Senior Technical SEO Manager

Walker and Sloan are proud to once again be working with a Global Marketing Agency in London, as they are keen to bring on board a Senior Technical SEO Manager to the team on a full time basis. The role can be fully remote but they do have some amazing offices in their London HQ.

The agency is seeking a Senior Technical SEO Manager to join our growing SEO team, leading on technical aspects of website optimization for global enterprise brands. Our ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of SEO algorithms and tech, a proven track record of providing SEO recommendations that led to successful client growth, and the ability to work as part of a global team to achieve ambitious goals.

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.

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, with the opportunity to coach and mentor more junior members of the team. 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 Site Audits
  Perform technical SEO audits of 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.
• Work closely with SEO content creators Digital PR, developers, and both agency and client marketing teams to ensure alignment between technical SEO efforts and overall client business goals.

• Technical SEO consultancy
  Deliver expert technical SEO insight and recommendations for a portfolio of clients, providing best practice SEO advice to client stakeholders and working with development teams (either within Gravity Global, client teams or third party suppliers) to resolve issues we’ve identified. This may include working directly in client’s CMS systems to implement tweaks.
• Site Speed Optimization
  Collaborate with internal or client development teams to improve website speed, considering factors like image compression, code minification, and leveraging browser caching.
• 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.
• Innovation and Departmental Development
  Stay informed about industry trends, search engine algorithm updates, and emerging practices in technical SEO, and work closely with Technical SEO to identify and implement innovations in service delivery and processes.
• Collaboration with other teams

• Reporting and communication

• Provide regular reports on technical SEO performance, highlighting achievements and areas for improvement.
• Communicate technical SEO strategies and recommendations to non-technical stakeholders.
• Be involved in new business development by providing robust, commercially focussed insight, and to be on pitch meetings as required.
• Review and ensure that technical SEO outputs by more junior colleagues in your team align with SEO best practices and do not negatively impact other aspects of a client’s website, and that our activity is aligned with the overarching SEO strategy and client’s business objectives.

• Pitching for new business

• Training and Mentorship
  Provide guidance, mentorship and leadership to more junior colleagues in the Technical SEO team, supporting the Technical SEO in ensuring team evolution, growth and alignment with world-class best practices.
• Quality Assurance

Skill Requirements:

• Significant proven experience in technical SEO, with a successful track record of driving organic growth.
• In-depth knowledge of SEO industry best practices, search engine algorithms, and ranking factors.
• Proficiency with SEO tools such as GoogleAnalytics, Google Search Console, Semrush, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, Deepcrawletc.
• Ability to research, absorb information from online resources and then identify and implement new techniques and processes to ensure clients retain and build search rankings despite search engine algorithm updates.
• Ability to prepare and present compelling technical SEO analysis to client stakeholders.
• Commercial acumen, with the ability to understand and make appropriate decisions around client profitability and growth opportunities
• Experience with working with project management tools such as Asana, Jira and writing clear technical change-requests/briefs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent, persuasive verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and web development concepts.

What we can offer:

• Competitive remuneration package
• Global career development opportunities
• Hybrid working with 3 days in the office (usual hours 9 - 5:30pm, Monday to Friday)
• Opportunities to make a difference and get involved with our working groups focusing on areas such as wellbeing and ESG / Sustainability
• Supportive and inclusive policies including, but not limited to, family friendly policies such as adoption, maternity and paternity, and equal opportunities
• To work with the best and most exciting clients
• To work on global accounts in the most challenging sectors
• To work with the best brains and creative talent in the industry
• To learn and develop with access to industry specific training, including our in-house training modules
• To work on innovative and ground-breaking marketing solutions
• To join a team of hard-working specialists who like to have fun along the way!