Austin Lewis

Austin Lewis has a diverse work experience in the fields of search engine optimization (SEO), digital marketing, and financial advising.

Their most recent role is as a Search Engine Optimization Manager at HawkSEM, where they manage SEO campaigns for SaaS, e-commerce, and finance sectors, and has had the success of three of their campaigns becoming case studies for the company. Austin also worked as a member of the Analytics team at HawkSEM.

Before joining HawkSEM, Austin worked at Caledon Virtual as a Digital Marketing Manager and an SEO Strategist. As a manager, they led and trained a team of six performance marketers, and successfully grew the SEO client count by over 358%. As a strategist, they developed a three-phase SEO process, created standard operating procedures for SEO services, and implemented organic conversion tracking with Google Tag Manager/Analytics.

Prior to their digital marketing roles, Austin briefly worked as a Financial Advisor at Waddell & Reed.

Overall, Austin Lewis has a strong background in SEO, digital marketing, and finance.

Austin Lewis completed their education as follows:

- From 1999 to 2002, Austin attended Webb City High School and obtained a High School/Secondary Diploma.

- In 2002, Austin enrolled at Wentworth Military Academy for one year and earned an Honors degree in High School.

- Austin then pursued a Bachelor's Degree in Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management at the University of Missouri-Columbia from 2004 to 2009.

- In 2009, Austin attended Kaplan Business School for one year and obtained a Series 7 degree in Investments and Securities.

In addition to their formal education, Austin obtained several certifications:

- In July 2016, Austin completed multiple online courses including "Building an Integrated Online Marketing Plan," "Content Marketing Fundamentals," "Content Marketing: Slides," "Google Analytics Essential Training," "Growth Hacking Fundamentals," "Lead Generation Fundamentals," "Mobile Marketing Fundamentals," "Small Business Marketing Fundamentals," "Online Marketing Fundamentals," and "SEO Fundamentals" from Lynda.com.

- In October 2021, Austin received the "Advanced SEO: Search Factors" certification from LinkedIn.

- In March 2020, Austin obtained the "HTML5 Developer Certification" from W3Schools.com.

- In July 2020, Austin received the "Inbound Marketing Certification" from HubSpot.

- In March 2020, Austin completed the "Google Ads Search Certification" and "Google Ads Video Certification" through the Google Digital Academy (Skillshop).

- Lastly, in February 2023, Austin obtained the "Manager Bootcamp" certification from ceciliagorman.com.