SEO Manager Job Position Available – Tokyo, Japan

• Proposing and innovating the SEO product with new technology and algorithmic shifts
• Managing HB’s SEO presence to ensure impressions and growth
• Supporting Client SEO projects to ensure they are achieving KPIs
• Analyzing and implementing improvements to the HB SEO process to improve team efficiency
• Training and management of team members to ensure Client SEO success
• Flexibility and openness to potential other tasks as company needs arise

• Education (minimum): High School degree or equivalent
• Education (preferred): College or Vocational

• 5+ years of full-time professional experience, and
• 3+ years of full-time experience in SEO operations, production, and execution (*We are primarily looking for hands-in-the-dirt execution, as opposed to those who have managed or coordinated a team)

• Fluent English skills (TOEIC 700+ or Equivalent)
• Fluent Japanese skills (N2 or equivalent)

*Candidate may be any ethnicity, but preference will be placed on an individual who’s fully native in English or Japanese, with the above fluent capability in the other.
*Fluency will be determined by active language skills: speaking and writing

Leadership

As a Manager, we’re expecting you to have the ability to motivate, support, and elicit positivity in your teams, even when the goings are tough. Without this skill, we won’t be able to put people under you as they’ll be demotivated towards non-success. Further, we want to make sure you have a path in front of you towards a future “Lead” position and will look for these natural abilities in the candidate.

• Motivating teams via acceptance, safety, and fundamental “belief” in them
• Excellent listening (understanding) skills as well as well-practiced active listening techniques
• Some acceptance and mastery of leadership fundamentals (Such as vulnerability, self-awareness, curiosity to understand people, creating safety, etc.) for inspiring teams
• Austerity and humility to own mistakes and improve forward

Conscientiousness

Here’s the Wikipedia definition of this one:
Conscientious people tend to be efficient and organized as opposed to easy-going and disorderly. They tend to show self-discipline, act dutifully, and aim for achievement; they display planned rather than spontaneous behavior; and they are generally dependable.

If that’s you, show us how!

• Project Management (Task management, scheduling, team coordination, etc.)
• Client relations (Expectation management, meetings, communications/updates, etc.
• Broader marketing experience (especially in the areas of paid advertising, e-commerce optimization, or branding)

• Negotiable
• HB’s Insane 40% Profit Bonus System

1. Make sure to attach a resume
2. Make sure to attach details about projects (i.e. a Portfolio) and your distinct roles (and non-roles) in those projects
3. Please include data and performance to showcase your ability
4. Problem resolution is important in this position. Please prepare a real story in which you 1. Recognized an issue > 2. Decided to Act > 3. Planned a meaningful solution > and then 4. Executed to fix it.

1. Application review: We will review your resume and portfolio of experience. Note that those who do not pass the screening, due to overwhelming demand for our positions, may not receive a response. We understand this is not ideal, but thank you for your understanding. Feel free to follow-up!
2. Formal Interview OR request for information: If we see potential in your application, we’ll request a formal first interview (usually 90 minutes). If we’re not formally ready to start, but our curiosity is piqued, we may ask you to submit more information or request a 30-minute touch base pre-interview. From there, successful candidates will be invited to that formal first interview.
3. Take-Home Test: After the first formal interview, we will likely give you a hairy SEO challenge, and ask you to develop a strategic and creative strategy for it. The test content may vary depending on your application.
4. Test Review + Second Interview: Next, we will ask you to guide us through the test, and complete a second series of questions and interview. This is also usually a 90-minute chat.
5. Result: In ideal situations, this is where we will confirm a number of technicalities and potentially be ready to make an offer. However, the Third chat can also be a chance for us to clear out a few more questions prior to the result.

*Note that we try our best to really see things through with you. If things are taking a little longer and we need 4 or even 5 touch points, it’s because we see something in you and are trying to find a match. We are not going to rush as we’re looking to be invested in you for thousands of future hours (and want to make sure that both parties are gonna love that journey via a good cultural and skill match). If you are worried about time and have some tightness, please communicate that with us.