Senior SEO Specialist with 16+ years of experience

Help to grow your sales with SEO & Digital Marketing

Delivered organic traffic growth from 20% to 550% for 90+ businesses across 20+ industries since 2007. From startups & small businesses to nationwide and global/international companies worldwide.
Alex Cherkaskyy - Senior SEO Specialist, Digital Marketer, WordPress Expert
16+
years of experience
90+
projects
20+
industries
20-550%
organic traffic growth

Key Strengths

1. Broad and In-Depth Expertise

I possess a robust combination of SEO, Digital Marketing, Web Development, and WordPress expertise. Honed my skills by solving complex digital growth problems across 20+ industries project by project year after year since 2007.

I bridge the gap between Marketing and Technical domains, with my most valuable expertise lying at their intersection. One of the key strengths is the ability to collaborate productively with developers, effectively communicating in the same language. This ensures accurate implementation of SEO and Digital Marketing strategies on the technical end, minimizing delays and accelerating goal achievement.

2. Business Background & Education

I hold a university degree in Business Administration and have 5 years of experience running my own offline business, a recruiting agency. This experience has helped me multiple times to understand the pain points of other businesses more deeply and make more efficient marketing decisions. It has also been invaluable in building and managing teams effectively.

3. Self-Starter, Results-Driven, Hard-Working

In my case, this isn’t just a set of phrases that look good on a resume. I was born and raised in Ukraine during a time when life was governed by fairly simple rules. If you’re irresponsible, you don’t survive. If you don’t deliver results, you’re out. No matter the circumstances.

Years of living under such conditions become ingrained in your DNA and serve as a natural driver for achieving maximum results and a problem-solving attitude for the rest of your life. In my humble opinion and experience, this is an invaluable trait in an era of total “warm bath”.

Having experience running my own business and online projects, I’m always driven by achieving significant results after putting in a significant effort. I don’t wait for someone to give me direction to start acting. I take the initiative and set tasks for myself and the team.

4. Priceless Asset for Startups

If you are a startup, you have probably arrived at the perfect place. When time and resources are limited, it is invaluable to have someone on your team who combines Digital Marketing and Web Development expertise. The sooner you are ready to start successfully acquiring clients, the sooner you become profitable, and the later gray hair will come for you.

Experience

I bring extensive experience from working in a full-cycle digital agency with a diverse team spread over 3 continents, an international in-house environment, and a startup in its initial phase.

I am accustomed to working in fast-paced environments, quickly switching between various projects across multiple industries and within the same company. I have always enjoyed this dynamic approach, as it prevents reliance on industry-specific solutions and allows me to apply successful strategies from other niches, helping to outperform competitors.

Since coming to SEO in 2007, I have continuously worked on my personal content projects, often using them as experimental platforms to test cutting-edge SEO and Web Development solutions. The successful strategies and techniques are then subsequently implemented in client and company projects.

Skills

On-Page SEO

SEO Audit

Keyword Research

SEO Strategy

Technical SEO

Website Migration

Content Strategy & Plan

Content Creation Management

Structured Data/Schema.org

On-SERP SEO

International/Global SEO

Multilingual SEO

Local SEO

Off-Page SEO

Competitor Analysis

Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

Content Marketing

Backlink Strategy

Link Building

Google Business Profile Optimization

ASO

Digital Marketing

Digital Marketing Strategy

Paid Search/PPC/Google Ads

Organic Social

Paid Social

Youtube Marketing

Marketing Automation

Email Marketing

Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)

A/B Testing

Hubspot CRM

Project Management

Fluid Team Building

Team Management, Leadership

Planning

Assigning Tasks

Providing Clear Instructions

Controlling the Execution

Web Development

HTML

Semantic markup

CSS

JavaScript

PHP

SQL

MySQL

WordPress

Full Package

Customization (Themes, Plugins)

Custom Development

Optimization (SEO, Performance, Scalability, Maintainability, Security)

Gutenberg (Native WP Block Editor)

GeneratePress

GenerateBlocks

Content Management

Tools I Use

(shortlist)

SEO & Analytics

Google Search Console

Google Analytics

Google Tag Manager (GTM)

Looker Studio (formerly Google Data Studio)

SEMrush

Ahrefs

Majestic

SimilarWeb

Keyword Planner

Google Trends

Screaming Frog

PageSpeed Insights

GTmetrix

AI tools

Project Management

Monday.com

Jira

ClickUp

Asana

Slack

Visual Content Creation

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom

Davinci Resolve

Office Apps

Google Workspace

Microsoft 365

Languages

English

Fluent/C1

Ukrainian

Native

Russian

Native

SEO for Other Languages

It’s possible. Just let me know more about your case, and we can tailor our approach to your needs.

Communication in Other Languages

Live communication in some other languages is also possible using recent AI solutions, though it may be slightly slower.

Industries I love the most

SaaS

Software Products

Travel, Hospitality

Real Estate

Industrial Equipment & Services

HR

E-commerce

Conferences, Events, MICE

Services

What kind of job am I open to?

Joining an ambitious team full-time and long-term is my strong preference

However, I also know that businesses often require a senior specialist or consultant for short-term, part-time, freelance, or per-project work. Whatever works best for you works for me.

I’m flexible and open to all reasonable forms of collaboration that suit your needs, as long as I’m not committed full-time elsewhere.

Roles I’m Open To

Senior SEO Specialist

SEO Manager

SEO Strategist

SEO Consultant

SEO Coordinator

Technical SEO Specialist

SEO Lead

Head of SEO

Digital Marketer

Digital Marketing Manager

Online Marketer

Growth Marketer

Growth Marketing Manager

Growth Hacker

User Acquisition Specialist

User Acquisition Manager

Head of Acquisition

Website Manager

Website Project Manager

Web Coordinator

Digital Project Manager

Head of Marketing

Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

Fractional CMO

Startup/MVP Growth Consultant

Unprecedented Flexibility

Interesting projects + Ambitious Team + Good Offer = I’m packing my suitcases

Your location: Any!

Your time zone: Any!

On-site, hybrid, remote – whatever works best for you.

Full-time, part-time – both are possible.

Open to relocation and occasional travel.

I’ve been living as a digital nomad since 2019. Visited 17 countries. Stayed long-term in a couple of them (Spain and Montenegro). Still searching for a new home, so I’m maximally flexible with this.

Eligible to obtain work authorization in most European Union countries without visa sponsorship.

Preferred locations

I’ll be extremely excited to work with ambitious teams located in:

Austria

Netherlands

Belgium

Luxembourg

Germany

Switzerland

Spain

Portugal

Norway

Denmark

Sweden

Finland

Estonia

Czechia

France

USA

Canada

Australia

New Zealand

Chile

Argentina

Let's discuss your ambitious plans!

Feel free to share your vision, the goals you aim to achieve, your challenges, pain points, and expectations. Let’s figure out how I can contribute my expertise to help you grow.

Alex Cherkaskyy - Senior SEO Specialist, Digital Marketer, WordPress Expert