Search Strategist

Locations : Galway, Ireland
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

Search Strategist

We’re hiring a Search Strategist to ensure EA Help content is both technically sound and optimized for how players search - across traditional search engines and emerging AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Bing Copilot. From structured data and page speed to conversational phrasing and content formatting, this role improves how easily EA Help content can be discovered, cited, and trusted.

Responsibilities

- Monitor Core Web Vitals and site health, driving prioritization and influencing teams to implement scalable improvements using tools such as CrUX, Lighthouse, and Screaming Frog.
- Own the translation of search, AI visibility, and site health requirements into clear technical documentation (BRDs, user stories, tickets), partnering with WebOps and IT to deliver scalable fixes across Help and Forums
- Act as the SEO technical lead across launches and ongoing improvements, setting standards and guiding cross-functional teams to ensure consistent, scalable implementation
- Recommend, coordinate, and validate schema enhancements across Help content, working with WebOps and IT to support implementation
- Run regular SEO audits and flag technical blockers to indexing, rendering, or AI parsing
- QA Help content structure for AI answerability and SEO best practices (headings, TL;DRs, FAQs)
- Apply E-E-A-T principles to enhance content credibility and player trust
- Conduct keyword and prompt research using Semrush, ScalePost, and GSC to uncover optimization opportunities
- Define and scale internal linking strategies to strengthen topical authority and improve discoverability across the ecosystem
- Track off-page link health (Reddit, YouTube, EA.com) and recommend backlink improvements
- Analyze competitor citations (e.g., Reddit, creators, wikis) in AI platforms to inform EA Help visibility strategy
- Own and evolve the AI formatting playbook, defining best practices and driving adoption across Help and Forums
- Support game launches by delivering SEO readiness QA and surfacing critical visibility issues during daily/weekly/90-day reporting windows
- Leverage AI tools and partner with Business Analysts to identify scalable visibility opportunities, influence prioritization, and quantify impact on key business goals

Skills and Experience

- 3+ years of experience in SEO, search strategy, or digital optimization roles, with exposure to technical SEO, on-page optimization, and content-led search performance
- Hands-on experience working with enterprise-scale SEO and analytics tooling (e.g. Search Console, keyword research platforms, crawl diagnostics) to identify issues and validate impact
- Strong understanding of technical SEO fundamentals and AI search systems, including site health, structured data, indexing, and how content is surfaced by search engines and AI platforms
- Ability to evaluate, structure, and improve Help content for clarity, discoverability, SEO performance, AI answerability, and trust (E-E-A-T)
- Experience conducting keyword, topic, and prompt research to uncover optimization opportunities, with awareness of regional and localization nuances
- Comfortable working with datasets and spreadsheets to support analysis, QA, and reporting
- Proven ability to partner cross-functionally with content, WebOps, localization, analytics, and engineering teams to deliver search improvements
- Experience operating in structured delivery environments (sprints, launches, ongoing optimization), balancing priorities and delivering reliably with minimal oversight
- Strong sense of ownership, prioritization, and continuous learning in a fast-moving environment

About Electronic Arts We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.
We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.
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