SEO Manager
£50k + bonus
Manchester City Centre – Office Based
Recognised as a Sunday Times Best Place to Work, Forward Role are supporting this fantastic Professional Services organisation as they look to hire a brand new SEO Manager, a role purely born out of successful business growth! With a track record of robust year-on-year growth and supporting thousands of organisations across the UK & Ireland, they are now expanding their reach to Internationally. This is your chance to be part of a dynamic, sales-led business on an exciting upward trajectory.
We are looking to engage with enthusiastic, analytical, and organised SEO Managers to join their ever growing performance marketing team. You will be pivotal in driving organic growth, enhancing web presence, and leading SEO initiatives across the UK, and internationally.
Key Responsibilities
- Leadership & Strategy: Develop and execute high-impact SEO strategies aligned with business goals, optimis
- ing their online presence for maximum organic traffic and lead generation.
- Team Management: Lead and inspire an SEO executive, influencing content writers and front-end developers to enhance search engine visibility through effective on and off-page optimisation.
- Industry Knowledge: Stay updated with search engine algorithm changes, industry best practices, and emerging technologies to maintain competitive search engine rankings.
- Website Optimisation: Recommend and implement changes to website architecture, content quality, user experience, and offsite factors to improve SERP positions and overall website performance.
- Performance Analysis: Conduct thorough analysis of key performance metrics, regularly reporting trends and insights to stakeholders, and using data-driven insights to refine and optimise SEO performance.
- Collaboration: Work closely with internal content team, developers, and other growth team members to integrate SEO best practices into overall marketing strategies, ensuring alignment across departments.
- Management: Oversee planning, traffic building, and reporting of multiple websites/domains across the UK, Ireland, Australia, and beyond.
- Link Strategy: Develop and manage a comprehensive link-building strategy in collaboration with the PR team to support reach, authority, and impression share.
- Keyword Research & Analysis: Conduct keyword research and analysis to identify high-value opportunities, optimise website structure, and improve search engine visibility.
- Competitor Analysis: Perform competitor analysis and keyword gap analysis to stay ahead of market trends.
- Reporting: Create and maintain detailed reports on SEO performance, providing actionable insights and recommendations for continuous improvement.
- Collaboration with Paid Media: Work with the Paid Media Manager to align search growth targets and strategy.
What You Bring
- 3+ years of experience managing SEO.
- Proficient in website analytics and SEO tools (Google Analytics, Google Search Console, SEMRush, SERanking, Screaming Frog, SEOClarity).
- Strong understanding of technical SEO, including website structure, crawling, indexing, and on-page optimization.
- Ability to propose and execute long-term strategies and testing plans related to organic growth.
- In-depth knowledge of ranking factors and search engine algorithms.
- Experience with CMS and managing content across multiple territories, including the use of hreflang.
- Enthusiasm for staying current with industry changes and adaptability to new developments impacting SEO management.
Benefits
- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays
- Day off on your birthday
- Cash plan for you (and your children, if applicable)
- Increased holidays after 2 and 5 years' service
- Contractual sick pay
- Private medical insurance after 5 years' service
- Pension plan and life insurance
- Increased pension plan contributions after 5 and 7 years' service
- Holiday season bonus after 3 years' service
- Profit share scheme
- Season ticket loan scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme
- Free breakfast every Monday and social sessions with free food and drink on the last Friday of the month - Fab Friday!
- Company incentives and access to discount schemes
As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff.
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