Vivid Seats is the fastest-growing online marketplace for sports and concert tickets.  We were recently listed as one of the city's fastest growing internet companies by Crain's Chicago Business and named one of the city's top digital employers by BuiltInChicago.org!  We offer the perks, culture, and opportunity of an entrepreneurial start-up, supported by the scale, stability, and resources of over a decade of profitable growth.  Our mission is to help fans attend all their favorite live events with the highest satisfaction and savings in the industry.

Job Description:

Vivid Seats is seeking a smart, creative, and data-driven SEO Manager to join the team. The successful candidate will be a master of content optimization—helping searchers find Vivid Seats when we’re relevant to their search. Primary responsibility will be to manage all on-page optimization decisions to drive organic traffic and sales.  Role requires excellent project management skills to address a wide breadth of keywords and associated keyword research across a rapidly changing event calendar.  The Manager will mentor junior staff and collaborate with colleagues in dedicated outreach and content teams. 

Responsibilities:

• Perform keyword research to understand search behavior of ticket purchasers
  
• Review on-page attributes and ensure the page is both relevant to what searchers are looking for and considered relevant by search engines
  
• Perform competitive research, page audits, and action plans using a variety of tools and data sources
  
• Regularly monitor performance and report results to colleagues and leadership
  
• Maintain log of major optimizations and events that could affect organic search traffic
  
• Troubleshoot when rankings and traffic may be sub-optimal, understanding how search engines and users interact with content and fixing the on-page and off-page elements of the content until site is user and search-engine friendly
  
• Evaluate equity of existing links and identify gaps and opportunities to add quality organic links to top events
  
• Collaborate with dedicated content and outreach teams to achieve performance objectives

Who we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, English, Journalism, Communication or related discipline
  
• 3+ years of professional experience demonstrating success in increasing natural search visibility in-house or for an agency
  
• Excellent organization, communication, and project management skills with a fanatical attention to detail
  
• Have a working knowledge of leading Web Analytics and SEO tools
  
• Ideally have working knowledge of HTML, CSS, Java Script and Flash
  
• Be fluent in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.
  
• Experience working in ecommerce is a plus
  
• Interest and familiarity with sports, concerts, and all live entertainment
  

Overall, this is a unique opportunity to drive results for a fast-growing business while specializing in the exciting sports, concert, and theater event industry.

What We Offer:

Vivid Seats offers competitive compensation levels, substantial individual and team-based bonus opportunities, aggressive promotion timelines, and a variety of workplace perks.  Specifically, staff has access to discounted event tickets, frequent in-office catered meals, monthly happy hours, team outings, discounted gym memberships, subsidized healthy meal and snack programs, and summer sports leagues.  Standard benefits are also offered such as medical/dental/vision/life insurance, 401(k), paid time off, and transit plan discounts.

Vivid Seats is an equal opportunity employer.  Vivid Seats prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetic information.