Technical SEO Specialist

Americaneagle.com is a family-owned web design, development, and digital marketing agency with a passionate belief in the power of technology to positively transform business practices. Our focus is on helping customers grow and achieve success in the digital space. We cover a variety of different industries, including eCommerce, associations & nonprofits, government, healthcare, sports & entertainment, transportation, and more. The company was recently named by Built in Chicago as one of the best places to work and to Inc.com's list of 5000 fastest-growing private companies for the past eight years.

Americaneagle.com is seeking a qualified Technical SEO Specialist to join the Americaneagle.com team. The primary function is to support organic search optimization for clients ranging from small to mid-size companies up through Fortune 100 global corporations. The Technical SEO Manager should be highly skilled in analyzing websites, optimizing for organic search, and troubleshooting complex SEO challenges. They will be responsible to plan for SEO in redesigns, audit newly developed websites for SEO performance, and support organic growth initiatives for Americaneagle.com clients.

Responsibilities:
  • Complete technical SEO audits
  • Assist in large-scale redesigns from an SEO perspective
  • Analyze newly developed websites to identify organic improvements
  • Troubleshoot complex SEO challenges
  • Consult on multi-lingual, multi-regional, and global SEO strategy
  • Provide structured data markup direction
  • Build XML sitemaps and robot.txt files to improve crawl performance
  • Identify page speed shortcomings and providing direction to remedy
  • Monitor websites for SEO performance and necessary updates
  • Analyze organic KPIs and to create a long-term strategy for growth
  • Assist in developing and prioritizing roadmaps to remedy SEO components
  • Collaborate with web development and digital marketing teams to resolve SEO priorities
  • Measure and communicate growth in organic channels as a result of SEO efforts
  • Contribute to company-wide best web development practices as it relates to SEO
Requirements:
  • 4+ years of hands-on technical SEO experience
  • Experience managing SEO for enterprise and/or large e-commerce websites
  • Proficiency in web development languages (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, etc.)
  • Proficiency with Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools
  • Google Analytics Certified with experience in Google Tag Manager
  • Strong experience with SEO tools including Screaming Frog, SEMrush, Botify, DeepCrawl
  • Advanced knowledge of schema.org and JSON-LD
  • In-depth understanding of search engine algorithms, up-to-date techniques, ranking factors, and principles for sound web development
  • Strong communication skills, including the ability to articulate complex concepts both verbally and in writing to clients and team members
  • Solid time management skills
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, team-based environment
  • Ability to think logically and develop practical SEO recommendations for client websites to support their marketing strategies and efforts
  • Follows industry trends and passionate about SEO
  • Programming / web development experience a plus

Americaneagle.com provides its employees with an energetic work environment and opportunities to further develop their skills. Our dedication to growing our development team is how we can produce excellent sites and applications for our clients. We do all of this while maintaining a family value focus and pushing for a good work-life balance. We offer a generous compensation and benefits package.


Be Aware of Scammers

Please note that Americaneagle.com will never issue a check, require you to make an advanced payment, or ask you to cash a check on its behalf. If you receive any check in the mail prior to employment, please do not cash the check.

Let's Get Started

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact Americaneagle.com Human Resources team at (847) 699-0300 for assistance.

Applicant Information

Which office location(s) would you like to apply to?
Upload Resume

Equal Opportunity Employer

As an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, Americaneagle.com is committed to fostering a diverse, multicultural work environment where our employees respect one another and share a commitment to the company's values, mission, and strategies. Americaneagle.com provides equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.

The following voluntary information is requested by Americaneagle.com to evaluate its hiring practices and to prepare reports required by law for the State and Federal Government. This information is confidential and will NOT be used to make a decision about your employment.

Ethnicity
Gender
Voluntary Self-Identification of Protected Veterans
Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability
I attest that the information I provided under Applicant Information is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and may be verified by Americaneagle.com or its agents.

Please note that we are NOT one of the following companies:

American Eagle Outfitters (clothing): Their website is located at:

www.ae.com

American Eagle Airlines: Their web site is located at:

www.aa.com