DescriptionSEO Managers are leaders within the Search team line managing up to 2 SEO Analysts. In this role you will be responsible for creating advanced SEO strategies that are tailored to our clients needs. Youll be highly visible with our clients and the one that has the plan to deliver against their objectives. Youll develop and brief work for the more junior members of the team and review all output to ensure it meets the high standards we have at iCrossing as well taking on the most complex projects yourself.
This is a fulltime role and requires 2 days per week in the office (Brighton/Cardiff/London).
ResponsibilitiesWhat youll do
- Create enterpriselevel SEO strategies for our clients to deliver against objectives
- Create and brief a pipeline of SEO tasks to develop an account with fresh ideas and thinking
- Lead client meetings and calls as the SEO lead on the account
- Keep up to date with search news and share opinions on industry developments within the team and with clients providing your viewpoint of changes
- Personal development of your team (if applicable) including 121s and the creation of Personal Development plans
- Mentor your team (if applicable) to ensure that they develop a wealth of experience within SEO and Search
- Resolve personal and professional challenges that may occur within your team
- QA of all analyst output to ensure it meets the high standards that iCrossing expect
- Provide toplevel insights to clients on current performance and areas to grow in the future
- Participate in a virtual team within iCrossing to develop a niche area of Search including the creation of new processes templates and deliverables as well as best practice
- Galvanise the Search team with your prior knowledge fresh thoughts and enthusiasm
- Lead the up selling of existing clients with additional services and solutions
- Work onsite with clients to assist in building trust and relationships with SEO managers client side
- Contribute to pitch material and in some cases attending pitches
- Lead training sessions and present case studies internally
- Work with a PPC counterpart either internally or at a thirdparty agency to drive Total Search results for our clients
- To be an ambassador of iCrossing UK and its values
- You may be required to undertake such further duties as your skills qualifications and experience allow and/or as may be assigned to you from time to time
QualificationsWe want to see your drive and enthusiasm for a dynamic SEO landscape and forming SEO strategy to maximise client results. In addition to this were looking for someone who has/is:
- proven team leader with the ability to mentor assist and develop any analysts within your team
- the ability to create industryleading SEO strategies for our clients
- experience of developing the ways of working and processes within an SEO team.
- extensive knowledge of technical optimisation content optimisation link management data analysis and SEO tools
- an expert in advanced keyword research techniques such as questionbased searches semantic search and search beyond just conversion point queries
- experience of delivering SEO results for clients with your SEO strategies
- worked with PPC experts to develop overall search strategies to holistically benefit clients.
- strong oral & written communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team
- exceptional timemanagement skills
- ideally youll be AdWords certified to assist in the understanding all aspects of the search channel
- the ability to receive constructive feedback but also can give constructive feedback out other team members
- confident public speaker with the ability to present both internally and to clients
- a strong grasp of many different thirdparty SEO tools and analytics packages
Required Experience:
Manager