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Risepoint is hiring an SEO Specialist to join their SEO Strategy team and enhance brand awareness, organic traffic, and new student enrollments for regional university partners. The role involves executing website optimizations, monitoring SEO performance, collaborating with marketing and technical teams, and leading initiatives that drive meaningful organic growth.

Highlights

Monitor search results and organic traffic for 15+ higher education websites, conducting data analysis and website optimizations.
Lead SEO initiatives combining content marketing, outreach, and technical SEO to increase traffic and conversions.
Perform keyword research and stay updated on digital marketing trends to inform SEO strategies.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and interface with developers to improve page speed and core web vitals.
Complete SEO audits, generate reports, and respond to algorithm updates.
Consult with university partners to recommend website improvements.
Communicate SEO progress and performance to marketing leadership.
Requires 2+ years in digital marketing or SEO and expertise with Excel and PowerPoint.
Experience with SEO tools (SEMrush, AHREFS, Screaming Frog) and analytics platforms (Google Analytics, Search Console, Looker Studio, Tableau) is essential.
Contract: 12-month, full-time, remote position with Risepoint benefits.

SEO Specialist Full Description

SEO Specialist (Remote | Full-Time | 12-Month Contract)

US - Remote

Full time

Risepoint assists primarily regional universities in increasing their access and impact by making their academic programs available to students online. Founded in 2007, Risepoint mission is to expand access to high-quality, affordable, and workforce-relevant education, especially for working and adult students. Risepoint brings single-minded dedication to student success, an integrated set of services, and data-driven performance to our collaboration with university partners

Job Summary:

We're looking for an experienced SEO Specialist to join our SEO Strategy team and play a pivotal role in helping Risepoint grow brand awareness, organic traffic, and new student enrollments for our University partners. As an SEO Specialist, you understand the importance of EEAT, on-page SEO, content marketing and technical SEO and have successfully demonstrated your ability to execute website optimizations that improve rankings.

You’ll work alongside other SEO Specialists on the SEO Strategy team to identify strategic opportunities to grow organic traffic, monitor search results and website performance, and advocate for the most impactful projects to meet key business objectives for your assigned university partners. You'll work collaboratively with a marketing team that consists of product marketing managers, copywriters and UX specialists, as well as multiple technology, product, and design teams.

If you're looking for the opportunity to help universities and students reach new heights, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Do:

Monitor search results and organic performance for 15+ higher education websites, identifying opportunities with the highest potential to improve KPIs by completing comprehensive reporting, data analysis and website optimizations.
Lead SEO initiatives that resonate with prospective online students in meaningful ways and successfully lead to more organic traffic and conversions utilizing a mix of content marketing, outreach and technical SEO.
Stay current on digital marketing trends and champion innovation to help inform our SEO strategies and tactics.
Perform keyword research to inform content development and ideate on topics for content marketing.
Collaborate with cross functional teams and deliver insights that help prioritize projects, A/B tests, and website enhancements.
Interface with developers and engineers to improve page speed, page experience and core web vitals.
Complete SEO Audits, create reports and investigate issues when algorithm updates roll out.
Consult with university partners about improvement to their websites and share recommendations that may mutually benefit both parties.
Maintain communication with marketing leadership by sharing updates about SEO initiatives and reporting on performance.

What You Bring:

Contract Details: This is a remote, full-time 12 - month contract position, with a schedule of 40 hours per week (Monday–Friday). You will be employed and paid by Risepoint and will have access to Risepoint benefits.
A minimum of 2+ years in a digital marketing role, growth marketing or SEO preferred.
Expertise with Microsoft Office Excel and PowerPoint.
Proven ability to think creatively and outside the box.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to inform, persuade, and hold attention.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage several projects at once.
Experience with discovering insights using a variety of analytics tools including Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Looker Studio, and Tableau.
Experience working with popular SEO tools (SEMrush, AHREFS, Screaming Frog, etc.) or a willingness to learn these tools.

Nice to Haves:

Experience working in higher education
Passion for Risepoint’s mission, services and community
Knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Interest in data analytics (Python/SQL) or data visualization
Familiarity with WordPress or other content management systems

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Original Job Description

SEO Specialist (Remote | Full-Time | 12-Month Contract)

US - Remote

Full time

Job Summary:

Monitor search results and organic performance for 15+ higher education websites, identifying opportunities with the highest potential to improve KPIs by completing comprehensive reporting, data analysis and website optimizations.
Lead SEO initiatives that resonate with prospective online students in meaningful ways and successfully lead to more organic traffic and conversions utilizing a mix of content marketing, outreach and technical SEO.
Stay current on digital marketing trends and champion innovation to help inform our SEO strategies and tactics.
Perform keyword research to inform content development and ideate on topics for content marketing.
Collaborate with cross functional teams and deliver insights that help prioritize projects, A/B tests, and website enhancements.
Interface with developers and engineers to improve page speed, page experience and core web vitals.
Complete SEO Audits, create reports and investigate issues when algorithm updates roll out.
Consult with university partners about improvement to their websites and share recommendations that may mutually benefit both parties.
Maintain communication with marketing leadership by sharing updates about SEO initiatives and reporting on performance.

What You Bring:

Contract Details: This is a remote, full-time 12 - month contract position, with a schedule of 40 hours per week (Monday–Friday). You will be employed and paid by Risepoint and will have access to Risepoint benefits.
A minimum of 2+ years in a digital marketing role, growth marketing or SEO preferred.
Expertise with Microsoft Office Excel and PowerPoint.
Proven ability to think creatively and outside the box.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to inform, persuade, and hold attention.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage several projects at once.
Experience with discovering insights using a variety of analytics tools including Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Looker Studio, and Tableau.
Experience working with popular SEO tools (SEMrush, AHREFS, Screaming Frog, etc.) or a willingness to learn these tools.

Nice to Haves:

Experience working in higher education
Passion for Risepoint’s mission, services and community
Knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Interest in data analytics (Python/SQL) or data visualization
Familiarity with WordPress or other content management systems

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