Merkle is a leading data-driven, technology-enabled, global performance marketing agency that specialises in the delivery of unique, personalised customer experiences across platforms and devices. We call it ‘people-based’ marketing, and with over 25 years’ experience, we are proud to be recognised as a global leader. 

Merkle’s heritage in data, technology and analytics is the foundation for our understanding of consumer insights that drives our people-based marketing strategies. Combined with our expertise in performance creative and media, we can then offer our clients content-driven, contextual and compelling customer experiences that drive business growth. 

In 2016, the agency joined dentsu, one of the world’s biggest media companies to form the Customer Experience Management (CXM) Line of Business. 

Due to our growth, we are looking for an SEO Associate to join our talented & passionate SEO team. 

Reporting to one of our managers, we’ll help you continue to advance in your digital marketing career with the opportunity to work on household names, learn from some of the brightest , and collaborate closely with other Merkle best-in-class departments to create and execute holistic campaigns.  We focus on helping clients deliver incredible search experiences for audiences. To do this you will be: 

• Working closely with Account leads the Associate will drive the tactical initiatives designed to successfully achieve Merkle clients' SEO goals 

• Executing technical deliverables such as UAT testing post product launches, support with web migrations, robots.txt checks, XML sitemap analysis, redirect mapping, canonical tags, broken links, 404 errors, unindexable pages etc. 

• Executing content deliverables such as content briefs, content audits, keyword research, competitor analysis, optimisation of landing pages, meta data review   

•  Engaging a 'problem-solving' mindset for challenges, you will manage time effectively, communicate clearly, and have a keen attention to detail to ensure work is on time and of the highest standard 

• Providing regular updates on timeline, deliverables, performance reporting, competitive intelligence analysis and other follow-up items 

• Extracting insight from campaign data, identifies relevant trends and provides well-developed proactive recommendations to enhance and exceed overall client search marketing goals and objectives 

• Working closely with key team members including, but not limited to, Management, SEO Technicians and Specialists, as well as team members in other functions, to ensure client success 

• Developing your SEO skills, through trainings, self-learning, and tackling new client challenges

What we are looking for in you :

• Minimum 6 months experience within an SEO focused role ideally within an Agency environment

• Passion about the world of SEO with a keen interest in becoming an industry leading expert 

• Able to work with minimal supervision while maintaining focus and productivity 

• Experience working with some SEO tools e.g. Ahrefs, SEMRush, OnCrawl, Conductor, DeepCrawl, Majestic, Yext (we don’t expect you to know them all!) 

• Working knowledge of MS Excel, Word & PowerPoint, and a desire to develop in these areas 

• Good communication and interpersonal skills capable of maintaining strong relationships 

• Natural curiosity to think outside of the box and problem-solving skills 

•  Ability to work in a team environment that promotes collaboration 

Benefits:

⛺ 5 weeks of vacation + 3 wellness days

❤️ 2 Volunteering days to share the kindness of your heart with others

⏰ Flexible working hours and home office

🎓 Full access to Dentsu Academy and on-site learning sessions

🍹 Team events: company parties, monthly breakfasts, and pub quizzes

🥪 Snacks, and drinks at the office

💸 Referral bonus programme

💻 Laptop and equipment

The SEO team is mostly remote, but our base office is in Sofia, with additional office in Plovdiv  if a hybrid working model is preferred by the successful candidate