BRADY CORPORATION
After my final year of University, I decided to take on my first full-time employment role, after being offered a position as Digital Merchaniser for an an American company: Brady Corporation
ABOUT BRADY:
Brady Corporation is an international manufacturer and marketer of workplace health and safety solutions; they identify potential problems and protect people, products and places. Their company focuses’ on solid, long-term performance for their customers and shareholders. They are currently on the New York Stock Exchange and own many subsidiary brands including Safetyshop, Seton and Emedco.
MY ROLE AT BRADY:
I joined Brady Corporation in March 2022, where I was employed as a Digital Merchandiser, working alongside 4 other UK-based Digital Merchandisers (for Brady). In the early stages of my career at Brady, I was trained by Henri Ghekiere on STEP - a site builder software, and by (SEO Manager) Chris Evans on Keywordtool.io, Rankello and overall SEO-Focused Training.
As a Digital Merchaniser, I have been made responsible for building and merchandising digital content for Brady’s owned sites. My daily workload includes copywriting, SEO-focused tasks (e.g. keyword optim., content creation or on-page optim.), activating new products and general site maintenence (e.g. discontinuing obsulete products, ensuring there are no links to 301 or 404 pages).
At the end of May, I was presented with a new project of building and developing Brady’s North America sites - Seton US, Seton Canada and Emedco. Presenting me with new tasks and opportunities to grow, both personally and within the business.
SKILLS LEARNT AND DEVELOPED:
PROGRAMS:
- STEP
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JIRA Software
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Keywordtool.io
-
Rankello
- BrightEdge
SEO:
- Technical & Programming skils
- Data skills
- Analytics
- In-depth keywood research
- Writing skills
- Technical SEO
- Link building strategy
- Content strategy optimisation
ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
- Copywriting
- Leadership skills
- Consumer behaviour analysis
- Time management
- Online monitoring
- Commerical awareness