DIGITAL & MEDIA - SEO ASSOCIATE MANAGER

JAKALA is a data, AI, and experiences company that creates meaningful and lasting impact globally. Across more than 30 cities in 21 countries, our people combine strategy, technology, creativity, and operations to deliver tailored experiences and transformative solutions with data and AI at the heart. Jakalers are a diverse and multifaceted group of more than 3,000 individuals with passion, ambition and bright ideas. This unique mix of talents has become the distinctive factor that inspired our purpose: Together to get there. At JAKALA, creating a better world is our ultimate purpose; we aim at creating value for all stakeholders in a sustainable way with a focus on ethics, climate and quality. In 2021, we decided to become a Benefit Corporation, demonstrating our long-term commitment to protecting the principles and values that guide our actions. We believe that diversity is the key to our success and for this reason we are committed to create an inclusive workplace, where everyone can feel valued for their uniqueness. All our job opportunities are open to candidates belonging to categorie protette L.68/99. Job Summary We are excited to welcome an experienced and skilled SEO Manager to our expanding team of professionals at our Milan office. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in shaping and maintaining strong client relationships while overseeing the creation, implementation, and optimization of tailored SEO strategies. Your expertise will help our clients achieve their goals by delivering data-driven solutions that align with their business needs. We are seeking candidates with native-level English proficiency or those who are fully fluent in English (C1, C2, or equivalent). While knowledge of Italian is not mandatory for this position, it would be considered a valuable asset. If you are passionate about digital marketing and eager to contribute to a dynamic and innovative environment, we encourage you to apply. Key Responsibilities Develop excellent relationships with the clients, through developing an in-depth understanding of their businesses, challenges they face, and spotting future opportunities. Perform SEO focused analysis on industry, competitors, keywords and search trends to inform and influence SEO strategy and optimisation proposals. Analyse business requirements and match them with data to propose the best performing SEO project’s solutions. Optimise texts, semantical tags and metadata to better match users’ queries and increase website’s ranking. Monitor site health and directly fix technical issues. Follow pre-launch and launch of new websites from a SEO-compliancy point of view, supporting developers, and creating efficient migration and redirect plans. Develop outreach opportunities, perform backlink analysis and identify and apply a strategic approach to building strong profiles for clients in obtaining new high-quality links. Develop and apply local SEO strategies, including managing GMB accounts, analysing the performance, and producing content. Deliver best practice SEO across Google’s YouTube Channel and support with video content strategies with SEO performance focus. Plan, attend and lead client meetings, QBRs and annual reviews. Qualifications 6+ years of previous track record in SEO. Working knowledge of ranking factors and search engine algorithms and up to date with the latest trends and best practices in SEO. Skilled at using various CMS for administrating meta changes, copy changes, links and image tagging. A passion for Digital Marketing, innovative digital solutions, and uncovering trends in data with analysis. High level of proficiency in MS Office. Able to meet deadlines in a fast-paced dynamic industry. Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and other web programming platforms would be considered a plus. Combined experience of working in an agency environment and as a freelance would be considered a plus. A second or even a third language would be highly favorable (e.g. Italian, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Scandinavian languages, etc.). If you invest time in our Recruiting process, you will have all our commitment. And beyond. Your application will be taken in charge by a Recruiter from our Talent Acquisition Team. Your Recruiter will review the CV and the set of info you provided to us and will come back to you with our feedback for you, regardless of the outcome. In any case, you will receive development suggestions about your CV optimization, hints to consolidate your professional journey and insights on the competitive arena you are in. No AI: we do it ourselves, with our heart, for you. We will give you back each hour you will dedicate to discover JAKALA, to get to know yourself better: thanks to “Your Time Back” initiative and our strategic partnership with Unobravo, you will be entitled to an empowerment journey including a number of sessions equal to the number of interviews you had and that you can use in any way you want. We are aware that looking for a job might be challenging: together with Unobravo, we want to be by your side, even if we don’t know each other yet. #J-18808-Ljbffr