SEO Strategist

The Tombras Group; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Dog-friendly offices

Medical (PPO or HDHP) for employee +/–

Job summary

The Tombras Group is seeking an SEO Strategist to join a national agency with a digital mindset. You’ll perform keyword research, site audits, and platform updates, while explaining results and next steps.

You’ll manage reporting, contribute to internal communications, and collaborate on client deliverables. The role involves working with senior staff to grow clients’ online visibility and drive business results.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years SEO experience.
• Proficiency in SEO tools and platforms listed above.
• Ability to execute on a plan with minimal supervision.
• Proven content and technical SEO skills including site crawls and audits, schema markup, and keyword research.
• Familiarity with local SEO platforms such as GBP, MozLocal, Yext, Reputation, BrightLocal.

Responsibilities

• Perform basic SEO tasks such as keyword research, platform updates, listings maintenance, and site audits with little supervision.
• Walk through client deliverables, explaining methodology, results, insights, action items, and next steps with supervisor support.
• Manage regular reporting and insight calls, layering in insights and recommendations.
• Contribute to status calls with updates on deliverables and suggestions for opportunities.
• Engage with internal team communication (email, Slack, team learns) to share and learn.

Skills

SEO experience

Plan execution

Tools

Google Analytics

Google Search Console

Brightedge

Conductor

Reputation

Google Ads

SEMrush

ScreamingFrog SEO Spider

Moz

Job description

Tombras, a 600+ person, full-service, national advertising agency with a digital mindset, is seeking an SEO Strategist.

You’ll be joining one of the top independent agencies in North America. Connecting Data & Creativity for Business Results® is working for our clients and creating a flywheel affect fueling both client and agency growth. You’ll be a part of a highly creative agency that has been recognized by AdAge, Adweek, Communication Arts, Fast Company, Forbes and Fortune. Tombras was recently named 2025 AdAge Agency of the year and 2024 AdAge Independent Agency of the Year.

Where you'll be working:

Atlanta, GA, Portland, OR or Knoxville, TN

What you'll be doing:

• Performing basic SEO assistance tasks such as keyword research, platform updates, listings maintenance, and site audits with little supervision.
• Walk through assigned client deliverables, explaining methodology, results, insights, action items, and next steps, with assistance from your supervisor.
• Manage regular reporting and insight calls, working with your supervisor to layer in insights and recommendations.
• Contributing regularly on status calls with updates to status items, walking through deliverables you've completed, and offering productive suggestions for additional opportunities.
• Contributing regularly to internal team communication areas such as email, slack, and team learns; both learning from and teaching others as part of our collective educational environment.

What you bring:

• 1-2 years SEO experience
• In-platform experience in SEO softwares such as Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Brightedge, Conductor, Reputation, Google Ads, SEMrush, ScreamingFrog SEO Spider, Moz, etc.
• The ability to execute on a plan with minimal supervision, flagging questions and reporting back with updates, working toward a completed product.
• Proven content and technical SEO skills including site crawls and audits, schema markup, keyword research, competitive analysis, keyword gap analysis, etc.
• Familiarity with local SEO services and software platforms such as GBP (formerly GMB), MozLocal, Yext, Reputation, BrightLocal, etc.

Why you'll want to work at Tombras:

• Family - It comes first, on every list. Tombras has been family-run since day 1, we strive to facilitate a family-oriented environment rooted in supporting one another.
• Dog-friendly offices
• Flexible PTO
• Generous parental leave for primary and non-primary caregivers
• Medical (PPO or High Deductible option) for employee + dependents
• 401(k) Participation
• Employer-paid Dental & Vision
• A company culture of promotions from within and an atmosphere allowing for varied and rapid career development.

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Tombras is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.

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This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice. Job may require traveling overnight, driving long distances as required and sitting for extended periods of time with occasional walking and standing and occasionally lifting or carrying articles weighing less than 10 pounds.