StatBid is an efficiency-minded paid search and SEO agency specializing in eCommerce accounts, whether DtC or Retail. One-size-fits-all rarely fits anyone well. We find that our niche expertise is part of why we're able to drive client success.

StatBid was founded in 2015 by eCommerce veterans, Roy Steves and Shilo Jones, with the goal of creating a lifestyle business where people could work when they wanted, from wherever they wanted, and on projects that were interesting and worthy of their time and talent. 

Today, StatBid produces millions in incremental customer revenue and consists of twenty of the hardest-working, sharpest folks there are in digital marketing. The team consists mostly of former eCommerce operators and has a broader perspective than a niche agency typically would. Our team members worked in literally every aspect of eCommerce from inventory purchasing to building RMA systems. The result is that we THINK like eCommerce operators and strive to help companies grow as if they were our own.

Core Values and Culture

Despite the cost, StatBid prizes their core values and employee well-being. StatBid’s leaders believe that a company’s culture is an emergent property of its people, where employees have a tangible influence on the core values of the company. In addition to generous benefits and a partnership-like relationship, StatBid is committed to growing employees in their professional expertise so that they can continue to improve their skills and career trajectory. StatBid intentionally seeks to provide meaningful work for the team by working exclusively with clients who offer quality products and develop sound business models. Last but not least, StatBid is committed to competitive compensation so that each team member is rewarded for the skills and productivity they bring to the table.

Learn more about StatBid Core Values - https://www.statbid.com/about-statbid/.

Benefits & Compensation

Our benefits start from day one, with no probationary period. We want you to have a flexible, comfortable, and satisfying work-life balance. We have built our company around that ideal.

• Starting Salary: $85,000 DOE
• THREE weeks of vacation per year.
• A mental health day off every month.
  • In addition to your vacation time.
  • You could use this as a three-day weekend every month!
  • Avoid crowds by doing fun stuff on a weekday!
• 5 Paid Holidays per year.
• Up to 20 Hours per year of PTO for Volunteering.
  • We'll pay you to help your favorite charity, for example!
• Up to 40 hours per year of safe and sick time.
  • We want you and your family happy and healthy!
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401k, with company match up to 4%.

While our team is remote, this position is currently limited to those working in the U.S.

The Senior SEO Manager will oversee and execute 4-8 overall client SEO strategies, depending on the size of the client and personal revenue targets. The oversight will include SEO keyword research, landing page optimization, technical SEO, content strategy, and link building. They will review organic search performance, identify problem areas and opportunities, and provide actionable recommendations for improvement. The Senior SEO Manager will often be the first point of contact and the “face” of StatBid for our clients, and thus will be responsible for the clear communication of expectations and results. They will have a support team dedicated to assisting with specific SEO specialties.

While our team is remote, this position is currently limited to those working in the U.S.

What To Expect in the Interviewing & Hiring Process 

We use a multi-step process where we filter candidates at each step carefully in order to assure the best fit for the candidate and our team. To value candidates' time, we strive to be open and direct in our communication during the process. Here is what you can expect if we are interested in pursuing your candidacy:

• Initial Application (with resume and 4 brief pre-screening questions) 
• 10-minute online writing/arithmetic skills assessment 
• 20-30 minute Zoom interview with 1-2 senior StatBid team members
• Reference check calls/emails from StatBid, and background check (county/state/federal records)  
• 40-60 minute Zoom interview with 2-4 senior StatBid team members
• Paid test project ($200) and mock client presentation
• Formal Offer made to candidate(s) with a start date that works for them

Innate Abilities 

• To understand and connect with people

• To motivate and persuade a group 

• To find root cause issues in complex problems and situations

• To understand the big picture of the company’s goals and priorities

• To notice inefficiencies in processes and discrepancies in data

• To reason objectively and logically

• To solve problems methodically

Mastery

• SEO research tools such as SEMRush and Ahrefs

• Written and verbal communication skills via common mediums (email, project management tools, phone, video conference, and in-person)

• Time management and organization skills

Proficiency

• Google Analytics and Google Search Console

• Presenting SEO strategies to mid- and senior-level clients in a confident manner

General Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience of at least 3 to 5 years

• General management experience or ability to demonstrate a strong aptitude toward strategic management in the interview

• Screaming Frog or other web crawling tools - analyzed at least 10,000 URLs with them

• Data Studio or similar tools - created custom reports from Google Analytics, Search Console, or other 3rd party data

• Google Sheets, Excel, or related structured data tools - competent in performing in-depth analysis

Sources of Satisfaction

• You’ll get to help continue the growth of our agency’s SEO and Content offerings in a collaborative environment where your voice and opinions will be amplified.

• You'll have a lot of opportunities to communicate with clever team members and interesting clients and help present the face of StatBid to our partners and community.

• Due to the distributed nature of StatBid, you have nearly complete geographic flexibility and some flexibility when you do your work (you'll need to have sufficient overlapping availability with our clients and teammates).

• There are always new problems to solve, and new tool or trick to learn.

• Even operating within the StatBid playbook, you'll have the autonomy to have a large impact on both our clients and StatBid itself.

• There is also an expectation, with time allocated, for you to improve the StatBid playbook helping us continually improve.

• You'll get to work with established companies with talented teams that need a hand in driving their organic search strategy and execution.

• You have a great work-life balance, with somewhat flexible hours, vacation time, sick leave, and mental health days off, and a team that will support you and provides adequate coverage when needed.

Sources of Dissatisfaction

• You’ll have frequent demands upon your communication skills, and will need to continually present well to and ensure recommendations are implemented in a timely manner.

• You're the most directly responsible individual with large projects, and in many situations "the buck stops with you" - there is pressure to deliver the best possible work.

• The double-edge sword that is the remote nature of StatBid can create some feelings of isolation with plenty of distractions, which requires someone that is predisposed to be disciplined and self-motivated to succeed.

• The tools and techniques we use change continuously, so our operational routines are never quite the same month over month, and adapting can be stressful when those changes are especially large or frequent.

• With continual problems to solve, there are always competing priorities and occasional emergencies to triage. Task switching can be taxing, if necessary.

• Some tasks are relatively repetitive, even monotonous. We try to automate these whenever possible, but where that's not practical or possible, they do need to get done.

We believe that a company’s culture is an emergent property of its people, not something that can be decided and approved upon by a board, and then dictated to employees.  As such, this isn't the first version of the list, and may not be the last.

"The Seven Cs"

• Conscientious:  Everyone is trying to make their businesses successful, and each has their own journey toward that goal.  We must therefore maintain an empathetic foundation in our interactions, with our peers, partners, clients, industry, and world.  We operate with respect and care, especially over disagreement, but also in the way we individually, or collectively as StatBid, deal with others.

• Candid: We strive to be as transparent and honest as possible.  Life’s opportunities increase proportionally to our willingness to have awkward conversations.  While it’s easy to share victories, only through honest, candid assessment can we improve over time, and help others to do the same.  

• Collaborative:  There’s a saying: “If you want to go quickly, go alone.  If you want to go far, go together.”  While it’s surprisingly difficult to trace to an original source, it sticks in the public consciousness for good reason--some things will call for the first approach, others the second.  StatBid is in the business of going far, and that takes a team.  Humans are such a successful species, in part, due to our ability to combine our talents and experience, and we embrace this opportunity.

• Creative:  Our industry changes far too quickly to allow any complacency.  As a result, we must constantly be looking for new, innovative, and creative ways to approach challenges.  Creativity demands the ability to step back, and find new perspectives on old limitations.  We will rise to the challenge.  

• Clever:  Not only should we try to be creative in our problem solving, but our solutions themselves should display elegance.  We are energized by scrappy, innovative thinking, and our business will be guided in no small part by that approach.  This will allow us to punch above our weight class, and out-maneuver potential risks and barriers.

• Constructive:  Everything we’ve built in the past can be improved upon.  We are attached to our output, not our tools, and so we are always open to iterating on tools and processes, if it would improve the results.  We will also provide candid suggestions to others who ask, and graciously consider suggestions that we receive.  This philosophy allows us to build better things in the future.

• Non-Conformist:  The seventh of our Cs only barely starting with a "c" provides for the fact that creative solutions sometimes require abandoning preconceptions and past standards.  Our industry changes quickly, and despite this, there are all kinds of baggage that accumulate along the way.  To mitigate this, we will always be open to considering wildly alternative solutions.  To paraphrase Tim Ferriss: “Most people walk down the street on their legs.  Does that mean we walk down the street with our hands? ...Not usually, no.”  But we also reject the idea that there is a single solution that works for every business, or at every stage of that business’s life, and it’s up to us to spot the difference.