Digital Marketing Strategist - SEO GURU

There's a world-class tech contender here in Columbus, Ohio. With the right chops, you can join the team at Manta  and spend your days re-crafting how small businesses do business on the web. Manta's 30 million monthly visitors and 2-a-day releases will keep you on your toes and making a difference. So bring your big brain (both halves) to Manta and help us evolve the world's largest small business networking platform. Fast, lean, complex, collaborative, meaningful, measurable, and tangible-this is what innovation feels like.

Who is Manta:

• Manta is the largest social media website dedicated entirely to small businesses.
• Our website allows small businesses to 1) improve their online presence, 2) gain visibility with customers & prospects and 3) increase sales!

The Ideal Person:

• Passionate about the web, dreams about algorithm updates, and knows with the right metrics Manta will soar from a top 50 most visited site towards to a top 25.
• Define and grow visits to Manta across all channels (direct, organic search, social, partners, API), platforms (web, mobile, app) and visitor types (anonymous, member, business owner).
• First-hand experience playing a key role in building a large, online traffic base from diverse sources.

What you'll be doing:

• Identify & prioritize traffic building opportunities across multiple channels and platforms with a focus on organic search engine traffic
• Gather & write business requirements & product specifications
• Work closely with product managers to identify & integrate traffic-building attributes into product features
• Measure, analyze & report on adoption & usage of products & features
• Research & evaluate emerging, innovative traffic-building opportunities, prioritize for testing and execute to increase site traffic
• Perform sophisticated quantitative analysis, eager to look under the hood and identify problems and opportunities
• Monitoring and reporting of rankings, tools, trends, and development progress

What you need know:

• Minimum of a BS/BA degree in business, marketing, computer science, or equivalent work experience
• Strong experience using search (SEO, paid search), social media and other channels to sustainably generate traffic at scale on a large website
• Proficiency using Tier 1 web analytical software packages like Omniture or Google Analytics to analyze and monitor traffic programs
• Strong quantitative skills, with a specific experience in forecasting & measuring business impact and online user behavior
• Highly organized, attentive to detail, ability to manage and drive scalable and repeatable traffic driving initiatives

Those who succeed at Manta:

• Are results driven, focused on the tactics that will move the needle
• Work well collaboratively and be open to feedback
• Aspire to lead or develop others
• Understand how to "scale up"
• Come to play every day

What's in it for you:

• Your work matters here! We're not making more money for an insurance company or a bank, but regular people making business decisions at their kitchen table... the work you do affects the small business owners and their families.
• A career at one of THE most trafficked sites on the web today - Manta gets more traffic than Apple, CNN and the New York Times! Each month 30 million+ unique visitors come to the Manta site.

What's it like to work at Manta:

• Up-beat, entrepreneurial environment where the norm is wearing jeans, t-shirts, and flip-flops every single day!
• FREE Snacks! Healthy Hummus and carrot sticks - Red Licorice - Candy bars - AND bags of chips!

Ready to apply?

Email your resume to jobs@manta.com and mark the subject line as SEO.Engine

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