SEO Manager Job

Location: Brighton Office

SiteVisibility is seeking a bright and enthusiastic individual for the role of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Manager. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in leading web projects and SEO campaigns from initial analysis and strategy phases, through to technical implementation and ongoing campaign management. As a specialist in organic search, you will have a proven track record in delivering exceptional organic search results in highly competitive markets. The role is a client facing one and also comes with line management responsibilities.

SiteVisibility is one of the leading digital & search marketing agencies in the region and as such provides the successful candidate with a great career development opportunity. We were voted ‘Best Online Marketing Consultancy’ at this year’s DPA awards and we are a 2009 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 business.

Key Responsibilities

Deliver UK and international SEO projects for large websites with 10,000-100,000+ pages.
Assess the client’s current website limitations and SEO performance.
Undertake online sector and competitor analysis.
Perform keyword research using industry standard tools.
Complete 360 degree technical audits of websites including making recommendations to improve information architecture, keyword taxonomy, meta data, content optimisation and usability.
Implement technical developments from changing tags using CMS to designing and launching search optimised campaign websites and blogs.
Develop and implement innovative link building strategies.
Liaise with clients regarding their SEO performance.
Manage and coach a multi-disciplinary team to deliver client projects on time and budget.
Be a key point of knowledge on SEO, constantly keeping up-to-date on new trends.
To research and test new SEO techniques and to feed these back into the organisation’s SEO best practices.
To keep up to date and report on search engine updates.
Solid hands-on understanding of web analytics especially GA and how to set and measure KPIs.
Support the sales and marketing functions within the business where required.

Key Skills

At least 5 years experience of SEO, Analytics, XHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, web design, multi-variant testing and e-commerce conversion analysis.
Ability to resolve technical issues across a range of different website types including traffic generation and e-commerce.
Proven track record of evolving strategies to continually improve site and search performance to agreed targets.
Expert knowledge of content management systems, in particular Joomla and WordPress.
Customer focused with first class interpersonal, presentation, organisational and communication skills capable of explaining technical issues to non-technical audiences.
Excellent written and spoken English.
Some experience in using standard software such as Dreamweaver MX, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Flash would be a distinct advantage
Line management and team development experience.
Some experience in conversion marketing, social media, online PR, email marketing, affiliate marketing, display advertising, mobile technologies, podcasting and video would be a distinct advantage
Any knowledge of server side code: JSP, ASP, PHP, Perl/CGI, XSLT, SQL, Linux/Unix systems would be highly beneficial.