SEO/CRO Project Manager

Orbit Media Studios is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our Optimization (SEO/CRO) team. This work focuses on growing established brands after their websites have already launched. In short, we set a 3-10 year high-level vision.

Each month, we strategize more deeply through audits, exercises, experiments and content plans. Then we act, distributing work between: (1) our Optimization team, (2) other Orbit teams, and (3) the client’s in-house team.

As Project Manager, you’ll collaborate most closely with a Senior Digital Strategist who sets and interprets a vision. Project Managers coordinate creative (writer/editor) and technical (analyst/developer) team members, who make these visions a reality. As this process unfolds, the Project Manager is responsible for provisioning tasks, deadlines, hourly budgets, scope creep, and communication.

The job

Act as the first point of client contact
Keep internal and external teams informed and excited about the work
Work in partnership with a Senior Digital Strategist to keep measurable results flowing
Coordinate tasks, deadlines, hourly budgets and scope for an average of six brands
Address minor website changes in an administration panel directly
Interpret incoming website requests, adapt these requests to fit our vision
Nurture friendly relationships across various marketing and IT departments
Leverage and improve our centralized process model that spans all things

The skills

5+ years of project management in the digital marketing industry
Strong account-facing relationship management skills
Mastery of keeping multiple teams on task and on budget
Communicate complex ideas simply and kindly
Passion for watching great collaboration turn to measured successes
Organized, great at deadlines and leading others to be the same
Write at a professional level that stays in alignment with the AP Style Guide
Mastery of tools like Google Workspace, Teamwork, and Slack

Brownie points

Experience in a digital agency environment (SEO/CRO, especially)
Any basic web development skills (HTML/CSS, especially)
Familiarity with WordPress, Drupal, or other platforms
Any other working understanding of web technologies

Compensation package:

15 PTO days and 1 VTO (volunteer time off) day
12 paid holidays, including a floating holiday and PTO from Xmas to New Years
Health, dental & vision insurance
Simple IRA with 3% matched by Orbit
Paid parental leave
STD/LTD options
Identity protection option
Budget for professional growth
Salary range: $75K – $90K

Who we are

Orbit Media is an award-winning web design, development,and optimization company based in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago. But you can work from anywhere. This can be a remote position.

This role exists within “Optimization” at Orbit. Our unit focuses on improving websites after they’ve already been built: setting and actualizing a long-term vision.

Since 2001, we’ve been designing and building beautiful, audience-centric, optimized websites for a huge variety of clients in nearly every industry. We’re proud to be one of the first Illinois B Corps with deep roots in our community. We have fun and do great work. And we’d love for you to be a part of it.

Our commitment to an inclusive workplace

Orbit Media provides equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

More About Orbit

Become an Orbiteer

What does it mean to be an Orbiteer? It means being an integral part of building beautiful conversion-oriented websites that deliver genuine results for our clients. It means being able to be creative while working on small teams. It means never being siloed.

It means getting to be yourself.

We hire people at Orbit so that you can do your best work. You have input at every stage of a project, and your fingerprints are all over it. We love working with each other, we share credit and laughter, and we get better because we get along. It’s pretty nice.

Becoming an Orbiteer means being driven to build something, and having the freedom to make it your own.

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Orbit’s been vital to my professional and personal growth. I love that I get to create human-focused, SEO-driven and visually resonant websites. If you strive for excellence, love learning, and thrive in kind, encouraging workplaces, Orbit is for you!

We have great clients, big and small

We work hard to give back

We love Chicago. We’re proud to be a Chicago company, and we use our talents to become an integral part of this city. We’ve helped donate over $660,000 in marketing and web services to deserving non-profits through Chicago Cause, a yearly charity we helped create!

We’re proud to be one of the few Certified B Corporations in Illinois. We practice good environmental stewardship and fair labor laws.

We don’t think it’s enough to do well. At Orbit, we practice doing good. We hope you’ll join us in doing so.

Working fully remote at Orbit has offered me the perfect work-life balance. With the support of an amazing team and work that is exciting and challenging, it really creates a wonderful work environment.

What folks are saying

We’re growing.
You can too.

Every day at Orbit we ask how we can deliver more to our clients (ok, maybe not every Friday). We want you to contribute ideas, take chances, and step out of your comfort zone. We want you to grow professionally and personally.

There’s a culture of work/life balance here that’s nearly unmatched. We have people at all stages of life and careers, from kids straight out of school to people with kids in school. We all hang out. We have game nights, beer fridges, and parties. We’re there at each other’s birthdays and concerts.

Because while we take pride in our work, and work hard, we know there’s more. Orbit is built by and for Orbiteers. Always has been, always will be.

“You’re helpful, you’re curious and you like people. If that sounds like you, we hope you click and apply. On our team or on any team, we believe you deserve to work with great people.”