# Stefanos Anastasiadis Stefanos Anastasiadis is a remote worker on Himalayas, SEO Director at ITDEV.gr, based in Greece. Source: https://himalayas.app/@stefanosanastasiadis ```text SEO specialist driving technical SEO, content, and high-impact link building. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Open to opportunities | | Location | Greece | | Authorized to work in | Greece | | Job categories | SEO Specialist, SEO Specialist, SEO Director, Head of Content, SEO Manager, Outreach Manager, SEO Consultant, Content Strategist, SEO Team Lead, SEO Strategist | | Skills | Looker, JavaScript, XSLT, Python, Java, CSR, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, SEMrush, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, Google Page Speed Insights, GTmetrix, Datadog, Dynatrace, BigQuery, WordPress, Drupal, Magento, Google Ads, CRO, A B Testing, Jira, Trello, Notion, BrightEdge, BuzzStream Tool, Basecamp, Clearscope, Facebook Ads, Jasper, Linux, Moz, MySQL, Pingdom, SQL, Skype, Toolkit, Twitter Ads, XML, Technical SEO, Link Building, Link Removal, Content Strategy, Keyword Research, Onsite Technical Optimization, Website Optimization, Google Core Web Vitals, HTML, CSS | ## What I'm looking for ```text I seek a role where I can lead technical SEO and content strategy, mentor teams, build scalable outreach, and drive measurable organic growth in a collaborative, data-driven environment. ``` ## About ```text I am an SEO specialist with 15+ years of experience delivering measurable organic growth across local and global markets. I combine technical SEO, content strategy, and outreach to recover penalised sites, scale organic traffic, and boost conversions. My achievements include recovering multiple sites from Google penalties, building 3,000+ links while removing 4,000+ toxic links, and driving large traffic gains (including a blog to 120k monthly visits and new blogs to 500% growth in five months). I also published a technical SEO course on Udemy attended by 2,000+ students. I lead and mentor teams, collaborate with developers to build custom SEO tools and automations, and focus on measurable outcomes like page speed, indexability, and revenue growth. I seek roles where I can apply technical depth, content-led strategies, and outreach to drive scalable organic performance. ``` ## Experience ### SEO Director (current) ITDEV.gr. Jan 2025 - Present ```text Led SEO strategy across local and global markets, improving organic visibility and conversions while overseeing migrations, technical enhancements, and an SEO team. Built automation tools and adapted strategies to Google algorithm updates to maintain growth. ``` Skills: Technical-SEO, Local-SEO, SEO-Strategy, Team-Leadership, Content-Strategy, Google-Algorithm-Recovery ### Head of Content & SEO Metro Social Media. Apr 2023 - Jan 2025 ```text Developed and executed content and technical SEO strategies, coached a team, resolved crawling/indexing issues, and led link-building campaigns, increasing organic traffic for multiple clients by 40–85%. ``` Skills: On-Page-SEO, Content-Strategy, Technical-SEO, Team-Management, Link-Building, Outreach, Performance-Analysis ### SEO Consultant GreenPark Digital. Apr 2024 - Apr 2024 ```text Delivered keyword research and a site taxonomy for a pharmaceutical brand targeting Greece, identifying category opportunities and competitive insights for full-funnel search. ``` Skills: Keyword-Research, Taxonomy-Design, Competitive-Analysis, Greek-Market ### SEO Freelancer Uklinkology.co.uk. Dec 2023 - Feb 2024 ```text Researched automation tools and APIs to streamline SEO tasks, implemented automated reporting, and provided technical recommendations to improve deliverability and reporting for link-building campaigns. ``` Skills: Reporting, Technical-SEO, Email-Deliverability ### SEO Specialist (Freelance) ManchesterMentalHealthCounseling.com. May 2023 - Aug 2023 ```text Executed keyword research, on-site optimization, and content enhancements that delivered a 149% increase in organic traffic during the engagement. ``` Skills: Technical-SEO, Keyword-Research, Enhancements, Analytics ### Outreach & Content Strategist CitationLabs.com. Feb 2021 - Feb 2023 ```text Produced high-quality content and optimized outreach processes, increasing content team efficiency by 40% and achieving 35–37% open rates with 12–16% reply rates for outreach campaigns. ``` Skills: Content-Production, Outreach, Email-Deliverability, Process-Improvement, Link-Building, KPI-Tracking ### SEO Freelancer Pentius. Oct 2020 - Jan 2021 ```text Improved visibility and reputation for six finance websites through targeted content and technical SEO, achieving 95%+ PageSpeed scores via comprehensive speed optimizations. ``` Skills: Technical-SEO, Website-Optimization, Content-Strategy, Link-Building ### SEO Freelancer HomeAdviceGuide.com. Jan 2016 - Aug 2020 ```text Built and executed an SEO strategy that grew a home improvement blog to 120k monthly visits and secured 500+ high-quality backlinks through large-scale link-building. ``` Skills: SEO-Strategy, Link-Building, Content-Creation, Keyword-Research, Analytics, Backlinks, Blog-Growth ### Organic Search Manager Hurford Salvi Carr. Apr 2014 - Dec 2017 ```text Led keyword research, content optimization, and link remediation removing 1.5K toxic links and building 200 quality links, driving 90% organic traffic growth and 700% increase in blog views. ``` Skills: Keyword-Research, Link-Removal, Analytics, CRO ### European SEO Manager HomeAdvisor. May 2013 - Dec 2014 ```text Executed a 9-month content and link-building strategy across multilingual sites, resolved Google penalties for multiple markets and delivered significant organic gains (e.g., 110% for servicemagic.co.uk). ``` Skills: International-SEO, Penalty-Recovery, Content-Strategy, Link-Building, Team-Leadership, Technical-SEO ### SEO & Paid Search Specialist AlexandAlexa.com. Mar 2010 - Apr 2013 ```text Led content and link strategies for US, UK and UAE sites, driving organic revenue growth of 160%, 100%, and 75% over three years while increasing paid revenue by 280% and reducing ad spend by 65%. ``` Skills: SEO-Strategy, Paid-Search, Link-Building, Analytics ### SEO & UX Specialist Mendeley. Apr 2009 - Feb 2010 ```text Improved site architecture and on-site elements to increase indexed pages by 30% and boost user acquisition, resulting in a 120% increase in signups within nine months. ``` Skills: On-Page-SEO, Indexing, Technical-SEO, Analytics ### SEO Specialist Crab Creative. May 2008 - Feb 2009 ```text Delivered SEO strategies that increased organic traffic from 42% to 80% for three client websites through targeted optimization and link-building efforts. ``` Skills: Website-Optimization, Link-Building, SEO-Strategy ### SEO Specialist Click With Technology. Jan 2007 - Apr 2008 ```text Performed keyword research and on-site optimization for travel websites and executed link-building campaigns that increased organic traffic by 20–40% within three months. ``` Skills: Keyword-Research, Link-Building, Travel-SEO ## Education ### University of Sussex Master's in Human-Centered Computer Systems, Human-Centered Computer Systems. 2006 - 2007 ```text Master's in Human-Centered Computer Systems focusing on human-computer interaction and user-centered design methodologies. ``` ### Ionian University Research Degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Computer Interaction. 2005 - 2006 ```text Research degree in Human-Computer Interaction involving study and research in user interfaces and interaction design. ``` ### Ionian University Bachelor's Degree in Information Science, Information Science. 2000 - 2004 ```text Bachelor's degree in Information Science covering information management, computing fundamentals, and related technologies. ``` ## Tech stack - Facebook Ads - Twitter Ads - MySQL - Magento - Gmail - Google Analytics - Google Search Console - Jira - JavaScript - Java - XML - Linux - Datadog - Trello - Basecamp - WordPress - Ahrefs - Moz - SEMrush - Skype - Pingdom - GTmetrix - Toolkit - Clearscope - SQL - Google Ads - Screaming Frog - Score - Dynatrace - Jasper - Enhance To contact Stefanos, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [Christina Dagre](https://himalayas.app/@christinadagre): Performance Marketing & CRM Lead, Alphos Ventures - [Judith Matewa](https://himalayas.app/@judithmatewa): Content Writer, JudithMatewa - [Sudaraka De Alwis User](https://himalayas.app/@zudaraka): SEO Specialist, Ribs & Burgers - [CHRISTI CHARATASOU](https://himalayas.app/@christicharatasou): SEO Content Writer, Freelancer - [Alexandros Melidoniotis](https://himalayas.app/@alexmelidon): Senior Editor, Webselenese - [Jason Aiginitis](https://himalayas.app/@jasonaiginitis): Director of Demand Generation, V2 Cloud - [Kevin Comlan-Cataria](https://himalayas.app/@kevincomlan-cataria): SEO Content Strategist / SEO Editor, Atolls - [FEY KOKKALI](https://himalayas.app/@feykokkali): Co Founder & Link Building Specialist, Creativelook - [Georgios Ferentinos](https://himalayas.app/@georgiosferentinos): Head of SEO, Betinasia.com - [Evangelia Gkasouka](https://himalayas.app/@evangeliagkasouka): Digital Product Growth Marketing and SEO and Performance Director, Liberal.gr