SEO Manager, Justworks
$109-119.9k
Business operations platform
Open for applications
Business operations platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$109-119.9k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Justworks' mission is to help entrepreneurs and businesses grow with confidence.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will be excited by the opportunity to innovate and enjoy testing new ideas to evolve the ways that we reach our goals
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in SEO, with a strong understanding of both content optimization and technical SEO best practices
- Proven track record of driving results, including improving search engine rankings and driving organic traffic and conversions
- Excellent knowledge of Google Analytics, Google Search Console, SEMrush, and SEOTesting
- Experience managing monthly search volume analysis, content decay analysis, content cannibalization analysis, and keyword competition analysis
- Technical background to support Q/A of new page builds, checking meta tags, schema, and canonicals
- Quickly learns and adapts to new digital marketing tools and evolving strategies
- Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
- Experience with Contentful CMS is a plus
What the job involves
- Justworks is looking for an experienced SEO Manager to join our SEO & Content Team
- In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing both on-page content optimization, technical SEO efforts, and off-page tactics to drive organic traffic and improve organic search conversions
- You will work closely with the content and development teams to ensure that SEO best practices are followed and that the website is optimized for both users and search engines
- Reporting to the Senior Manager, SEO & Content, you will collaborate with multiple teams, including development, product marketing, growth marketing and social, to drive the strategy, measurement, testing, and execution of our SEO efforts for Justworks.com
- Collaborate with Senior Manager, SEO & Content to develop and execute a comprehensive SEO strategy that leverages both on-page and off-page SEO best practices to drive organic traffic and conversions
- Grow the number of keywords ranking in the top 10 positions of SERPs
- Conduct thorough keyword research and analysis to identify high-value, relevant keywords for content across the website
- Identify opportunities to grow VSEO, working closely with our Video Producer to drive optimization of video assets for use across marketing channels
- Collaborate with the content team to develop and implement SEO-friendly content targeting high-priority keywords and perform content decay and cannibalization analysis to support future content efforts
- Develop and propose data-driven recommendations for SEO tests and optimizations
- Collaborate with the development team to ensure that the website is operating with SEO best practices in mind, including responsive design and fast load times
- Monitor the website's technical SEO performance, including site load times, meta tags, schema, canonical and crawlability, and identify and resolve any technical issues that may be impacting search engine rankings
- Stay up-to-date with the latest SEO trends and best practices and adapt the SEO strategy as needed to ensure continued success
- Own and implement strategies to grow SEO visibility through AI tools and report on how Justworks.com performs within AI environments
- Analyze and report on website traffic and search engine rankings on a regular basis, using tools such as Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and SEMrush
- Work with cross-functional teams, including growth marketing, product and social to ensure that all stakeholders are working toward the common goal of an integrated strategy
- Perform other related duties as needed
- As a SEO Manager, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following:
- Business insight - applying knowledge of Justworks and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals
- Functional expertise: subject matter expertise of specific functions including knowledge of principles, practices, and domain best practices
- Creative thinking - discovering new opportunities and solutions for problems by looking beyond current practices and using innovative thinking
- Teamwork and communication - putting our collective best together through documentation, collaboration, relationship-building, listening, empathy, recruiting, and evangelism
- Nimble learning: Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder
- Builds networks - effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization
Our take
Justworks operates in an increasingly crowded space of all-in-one business operation suites, that include tools like human resources, payroll, employee management, benefits, and others that businesses critically need to operate as they scale.
Globally, human resource management has become an extremely fertile field, worth over $20 billion annually and predicted to grow to over $50 billion annually by 2030 - creating great opportunity for Justworks to continue to grow. The company is regarded as a market leader, but does see competition in the shape of Paychex Flex, Rippling, Paylocity, and TriNet, among others.
Solutions delivered by Justworks have proven to be extremely popular with SMEs, and this has not gone unnoticed by investors, with the company picking up exceptional amounts of funding. Justworks is known to have sights on going public, though action towards this end has been delayed until global mass-market conditions have settled from a period of volatility. However, the company's acquisition of
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2023
$16.9m
LATE VC
Jan 2020
$50m
SERIES E
Total funding: $159.9m
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer work.
- Paid parental leave.
- Work from home opportunities.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus access to One Medical, Kindbody, and Teladoc.
- Premium access to Headspace, ClassPass stipends, and webinars to support your overall wellness on topics like nutrition, budgeting, mindfulness, and more.
- All Justworks offers include equity, and Justworkers can continue to earn more over time with promotions and tenure.
- Extensive learning & development opportunities through workshops, ExecOnline, Udemy, and BetterUp coaching.
- Engineering Apprenticeship program that supports internal movement and growth
Company values
- Camaraderie: As a growing company, we know how crucial teamwork, higher purpose, and a healthy dose of fun can be to success. Be an active listener, treat people respectfully, and have a strong desire to know and help others.
- Openness: We believe in radical transparency. This means being willing to share information, understand other perspectives, and consider new possibilities. Be curious, ask open questions, and be receptive to thoughts and feedback from others.
- Grit: They say when the going gets tough, the tough get going. We are a team of hardworking individuals with the courage to persevere. Be committed, be earnest, and dive in to get the job done well with a positive attitude.
- Integrity: We do the right thing. Be honest and forthright, have a strong moral compass, and strive to match your words with your actions while leading by example.
- Simplicity: We make things easy for everyone to understand and do. Be innovative, unafraid of streamlining processes, a clear and concise communicator, and don't overcomplicate solutions.
Company HQ
Fulton Ferry District, NY
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Leadership
Isaac Oates
(Executive Chair)Experience as a Senior Product Manager at Amazon before founding Adtuitive and serving as COO for a year. Left this position to spend 3 years as a VP at Etsy, before founding Justworks.
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