SEO Specialist

Building SEO -
strategy, technical, content and team.

5+ years across SEO strategy, technical SEO and content operations for niche and product businesses. Experienced in building SEO foundations from the ground up, managing content workflows, and applying AI tools to automation tasks.

Nguyen Thi Thuy Tien
5+
Years of experience
20
Writers led on one team
~234x
Max traffic growth achieved
Career Path

Experience

From content SEO intern to owning full SEO strategy.

May 2026 – Present

Apex Embroidery Designs

Freelance SEO (via XTU Digital)

Leading SEO restructuring for an established 25+ year embroidery business.

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Jul 2025 – Feb 2026

Hifunnel

SEO Specialist · B2B SaaS (Website Builder + CRM + LMS)

Sole owner of SEO strategy, from technical foundations to content and automation.

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Mar 2023 – May 2025

GolfGroup Vietnam Golf National

SEO Specialist

Ran SEO across 4 sites: Biendepso1.vn, Sodo.vn, Topgolfbiz.com, Hocviengolfiga.com.

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Aug 2021 – Feb 2022

TMM Company Limited

SEO Specialist

Wordpress setup and entity/onpage/offpage SEO for the finance vertical; built and led a content collaborator team.

Aug 2020 – Jun 2021

Elipsport Company Limited

Content SEO Intern → Executive

Pillar–cluster keyword systems for a PBN; high-volume content writing under tight deadlines.

Selected Work

Case Studies

Real traffic data from Google Search Console / Analytics across each project.

Apex Embroidery Designs

Freelance SEO via XTU Digital · May 2026 – Present
OngoingSite RestructureMerchant Center
  • SEO restructuring for an established 25+ year embroidery business: content, internal linking, product-page optimization
  • Coordinating with design and development teams on a new UX/UI and site structure
  • Using AI-assisted workflows to optimize product pages at scale
  • Implementing schema improvements and resolving Merchant Center issues

Hifunnel

B2B SaaS - Website Builder + CRM + LMS · Jul 2025 – Feb 2026
SEO Strategy OwnerTechnical SEOContentAutomation
  • Owned the SEO strategy for a B2B SaaS platform: Website Builder, CRM and LMS
  • Set up GSC, GA4 and technical SEO foundations: schema, robots.txt, sitemap and crawl/indexation
  • Rebuilt content structure around search intent, topic clusters; published 254 articles
  • Trained a fresher content writer on SEO writing
  • Set up Make.com automation to sync lead-form data to Sheets
Result: grew organic search sessions from 121 to 2,255/month during the project period; generated 130+ website leads
Organic Search Sessions / Month
2,255
Peak monthly sessions
254
Articles published
130+
Website leads

GolfGroup Vietnam Golf National

SEO Specialist · Mar 2023 – May 2025
Parent company4 sites managed0→1 SEO

Ran SEO end-to-end across 4 sites under this company - two brand-new license-plate niche sites, a golf news site and a golf academy site.

GolfGroup internal Big Idea award ceremony
GolfGroup certificate of recognition for outstanding SEO Specialist, 2024

Biendepso1.vn

License plate niche · Oct 2024 – May 2025
  • Built organic visibility from zero for a newly launched niche site; achieved +49% Apr / +39% May monthly session growth
  • Briefed site structure to the Figma designer; built a lead-capture popup
  • Generated 211 leads
+49%
Sessions, April
+39%
Sessions, May
211
Leads generated
Biendepso1.vn organic traffic growth, leads and keyword ranking dashboard

Sodo.vn

License plate niche
  • Managed a content team of 2 writers, publishing 703 articles
  • Grew total monthly sessions from 197 to a peak of 46,193 (~234x) over 10 months
  • Generated 698 leads
698
Leads generated
Total Monthly Sessions

Topgolfbiz.com

Golf news · Jul 2023 – Oct 2024
  • Led content audit, competitor research and semantic SEO; achieved 6.91K clicks / 185K impressions in GSC
  • Traffic +76% (Mar), +69% (Apr) following Google core updates
6.91K
Clicks (GSC)
185K
Impressions (GSC)
Topgolfbiz.com SEO performance overview: website, traffic and keyword rankings

Hocviengolfiga.com

Golf academy · Mar 2023 – Jul 2023
  • Ranked main target keywords on page 1; grew total monthly sessions from 4,325 to 8,088 (+87%) during the 5-month tenure
  • Coordinated directly with the managing agency
+87%
Sessions, Mar→Jul 2023
Total Monthly Sessions (Sep 2021 – Sep 2023)

VinFast Project

via CB/I Digital · ~3 months
Team LeadershipContent Ops
  • Co-built and trained a 20-writer content team. Handled recruitment, training, briefing, QC and online workflow, delivering ~200 SEO articles
20
Writers
200
Articles
~3mo
Duration
Toolbox

Skills

SEO

SEO & Technical

  • GA4, GSC, Ahrefs, Semrush, Screaming Frog, Clarity
  • Schema, robots.txt, sitemap, crawl budget
  • Semantic SEO, Featured Snippets, Pillar–Cluster
  • Onpage/Offpage audit, backlink, disavow
AI

AI & Automation

  • ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude
  • Automation & AI-assisted coding for non-developers
WEB

Web

  • Wordpress, Elementor
  • Headless Wordpress + Astro
DS

Design

  • Photoshop, Canva, Illustrator
Other Work

Creative & Brand Projects

Don't be afraid to experience many types of marketing design projects - online to offline.

Kimngocpetro.com - Wordpress website design and build Nia Hoa Biết - Wordpress e-commerce website design and build
Website by Wordpress
Lá Moi plant-based restaurant grand opening - POSM backdrop Gieo Xuân standee POSM at event
POSM
Flyer/label designs for MixMatch product line Workshop banner designs for Lá Moi events Brochure designs for Tu Bong and GuChoice
Flyer, Poster, Label
Personal Project

Content Production

Gà Gá Học AI YouTube channel page

Gà Gá Học AI - YouTube / AI Content Project

Built and managed an AI-focused YouTube channel covering AI video and content creation tools. Independently handled topic research, scripting, production, thumbnails, publishing and channel optimization.

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23
Videos
8.57K
Subscribers
448K+
Views
Background

Education & Certificates

B.A. International Business & Marketing

Major in Commercial Business · University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) · 2017–2020 · GPA 8.21/10
TOEIC 785Japanese N5IC3Google Digital Garage