Opening: Search Engine Optimization Specialist

VictorSzalvay — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:27:12 -0500

Opening: Search Engine Optimization Specialist - FTE, Portland

Our software product company seeks a SEO superhero for our downtown Portland office. Specifically, we're looking for someone to actively help our company position itself (ethically and organically) on major search engines.

During the first year of the job, this superhero will work closely with our team to develop working knowledge of our business and our customers and parlay this knowledge into greater brand recognition in our industry through the channel of search engine positioning.

More specifically, you’ll be developing and implementing company-wide SEO Best Practices (and documenting said practices). Additionally, you’ll develop and implement social media optimization and marketing (including viral, public relations, and word of mouth marketing strategies) best practices.

The following things are requirements of the job. These are NOT negotiable:

3+ years of successful SEO results (bring references please
Demonstrable experience with ethical SEO techniques to produce high rankings in Google and other ‘major’ engines (3+ years experience)
Demonstrable understanding of Google Adwords – metrics, management and of course PPC positioning / campaign management (2+ years experience)
Ability to work full time (40-45 hours a week)
Intermediate computer skills utilizing popular software like Microsoft Office, Google Apps, PDF tools, and similar

Candidates with the experience below will be given extra consideration:

Experience with Salesforce.com
Experience with LinkedIn, Wikipedia, Facebook and Myspace
Experience with Drupal CMS
Experience with HTML and or PHP
Knowledge of the Agile software development industry

So enough about what we seek in a candidate. What can we offer? We're a stable but small, eight-year-old business based in the Seattle area with a strong Portland presence. We do technology consulting in addition to our product sales so our environment is a mix of tech-casual and professional services. We offer our employees and their Dependants 100% employer paid medical coverage through a premium carrier. We offer all employees short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance along with a 401k. Pre-tax accounts including those for medical care, dependent care, and transportation are open to all employees. Although this is a full-time position, we offer flexible scheduling, upon mutual agreement of employees, teams and supervisors. Lastly, we have a strong focus on education and training, so we will spend the time to train you before you are expected to represent our company and our brand.

Danube Technologies, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

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