Head of Technical SEO

1 month ago

Norwich, United Kingdom Gravity Global Full time

Gravity Global is the world’s most awarded marketing consultancy specialising in brands operating in complex markets. Led by strategy, innovation, technology, data and creativity, we create brand-and-demand marketing programmes that drive transformational growth for our clients.

With 14 wholly owned offices across the US, Europe, and APAC, you can develop a truly global career in a rapidly scaling organisation.

As part of Gravity Global’s Digital Experience division - which also includes web development, CRM, marketing automation, social media and CRO/UX - our SEO team of 20+ experts work with global brands to improve their visibility in search and drive commercially-focussed growth.

The SEO team comprises strategic client leads, technical SEO specialists, on-site SEO specialists, Digital PR specialists and SEO analysts who all collaborate on driving effective organic search campaigns for forward-thinking clients in a variety of B2B and B2C industries.

**About the role**

As Head of Technical SEO within Gravity Global, you’ll lead a growing team of Technical SEO specialists, delivering consultancy and best practice for technical aspects of website optimisation for global enterprise brands. You will have a deep understanding of SEO algorithms and technical SEO best practice, a proven track record of providing SEO recommendations that led to successful client growth, and the ability to lead a global team to achieve ambitious goals and evolve our service offering.

You’ll work closely with colleagues and client stakeholders to analyse, identify and resolve barriers to organic search performance by providing expert advice and recommendations around the areas of search algorithm updates, crawlability & indexation, website architecture, site performance, hreflang and international strategy, algorithmic risk factors and wider SEO best practices.

This role includes responsibility for recruiting skilled personnel and managing the workflow across a growing team of Technical SEO Executives and Managers, implementing training plans, setting and maintaining best practices across the company with regards to organic search, liaising closely with colleagues on SEO strategy for key clients, being involved in new business development and collaborating with internal teams to deliver ROI to clients.

You will be passionate about providing the best service possible to clients and ensure that you and your team’s skills and knowledge remains at the cutting edge of SEO. You will project a warm, engaging personality and demonstrate the ability to win over others, whether they are clients, colleagues, or business partners.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- **Technical SEO Team Leadership**
Lead a team of Technical SEO Executives and Managers. Provide guidance, manage processes, workflows, and resource allocation across your team to deliver to client campaign objectives, ensuring a high standard of work is maintained and that SEO efforts are aligned with broader client business objectives.
- **Recruitment, Training and Staff Development**
Recruit skilled personnel and implement appropriate training plans to maintain industry-leading skill sets. Lead annual appraisals for your reports and make recommendations to the Global Head of SEO on staff progression and resource requirements.
- **Innovation and Departmental Development**
Stay informed about industry trends, search engine algorithm updates, and emerging practices in technical SEO, collaborating with the Global Head of SEO to identify and implement innovations in service delivery and processes.
Document technical SEO processes, implementation guidelines and other departmental resources to ensure consistency and best practices are maintained.
- **Technical SEO consultancy**
Deliver expert technical SEO insight and recommendations for key global clients, providing best practice SEO advice to client stakeholders and working with development teams (client-side, third party or within Gravity Global) to resolve issues we’ve identified. Provide guidance and support to developers to ensure that SEO best practices are integrated into website development processes.
- **Monitor and Analyse SEO Performance**
Utilize SEO tools to monitor website performance and identify areas for improvement. Analyse data to make informed recommendations and adjustments to the technical SEO strategy.
- **Technical SEO Site Audits**
Perform technical SEO audits of key client websites to identify and address issues that may affect organic search performance, such as crawlability, indexation, site speed, mobile-friendliness, internationalisation and structured data markup.
- **Website Migrations**
Lead technical SEO efforts during website migrations, redesigns or platform changes for key clients to minimize the impact on search engine rankings and traffic. Ensure proper planning, execution and monitoring of migration processes to preserve SEO equity and avoid disruptions in organic search performance

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