German SEO Specialist

As a trusted global transformation partner, Welocalize accelerates the global business journey by enabling brands and companies to reach, engage, and grow international audiences. Welocalize delivers multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation for over 250 languages with a growing network of over 400,000 in-country linguistic resources. Driving innovation in language services, Welocalize delivers high-quality training data transformation solutions for NLP-enabled machine learning by blending technology and human intelligence to collect, annotate, and evaluate all content types. Our team works across locations in North America, Europe, and Asia serving our global clients in the markets that matter to them. www.welocalize.com

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

This is a freelance position to work and support our SEO team. You will play an important role in supporting us with keyword search, keyword planner, and content optimization to mention a few of your responsibilities.

This project should last for around 9 months with an estimated workload of 10-20 hours per week. You could also be considered to participate in more SEO projects if you are selected for this one.

Main duties

• Keyword Planner
• Keyword Research and Optimization;
• Metadata Optimization
• Content Optimization
• On-Page Optimization
• Keyword Translation from English to German and German to English
• Data handling and Management
• SEO Copywriting

Educational level

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from a college or university in a related field, or equivalent work experience.

Required skills and experience

• Minimum of 1 year of hands-on experience in SEO
• Good working knowledge of HTML & JavaScript for SEO – basic writing and reading
• Excellent knowledge of various search engine’s best practices (Google, Bing, Baidu, etc.)
• Proven track record for delivering good results with SEO initiatives
• Strong knowledge and experience working with various Analytics packages, for example, Google Analytics, Site Catalyst, and WebTrends
• Advanced Excel skills
• Excellent understanding and experience using various third-party SEO analysis tools (i.e. Screaming Frog, SEM, Rush, Ahrefs, Majestic, etc.)
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, able to set and keep deadlines
• Solid understanding of all other online and offline channels (display, affiliates, social, print, TV, email) and their effects on SEO
• Native level of German and strong understanding of the German culture

Please note that successful candidates will need to have an Office 365 License installed on their devices to be able to complete the tasks assigned.