SEO Assistant

Pattern is Australia's leading eCommerce Digital Agency. In 2021 we were awarded Australia's Best Digital Agency at the NORA Awards Valued at $2 billion USD, Pattern has been named one of the fastest growing tech companies in North America by Deloitte and one of best-led companies in America by Inc. More than 100 global brands—like Nestle, Sylvania, Kong, Panasonic, Sorel, Skullcandy, and Popsockets—rely on Pattern's global eCommerce acceleration platform to scale their business around the world. We place employee experience at the center of our business model and have been recognized as one of America's Most Loved Workplaces®.

We offer perks like 5 weeks annual leave, flexible working hours and locations, reduced summer hours, a competitive salary plus stock options upon joining.

We are a geeky, data-driven and ambitious team and due to our recent success, we're growing. Our people are everything - so each hire is super important to us. We're looking for an SEO Assistant to join us in our Melbourne office.

This is a brilliant opportunity to work in a digital agency that also includes an eCommerce consultancy and a marketplace management team. If you love to learn, you'll love working for us - we have a commitment to professional development, and you will receive a professional training and development plan in your first 12 months with us.

**Mission**

The mission for the SEO Assistant is to action and implement digital content which elevates our long-term SEO and content strategies. The SEO Assistant will work with leading eCommerce brands to bolster the growth and development of the client's digital channels.

Reporting to the SEO Manager, you will be a key player in the SEO team and work closely with members of the broader Digital Agency team.

**Key Outcomes**

Client Management
- Effectively support the SEO team in responding to client queries
- Execute all client deliverables and communications in line with Pattern best practices and training
- Escalate client problems or issues with line managers in advance of them arising or as soon as these occur

Subject Matter Expertise
- Effectively support he SEO team with the production of deliverables
- Provide metadata recommendations based on optimal keyword selection
- Conduct Keyword Research and Keyword Mapping
- Review a site against Pattern's set of technical criteria
- Keep up to date on new developments in SEO, actively researching, testing, and proposing new approaches to improving search engine rankings
- Become proficient and confident in Google Analytics and Data Studio to effectively understand and report on content performance

Sales
- Support your Line Manager in developing content proposals for new business opportunities
- Grow existing client engagements by identifying opportunity areas and selling-in to clients

Product Strategy
- Support the development of new products in line with market expectations and in anticipation of market trends

Marketing
- Assist with the optimisation of the Pattern site, ensuring content elements are in line with industry best practice
- Attend webinars and networking events where necessary

**Skills and Qualifications**
- This role would benefit a recent graduate qualified in marketing, analytics, computer science or communications with a keen interest in digital and eCommerce
- Applicants must be permitted to work permanently in Australia with no restriction on hours (e.g., citizen, permanent resident)
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written,
- First-class ability to prioritise and manage own workload
- Strong presentation and communication skills
- Demonstrable use of adapting to different brand tone of voice in different contexts
- Highly proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel
- Having previous experience working with eCommerce clients would be highly regarded
- Being familiar with SEO best practice standards would be highly regarded

**Desired Traits & Competencies**
- Efficiency - Able to produce significant output with mínimal wasted effort.
- Honesty/integrity - Does not cut corners ethically. Earns trust and maintains confidences. Does what is right, not just what is politically expedient. Speaks plainly and truthfully.
- Commitment to Delivery Excellence - knows what exceptional delivery looks like and holds themselves to those standards
- Attention to detail - does not let important details slip through the cracks or derail a project.
- Teamwork - reaches out to peers and cooperates with supervisors to establish an overall collaborative working relationship.
- Proactivity - acts without being told what to do. Brings new ideas to the company.