Business Listings & Citation Intern
Business Listings & Citation Intern
Have you wondered what it would be like to work in a corporate environment with one of the fastest growing Fortune 300 companies in the nation? Lithia Motors is a place for people who enjoy a challenge and want to continue to learn and grow throughout their entire career. Join us and experience the excitement of working for a humble but incredible company. This position can be remote or located in Medford, OR. This internship is paid and will be discussed during interview/selection.
The Business Listings & Citation Specialist reports to the Manager – Website Strategy and SEO.
Responsibilities
· Self-direct and initiate conversation around process improvements
· Identify and monitor business opportunities
· Develop an understanding of Lithia’s corporate and dealership culture, business and growth model
· Remain current and increase knowledge in assigned business and industry trends
· Work effectively both independently and collaboratively as port of the department team
· Auditing listings sites and identifying inaccuracies and inconsistencies, fixing issues as they are discovered
· Work closely with our technology partner to ensure source of truth information is accurate
· Category and Subcategory alignment for Sales, Service, Parts, Body Shop, etc.
· Other duties as assigned
Skills and Qualifications
· Strong attention to detail
· Excellent communication skills
· Sense of urgency
· Active listening
· Critical thinking
· Time management
· Must be currently enrolled to obtain a Bachelor’s degree.
· Must exercise independent judgment and care in decision making process.
· Must have the ability to communicate effectively with all corporate and dealership organizational levels.
· Familiarity with citation sites such as GMB, Bing, Apple Maps, as well as management solutions
· SEO Knowledge
· Firm understanding of social media and how it impacts SEO
· Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
Competencies
· Does the right thing, takes action and adapts to change
· Self-motivates, believes in accountability, focuses on results, makes plans and follows through
· Believes in humility, shares best practices, desires to keep learning, measures performance and adapts to improve results
· Thrives on a team, stays positive, lives our values
· Maintain valid driver’s license and MVR within company policy requirements
· Conducts themselves professionally at all times and works well under pressure
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.*
· Up to 1/3 of time: standing, walking, lifting up to 25 pounds
· Up to 2/3 of time: sitting, kneeling, reaching, talking, hearing
*Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.
NOTE: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the job. While this list is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, the company reserves the right to revise the functions and duties of the job or to require that additional or different tasks be performed.