SEO Specialist
REA Group Richmond, VIC (Hybrid: Remote & On-site Role)
Published 23rd July 2024
Job Description
About the job
We're REA
REA Group is not your average digital business. From humble beginnings in a garage in Melbourne’s east in 1995, we have grown into a leading global digital business, specialising in property.
With bold and ambitious goals, we are changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step - whether that's finding or financing your next home.
Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we’re proud to be named in Australia’s “Top 5” Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.
Where the team fits in
The SEO team is responsible for implementing the SEO strategy for REA Group’s Australian brands. The team does this by driving SEO excellence and performance across all products to maximise the organic search audience opportunity and grow SEO market share against our competitors. We’re passionate about SEO and our high-performing in-house team has been recognised as the best in the industry.
What The Role Is All About
In this role you’ll be working with stakeholders in different functions across marketing, product, design and technology to drive SEO excellence and performance in our products.
Your focus will be on SEO performance & organic search growth opportunities. You will bring a strong competitive lens and be constantly looking for creative ways to grow SEO market share.
Your goal will be to maximise the organic search audience opportunity, while also mitigating against SEO risks. You’ll achieve this by working with product managers, designers and developers to ensure they build products that both Google and our consumers love! Your ability to conduct research and analyse SEO data to extract insights and communicate results to the business will be fundamental to your success in the role.
As well as living and breathing SEO and following industry updates and algorithm changes, you’ll be part of a team that is built on knowledge sharing, open communication, diversity, and shared successes.
Who We’re Looking For
- Someone with a few runs on the board – 1+ years of SEO
- Understanding of SEO fundamentals and can implement best-practice SEO (technical, on-page)
- Experience with using SEO tools including Google Search Console, SEMRush.
- A problem solver who seeks out creative solutions and experiments with the latest SEO techniques to maintain an advantage over the competition.
- Good communication and relationship building skills, with the ability to communicate SEO requirements and results to stakeholders.
- Ability to analyse data and use analytics to compile SEO reports.
- Experience with helping to implement a SEO strategy.
- Experience working across tribes & teams to deliver successful SEO projects.
- Passionate about SEO with a desire to both learn and teach others, loves sharing knowledge across the business and championing the value of SEO.
- Ability to manage competing priorities from multiple stakeholders.
- A team member who wants to be part of a highly collaborative team, that encourages open communication, high levels of trust and achieves success together.
- Highly collaborative and also works autonomously and productively in a fast-paced agile environment
The REA Experience
The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we’ll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow. We’re committed to your development – both professionally and personally. Your experience with us is something we take seriously.
We offer:
- A hybrid and flexible approach to working
- Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers
- Programs to support mental, emotional, financial and physical health & wellbeing
- Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity.
- Hack Days so you can bring your big ideas to life
- Performance recognition programs because hard work should never go unnoticed
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking - be it cultural and ethnic backgrounds, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other identity or lived experience. We know diverse teams are critical to maintaining our success and driving new business opportunities. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch.
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Keen to be part of REA but didn't find a perfect match with this opportunity? Perhaps the timing isn't right? You should join our Talent Neighbourhood!
By joining, you will receive information about our working culture and life at REA, industry updates from various areas of our business, invites to our events or materials to help you succeed in interviews at REA. In addition, our recruiters will reach out to you if there’s a role that matches your interests, skills and aspirations.
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