SEO Manager

Full-Time, exempt | Reports to: Digital Marketing Manager | Location: Remote or Office

About Vye®

Vye is a growing marketing agency and HubSpot Solutions Partner with offices in St. Cloud, MN and Green Bay, WI with fully remote employees in 9 states across the United States. We have 35+ team members at Vye and are part of the Leighton Enterprises family of companies which totals approximately 225 employees across 3 companies. Our competitive benefits package includes employee stock ownership, health benefits, paid parental leave, and flexibility to work from anywhere.

Vye is an award winning agency that drives measurable growth by generating leads, building brand awareness, and increasing customer loyalty through inbound marketing and web development. Our mission is to redefine marketing as a measurable growth investment for our clients and stay focused on our niche: measurable, empathy-based marketing.

Our purpose is to drive growth for our clients, ourselves, our agency, and the communities that we live and work in.

Think you’re a good fit? Get to know our team and our core values.

About this role

Vye is looking for a marketing professional that is passionate about researching and analyzing search and ranking data, blending that with user intent and broad business acumen to develop programs that prove our work works. The SEO Manager is a strategic thinker with the ability to balance both the art and science of search engine-centered marketing, and can integrate the actions throughout Vye’s creative, development, copy, inbound, and client services departments.

\ Responsibilities

Design and implement SEO strategies for our agency and our clients by extracting insight from varied data sources, identifying relevant trends, and providing well-developed recommendations to enhance and exceed overall search marketing goals and objectives
Define and be the champion of Vye’s SEO service offerings
Grow revenue for the agency by bringing in new SEO services to new and existing clients
Do the work. Roll your sleeves up and complete actionable work
Conduct research using tools such as Ahrefs, implement on-page and technical SEO enhancements, build content strategies, analyze backlinking opportunities, build local SEO, etc.
Monitor performance metrics to understand SEO strategy performance
Communicate and proactively plan for algorithm updates & changes. Monitor and update client accounts per Google Algorithm Updates & Changes.
Be an SEO innovator

\ Qualifications

5+ years of experience developing and executing SEO campaigns required
Documented understanding or certifications in search engine algorithms and ranking methods
Proven experience with Google Analytics, HubSpot, and SEO tools (Ahrefs or SEMrush preferred)
Deep knowledge of keyword research best practices
Advanced problem-solving skills
Excellent business acumen to bridge the work and provide relevant results
A genuine hunger to learn
Strong presentation and interpersonal communication skills.
Must possess a growth mindset, thrive on creative collaboration, and personal accountability.
Prior agency experience is a plus

\ Vye Benefits and Perks

Health, Dental & Vision insurance benefits with company contribution
Remote working flexibility
Workstation setup (laptop, monitor, equipment, standup desk, etc…)
Company-paid life and long term disability insurance
Paid parental leave
Health Savings, medical flex, and dependent flex account options
Company-paid Employee Assistance Program
401(k) Retirement Plan to all full-time and part-time employees who work a minimum of 1,000 hours each year.
Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)
Paid holidays
Competitive PTO plan
Summer Hours: Memorial Day to Labor Day the normal working hours change to end early on Fridays
Birthday: Half-day of PTO to use however you choose during the month of your birthday.
Continuous education investments through monthly scheduled “stay sharp” sessions
Team building: Friday ‘beerstorming’ sessions, Lunch and Learn sessions, and All staff in-person events (up to 2 times a year)