Resume template · Updated October 2026
SEO specialist resume template
Short answer
FAANGPath suits an SEO specialist, especially one with a technical lean: it prints labelled skill rows above the jobs, so Search Console, crawlers, Core Web Vitals and structured data are read before the job titles. The fictional sample handles SEO for an online home supply retailer after agency work, with bullets on crawl waste, page speed, new category pages and redirect mapping for migrations.
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Why FAANGPath suits an SEO specialist resume
FAANGPath is built for candidates whose tools and methods should be read before their jobs. SEO postings, technical ones above all, list specific skills (crawling, indexing, Core Web Vitals, schema markup, log files), and its labelled rows answer that list at the top of a plain black and grey page.
Second choice: Meridian. Meridian shares the summary, skills, experience order with no colour; pick it for content-led SEO roles where the tool list matters a little less.
What goes in each section, in FAANGPath's order
FAANGPath prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.
- Professional Summary. Site type and scale (e-commerce, publisher, SaaS, local; thousands or millions of URLs) and your lean: technical, content, local or a mix. Hiring managers sort SEO candidates by these two facts first.
- Skills. Technical: audits, indexing control, page experience, structured data, migrations, keyword research. Tools: Search Console, analytics, a crawler, backlink and rank tools, plus any SQL or Python you use on log files or exports. List only tools you have used on a live site.
- Work Experience. Each bullet should link a problem, a fix and a measurable effect: crawl waste removed, LCP at the 75th percentile, pages indexed, share of organic revenue. Say who implemented the fix; most SEO work ships through developers, and saying so is a strength.
- Education. One line. Marketing, communications and computer science are all common; SEO hiring runs on results, so the degree rarely needs detail.
The sample resume as text
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Lucas Ferreira
SEO Specialist, Technical and E-commerce SEO
Minneapolis, MN | lucas.ferreira@example.com | (612) 555-0178 | linkedin.com/in/sample-lucas-ferreira
SEO specialist with six years on e-commerce and marketplace sites of 50,000 to 2 million URLs. Runs technical audits, fixes crawl and indexing problems with developers, and plans category and content pages from keyword research, reporting results from Search Console and GA4.
Experience
SEO Specialist, Pinecrest Home Supply, Minneapolis, MN (02/2022 to Present)
- Found that faceted navigation was creating about 1.5 million crawlable URLs; worked with engineering on canonical and noindex rules, cutting indexed pages to the 60,000 that matter.
- Wrote the tickets that brought Largest Contentful Paint on category templates from about 4 seconds to 2.3 seconds at the 75th percentile.
- Planned 120 new category pages from keyword research; they now bring in about 18 percent of organic revenue.
- Added product and review structured data and cleared the errors reported in Search Console.
- Built a weekly Looker Studio report from Search Console and GA4 for merchandising and leadership.
SEO Analyst, Loop & Lantern Digital, St. Paul, MN (06/2019 to 01/2022)
- Ran crawls and technical audits in Screaming Frog for 15 clients and wrote prioritised fix lists for their developers.
- Researched keywords and wrote content briefs for client writing teams.
- Handled two site migrations, mapping redirects for about 8,000 URLs and monitoring traffic for three months afterwards.
Education
BS, Information Science, Arrowhead Lakes University (05/2019)
Skills
Technical SEO audits, Crawl and indexing control, Core Web Vitals, Structured data (schema.org), Keyword research, Site migrations, SQL and Python (basic), Google Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog, Ahrefs, Looker Studio, BigQuery, Writing developer tickets, Explaining SEO to merchandisers
How to make the sample yours
Use Google's current metrics
Core Web Vitals are now LCP, INP and CLS; INP replaced First Input Delay in March 2024. A resume still quoting FID looks dated to a technical reviewer.
Show revenue or leads, not just traffic
Organic sessions are a start. Tie at least one bullet to revenue, leads or sign-ups from organic search, as the sample does with its category pages.
Name the migration if you have run one
Domain changes, platform moves and URL restructures are high-risk projects SEO teams hire for. Give the URL count and how traffic held up afterwards.
Adapt for content or local SEO
Content-led roles want briefs, topic clusters and refreshes; local SEO wants business profiles, reviews and location pages. Keep the problem, fix, result pattern and change the work.
Keep algorithm update talk short
One line on recovering from a core update is enough. Long explanations of updates read as speculation; your fixes and results are what count.
Keywords to keep where they are true
Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.
- search engine optimization
- technical SEO
- Google Search Console
- GA4
- keyword research
- crawl budget
- indexing
- Core Web Vitals
- structured data
- site migrations
- redirect mapping
- Screaming Frog
- Ahrefs
- internal linking
- Looker Studio
Mistakes to avoid
- Claiming ranking gains without saying which pages, which terms or what you changed.
- Promising to get any site to position one. Nobody controls rankings, and reviewers distrust anyone who says otherwise.
- A tool list with no sign of working with developers, who implement most technical fixes.
- Quoting retired metrics such as First Input Delay, or a tool's "SEO score", as if they were results.
How the sample PDF reads in text extractors
We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.
| Extractor | Name, email, phone | Headings | Bullets intact |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf.js 4.10.38 | All found | 4 of 4 | 8 of 8 |
| pdftotext (Xpdf) 4.00 | All found | 4 of 4 | 8 of 8 |
| pypdf 6.13.0 | All found | 4 of 4 | 8 of 8 |
Frequently asked questions
What should a technical SEO specialist resume show that a general one does not?
Crawling and indexing control, rendering, page speed, structured data, log file analysis and migrations, each with a measurable result. Technical roles also look for SQL, Python or JavaScript at whatever level you use them.
How do I show SEO results if traffic fell overall?
Isolate what you controlled: pages you fixed, sections you built, a migration you protected. Traffic can fall for reasons outside SEO, such as seasonality or a smaller product range; explain that in the interview rather than on the page.
Which SEO tools should I list?
The ones you use regularly, by name. Search Console and an analytics platform are expected; a crawler and a backlink tool are common. Skip tools you trialled once.
How does agency SEO experience read differently from in-house?
Agency work shows breadth: number of clients, sectors and audits. In-house work shows depth: one site, long projects, revenue. If you have both, let each job show its own strength.
Do I need coding skills for SEO jobs?
Not for most content and local roles. For technical SEO, reading HTML, understanding JavaScript rendering and writing basic SQL or Python for log files and exports help a lot. Describe your real level.
Will applicant tracking systems read this FAANGPath PDF?
The sample PDF read back with its contact details, all 4 section headings and all 8 bullets intact in three open-source text extractors (pdf.js, pdftotext and pypdf). Commercial systems such as Workday, Greenhouse or Taleo were not tested, and each employer configures its own.
Guides and templates for this resume
Sources, checked 29 October 2026
We opened every page below on that date. Pay, rules and requirements change, so check the source before you rely on a detail.
- web.dev (Google): Web Vitals (Core Web Vitals are LCP, INP and CLS; good LCP within 2.5 seconds, INP 200 ms or less, CLS 0.1 or less, assessed at the 75th percentile)
- web.dev (Google): Interaction to Next Paint becomes a Core Web Vital on March 12 (INP replaced First Input Delay as a Core Web Vital on 12 March 2024)
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