Local SEO Specialist, Owner.com
$70-90k
+Pre-IPO equity
Infrastructure platform for independent restaurants
Open for applications
Infrastructure platform for independent restaurants
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$70-90k
+Pre-IPO equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To give independent restaurants the infrastructure tools they need to compete with larger corporations.
Role
Who you are
- 2 + years of experience in local SEO or a related field
- Strong understanding of SEO principles and best practices
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency in SEO tools and analytics software
- Passion for the restaurant and food industry
- Knowledge of HTML and CSS
- Local SEO ranking factors understanding
What the job involves
- As a SEO Specialist, you will play a crucial role in driving organic traffic to our restaurant websites. You'll be responsible for executing SEO strategies, optimizing local listings, and conducting keyword research to improve online visibility
- Conduct keyword research to identify relevant keywords for our websites and content
- Optimize on-page SEO elements, including title tags, meta descriptions, and header tags
- Create and implement content strategies to improve our client’s local SEO performance
- Analyze website traffic and performance metrics to identify areas for improvement
- Stay up-to-date with the latest SEO trends and best practices
- You will report to our Senior Staff SEO Architect
- You will work and collaborate with our Customer Success, Support and Onboarding Teams
Our take
The Pandemic caused a major upheaval in the US restaurant industry. Smaller operations struggled to stay afloat amidst brick-and-mortar closures, and as the demand for home delivery soared their margins were tightened further by hefty third-party delivery app charges. Add to that the fact that consumers become customers of the delivery app, not the restaurant itself, and it’s a development that has spelt real trouble for independent locales. Owner has set out to level the playing field.
Owner’s platform provides independent restaurants with the infrastructure they need to take control of their business without deferring to third-party apps like GrubHub and Deliveroo. It offers marketing, online ordering, and support solutions to over 1,000 restaurants across the U.S. The company has taken impressive first strides, too: they have a 7 figure run-rate, over 105% monthly revenue retention, and helped restaurants avoid millions in online order platform fees.
It’s a hugely attractive proposition for independent business owners, and research suggests it’s a winning idea for consumers too. Over 60% say they’d prefer to deal with restaurants directly, but historically the infrastructure simply hasn’t been in place to do so. With Owner seeing impressive traction by tripling its customers between 2023 and 2024, it's unsurprising that its 2024 funding is being channelled into engineering and design teams, alongside the development of new tools.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Employee endorsements
Intelligent people
"People here make quality decisions twice as fast as the average top startup employee. "
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2024
$33m
SERIES B
Mar 2022
$15m
SERIES A
Total funding: $62.2m
Company benefits
- 100% Remote - work from anywhere, no commute required
- Comprehensive benefits (healthcare, vision, dental)
- Monthly lifestyle benefits stipend, to use for fitness, wellness, learning, hobbies etc!
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Adam Guild
(CEO)Previously a Thiel Fellow, and named in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 List.
Dean Bloembergen
(CTO)Previously Co-founder and CTO at Marble Technologies, went on to serve as an Advisor at Arch Mission Foundation.
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