Overview
Search Engine Optimization Specialist Jobs in South Africa at Elevated Audience
Title: Search Engine Optimization Specialist
Company: Elevated Audience
Location: South Africa
Company Description
Elevated Audience is a boutique digital marketing agency that builds strategic, data-driven, and transparent campaigns centered on clients’ ideal audiences. The team focuses on SEO, paid advertising, and website design to help organizations grow and improve their online visibility. As a smaller agency, Elevated Audience emphasizes long-term partnerships over transactional relationships. Team members collaborate closely with clients, applying analytics and experimentation to deliver measurable results and ongoing optimization.
Role Description
This full-time remote Search Engine Optimization Specialist role is responsible for improving organic search performance for client websites across a variety of industries. On a day-to-day basis, the Specialist conducts keyword research, performs technical and content-focused SEO audits, and implements on-page optimization for site structure, metadata, and content. The role involves monitoring web analytics, interpreting performance data, and preparing clear reports and recommendations for internal stakeholders and clients. The Specialist also manages ethical link building initiatives, collaborates with content and design teams to align SEO with broader digital marketing strategies, and stays current with search engine algorithm updates and industry best practices.
Qualifications
- Strong keyword research skills, including identifying search intent, opportunity, and competitive landscape.
- Experience performing comprehensive SEO audits covering technical, on-page, and content-related factors.
- Proficiency in on-page SEO, including optimizing titles, meta descriptions, headings, internal linking, and structured content.
- Knowledge of ethical link building practices and off-page SEO strategies.
- Ability to use web analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, Google Search Console) to track performance and derive insights.
- Familiarity with common SEO tools (e.g., SEMrush, Ahrefs, Moz, Screaming Frog) is highly beneficial.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills, with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills and ability to explain SEO concepts to non-specialist audiences.
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Previous experience in an agency or multi-client setting and a background in digital marketing or related fields is a plus.