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Oversee SEO and SEM campaign execution
Ensure the SEO, paid search, design, and product teams agree on launch…3 sources agree

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Oversee SEO and SEM campaign execution+
Ensure the SEO, paid search, design, and product teams agree on launch timelines and asset specs for the app refresh, document open dependencies, owners and deadlines, and circulate the consolidated playbook to content and design by Friday.
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Collaborate with content, design, and product teams+
Define the core SEO KPIs for our blog and product pages—organic sessions, core web vitals, ranking for five target queries, and conversion rate—set target thresholds for the quarter and schedule weekly reports with alerts for drops of more than 10%.
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Manage social media marketing initiatives+
Publish this quarter’s social campaign calendar, map each post to the global messaging pillars, tag channels and owners, set cohort targeting and ad spend limits, then send the calendar and a one-page risks-and-mitigation note to Lina in Brand and Marco in Paid by Wednesday.
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Optimize website content for search engines+
Run an audit of the top 20 landing pages, update each page’s title, meta description and H1 to match priority keywords, record change log and traffic baseline, and share the list with Sofia in SEO and Raj in Content by Friday noon.
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Create content strategies for digital media.+
Draft a six-week digital content plan that supports the global product launch, include themes, channel mix, KPI targets, one sample post per channel and a brief amplification budget, then circulate to Hannah in Product and Omar in PR for sign-off on Tuesday.
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START Work with advertising agencies to create ad copy+
Draft three distinct 15–30 word ad headlines and two supporting body lines for the new premium cloud backup campaign, send drafts to BrightEdge agency and to Rosa in global strategy for review by Thursday, include target personas and one metric to A/B test.
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Manage email marketing campaigns+
Build the three-segment nurture email series for Q3 product launch, include subject line variants, personalisation tokens for industry and role, schedule sends to North America list for next Tuesday and attach tracking requirements.
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Implement mobile advertising strategies+
Outline a four-week mobile ad plan targeting SMB IT buyers: formats, geo and handset splits, creative brief for 15s video, KPI targets and weekly reporting cadence, deliver to mobile agency and Celine by Monday.
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What the work runs on

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7 tasksHubSpotcentralise marketing workflows, store the playbook, and notify content and product owners of assigned tasks
4 tasksGoogle Analyticsmeasure organic sessions and conversion rates and trigger alerts for significant drops
3 tasksElasticsearchsupport fast search analytics and ranking monitoring across site content
3 tasksMarketo Marketing Automationorchestrates multi-channel content programs, schedules sends and captures performance against KPI targets
2 tasksFacebookserves mobile ad placements, manages audience targeting and performance reporting for handset and geo splits
2 tasksJavaScriptimplements event triggers and tracking pixels that automate ad workflows and retargeting connections
2 tasksGoogle Looker Analyticsfor custom dashboards and alerts across regions
1 taskHTMLused to edit titles, meta descriptions and header tags on landing pages
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  • Live with the outcome

What the work pays

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India

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  • ₹38,298 a month — the median for Professionals, the group this work sits in
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Questions people actually ask

You’ll split time between tools and meetings. Morning: check campaign health in HubSpot or Marketo, open Google Analytics or Looker for yesterday’s traffic and conversion numbers.

Afternoon: build or tweak email journeys, coordinate with content and design on landing pages (HTML/JavaScript), and meet product or customer service to solve availability or UX issues.

A Marketing Automation Specialist focuses on automated journeys, email flows, advertising automation, and measurement across systems like HubSpot, Marketo, and Google Analytics.

A social media manager owns platform content and daily community work (Facebook posts, replies). An SEO specialist dives deeper into on-page SEO, technical audits, and keyword strategy—though you’ll do on-page SEO and keyword research too.

Be able to build and test an email campaign in HubSpot or Marketo, set up goals in Google Analytics, and run a basic website health audit for on-page SEO.

Know how to edit HTML/JavaScript snippets for tracking, perform simple keyword research and competitor checks, and explain campaign KPIs (CTR, conversion rate, cost per acquisition).

Salaries vary by location and experience. Entry-level roles often start near local marketing coordinator pay; mid-level specialists typically range higher depending on company size.

Look at job boards in your city for Marketing Automation Specialist or Marketing Technologist roles to see current numbers—use that local data for negotiation rather than guesses.

Daily: email send health (deliverability, open rate), ad spend pace and basic traffic drops in Google Analytics or Looker, and any errors from automation runs in HubSpot/Marketo.

Weekly: conversion rates for landing pages, SEO KPIs (rankings, organic traffic trends), campaign cost per acquisition, and results from keyword/competitor analysis.