SEO Manager

Thrive has been listed as one of the Inc 5000 fastest growing digital marketing agencies in the United States for the past five years in a row. We are a full-service agency that handles everything in-house and delivers massive and sustainable growth to our business partners and clients. We think about our work in two words; Relationships and Results.

President Matt Bowman founded Thrive in 2005 and has grown the company to over two-hundred employees in thirty-four different states and eleven different countries. We have a deeply-rooted talented team (respectfully referred to as Thrivers) of project managers, web designers, content writers, social media specialists, and search engine optimization specialists. We are a close-knit team that is motivated, smart, disciplined and committed to turning ideas into actions.

We now have a new headquarters located in Arlington, Texas and have an exciting opportunity for a NEW SEO Manager to join the U.S. team. (and you can live anywhere in the country!)

This role is designed to run a small team of SEO experts and assist the SEO Director with department initiatives and sales deliverables. This person would have a strong attention to detail, experience in management (Project Management experience a plus), and technical SEO / Analytics expertise.

Client Relationship Management: As a leader on the SEO team you will often be put in a position to sell Thrive’s value proposition and attend calls for SEO leads. Someone in this role should be personable and able to communicate effectively. This person should also be able to answer questions the client may have about our SEO services and their specific SEO needs.

Staff Leadership, Development and Training: Serve as a Manager for your individual POD. Provide knowledge-based and technical training to develop ongoing capacity within the team. Be available daily for questions from team members. Assure that selected Thrive management tools are being used to maximize overall job performance.

Billable Hours: Be personally responsible for monitoring regularly and reaching your quota of client hours each month with zero carryover hours.

Campaign Evaluation and Reporting: Monitor, evaluate and consult on strategy for the accounts on your team. Be ready to respond appropriately to clients asking questions or expressing concerns about perceived progress, essentially re-selling them on their Internet marketing investment.

Team Assessment and Development: Be able to pinpoint areas of expertise and areas of improvement on your team. Communicate these with the SEO Director to help facilitate training and utilization of team strengths.

Thrive Project Management: Using project management tools, weekly assess each Client Campaign project’s status and progress, providing a “bird’s-eye view” of each project. The project management system will provide ways to record current status, to escalate issues of concern and to record good news as well (wins). Implementation of the project management tool will be essential in the overall success of the team.

Thrive Team Collaboration: Ongoing communication with other Thrive department management on project development, timelines, and results.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE:

• At least 5 years of hands-on experience as a SEO Manager or Digital Marketing Manager
• Proven success in SEO, including tactical and strategic achievement
• Minimum of 2 years experience in web analytics, marketing, and business development
• Project Management experience or relevant experience in utilization of project management tools.
• Experience and Expertise with Google tag manager, GA4 and other advanced analytics tracking.
• Exceptional communication, problem solving and project management skills
• Ability to coach and manage your own team alongside working on timely client and department responsibilities
• Flexibility to take on and handle other tasks or projects as assigned
• Time management and prioritization skills
• Knowledge of best-in-class SEO and analytics