Brafton is one of the world's leading content marketing firms, with offices in Boston, London, Toronto and Sydney. We aspire to continually raise the bar on what people consider "marketing content." We create result-focused strategies and content to drive SEO, social engagement and leads for our clients. Our teams continuously build expertise across new media formats, including video, blogs, infographics and web design.

This is a remote, full-time contract position and is open to candidates anywhere in South Africa. Brafton is looking for an SEO strategist to join our consulting team. The ideal candidate has previous agency experience, a passion for digital marketing, excellent problem-solving skills, very, very strong attention to detail, and a ton of curiosity about the ever-changing search landscape.

SEO is always evolving - even more significant than being a current expert is being a perennial learner. To succeed, the SEO strategist must have strong people skills (communicating, problem-solving, building relationships), be exceptionally analytical and technical, and also be a very strong writer. This individual needs to make complex search concepts and technical items easy to understand and interesting.

Expertly utilize our software tools (like MarketMuse, SEMRush, and Hrefs) to Assess the health of our clients' websites Execute against planned scopes relating to site optimization or other technical SEO-specific tasks. Undertake SEO-specific research or optimization work for projects including but not limited to:



UX/Website redesigns; large-scale organic SEO work (including but not limited to keyword research); and backlink-focused projects. Be a versatile team player who can tackle various projects and collaborate with all teams.

Be a constant student of SEO who is applying their learnings to their work and sharing knowledge with internal and client-facing teams. 3-5 years or more of experience contributing to or managing SEO programs, preferably in an agency setting ~ Evidence of success with previous SEO campaigns for medium to large brands, ideally including ecommerce companies ~ Strong proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite: Word, PowerPoint, and especially Excel ~ Advanced understanding of technical SEO concepts (crawling, indexing, rendering, AMP, site migrations, page speed optimization, core web vitals and more) ~ Strong project management and organization skills, ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects ~ Understand recent developments in SEO such as Core Web Vitals, Google Discover, E-A-T, new Rich Results, and more ~ Intermediate to advanced knowledge of HTML, Javascript, and CSS as they impact search performance ~ Comfort with and mastery of (or ability to quickly learn) spreadsheet formats (Google Sheets, Excel). ~ Contractors must provide their own industry hardware and a stable internet connection. In addition to federal law requirements, Brafton complies with applicable state, provincial and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfers, leave of absence, compensation and training.

📌 Remote SEO Strategist - South Africa (Moncton)
🏢 Brafton
📍 Moncton