SEO Specialist

Baxter International Inc.Deerfield, IL
$68,000 - $93,500Onsite

About The Position

This role partners with brand, content, product marketing, analytics, and web teams to turn search insights into prioritized topics, optimized briefs, and content improvements that drive performance. The SEO Specialist is an early-career SEO/AEO and content strategy professional who supports organic visibility across our brand web experience. You’ll help monitor search health, identify opportunities to improve performance, and translate insights into clear, optimized briefs and content recommendations. This role is primarily focused on brand-level topic ideation and content development (roughly 80%), with a secondary focus (roughly 20%) partnering consultatively with product marketing teams to improve content and surface major visibility gaps. Over time, you’ll be expected to write or co-write select content pieces, while also leveraging contracted copywriter support when needed.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Business, or a related field
  • 1+ years of experience in SEO (and/or AEO), content marketing, or digital marketing
  • Experience with Google Analytics, Google Search Console and Semrush or similar tools required
  • Hands-on experience contributing to content briefs, content optimization, and/or publishing workflows
  • Comfort collaborating with writers, marketers, and web teams to implement improvements and track results
  • Ability to use data and curiosity to find opportunities, ask good questions, and validate assumptions before recommending action
  • Communicates clearly—able to explain SEO/AEO recommendations to non-specialists and align partners on next steps
  • Takes initiative to move work forward, from identifying a topic gap to delivering a brief and supporting execution
  • Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor and report on SEO/AEO performance through a regular cadence, tracking key metrics, trends, risks, and opportunities
  • Maintain dashboards and performance summaries to inform prioritization and support cross‑functional stakeholders
  • Translate insights into an optimization backlog, recommending on‑page, content, internal linking, and technical improvements
  • Develop search‑informed content strategies by analyzing demand, intent, and competitive gaps
  • Create clear, optimized content briefs for new content, refreshes, and campaigns to guide writers and partners
  • Write or co‑write select content and collaborate with internal teams and external copywriters as needed
  • Stay current on AI‑driven and answer‑based search experiences, helping make content more “answer‑ready” and discoverable
  • Serve as an internal SEO/AEO advisor by providing guidance, enablement resources, and ongoing support to cross‑functional teams

Benefits

  • medical and dental coverage that start on day one
  • insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount
  • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • educational assistance programs
  • paid holidays
  • paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service
  • family and medical leaves of absence
  • paid parental leave
  • commuting benefits
  • Employee Discount Program
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • childcare benefits
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