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ILLIA OLABIN
HEAD OF SEO / SEO DIRECTOR
[open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) | [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) | [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) | Kyiv, Ukraine
SEO leader with 9+ years across Canada, USA, Ukraine & Europe. Proven track record scaling organic revenue for
enterprise e-commerce, SaaS, medical & industrial brands. Pioneering AI Search Optimization (AEO/GEO/SGE)
strategies. Built and led teams, rebuilt agency processes, delivered measurable growth.

NOTABLE CLIENTS
Auto-Tune (Antares Audio) · SpaMedica / ICLS · Preply · All Things BBQ · Northern Lights · Softwarium ·
FRE Composites · Tribal Fashion

EXPERIENCE
Lead SEO Strategist | Rank Media Agency, Montreal, CA (remote) 2022 – Present
▸ Promoted from Senior to Lead in 10 months. Own SEO strategy & roadmaps for high-value US/CA portfolio.
▸ Rebuilt link-building department. — content-driven outreach consistently landing DR 80–90 backlinks.
▸ Pioneered AEO/GEO rollout across client portfolio (Auto-Tune, SpaMedica, ATBBQ, Northern Lights).
▸ Trained & mentored junior/mid SEOs; elevated agency methodology and onboarding frameworks.

Head of SEO | Softwarium, Philadelphia, US (remote) 2021 – 2025
▸ CTR: 0.3% → 1.0%. Hit all-time organic traffic peak (KD 65–81). Full ownership: tech SEO, content, analytics,
outreach.

Marketing Director | KGUBrass-KGUmusic, Kyiv, UA 2020
▸ +330% organic traffic, +760% keywords in 9 months. Shopify SEO, Wikipedia page, influencer campaign with
world-class trumpet players.

SEO & E-commerce Co-Owner | Navigator / M-Oceans, CA & US 2021 – Present
▸ Equity stakeholder. Built 4 brands from zero. Ranked #1 for top commercial keyword in Canadian niche (KD 63, DA 1
→ Page 1).

SEO Manager | Hercules Moving Co., Toronto, CA 2017 – 2019
▸ +1000% organic traffic in 2 years. Created full company branding from scratch. 15 locations ranked Top-3 on Google
Maps. Built site & led cross-functional team.

SEO Manager | Grandz Digital Agency, Toronto, CA 2019 – 2021
▸ Managed multi-vertical client SEO, web design & dev projects across Canada and the US.

Consulting: Preply (brand traffic research) · DCP Fund (SEO audit) · CareerUp (brand merger SEO) · Korean Story
(built a full SEO strategy from zero → now a market leader in niche)

EDUCATION
MA, Marketing & Advertising — Seneca Polytechnic, Toronto, Canada 2016 – 2017
BA, Finance & Banking — Kyiv National Economic University, Ukraine 2012 – 2016​

SKILLS & TOOLS
Strategy: SEO Roadmapping · Technical SEO (Shopify, WordPress, Custom) · AI Search (AEO/GEO/SGE) · Content Ops
· Link Building & Digital PR · E-commerce · International & Local SEO · CRO/UX · SERM · Team Leadership
Tools: Ahrefs · SEMRush · Screaming Frog · GSC · GA4 · GTM · Shopify · WordPress · Make.com · Asana ·
HTML/CSS/JSON-LD · Schema Markup · ChatGPT · Claude AI · Gemini
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Languages: English (C2 Proficiency) · Ukrainian (Native)