Job Directory Vivid Seats Technical SEO Specialist
Vivid Seats

Technical SEO Specialist Vivid Seats
Chicago, IL

Vivid Seats operates as a ticket marketplace.

Companies like Vivid Seats
are looking for tech talent like you.

On Hired, employers apply to you with up-front salaries.
Sign up to start matching for free.

About Vivid Seats

Job Description

The Opportunity

Vivid Seats is the largest independent online ticket marketplace, sending tens of millions of fans to live events. Experiences Matter- which is why we continue to grow year over year. Working at Vivid Seats provides an opportunity to scale our best in class platform, allowing our fans to sit closer and see more.

At Vivid Seats, you will have the opportunity to work with the flexibility and speed of a startup; while operating at massive, profitable scale. We keep our teams lean, allowing each and every employee direct accountability to creating a positive ticket buying experience. We are relentless and move quickly to release new features and content to our applications. Good ideas are heard and implemented, and hard work rewarded. Being a part of our team means having the ability to drive impact and own the innovation that connects our tens of millions of unique monthly users to the memorable experiences that only live events create.

As the Technical SEO Specialist you will be responsible for ensure the Vivid Seats ticket marketplace is the site that searchers want to visit and search engines want to promote. This role will keep up with search engine guidelines on all things technical SEO including page speed, structured data, crawlability issues such as JavaScript SEO, internal link optimization, canonicalization, machine learning, Progressive Web Apps, Accelerated Mobile Pages, Google Assistant actions, etc. If Google wants site owners to improve something technical about their sites, this role will run point on it at Vivid Seats to introduce the change, priories it and push for its executions, then work closely with Engineering to launch it and ensure its success. [Insert top opportunity/most aspiration selling point of role]

To be successful, you'll need

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
* 4+ years' relevant experience with at least 2 years' experience in Technical SEO (Canonicalization, Sitemaps, Crawlability, etc)
* Deep understanding of SEO best practices and Google quality guidelines
* Proven ability to identify and troubleshoot onsite issues impacting site performance
* Exceptional interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally to ensure alignment and progress on different initiatives
* Experience with JavaScript, PHP, MySql, JIRA, SQL a plus

What We Offer

We are passionate about creating memorable experiences for our fans and the best in class experience for our employees. Vivid Seats offers competitive compensation levels, individual and team-based bonus opportunities, generous benefits package and Flex PTO policy plus a variety of workplace perks. The most exciting one: We offer our employees $100 worth of credits each month to spend on Vivid Seats tickets along with promotional discounts. At the heart of it, we are all fans of great live events. We want to help you get there more often.

Location

111 N Canal Suite #800

Chicago, IL 60606

About Vivid Seats

Vivid Seats operates as a ticket marketplace.

Headquarters
Size
500 employees
Vivid Seats

111 north canal street

Let your dream job find you.

Sign up to start matching with top companies. It’s fast and free.