SEO Manager

**Senior Digital Marketing Specialist - SEO & Content**

**Salary: £50,000- £65,000 dependant on experience + bonus + benefits**

**About the role**:

- **Our client is looking for two Senior Digital Marketing Specialists - SEO to join their growing central digital marketing team, creating in-depth SEO strategies for continous optimisation and implementation across their prominent brands.**_

This role will operate as an internal agency, with the individuals working within a central team whilst collaborating with marketing teams working within market/industry 'Pillars', consisting of events, training courses, research products and media properties.

They will lead on the tracking and reporting of all campaigns, providing key insights to maximise effectiveness against overall marketing objectives.

This marketing specialist will embed SEO best practice across Pillar Marketing and Media teams, providing training where necessary.

**Responsibilities**:

- Increase organic search traffic, referrals and crawlability of the organisation's brands and properties by defining and implementing an effective SEO strategy, aligned to Pillar marketing objectives
- Conduct full SEO audits of key company properties, effectively aligned to Pillar marketing strategies
- Conduct relevant audience and industry research to maximise effectiveness of SEO tactics
- Align audience knowledge with in-depth keyword research, prioritised by search volumes and competitiveness
- Consistently optimise SEO initiatives at key junctures, ensuring content and keywords remain highly relevant and effective
- Provide advice and guidance on suggested content topics and formats to increase relevant and quality site traffic and organic rankings
- Advise on landing page optimisation to maximise discoverability and conversion
- Uncover offsite SEO opportunities through backlink partnerships
- Conduct competitor analysis to uncover strategic keyword opportunities and optimisations
- Work with relevant SEM Associates and Specialists to prioritise keyword opportunities across both paid and organic initiatives
- Track organic search and referral traffic performance and its impact on audience growth and conversion through Google Analytics
- Create a bi-weekly SEO tracker by Pillar for circulation to key stakeholders and teams, with commentary, analysis and suggested optimisations
- Produce wash-up reports summarising organic traffic performance, domain authority and keyword ranking improvement, as well as audience growth and conversion
- Facilitate digital marketing upskilling sessions and best practice implementation across Pillar marketing and editorial teams
- Stay up to date with the latest algorithm changes, SEO trends and tools for optimisation of current and future initiatives

**About you**:

- Highly strategic - SEO strategy creation
- Creating comprehensive and effective SEO strategies, closely aligned to overarching marketing objectives
- Extensive knowledge of Google Analytics with and in-depth experience in segment building and goal set-up
- Extensive knowledge of MOZ, SEMRush, Ubersugggest, Search Console and related tools
- An in-depth understanding of technical SEO and practical experience implementing successful SEO strategies
- Hands-on experience conducting comprehensive SEO audits
- Highly analytical, ability to recreate successful initiatives and optimise sub-optimal SEO strategies
- Proven experience in analysing audience data, traffic analytics and channel performance, and recommending improvements
- Ability to effectively collaborate cross Pillar, with strong communication and presentation skills
- Ability to multitask and work across multiple product and audience types
- Highly innovative - staying up to date with latest SEO tools, platforms and important algorithm changes
- Preferably experience focused on success SEO initiatives across media and news sites

**Benefits**:

- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, 4 days for volunteering and a day off for your Birthday
- Hybrid working balanced between home and office
- Life assurance
- 5% Pension match
- Share-Match options - become a shareholder
- Regular Social Events and Networking opportunities