Rajeev Lekhwar

Digital Marketing Specialist

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States7 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in driving organic traffic growth strategies.
  • Proven track record in SEO audits and optimizations.
  • Skilled in cross-functional team leadership and collaboration.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Digital Marketing Specialist with a strong focus on SEO and data-driven strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

SeoProduct ManagementProject Management

Other Skills

A/B TestingAhrefsCommunicationCompetitive AnalysisCompetitive IntelligenceConsoleContent MarketingCross-functional Team LeadershipData AnalysisDigital MarketingE-commerce SEOEmail MarketingGoogle AnalyticsGoogle SearchGoogle Search Console

About

I am a Digital Marketer with knowledge and expertise in Technical SEO, International SEO, AEO (Voice Search), Data Analytics, Youtube SEO, Content Strategy, Social Media, and much more. PS: Learning is evergreen when you are in SEO Industry, you can't be an expert every time. How can I make a positive difference to your Business? 1. Develop a strategic roadmap that will result in Organic Traffic Growth 2. Work with engineering counterparts to make sure strategic direction is being realized, i.e. answer clarifying questions, verify solutions meet the goals 3. Define and regularly monitor KPIs, success metrics, and other analytics to gauge SEO health and understand organic search performance 4. Perform large-scale keyword research and Search Market Analysis 5. Identify SEO best practices and areas for improvement and drive those initiatives 6. Evaluate experimental results and push forward next steps at a rigorous pace 7. Identify and analyze competitor techniques, as well as benchmark performance against theirs 8. Gather and draw insights from data that can help define areas of SEO optimization 9. Use data-driven approaches to help guide the decisions and continuously improve our SEO health Tools: Semrush, Ahrefs, Moz, Screaming Frog, Deepcrawl, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Trends, Google Data Studio, Tableau, Spyfu, Majestic, Google Sheets, Slides, Docs, Office Suite, and much more. Short Summary about me: I’m a direct and organized person who loves strategy, deadlines, responsibility and keeping the team accountable. I don’t just do SEO, I help businesses hit goals and track the KPIs properly. That’s why I don’t deliver anything for the sake of delivering it, I give the things that actually matter. I do not fear failure because with the growing experience I have learned that if you want to be successful then you must forget the Fear of Failure. Being patient and calm is my mantra.

Experience

7 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 11 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Sports reference, llc

3 roles

SEO Manager

Jul 2025Present · 10 mos · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Product ManagementProduct LaunchSEOA/B TestingCross-functional Team LeadershipGoogle Search Console+2

Senior SEO Specialist

Promoted

Jul 2024Jul 2025 · 1 yr · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

  • 1. Transitioned into a Product-led SEO role, aligning SEO strategies with product growth and user needs.
  • 2. Led key projects, including the State-of-the-Art Baseball Glossary, data preservation initiatives, and funnel creation to enhance user experience and engagement.
  • 3. Developed an SEO Knowledge Base to empower internal Dev, Product, and Engineering teams, ensuring alignment and efficiency in SEO execution.
  • 4. Designed and executed an SEO Roadmap, driving structured improvements and long-term growth strategies.
  • 5. Conducted in-depth research on AI Overviews (AIO) impact, delivering insights and solutions to mitigate traffic loss and adapt to evolving search landscapes.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Product ManagementProject PlanningLanding Page Optimizationinternational seoGoogle Analytics+18

SEO Specialist

Feb 2022Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

  • 1. Responsible for handling seven major sports websites with an overall traffic of around 123 Million+ PageViews/Month
  • 2. Performed technical SEO audit of the websites to uncover underlying issues related to crawlability, renderability, indexability, response codes (3xx, 4xx, 5xx, or 0 codes), breadcrumb usage, canonicalization, pagination, and more
  • 3. Did comprehensive market research (keywords analysis, search demand assessment) for launching the new demand pages for our blog section to tap into the consistent demand throughout the year closing the dependency on news articles
  • 4. Recommended the ideal Hreflang implementation for the websites to expand their exposure in the respective geographies
  • 5. Created strategic roadmaps focused to increase the subscribers on our SaaS website
  • 6. Migrated from UA to GA4 and implemented the conversion funnel for various stages of the User Journey
  • 7. Implemented the Google Tag Manager to track the events in order to trace the conversion funnel
  • 8. Create Looker Studio Dashboard to visualize the traffic data and conversion funnel
  • 9. Introduced a new segment of comparison URLs with the intent to expose the website to an absolutely new set of audience that will eventually get converted
  • 10. Experimented with the Meta Info of the websites with the goal to increase the CTR and average position
Competitive AnalysisProject ManagementWeb DesignOriginalityLanding Page OptimizationSearch Engine Optimization (SEO)+31

Vwo

SEO Manager

Mar 2021Feb 2022 · 11 mos · Remote

  • 1. Performed technical SEO audit of the website to uncover underlying issues related to crawlability, renderability, indexability, response codes (3xx, 4xx, 5xx, or 0 codes), breadcrumb usage, canonicalization, pagination and more
  • 2. Did comprehensive market research (keywords analysis, search demand assessment) for launching the international versions of the website (German and Spanish)
  • 3. Recommended the ideal hreflang implementation for the websites adhering to the Search Guidelines
  • 4. Improved the website information architecture by running a/b tests to ensure the recommendations are resulting as per the hypothesis (Added several new categories in the main nav bar)
  • 5. Created a framework to improve the strength of the pages both internally (via internal linking) and externally (via backlinks)\
  • 6. Acquired backlinks from high-quality (DA/DR: 80+ websites) niches websites on contextual anchor texts
  • 7. Created strategic roadmaps focused on increasing the MQLs and pageviews via Organic Channels
  • 8. Got structured data implemented on Blog and Pillar Pages (FAQ Schema, Article Schema, Organization Schema)
  • 9. Experimented with ‘Exit Intent Pop-ups’, and ‘Email Nurtures’ to keep the visitors engaged with the website
  • 10. Created pillar pages with the help of the content team with the agenda to increase the traffic on the website
Competitive AnalysisProject ManagementRetargetingWeb DesignOriginalityLanding Page Optimization+34

Unyscape

Digital Marketing Consultant(SEO)

Sep 2019Mar 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos · Remote

  • 1. Developed strategic roadmaps that resulted in the Organic Traffic Growth
  • 2. Worked with engineering counterparts to make sure strategic direction is being realized, i.e. answer clarifying questions, verify solutions meet the goals
  • 3. Defined and regularly monitored the performance & success metrics, and other analytics to gauge the SEO health and understand organic search performance
  • 4. Performed large-scale keyword research and Search Market Analysis
  • 5. Identified SEO best practices and areas for improvement and drive those initiatives via SEO Audits
  • 6. Evaluated experimental results and pushed forward next steps at a rigorous pace
  • 7. Identified and analyzed competitor techniques, as well as benchmark performance against theirs
  • 8. Gathered and drawn insights from data that helped define areas of SEO optimization
  • 9. Used data-driven approaches to help guide the decisions and continuously improve our SEO health
  • 10. Collected and disseminated performance data for the Performance Reporting
Competitive AnalysisProject ManagementRetargetingWeb DesignOriginalityLanding Page Optimization+34

The digital education

SEO Trainee

May 2019Sep 2019 · 4 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

  • During my Training with The Digital Education, I was responsible for executing the below mentioned tasks:
  • 1. Analyze competitor websites and determine content gaps across each vertical
  • 2. Research on various keywords and suggest articles to the editorial team on the basis of this research that would drive traffic to various client websites
  • 3. Determine business opportunities across different verticals
  • 4. Prepare detailed strategy reports that would be helpful to the editorial team in making decisions
  • 5. Optimize existing content
  • 6. Use new and existing tools to determine ways in which we can optimize existing editorial content and rank higher on search engine results
  • 7. Remain up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in SEO
Competitive AnalysisProject ManagementWeb DesignOriginalitySearch Engine Optimization (SEO)Google Search Console+27

Freelance

SEO and Social Media Optimizer

Aug 2018Sep 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • This was the time when I was in my last year of Engg., I was really curious about SEO, hence I started learning about Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Marketing on my own. Here's what I worked on during this period:
  • 1. Worked on a fitness website from end-to-end development to SEO and Social Media Optimization
  • 2. Did comprehensive keyword research using Competitive SEO Intelligence Tools such as SEMrush and Ahrefs
  • 3. Did a detailed Content Gap Analysis w.r.t Competitors
  • 4. Within this time span, I also got a chance to work on building the Social Media presence of a Fashion and Entertainment Brand
  • 5. Main KPI of this project was to get a significant number of followers on Instagram and Facebook organically and also to increase the media engagement, I was able to meet the monthly agreed KPIs and this project was a positive learning curve for me
Competitive AnalysisProject ManagementWeb DesignOriginalitySearch Engine Optimization (SEO)Google Search Console+27

All india council for technical education

Web Developer

Aug 2018Oct 2018 · 2 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

  • During my Internship at AICTE, I worked on the below-mentioned focus areas:
  • 1. Worked on PHP and MySQL to design, develop and debug web applications
  • 2. Worked on HTML, CSS, Ajax, Angular, and Node.js to design, develop and debug web applications
  • 3. Worked with the team to manage, optimize and customize multiple web applications
  • 4. Created and maintained technical documentation
  • 5. Worked on Oracle Database
Web Design

Education

Professional & Executive Development - Harvard Division of Continuing Education

Product Management

Apr 2025May 2025

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

Bachelor of Technology — Computer Science

Jan 2015Jan 2019

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