Hunter Provance

Experience

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  Outback Steakhouse

  Jul 2014 - Nov 2019

  Host/Server

  • Coordinated seating charts, waiting times, and "call aheads" at the "Original" Outback Steakhouse to ensure the restaurant runs smoothly and effectively.• Provided outstanding customer service to 500 guests nightly to secure their overall experience exceeds expectations.• Constantly communicated with servers, hosts, managers, and customers to guarantee that everything stays on track. • Trained all new hosts/hostesses on corporate standards and procedures.• Helped facilitate some of Outback’s corporate marketing special events in Tampa and St. Petersburg as well as training videos for all Outback Steakhouse restaurants across America. Show less

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  University of South Florida Athletics

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  Marketing Intern

  • Successfully worked with marketing team providing promotional services for all main USF sports home games (Football, basketball, baseball, softball and soccer games). • Creatively involved in coordinating marketing events.• Enthusiastically promoted and professionally represented USF Athletics to fans and potential customers.

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  Tampa Bay Tornadoes (Arena Football)

  Mar 2019 - Nov 2019

  Sales and Marketing Intern

  • Helped develop and implement new marketing and strategic ideas to ensure success for the inaugural season for the new arena football franchise.• Assisted Co-owners and Director of Sales and Marketing with partnership leads, community involvement, and other various marketing strategies.• Specially designed company essentials including business cards and the redesign of the official sponsorship package.

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  International Granite and Stone

  Nov 2019 - Dec 2020

  SEO & Digital Content Marketing Specialist

  • Instrumental in company growth and sales through the implementation of creative SEO strategies and social media following/engagement.• Highly involved in brainstorming and creating promotions and offers to create new quality contacts for the lead setting team, leading to a higher rate of contact-to-customer conversion.• Professionally represented the company at different Costco warehouses, various roadshows, and our main showroom, while generating new customers through vast industry knowledge.• Constantly learning and enhancing skills, such as graphic design for social media content, and staying up-to-date with the ever-changing SEO algorithms, while immediately applying them for the company’s benefit. Show less

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  Creatively Innovative

  Mar 2021 - Jul 2021

  SEO Project Manager

  • Successfully managed around 30 service-based business SEO campaigns at a time, while improving conversion rates.• Helped increase year-over-year leads for businesses by over 100% with SEO out-performing several Google Ads campaigns.• Strategically optimized and edited client websites and Google My Business profiles, which increased targeted traffic and the number of leads for each business.• Actively analyzed Google Analytics and Google Search Console metrics to see what was working and what needed improvement for each client.• Consistently worked independently with excellent communication to clients and coworkers.• Possessed a data-driven decision-making approach when determining what the next best SEO move was for each client. Show less

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  WEO Media - Dental Marketing

  Feb 2022 - now

  Search Engine Optimization Specialist

  • Strategically manage SEO services for 70-80 different dental practice clients.• Improved KPIs of SEO clients on page 1 for their targeted keyphrase from 60% to 85% and growing.• Coordinate with and train Junior SEO Specialists to provide value for clients as well as enhance their SEO knowledge for their potential careers.• Constantly research and test new SEO practices in order to ensure that we are ahead of competition and doing the best work we can for our clients.