Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, GQ, Architectural Digest, Condé Nast Traveller, and Wired, among many others. The company's award-winning content reaches 84 million consumers in print, 367 million in digital and 379 million across social platforms, and generates more than 1 billion video views each month.
The company is headquartered in New York and London, and operates in 32 markets worldwide, including the United States, England, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, and Taiwan, with local license partners across the globe.
Our SEO Team works closely with our editorial, audience development, analytics, and product groups to figure out ways to acquire new users from Search and Google Discover to ensure the highest level of discoverability for content across Google’s organic platforms. In this role, your work will make a huge impact on Condé Nast’s digital sites in India and around the world.
We are looking for a data-driven, highly organized content SEO Manager with an editorial search engine optimization background to help Vogue, GQ, Architectural Digest, and Condé Nast Traveller increase their organic search and Discover traffic through content recommendations. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of editorial SEO at a publisher, news site, agency, or similar. This is not a technical SEO role. This is a full time position based out of our office in Mumbai India and reports to the Global Senior Manager of SEO.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS
- Lead and develop SEO content initiatives for Vogue, GQ, Architectural Digest, and Condé Nast Traveller in India (all English language brands), and collaborate with other SEOs in other markets
- Day-to-day execution of organic search engine and Google Discover campaigns including evergreen keyword research, researched content gap recommendations, strategic optimization of existing content, competitor content analysis, and ad hoc non-technical SEO support
- Apply top-to-bottom management of SEO content campaigns including writing meta content, creating SEO friendly content, creating target keyword lists, improving link architecture, etc.
- Work with cross-market editorial teams to create SEO content strategies for each Indian brand and work on executing evergreen strategies for existing and new content
- Monitor content / news trends and provide brands with SEO content recommendations for major events, and support event and news / Google Discover strategy
- Document content strategy for major events and tentpole topics and conduct post-analysis afterward
- Lead ad hoc SEO content projects to support Indian brands and the centralized SEO Team
- Proactively anticipate brand’s needs and provide strong solutions before requested
- Educate stakeholders with editorial SEO trainings, new best practice documentation, and wider team presentations
- Identify key stakeholders on brands to create change and mentor them in SEO
- Perform content audits
- Support content migrations and post-migration analysis & recovery
- Keep abreast of the latest SEO developments and news, and advocate for SEO tactics used in the marketplace that the brands have not utilized yet
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS
Minimum 4 years editorial content SEO experience, preferably for a major media / publishing organization or agency working on editorial contentExperience with Google DiscoverProven track record – Applicants must submit websites that demonstrate their SEO ability and be prepared to discussIntrinsic understanding of SEO tactics, including on-page, off-page, industry best practices, current industry trends, and black hat tactics to avoidExpert user of web analytics tools and concepts, particularly Google Search ConsoleExpert user of third-party enterprise SEO tools (e.g. SEMRush, Screaming Frog, etc)Expert SEO copywriting skillsSeveral years of experience working with Editorial teamsAbility to influence stakeholders and change behaviorExcellent organizational and time management skills and the ability to multitask and deliver under tight deadlines