SEO DIRECTOR

SEO DIRECTOR

£45,000 – £60,000 + Excellent Benefits + Profit Share

Location: Near Brighton (Remote working until 2021 and then part-remote)

Fantastic opportunity for an SEO Director to join a high growth, fun and dynamic performance marketing agency based near Brighton.

Our client is passionate about organic search optimisation, brilliant digital experiences, and the pursuit of technical excellence. The successful SEO Director will share our client’s passion in these areas, with considerable experience using SEO to achieve sustainable visibility on search engines. Moreover, you will be accountable for the technical integrity of client’s websites and digital properties.

To achieve this, you will have an excellent understanding of how websites are built – not just on a technical level, but also their stakeholders and workflows. You will be comfortable working alongside developers, ideally within agile workflows. You will also be proficient in providing non-technical stakeholders with clear, concise and jargon-free recommendations.

SEO Director – Key Responsibilities

Managing a team of SEO consultants
Balancing resource requirements for your team
Improving processes and efficiency across the team
Building business cases and forecasts to gain buy-in for SEO implementation
Identifying opportunities to drive innovation within the department and developing the SEO product offering
Leading the strategy and technical SEO roadmaps
Briefing and QAing junior members of the team for support work where needed
Auditing websites on all aspects of technical SEO
Helping clients grow through sustainable organic search visibility
Taking ownership of client’s organic performance and technical integrity
Playing a leading role in strategic discussions about how SEO can solve business challenges and drive marketing performance
Carrying out competitor analyses, backlink audits, keyword research, and other research projects as required
SEO Director – Essential Skills

Team management and development
Resource management
Product development
Strategic experience – consulting on how organic search can have a measurable impact within cross-channel digital marketing campaigns
Several years’ experience in technical SEO (agency or client-side)
Comprehensive knowledge of SEO tactics, and commitment to keep this up to date
Demonstrable experience consulting on website audits, backlinks and migrations, gaining buy-in from stakeholders and delivering results
Absolute proficiency with industry-standard SEO tools – crawlers, link checkers, etc.
Reporting experience – updating clients on performance against KPIs
Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel (e.g., VLOOKUPs, PivotTables, advanced formulae)
What’s in it for you?

Up to 28 days annual leave
Pension scheme
Monthly team socials
Fruit daily
Perkbox discounts
Cycle to work scheme
Xmas period off with free holidays
Excellent training and progression opportunities
Flexible working
Due to the high number of CV’s we’re receiving currently if you haven’t heard back from us within 3 working days, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

Lipton Media is a specialist media and tech recruitment agency based in London. We specialise in all forms of b2b sales, digital marketing, content and creative positions, across conferences, exhibitions, awards, summits, publishing, digital, outdoor, TV, radio and business intelligence and technology. We also recruit across media planning and buying, PR & Communications.

Our clients range from small start-up companies to FTSE 100 listed businesses. We work with candidates at every stage of their career from undergraduates looking for their first entry point into sales to senior managers and directors looking for their next challenge.