SEO Editor

Location: London (hybrid arrangement)
Department: Content
Reporting to: Senior Director of Digital Content Strategy and Innovation, North America & UK

**Role Overview**

We’re looking for a meticulous editor and creative thinker to help us maintain Time Out’s extensive body of SEO content across North America and the UK. This is an exciting opportunity to make a mark on content that’s seen by millions of people every month, and to work in close collaboration with editors and audience development experts as we strategically develop our audience.

This person needs to be passionate about culture, travel and city living, and feel as comfortable rewriting the introduction to a list of the best bars in Budapest as they are finding an emerging topic on Google Trends. They’ll be motivated by data, hungry for knowledge and obsessed with audience growth. They mustn’t be intimidated by a spreadsheet.

Above all else, we’re looking for someone who knows what it takes to optimise a piece of content for SEO. They’ll be a skilled and efficient writer who’s able to remain incredibly organised whilst balancing a wide range of priorities and tasks, working systematically through a schedule of content updates whilst analysing the effectiveness of those updates on an ongoing basis.

**Responsibilities**
- Update curated lists by rewriting copy, fact-checking details, adding internal links and ensuring pages are fully optimised for SEO.
- Update hubs and homepages to improve content discoverability and build Time Out’s site architecture.
- Carry out keyword research and monitor search trends using tools such as Google Trends, Google Analytics and Semrush to ensure we are targeting the biggest and best content opportunities.
- Work in close collaboration with the SEO Manager to plan a schedule of content updates, anticipating surges in interest around seasonal topics and themes.
- Support the Audience Development team in defining SEO best practice and training editors accordingly, as well as providing ad hoc feedback to help optimise individual pieces of content and reviewing content that has been written by other editors.
- Create new curated lists and news posts when required to address fresh search opportunities.
- Embrace Time Out’s data-driven approach to content by monitoring the performance of curated lists on a daily basis, making reactive changes to ensure this content contributes to the Editorial team hitting (and exceeding) monthly goals.

Time Out is a company filled with individuals as diverse as the cities we live in and cover. At the same time there are common characteristics and values we all share. To join our team, you’ll want to
- Be commercially astute
- Either have experience at or want to dive headfirst into a fast-paced digital-first company
- Think globally
- Have excellent communication and relationship building skills
- Have a high sense of ownership, urgency and drive
- Be a team player

**About Our Culture**

As our cities have reopened, we have embraced a hybrid way of working that gives us the opportunity to work remotely, as well as from the office; offering the flexibility that brings many benefits to our lives, as well as still providing a space where we can connect and collaborate as part of our Time Out community.

**About Time Out Group plc**

Time Out Group is a global media and hospitality business that inspires connection and joy by capturing the soul of the world’s greatest cities through its two divisions - Time Out Media and Time Out Market.

Time Out launched in London in 1968 with a magazine to help people discover the exciting new urban cultures that had started up all over the city. Today, Time Out’s professional journalists curate the best things to do, see and eat in 333 cities in 59 countries.

Time Out Market is the world’s first editorially curated food and cultural market, bringing a city’s best chefs, restaurateurs and unique cultural experiences together under one roof. From cooking classes with top chefs to installations from local artists and live entertainment, Time Out Market captures the soul of the city.

The first Time Out Market opened in 2014 in a historic market hall in Lisbon, quickly turning into the most popular destination in the city with 4.1m locals and tourists visiting in 2019. The success of Lisbon brought further expansion in North America, with Time Out Market opening in five major cities in 2019: Miami, New York, Boston, Chicago and Montreal. In 2021, Time Out Market expanded into the Middle East with Time Out Market Dubai, and more Time Out Market locations are in the pipeline including Porto, London, Prague and more.

Time Out Group was named International Brand of the Year 2021 in the Campaign Publishing Awards - awarding bravery, editorial innovation and forward thinking. While Time Out Market won the Most Innovative Food & Beverage Concept Award at the Global RLI (Retail & Leisure International) Awards 2021.