SEO Specialist (Off-Page) - Remote

This is a remote-only role for candidates based in Malaysia.

Rare opportunity to join an award-winning Australian digital marketing agency team, delivering intelligent, creative, and high-performance SEO campaigns for Australia’s leading brands.

About us:

Living Online is a multi-award-winning digital marketing agency powered by some of the brightest minds in the world. For more than 16 years we've pushed the boundaries of digital marketing to create some of the most intelligent, creative, and outstanding campaigns that Australia has ever seen.

We’re the type of agency that turns brilliant ideas into incredible outcomes. Here’s some of our greatest hits:

• Delivering more than 30 million extra visits per year through SEO for one client alone, equating to 470% growth in a little over three years.
• Generating millions of dollars in yearly Google Ads savings for leading companies, often eclipsing 80% improvements in ROAS from previous campaigns.
• Being trusted with one of the largest Facebook Ad campaigns in Australia for six years running, enabling hyper growth for one of Australia’s best-known and fastest-growing brands.
• Growing multiple publishers and SaaS companies through to $100m+ acquisitions and public listings.
• Designing and developing websites that power some of Australia’s well-known companies and winning a bevy of awards for this work.

About the role:

Our team is growing fast and embracing new challenges, so we're looking to hire a new SEO Specialist (Off-Page) to join our team.

This is a fast-paced and fast-growth position. As a member of the Consulting team, you will be delivering Off-Page SEO campaigns for a diverse group of clients.

Reporting directly to the Managing Consultant, your key responsibilities will include:

SEO research - conduct Off-Page SEO research, audit backlink profiles, perform competitive analysis, and conduct link gap analysis (future state vs current state).

SEO strategy - develop link building strategies, plan link building campaigns, and build lists of target links, through competitive research, our internal database, link marketplaces, and performing custom online research and analysis.

SEO delivery - execute link building campaigns across the full spectrum of link building channels, including self-submit, relationships, link bait, PR & media, and negotiated acquisitions.

SEO outreach - conduct outreach via email, phone, and other channels, leveraging existing relationships and building new relationships with target brands, journalists, and other prospective linkers.

SEO knowledge – be an expert with Off-Page SEO tools, systems, and frameworks, while also maintaining a strong strategic working knowledge of On-Page SEO, Technical SEO, and broader marketing disciplines.

SEO troubleshooting - provide Off-Page SEO advice to other consultants, identify Off-Page SEO issues, troubleshoot Off-Page SEO problems, and make both data-driven and intuitive recommendations for actionable improvement to other team members.

Quality focus - manage workloads autonomously, embrace problems, collaborate effectively, deliver high-quality work on time and budget, adapt quickly, solve issues proactively, and take pride in producing excellence.

Client engagement - enable strong client relationships, tailor recommendations to goals, deliver excellent service, earn positive feedback, and take ownership of agency success.

AI & emerging technologies – embrace your AI-obsession and voracious appetite for learning to take an AI-first approach to reimagining SEO, building AI proof of concepts, researching AI visibility, and contributing to the development of our AIO/GEO service.

What’s on offer:

When we invite you to join the team, we’ll be offering you:

• A competitive salary and upwards career mobility.
• An unparalleled commitment to your fast-tracked learning and growth.
• A high-calibre peer group and an industry-leading agency team.
• A remote working environment that includes travel perks.
• Weekly team events, monthly team socials, and a great culture.

What we’re looking for:

We’re seeking someone with 3+ years of experience in SEO, preferably with agency experience, ideally combined with tertiary qualifications in marketing, media, technology, or other associated disciplines. Additional digital marketing coursework or master’s level degrees will be looked upon favourably.

You will have expert-level experience with:

• SEO Tools – including Ahrefs, Semrush, Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools, BuzzStream, and other outreach management platforms.
• Communication – excellent verbal and written communication skills, including a high-level of English language proficiency.
• CMS – WordPress, Shopify, and other popular CMS, as well as the ability to recommend SEO strategies that consider broader UX considerations.
• Data – analysis, reporting, and data visualisation capabilities, enabling you to make insightful decisions and recommendations.

Bonus points if you can also demonstrate experience and capabilities with:

• On-Page SEO and Technical SEO.
• WordPress, Shopify, and other popular CMS, as well as the ability to recommend SEO strategies that consider broader UX considerations.
• GA4, GTM, Looker Studio, and ETLs.
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP.
• Strategic working knowledge of Google Ads, Meta Ads, Organic Social, Remarketing, Email Marketing, Brand, UX, Web Design, Web Development, Copywriting, and Graphic Design.
• Experience developing AI automations and building AI agents.

Most importantly, you will demonstrate an understanding and enthusiasm that goes beyond your professional experience. You will be especially hungry to learn and develop in areas where you don't yet have capability.

As the successful candidate, you will be an individual who thrives in a small and dynamic agency that punches above its weight, possessing the ability to collaborate with team members, whilst enjoying the autonomy to immerse yourself in challenges.

Your application:

To apply, please provide your resume with an accompanying cover letter that describes how your experience matches the role and why you think you’re a great fit for the team.

We appreciate the time taken in submitting your application and would like to respectfully advise that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.