SEO Coordinator (Hybrid)
Job Description
Position Overview
Weedmaps is seeking an SEO Coordinator to join our dynamic team in the cannabis industry. The ideal candidate will have a passion for utilizing search engine optimization techniques to improve conversions, traffic, and revenue for brands. In this role, you will work closely with the content marketing and product teams to implement the organic strategy and identify new opportunities to improve organic performance. You will be responsible for optimizing on-page content and metadata to increase traffic and revenue generated by the organic channel, creating SEO content briefs for the learn, news, and marketplace platforms, and supporting SEO-focused product enhancements by providing research, reviewing releases, and offering feedback. Additionally, you will monitor technical reporting for regressions and submit bug tickets as needed, while collaborating with multiple teams to leverage organic search data to enhance campaign performance and supporting other business units with SEO consulting.
Key Responsibilities
- Optimize on-page content and metadata to increase traffic and revenue generated by the organic channel.
- Create SEO content briefs to support the learn, news, and marketplace platforms.
- Support SEO-focused product enhancements by providing research, reviewing releases, and offering feedback as needed.
- Monitor technical reporting for regressions and submit bug tickets as needed.
- Collaborate with the acquisition, lifecycle, social, and content marketing teams to leverage organic search data from editorial, strains, and marketplace to improve campaign performance.
- Support business units outside of product and marketing as needed with SEO consulting on projects.
Required Qualifications
- BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience in SEO and digital marketing.
- Understanding of on-page SEO, including keyword targeting and metadata optimization.
- Experience using keyword research tools such as SEMrush and Ahrefs.
- Comfortable working in Google Search Console, especially with the performance, indexing, and experience tools.
- Experience using technical SEO crawlers such as Sitebulb, Screaming Frog, Botify, or Lumar (DeepCrawl).
- Knowledge of local SEO and multi-market strategies.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Passion for the cannabis industry and a desire to stay up-to-date with the latest industry developments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- SQL or Python experience.
- Experience using Wordpress.
- Tableau or Looker Studio experience.
Benefits & Perks
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- AD&D insurance
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Generous PTO
- Paid Sick Leave
- Company Holidays
- Supplemental, voluntary benefits
- Student Loan Repayment/529 Education Savings
- FSA (Medical, Dependent, Transit and Parking)
- Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Accident Insurance
- Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Family planning/fertility
- Identity theft protection
- Legal access to a network of attorneys
- Paid parental leave