*Local candidates ONLY; this is an in-office position*

NEWIMAGE College of Fine Arts has an open position for a Search Engine Marketer with experience in SEO & PPC management. We are a fast growing fine arts college, seeking a highly motivated individual to join our team. This is a full time, contract to hire position at our downtown campus.

Responsibilities:
You will work to improve organic search engine ranking on our soon to be developed main website through competitor & keyword research, website & webpage optimization, link building, search engine & directory submission and other various social networking techniques such as facebook, mySpace and youTube. We are open to your ideas and will challenge you to grow your skills in SEO management and online marketing. Candidate will also manage PPC marketing efforts and will be able to launch an effective landing page campaign.

Required Experience & Skills:
* Expert level in Google Adwords, Adsense and other Google Strategies
* Thorough knowledge of SEO strategy, tactics and management
* Experienced with Dreamweaver
* Ability to precisely convert UI layout designs and web content into high quality, cross-browser W3C Valid XHTML and CSS
* Intimate familiarity & Working knowledge/Experience with Joomla Content Management System
* Advanced knowledge and application of XHTML & CSS web standards
* Experience in PPC strategy and management
* Desire to learn and utilize new and emerging SEO strategy & technologies

Desired:
* 1-2+ years of professional Search Engine Marketing experience
* Programming experience in PHP