13-1161.01 Bright OutlookApprenticeship

Search Marketing Strategists

Employ search marketing tactics to increase visibility and engagement with content, products, or services in Internet-enabled devices or interfaces. Examine search query behaviors on general or specialty search engines or other Internet-based content. Analyze research, data, or technology to understand user intent and measure outcomes for ongoing optimization.

Career Cluster:Marketing & Sales
Job Family:Business and Financial Operations
Job Zone:Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
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Technology Tools

Adobe PhotoshopAJAXElasticsearchFacebookGoogle AnalyticsHubSpot softwareHypertext markup language HTMLJavaScriptMarketo Marketing AutomationMicrosoft AccessMicrosoft ASP.NETMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft PowerPointCascading style sheets CSSMySQLMicrosoft ProjectMicrosoft SQL ServerMicrosoft VisioPHPMicrosoft WordOracle JavaTableauPythonStructured query language SQLWordPress

Key Tasks

  • Collect and analyze Web metrics, such as visits, time on site, page views per visit, transaction volume and revenue, traffic mix, click-through rates, conversion rates, cost per acquisition, or cost per click.
  • Manage tracking and reporting of search-related activities and provide analyses to marketing executives.
  • Participate in the development or implementation of online marketing strategy.
  • Optimize digital assets, such as text, graphics, or multimedia assets, for search engine optimization (SEO) or for display and usability on internet-connected devices.
  • Coordinate with developers to optimize Web site architecture, server configuration, or page construction for search engine consumption and optimal visibility.
  • Optimize Web site exposure by analyzing search engine patterns to direct online placement of keywords or other content.
  • Assist in setting up or optimizing analytics tools for tracking visitors' behaviors.
  • Identify appropriate Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and report key metrics from digital campaigns.
  • Create content strategies for digital media.
  • Combine secondary data sources with keyword research to more accurately profile and satisfy user intent.
  • Optimize shopping cart experience or Web site conversion rates against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
  • Collaborate with other marketing staff to integrate and complement marketing strategies across multiple sales channels.
  • Improve search-related activities through ongoing analysis, experimentation, or optimization tests, using A/B or multivariate methods.
  • Conduct online marketing initiatives, such as paid ad placement, affiliate programs, sponsorship programs, email promotions, or viral marketing campaigns on social media Web sites.
  • Conduct market research analysis to identify search query trends, real-time search and news media activity, popular social media topics, electronic commerce trends, market opportunities, or competitor performance.
  • Propose online or multiple-sales-channel campaigns to marketing executives.
  • Evaluate new emerging media or technologies and make recommendations for their application within Internet marketing or search marketing campaigns.
  • Communicate and collaborate with merchants, Webmasters, bloggers, or online editors to strategically place hyperlinks.
  • Implement online customer service processes to ensure positive and consistent user experiences.
  • Identify, evaluate, or procure hardware or software for implementing online marketing campaigns.
  • Collaborate with Web, multimedia, or art design staffs to create multimedia Web sites or other internet content that conforms to brand and company visual format.
  • Keep abreast of government regulations and emerging Web technology to ensure regulatory compliance by reviewing current literature, talking with colleagues, participating in educational programs, attending meetings or workshops, or participating in profess
  • Purchase or negotiate placement of listings in local search engines, directories, or digital mapping technologies.
  • Coordinate sales or other promotional strategies with merchandising, operations, or inventory control staff to ensure product catalogs are current, accurate, and organized for best findability against user intent.
  • Develop transactional Web applications, using Web programming software and knowledge of programming languages, such as hypertext markup language (HTML) and extensible markup language (XML).
  • Execute or manage social media campaigns to inform search marketing tactics.
  • Identify and develop commercial or technical specifications, such as usability, pricing, checkout, or data security, to promote transactional internet-enabled commerce functionality.
  • Conduct financial modeling for online marketing programs or Web site revenue forecasting.
  • Define product requirements, based on market research analysis, in collaboration with user interface design and engineering staff.
  • Execute or manage banner, video, or other non-text link ad campaigns.
  • Assist in the evaluation or negotiation of contracts with vendors or online partners.
  • Prepare electronic commerce designs or prototypes, such as storyboards, mock-ups, or other content, using graphics design software.
  • Assist in the development of online transaction or security policies.
  • Execute and manage communications with digital journalists or bloggers.
  • Resolve product availability problems in collaboration with customer service staff.
  • Identify methods for interfacing Web application technologies with enterprise resource planning or other system software.

Skills

Reading Comprehension
72%
Complex Problem Solving
72%
Active Learning
69%
Active Listening
69%
Critical Thinking
69%
Judgment and Decision Making
69%
Speaking
66%
Writing
63%
Systems Analysis
60%
Systems Evaluation
60%
Monitoring
60%
Persuasion
56%
Coordination
56%
Instructing
53%
Time Management
53%
Negotiation
50%
Social Perceptiveness
50%
Service Orientation
50%
Learning Strategies
47%
Mathematics
44%
Programming
44%
Management of Personnel Resources
41%
Technology Design
35%
Management of Financial Resources
28%
Operations Monitoring
28%
Operations Analysis
28%
Management of Material Resources
25%
Quality Control Analysis
22%
Science
6%
Troubleshooting
3%
Repairing
0%
Installation
0%
Operation and Control
0%
Equipment Selection
0%
Equipment Maintenance
0%

Knowledge

Sales and Marketing
90%
Computers and Electronics
83%
English Language
82%
Communications and Media
72%
Mathematics
63%
Customer and Personal Service
51%
Administrative
49%
Psychology
48%
Administration and Management
47%
Education and Training
38%
Sociology and Anthropology
35%
Design
33%
Geography
31%
Engineering and Technology
27%
Law and Government
26%
Telecommunications
25%
Economics and Accounting
24%
Personnel and Human Resources
22%
Production and Processing
18%
Public Safety and Security
15%
Philosophy and Theology
12%
Foreign Language
12%
Fine Arts
11%
History and Archeology
7%
Transportation
6%
Mechanical
2%
Food Production
1%
Therapy and Counseling
1%
Physics
1%
Medicine and Dentistry
0%
Biology
0%
Building and Construction
0%
Chemistry
0%

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Abilities

Oral Expression
75%
Oral Comprehension
75%
Written Comprehension
75%
Deductive Reasoning
72%
Problem Sensitivity
72%
Fluency of Ideas
72%
Written Expression
72%
Speech Clarity
69%
Speech Recognition
69%
Inductive Reasoning
69%
Information Ordering
69%
Category Flexibility
63%
Originality
56%
Near Vision
53%
Flexibility of Closure
53%
Selective Attention
50%
Number Facility
44%
Mathematical Reasoning
44%
Speed of Closure
44%
Far Vision
41%
Time Sharing
41%
Memorization
38%
Perceptual Speed
35%
Visualization
28%
Visual Color Discrimination
25%
Hearing Sensitivity
22%
Auditory Attention
19%
Finger Dexterity
16%
Arm-Hand Steadiness
10%
Control Precision
10%
Trunk Strength
10%
Manual Dexterity
10%
Wrist-Finger Speed
6%
Depth Perception
3%
Reaction Time
0%
Extent Flexibility
0%
Sound Localization
0%
Night Vision
0%
Stamina
0%
Static Strength
0%
Explosive Strength
0%
Peripheral Vision
0%
Multilimb Coordination
0%
Spatial Orientation
0%
Speed of Limb Movement
0%
Dynamic Strength
0%
Glare Sensitivity
0%
Gross Body Equilibrium
0%
Rate Control
0%
Dynamic Flexibility
0%
Response Orientation
0%
Gross Body Coordination
0%

Work Activities

Working with Computers
96%
Analyzing Data or Information
91%
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
91%
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
90%
Processing Information
87%
Getting Information
87%
Developing Objectives and Strategies
86%
Thinking Creatively
84%
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
83%
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
81%
Providing Consultation and Advice to Others
75%
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
75%
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
74%
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
73%
Communicating with People Outside the Organization
70%
Selling or Influencing Others
61%
Documenting/Recording Information
61%
Training and Teaching Others
58%
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
57%
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
56%
Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
54%
Scheduling Work and Activities
53%
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
50%
Coaching and Developing Others
50%
Developing and Building Teams
50%
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
50%
Performing Administrative Activities
49%
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
47%
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
45%
Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People
43%
Staffing Organizational Units
24%
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
21%
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
16%
Assisting and Caring for Others
16%
Controlling Machines and Processes
14%
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
10%
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
8%
Handling and Moving Objects
4%
Performing General Physical Activities
4%
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
3%
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
2%

Work Context

E-Mail

How frequently does your job require you to use E-mail?

98%

Spend Time Sitting

How much does this job require sitting?

97%

Freedom to Make Decisions

How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?

82%

Indoors, Environmentally Controlled

How often does this job require working indoors in an environmentally controlled environment (like a warehouse with air conditioning)?

82%

Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals

How much freedom does the worker have in determining the tasks, priorities, or goals of the job?

81%

Telephone Conversations

How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?

81%

Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams

How frequently does your job require face-to-face discussions with individuals and within teams?

75%

Duration of Typical Work Week

Number of hours typically worked in one week.

70%

Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results

What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?

69%

Importance of Being Exact or Accurate

How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?

69%

Time Pressure

How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?

69%

Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team

How important is it to work with or contribute to a work group or team in this job?

66%

Contact With Others

How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?

64%

Level of Competition

To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures?

63%

Frequency of Decision Making

How often is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?

61%

Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities

How important is it to coordinate or lead others (not as a supervisor or team leader) in accomplishing work activities in this job?

50%

Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers

How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?

48%

Importance of Repeating Same Tasks

How important are continuous, repetitive, physical activities (like key entry) or mental activities (like checking entries in a ledger) to performing this job?

46%

Physical Proximity

To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks physically close to other people?

38%

Written Letters and Memos

How frequently does your job require written letters and memos?

37%

Conflict Situations

How frequently are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?

34%

Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions

How much does this job require making repetitive motions?

31%

Degree of Automation

How automated is the job?

29%

Public Speaking

How frequently does your job require public speaking (one speaker with an audience)?

28%

Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls

How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?

28%

Deal With External Customers or the Public in General

How important is it to deal with external customers (as in retail sales) or the public in general (as in police work) in this job?

27%

Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People

How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements?

27%

Consequence of Error

How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not easily correctable?

26%

Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable

How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?

21%

Spend Time Standing

How much does this job require standing?

16%

Health and Safety of Other Workers

How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?

8%

In an Enclosed Vehicle or Operate Enclosed Equipment

How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or operate enclosed equipment (like a car)?

6%

Spend Time Walking or Running

How much does this job require walking or running?

4%

Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment

How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.)

3%

Work Schedules

How regular are the work schedules for this job?

2%

Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled

How often does this job require working in an environment that is not environmentally controlled (like a warehouse without air conditioning)?

1%

Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions

How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions?

1%

Outdoors, Under Cover

How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (like in an open shed)?

1%

Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body

How much does this job require bending or twisting your body?

1%

Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling

How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling?

1%

Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets

How often does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, hard hats or life-jackets?

1%

Dealing with Violent or Physically Aggressive People

How frequently does this job require the worker to deal with physical aggression of violent individuals?

0%

Exposed to Contaminants

How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?

0%

Exposed to Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions

How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions?

0%

Exposed to Disease or Infections

How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections?

0%

Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions

How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions?

0%

Exposed to Hazardous Conditions

How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions?

0%

Exposed to Hazardous Equipment

How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment?

0%

Exposed to High Places

How often does this job require exposure to high places?

0%

Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings

How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings?

0%

Exposed to Radiation

How often does this job require exposure to radiation?

0%

Exposed to Very Hot or Cold Temperatures

How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures?

0%

Exposed to Whole Body Vibration

How often does this job require exposure to whole body vibration (like operating a jackhammer or earth moving equipment)?

0%

In an Open Vehicle or Operating Equipment

How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or operating equipment (like a tractor)?

0%

Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles

How much does this job require climbing ladders, scaffolds, poles, etc.?

0%

Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance

How much does this job require keeping or regaining your balance?

0%

Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection

How often does this job require wearing specialized protective or safety equipment such as breathing apparatus, safety harness, full protection suits, or radiation protection?

0%

Education

Bachelor's degree

48%

Associate's degree

22%

Some college, no degree

17%

Interests

Enterprising

Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertis

76

Conventional

Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or hum

62

Investigative

Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the f

47

Artistic

Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts,

37

Social

Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.

28

Realistic

Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, t

0

Work Styles

Attention to Detail
79%
Innovation
76%
Adaptability
75%
Achievement Orientation
71%
Intellectual Curiosity
71%
Dependability
67%
Initiative
65%
Tolerance for Ambiguity
59%
Perseverance
58%
Self-Confidence
57%
Cooperation
52%
Integrity
48%
Stress Tolerance
41%
Social Orientation
40%
Leadership Orientation
35%
Self-Control
25%
Cautiousness
22%
Optimism
21%
Sincerity
19%
Empathy
9%

Work Values

Achievement
72%
Working Conditions
61%
Independence
56%
Support
56%
Recognition
50%
Relationships
39%

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