SEO Writer

**Do you ever wonder what happens inside the cloud?**:
The Content Marketing Team is looking for an SEO Writer to write and edit SEO-focused content for startups and small-to-medium businesses building technical businesses. This role will write and edit a range of web content to ensure content is optimized for SEO and improve the SEO rankings for business-critical keywords. This role is ideal for someone with a proven background in technical SEO writing and a deep understanding of SEO best practices. Extremely strong English language and grammar skills are required.

**What you'll be doing**:

- Writing new content, such as webpages and blog articles, designed to rank for critical SEO keywords.
- Editing content written by others to optimize for SEO, including adding backlinks, ensuring proper heading and metadata structure, etc.
- Conducting keyword research and using SEO tools to ensure maximum visibility of content in search rankings.
- Partnering closely with the SEO Team to track the performance of articles and report on the results of SEO optimization work.
- Establishing a process to regularly update old content to improve rankings.

**What we expect from you**:

- 2-4 years minimum, of job related experience in an SEO Writing or SEO-focused role, with a demonstrated record of improving the SEO rankings of content.
- Experience implementing both on-page and off-page SEO best practices.
- Very strong writing and editing skills with excellent knowledge of the English language and grammar. Experience with AP style is a plus.
- Experience with SEO tools such as SEMRush, SurferSEO, and related tools.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple projects at once and work cross-functionally to ensure deadlines are met.
- Experience working with both technical SEO teams and editorial/writing teams.
- Nice-to-have: Experience writing content and ranking for topics in the cloud computing and developer space.

**Why You'll Like Working for DigitalOcean**:

- **We reward our employees**. The salary range for this position is based on relevant years of experience and skills. Employees may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees including grants of equity upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
- **We value development.** You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that is always challenging our teams and employees to continuously grow. We maintain a growth mindset in everything we do and invest deeply in employee development through formalized mentorship and other internal programs. We provide all employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education.
- **We care about your well-being. **In addition to cash and equity compensation, we also offer employees a competitive array of benefits. In the United States, these include health insurance, unlimited vacation, retirement benefits, a generous parental leave program, and additional resources to support employees' overall well-being. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary in other countries due to local regulations and preferences.
- **We value diversity and inclusivity.** We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
- This is a remote role
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