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  <contact-details-formatted>&lt;p&gt;Ali Naqvi&lt;/p&gt;
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  <description-formatted>&lt;p&gt;Markco Media are a young and innovative online company who own, develop and create shopping (not ecommerce) based websites that target mainly UK consumers. These sites range from shopping portals to price comparison sites and beyond. Our web development team ensure we remain at the forefront of this market, creating leading websites with maximum functionality and usability.&lt;br /&gt;&#160;&lt;br /&gt;With an office in Croydon we offer excellent salaries and benefits including bonuses, travel allowance and invites to company VIP events. We offer a non-corporate, creative and respectful work place.&lt;br /&gt;&#160;&lt;br /&gt;As a small but rapidly growing company, you will join us at an exciting time in our development, offering you the chance to make significant contributions to the development of the company.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The successful candidate will be required to set up, implement, maintain and analyse Search Engine Optimisation, Pay-Per-Click, Social Media and Email marketing campaigns across the board. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Additionally you will be responsible for the organisation and scheduling of associated services as well as the internal reporting of results and progress. This role will lead into managing a team of SEO practitioners as the team grows and subsequently form an SEO consultancy firm for internal and external clients.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The overall responsibility for the SEO Strategist would be to asses business goals and work towards acquiring search traffic by implementing SEO techniques across a broad range of new media websites.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Responsibilities will include:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160; Search engine marketing&lt;br /&gt;&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160; Generation and optimizing SEO content, URLs and Keywords.&lt;br /&gt;&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160; PPC bid management.&lt;br /&gt;&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160; Ensuring we are not over paying any money in the bids&lt;br /&gt;&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160; Competitor analysis on monthly dates&lt;br /&gt;&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160; Optimising content&lt;br /&gt;&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160; Building link strategies and negotiating link exchanges&lt;br /&gt;&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160; Reporting on web conversion of SEO and PPC&lt;br /&gt;&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160; Directory listings management.&lt;br /&gt;&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160; Analyzing visitor behaviour and implementing ideas to gain more traffic&lt;br /&gt;&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160; Training the in house copyrighters developers on techniques to independently administer SEO.&lt;br /&gt;&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160; Ensuring maximum traffic is achieved with assigned SEM budgeting.&lt;br /&gt;&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160; Google ranking techniques and link popularity initiatives.&lt;br /&gt;&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160; Consolidating different product teams to work collaboratively for SEO&lt;br /&gt;&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160; KPI analysis and reporting&lt;br /&gt;&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160; Project management&lt;br /&gt;&#8226;&#160;&#160;&#160; Setting standards within the organisation.&lt;/p&gt;</description-formatted>
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  <instructions-formatted>&lt;p&gt;Please e-mail a covering letter and CV explaining your suitability for the job. Highlight your verifyable achievements gained in SEO, PPC, Social media and email.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Playstation product line getting 18,000 unique visitors on multiple search engine increased by 165% to 42,000 per month after my link building strategies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gained 2nd position on google for the keyword "playstation" within 3 months of optimisation.&lt;/p&gt;</instructions-formatted>
  <instructions-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;Please e-mail a covering letter and CV explaining your suitability for the job. Highlight your verifyable achievements gained in SEO, PPC, Social media and email.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Examples:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Playstation product line getting 18,000 unique visitors on multiple search engine increased by 165% to 42,000 per month after my link building strategies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gained 2nd position on google for the keyword "playstation" within 3 months of optimisation.&lt;/p&gt;</instructions-unformatted>
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  <requirements-formatted>&lt;p&gt;The ideal candidate would be educated to degree level, or equivalent, ideally in marketing or similar discipline. Ideally have worked in an SEO consultancy before. Have 2-4 years of relevant online marketing experience. You should have a good awareness on line marketing and have the relevant SEO / search engine optimisation skills. You must be a good communicator and have strong interpersonal skills.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;IMPORTANT: Please send your resume only if you are an SEO specialist/strategist. If you a developer or project manager who has had some SEO experience, this role is not for you.&lt;/p&gt;</requirements-formatted>
  <requirements-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;The ideal candidate would be educated to degree level, or equivalent, ideally in marketing or similar discipline. Ideally have worked in an SEO consultancy before. Have 2-4 years of relevant online marketing experience. You should have a good awareness on line marketing and have the relevant SEO / search engine optimisation skills. You must be a good communicator and have strong interpersonal skills.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IMPORTANT: Please send your resume only if you are an SEO specialist/strategist. If you a developer or project manager who has had some SEO experience, this role is not for you.&lt;/p&gt;</requirements-unformatted>
  <salary>35k to 45k</salary>
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  <start-date>As early as next week</start-date>
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