Do you feel like you’ve hit a growth ceiling in your current role in link building and digital PR? 

If you have more to offer than your agency or in-house environment can provide, we’re looking for you. Especially if you’re a curious, coachable, and capable team player who can join us as our next Link Building Specialist.

Our Mission at Powered by Search

We are on a mission to be the best in the world at SaaS marketing — doing work we love, with people we like, how we want. The Opportunity

We are trusted advisors to the world’s fastest-growing B2B SaaS and tech companies. 

As a Link Building Specialist, you will have the freedom to help us acquire amazing backlinks that increase traffic and revenue for our clients. You can do so without the typical shenanigans of agency life.

There are no overworked, underpaid, or unappreciated teams at Powered by Search. 

In fact, we’re rated 5/5 ★★★★★ on Glassdoor (https://bit.ly/poweredbysearchglassdoor) , and 99% of our team members recommend us to their peers and friends.

Outcomes Expected

In this role reporting directly to the Director of Digital PR, you’ll work across a varied portfolio of clients to:

• Conduct comprehensive research to identify potential link-building opportunities, focusing on quality, relevance, and strategic value.

• Utilize various tools and methodologies to qualify prospects based on predetermined quality metrics and manual checks.

• Collect and organize contact details (emails, social media), and personalization data to ensure that outreach efforts are tailored and effective.

• Engage with clients or other team members to obtain approval for the final list of prospects, ensuring alignment with their goals and expectations.

• Collaborate closely with the outreach team to facilitate smooth transitions from prospecting to outreach.

• Maintain up-to-date records of prospecting activities and regularly report on progress to both the team and management.

• Stay informed about the latest trends and changes in SEO, link-building strategies, and competitor activities.

  You’re a great fit for this role if you:

• Hold yourself to a high bar for your own performance

• Are generous, perceptive, and persuasive

• Are self-directed, organized, and care about the details

• Are self-aware, coachable, and trustworthy

• Come with batteries included

  Prior Success and Qualifications

   

• Proven experience in link-building.

• Strong research and analytical skills, with the ability to identify valuable prospects in various niches and industries.

• Familiarity with SEO tools and platforms (e.g., Ahrefs, SEMrush, Moz) for prospecting and analysis.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective client and team interactions.

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing tasks to meet deadlines and objectives.

• Detail-oriented with a commitment to accuracy and quality in all aspects of the prospecting process.

• Stable working environment (laptop/computer), and a fast and reliable internet connection to ensure consistent availability and reliability.

• Working effectively in fully remote-first or hybrid environments

  Why work here?

  We believe that if we build our people, the people will build the business.

   

• We have happy clients who respect our expertise and trust our recommendations. 

• We have happy team members with an average tenure of 3+ years and an industry-leading net promoter score of 70+.

• You do not have to become a manager to increase your compensation or responsibility.

   

  Here are some comments from your future co-workers about their experience (from Glassdoor (https://bit.ly/poweredbysearchglassdoor) ):

   

  One of my life's best decisions was to join PBS. Here's why:

• Working with a top 1% SaaS experts

• Supportive & empathic leadership

• End-to-end control with no account manager involvement

• Highly data-driven and result-oriented

• Remote first with a supportive global team & flexible work hours

• Your growth here in 1 year is similar to 3 to 4 years in other companies

   

  Our Core Values

• Give a Sh!t

• Always Be in It To Win It

• Be Obsessed with Serving Others

• Practice a Growth Mindset

• When We Fail, We Don’t Lose the Lesson  

   

  Compensation and Benefits

• This role is fully remote.

• Competitive base and bonus compensation

• We pay bonuses quarterly vs annually tied to performance 

• 12 days of paid time off for all full-time team members

• Weekly 1:1’s with supportive managers for your professional development

• Flexible hours with a working overlap of 4 hours daily with American timezones

• In-person meetups for team members, and a big annual retreat 

• Comprehensive health spending account and eye/dental/medical benefits for Canadian residents.

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