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Search Engine Optimization Specialist

Location:Penticton, Penticton, Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada
Job Type:Permanent
Posted:22nd May 2008
Closing Date:10th Jul 2008
Posted By:Everest Recruitment inc
Details:
Search Engine Optimization Specialist

General:

The ideal candidate, for this position, will have a strong Marketing background, a sound understanding of Internet search engines and how to increase the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines, ensuring maximum visibility and ranking in the major search engines. A strong detail orientation and great communication skills will help to provide input into both Marketing and Web Development teams.

The ideal candidates will thrive in our client's fast paced, dynamic environment where the over-riding attitude is to work hard and play hard. This is for you if you enjoy thinking outside the box, being able to freely voice and implement your ideas. This is an opportunity to really make a difference, in a task force team setting, within a fast growing company, both in terms of revenue, product lines and employees.

There are flexible work hours available to allow plenty of time to enjoy the Okanagan lifestyle.

An exceptional opportunity to use your skills and experience to the full, develop yourself further and have fun in a dynamic team with a light and spacious office environment and a beautiful Okanagan setting.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities to include:

maintaining an up to date knowledge of how the search algorithms work and how to improve websites to ensure maximum visibility and ranking in the major search engines;
increasing traffic to the websites by helping to create in-bound links from other relevant websites;
optimisation of on site content including controlling naming and linking conventions of web pages and images;
acquiring a thorough understanding of the applications' features and business logic;
tracking and reporting of traffic and search engine rankings and communicating up to date advice to the Marketing and Web development teams of what to include/exclude from the websites in order to improve the quantity and quality of traffic to the website;
managing outsourcing relationships are required.
Skills:

The ideal candidate will :

be extremely quality and detail oriented;
be able to quickly learn new information, both technical and procedural;
have excellent interpersonal and English language skills, both verbal and written.
Experience:

The ideal candidate will:

have a minimum of 2 years of search engine optimisation of a large website in a competitive environment;
have proven ability to achieve top search engine rankings;
have knowledge of best practices for search engine optimization;
have knowledge of different search engines, search engine spiders and search engine ranking factors;
have knowledge of HTML, CSS and related web based technologies.
Education:

Grade 12 minimum, ideally also holding a relevant diploma or other qualification.
 
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