we help our employees launch to new heights is to operate under a set of core values that serve as a foundation for everything we do:

Creating Believers – We earn trust by focusing on results that matter. 

Project Positivity – We spread happiness and optimism in all that we do. 

Be Proactive – We create our environment rather than respond to it. 

Deliver Distinguished Service – We do what we say we’re going to do with that “white glove” touch. 

Thrive on Communication – We communicate candidly, regularly and precisely. 

Trust the Team – We move at the speed of trust and bring the best talent together. 

Initiate Innovation – We constantly experiment and test to reach success. 

Enjoy the Ride – We believe that fun should be a part of everything we do and we have a whole lot of it!

Let’s get to the good stuff

As a Mid-Level Technical SEO Specialist, you will be responsible for leading technical SEO strategies and implementations for medium to enterprise-level clients. This role requires a strong technical foundation, strategic thinking, and the ability to collaborate across multiple teams to deliver outstanding SEO results.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage the SEO product roadmap, balancing technical improvements with content opportunities.
• Conduct in-depth technical SEO audits, focusing on areas such as crawling/indexing, sitemaps, robots.txt, structured data, canonicalization, and crawl budget optimization.
• Optimize website architecture, metadata, XML sitemaps, site speed, etc.
• Partner with developers and cross-functional teams to implement scalable SEO solutions.
• Utilize tools like Screaming Frog, Sitebulb, Ahrefs, SEMRush, Brightlocal, GA4, and Google Search Console to monitor, analyze, and report on SEO performance.
• Identify and troubleshoot technical issues on sites ranging from tens of thousands to over a million pages.
• Stay current with SEO industry trends, algorithm updates, and best practices, educating internal stakeholders and clients as needed.
• Provide actionable insights based on data analysis to improve organic traffic, rankings, and conversions.
• Mentor junior SEO team members, offering guidance and support in their professional development.

The skills you’ll bring to the table:

• 3+ years of hands-on technical SEO experience, preferably in an agency setting.
• Strong expertise in technical SEO, including canonicalization, sitemaps, crawl budget management, structured data, and site speed optimization.
• Proficiency in using Screaming Frog, Sitebulb, Ahrefs, SEMRush, Brightlocal, GA4, and Google Search Console.
• Experience with technical SEO audits for medium to enterprise-level sites, including e-commerce and international sites.
• Strong understanding of on-page SEO factors and how site architecture influences rankings.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues and communicate solutions clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Proficient in Excel (pivot tables, lookup functions, conditional formatting) for data analysis and reporting.
• Basic understanding of HTML for troubleshooting and optimization.
• Working knowledge of WordPress, Shopify, and HubSpot.
• Basic understanding of Python for automation and data analysis.
• Familiarity with E-E-A-T principles, UX best practices, and their impact on SEO.
• Experience with AI tools for diagnosing and resolving SEO issues.

Here is our promise to you

• Great compensation with growth and long-term career opportunities.
• Medical benefits: health, vision, and dental.
• Membership to telemed powered by Recuro, where you can have a doctor accessible to you via app or phone at no cost to you, when enrolled in an employer sponsored medical plan.
• 401K: Avalaunch Media matches up to 4% of the employee’s pay. Matching funds are immediately fully vested.
• Health Savings Account (HSA): Employee has option to enroll in an HSA eligible plan and allocate pre-tax dollars to be used on medical care expenses.
• Paid Time Off
• Career Trainings: Avalaunch will pay for ongoing education to help you grow and improve in both your career and in your personal development. We also offer regular “lunch and learns” where we provide training on a wide variety of topics.
• Fully stocked break room with snacks, treats, drinks, etc.
• Hybrid Work Environment: We work from the office four days a week and from home one day a week and are willing to take special circumstances into account.
• Avalaunch Adventure Club: You have a standing invite to our adventure club outings – skiing, fishing, hiking, axe throwing, mountain biking, golfing, etc.
• Frequent company and team parties including an annual fish fry, ski trips, golf, holiday events, etc. 
• Consistent challenges to launch at Avalaunch and develop your career in new and exciting, prosperous ways.

Still interested? Awesome! Please apply and let’s see where this goes!