Senior SEO Manager, Technical & Content Strategy

The Arena Group; United States; Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Arena Group is seeking a Senior SEO Manager who will lead technical and content strategy efforts to drive audience growth. The ideal candidate has extensive SEO experience, a passion for sports media, and a knack for collaborating with editorial teams. This role offers a competitive salary and an array of benefits including unlimited PTO and a 401(k) plan.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

401K with company match

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of SEO experience in a media or content-driven environment.
• Strong analytical skills and proven record of increasing organic traffic.
• Expertise in SEO factors like URL structures, meta titles, and page speed optimization.

Responsibilities

• Guide editorial teams on SEO best practices to improve organic reach.
• Analyze audience trends to identify new opportunities for traffic.
• Perform technical SEO audits and work with teams to implement solutions.

Skills

Analytical expertise

Technical SEO

Keyword research

Content optimization

Competitive analysis

Social media fluency

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Google Analytics

Ahrefs

SEMRush

Screaming Frog

Job description

Senior SEO Manager, Technical & Content Strategy

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Senior SEO Manager, Technical & Content Strategy

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This range is provided by The Arena Group. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$125,000.00/yr - $150,000.00/yr

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Title: Senior SEO Manager, Technical & Content Strategy

Employment Type: Full-time

Location: Remote

First Look - Senior SEO Manager, Technical & Content Strategy

The Arena Group is seeking an energetic, organized and accomplished Senior SEO Manager who excels in a team-based, collaborative operation and is comfortable working in a high-paced environment. The Senior SEO Manager will help develop, manage and drive audience strategy and growth for several properties in collaboration with the broader audience team. The ideal candidate should possess strong technical SEO skills, be proactive in editorial strategy and have an interest in sports and sports-related content, business stories, financial news, and automotive news.

The Arena Group’s expected annualized base salary range for this position is $125,000 to $150,000, depending on experience, and qualifications. The listed salary range is but one component of The Arena Group’s total compensation and benefits available to its employees.

What You’ll Do:

• Guide editorial teams on best practices for on-page elements, including titles, meta descriptions, internal linking, headers, and structured data to improve organic reach.
• Build and maintain regular weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting focused on editorial performance, content analytics and traffic trends to the edit team and other key stakeholders.
• Provide insights and partner closely with edit to help them understand audiences across all distribution sources by analyzing traffic and content trends.
• Get hands-on with the edit team, providing both evergreen and timely SEO content recommendations, as well as vetting content calendars and providing daily improvements to content prior to publishing.
• Analyze real-time audience trends to help identify and acquire new audiences by creating and optimizing campaigns in partnership with Editorial and the broader Audience Development team, leveraging audience data from platforms like Parsley, Google Analytics, and Google Trends.
• Perform rigorous technical SEO audits, identifying issues related to site architecture, crawlability, indexability, accessibility, and page speed, and work closely with product and engineering teams to implement solutions.
• Identify new opportunities to drive referral traffic through innovative content distribution and optimization tactics.
• Alerting content teams to needed evergreen content updates.

What You’ll Bring:

• 7-10 years of SEO experience, preferably in a media, publishing, or content-driven environment.
• Strong analytical expertise with a proven record of using data-driven methods to significantly increase organic traffic and engagement.
• Expertise in keyword research, content optimization, and competitive analysis using tools such as Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Ahrefs, SEMRush, Lumar, or Screaming Frog.
• Advanced understanding of SEO factors including URL structures, meta titles, headers, site structure, crawlability, indexability, accessibility, page speed optimization, and schema markup.
• Proven track record of working with product teams to identify and fix technical SEO problems and implement best practices.
• Deep understanding of Google Discover and best practices to improve user intent, impressions, and CTR.
• Strong experience in analyzing content performance and audience behaviors related to the world of sports, business, finance and automotive.
• General fluency in all things social media and the major platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, TikTok), including general best practices for each major platform
• Collaborative team player with exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to synthesize complex data into actionable insights.
• Willingness to work flexible hours as needed

Snapshot of Benefits:

• Medical, Dental and, Vision Coverage
• Retirement Savings Plan (401K), with company match
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Reimbursement for business cell phone use per company policy
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• 12 Paid Holidays

About Us:

The Arena Group (NYSE American: AREN) is an innovative technology platform and media company with a proven cutting-edge playbook that transforms media brands. Our unified technology platform empowers creators and publishers with tools to publish and monetize their content, while also leveraging quality journalism of anchor brands like TheStreet, Parade, Men’s Journal and Athlon Sports to build their businesses. The company aggregates content across a diverse portfolio of brands, reaching over 100 million users monthly. Visit us at thearenagroup.net and discover how we are revolutionizing the world of digital media.

The Arena Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Analyst and Research

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Media

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401(k)

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