634 Search Marketing Manager jobs in the United Kingdom

I'm currently working with one of the fastest-growing performance marketing teams in the UK, and they're on the lookout for a talented SEO Manager ready to make a genuine impact.

If you're someone who lives and breathes SEO, thrives on link acquisition strategy, and loves getting stuck into both the strategic and hands-on side of things - this one's for you.

This is a newly created role due to significant team growth, offering you the chance to join an ambitious marketing function and shape the SEO roadmap for the UK market. You'll also get the support of two SEO Execs and collaborate across content, PR, and digital teams to maximise your efforts!

Reporting into the Global Head of SEO, you'll take charge of:

• Developing and executing cutting-edge link acquisition strategies to support commercial growth.
• Leading and mentoring two SEO Execs, building team capability and SEO excellence.
• Analysing performance data and using insight to drive SEO improvements.
• Collaborating across marketing, content and PR teams to build authority and boost rankings.
• Staying on top of SEO trends, algorithms, and emerging tech like AI-powered search - keeping the brand at the forefront of organic visibility.

You'll be trusted with real responsibility from day one, and your ideas will drive genuine business results.

YOU?

• 3-4+ years' experience in SEO, ideally with a solid track record in link-building and organic growth.
• A natural leader - confident mentoring junior team members.
• Strong analytical mindset - comfortable interpreting data and making commercial decisions.
• Good understanding of international SEO and technical SEO fundamentals.
• Creative, proactive and always one step ahead of the algorithm.

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SEO Manager
Location: Fully in-house, Cardiff
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum

We’re looking for an SEO Manager who’s focused on impact—not just rankings and traffic, but leads, conversions and real business growth. You’ll take ownership of our organic search strategy, leading a small team and driving measurable results through technical excellence, content alignment and smart, data-led decisions.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading a focused SEO team of two SEO Specialists and a Digital PR Executive
li>Collaborating closely with the SEO Content Manager to align strategy and execution
• Monitoring SEO performance daily, weekly and monthly to identify wins, gaps and fixes
• Analysing search trends and keyword opportunities to drive high-converting traffic
• Responding confidently to algorithm updates and adapting strategy as needed
• Identifying technical SEO issues and working with developers to implement fixes
• Enhancing Core Web Vitals and overall site health for improved user experience
• Auditing and optimising on-page elements to match search intent and boost conversions
• Overseeing digital PR and link-building campaigns to grow domain authority
• Monitoring link health and driving high-quality outreach
• Embedding SEO best practices across teams through training and early input
• Always connecting SEO performance to lead generation and business goals

What We’re Looking For

< i>Proven experience leading or mentoring an SEO team to deliver strong commercial outcomes
• Strong knowledge of technical SEO, on-page optimisation and link-building strategies
• Confident using tools like GA4, Google Search Console, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog and Looker Studio
• Able to interpret data, spot trends and translate insights into clear actions
• Commercial mindset with a proactive approach to solving problems
• Excellent communicator—comfortable bridging technical and non-technical teams
< i>Highly organised, dependable and results-driven
• Positive, can-do attitude and calm under pressure
• Comfortable working independently and collaboratively across teams

Bonus Skills

• Experience in the home-moving, property or legal sectors
• Familiarity with HTML/CSS for streamlined collaboration with developers
• Experience with server log analysis or automated SEO dashboards
• Certifications in SEO, analytics or digital marketing (e.g. Google Analytics, Semrush)
• Experience managing influencer or partnership outreach

Why You’ll Love Working Here

A stunning, character-filled office in central Cardiff

Annual salary reviews and performance-based bonuses

Bupa healthcare, dental plans and wellbeing support

Paid time off for your birthday, workiversary and two-week Christmas break

Flexible working hours between 6 AM and 8 PM—freedom to work your way

Friendly, collaborative culture with regular team lunches and socials

Free city centre parking, secure bike storage, showers and fitness studio access

I'm currently working with one of the fastest-growing performance marketing teams in the UK, and they're on the lookout for a talented SEO Manager ready to make a genuine impact.

If you're someone who lives and breathes SEO, thrives on link acquisition strategy, and loves getting stuck into both the strategic and hands-on side of things - this one's for you.

This is a newly created role due to significant team growth, offering you the chance to join an ambitious marketing function and shape the SEO roadmap for the UK market. You'll also get the support of two SEO Execs and collaborate across content, PR, and digital teams to maximise your efforts!

Reporting into the Global Head of SEO, you'll take charge of:

• Developing and executing cutting-edge link acquisition strategies to support commercial growth.
• Leading and mentoring two SEO Execs, building team capability and SEO excellence.
• Analysing performance data and using insight to drive SEO improvements.
• Collaborating across marketing, content and PR teams to build authority and boost rankings.
• Staying on top of SEO trends, algorithms, and emerging tech like AI-powered search - keeping the brand at the forefront of organic visibility.

You'll be trusted with real responsibility from day one, and your ideas will drive genuine business results.

YOU?

• 3-4+ years' experience in SEO, ideally with a solid track record in link-building and organic growth.
• A natural leader - confident mentoring junior team members.
• Strong analytical mindset - comfortable interpreting data and making commercial decisions.
• Good understanding of international SEO and technical SEO fundamentals.
• Creative, proactive and always one step ahead of the algorithm.

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Job Title: SEO Manager (Remote – UK-Based)

Fully Remote (UK only)

eCommerce Clients | Agency Environment

Salary: Flexible based on experience

About the Role

We’re looking for a results-driven SEO Manager to join a performance-led digital team working exclusively with eCommerce brands. This is a fully remote role , open to candidates based anywhere in the UK.

You’ll take the lead on SEO strategy and execution across a portfolio of eCom clients – focusing on technical audits, content strategy, on-page optimisation, and performance tracking. You’ll work closely with developers, content writers, and account leads to drive rankings, traffic, and revenue.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Develop and execute SEO strategies for eCommerce clients across various sectors
• Conduct comprehensive technical audits using tools like Screaming Frog , Semrush , and Ahrefs
• Identify on-site issues and provide clear, actionable recommendations
• Oversee keyword research, competitor analysis, and content optimisation
• Collaborate with content and dev teams to implement SEO improvements
• Track performance, generate reports, and communicate results to clients
• Stay ahead of SEO trends, algorithm updates, and best practices

What We’re Looking For

Proven experience in SEO within an agency or eCommerce setting

Strong technical SEO knowledge and hands-on experience with audits

Confident using Screaming Frog, Semrush, and Ahrefs

Solid understanding of on-page, off-page, and content SEO

Ability to manage multiple clients and deadlines in a remote-first environment

Strong communication skills – comfortable presenting insights and strategies to clients

What’s On Offer

• Full remote flexibility (UK-based only)
• Varied and interesting eCommerce clients
• Supportive, forward-thinking digital team
• Flexible salary based on experience
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities

SEO Manager
Location: Fully in-house, Cardiff
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum

Were looking for an SEO Manager whos focused on impactnot just rankings and traffic, but leads, conversions and real business growth. Youll take ownership of our organic search strategy, leading a small team and driving measurable results through technical excellence, content alignment and smart, data-led decisions.

What Yo.

We require an enthusiastic SEO professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about driving measurable results. The SEO Manager will play a key role in shaping and delivering client strategies across on-site (SEO content) and off-site SEO (link building) campaigns. Strong client relationship management will be a focus, with the ability to build trust, communicate insights, and ensure clients see the value in their SEO investment. 

This is a hands-on role, needing a proactive and solutions-focused mindset to deliver results at pace.

• Contract: Permanent, full-time
• Salary: £28,000 - £36,000 (depending on experience)
• Hybrid-working
• Develop and execute outreach strategies for campaigns, overseeing link acquisition efforts and supporting SEO Executives with specific webmaster issues when required
• Hold a strong understanding of priorities across the SEO team, actively working to share resources and work to meet overall company targets
• Comprehensive overview of the team working on your campaign(s) output, looking to offer solutions to stumbling blocks to complete campaigns within a given timeframe
• Demonstrate an understanding of content optimisation and on-site SEO, including but not limited to E-E-A-T principles, meta tags, keyword placement, internal linking and header structure.
• Lead on client calls and face-to-face meetings, demonstrating expertise in SEO strategy while building trust and long-term relationships
• Act as main point of contact for client feedback, ensuring requirements and guidelines are upheld by the internal team from the outset
• Create and deliver data-driven client reports that track campaign success, provide insights, and offer strategic improvements
• With other SEO Managers, be responsible for the effective line management of SEO Executives, including training, mentoring and ongoing performance reviews

Requirements

• Experience in a digital marketing agency, in a fast-paced environment
• Strong and demonstrable understanding of SEO principles  
• Experience developing link acquisition and content strategies 
• Working knowledge of SEO tools such as Semrush, Moz, Majestic and Ahrefs to support with SEO i.e backlink gap analysis and competitor research 
• Ability to think strategically about complex issues, and to solve problems 
• Comfortable in providing constructive feedback to individuals with a view to improving results
• Outstanding verbal and written English communication skills; comfortable liaising with senior leadership
• Exceptional negotiation skills with the ability to win client cooperation and develop long-term business relationships
• Embrace change, with the ability to not just adapt but also enthusiastically guide teams through change in client demands, internal KPIs and processes 
• Proven time-management and organisation skills with the ability to self-motivate 
• A driven, proactive mindset with a willingness to learn quickly 
• A natural ability to lead teams 

Benefits

• 33 days annual leave
• Birthday off work
• Work abroad policy (up to 30 days per year)
• Competitive pension scheme (matched up to 7%)
• Industry-leading Family Policies
• Hybrid, flexible working
• Life Assurance and private Bupa healthcare
• Regular team socials
• Free weekly breakfasts

We appreciate that employing people with a broad range of life experiences and ways of thinking adds value to our organisation. If you require any additional support or reasonable adjustments that will help you to perform at your best and be happy in the workplace, please let us know.

We are searching for an SEO Manager for a growing and well respected digital marketing agency in the Bath area.

Salary:  £30,000-£40,000 DOE

Location : Bath area, hybrid role with flex to work from home

Job type : Permanent

About our client - the Worthy & True opinion

A great opportunity to work for an employer that is one of the largest and well established in its field.

With strong values, fit is exceptionally important here, so a "can do attitude" is top of the list for future hires.

Required skills & experience

SEO or Digital Marketing management experience to lead off-page SEO, link building, and digital PR campaigns for the agency's clients.

In this role, you'll manage client relationships, guide campaign strategy and delivery, and help train and support junior SEO team members. You should have a background in SEO, content creation, or digital PR, and be confident with outreach, competitor research, and generating creative campaign ideas.

You'll work closely with the Head of Client Services and our wider team to deliver high-impact, results-driven campaigns.

Ideally you have worked in an SEO role previously, or you may have had a digital marketing role previously and SEO was a big focus.

How to apply

Please upload your CV and feel free to write a few words on why you think you are the right fit for the role. 

Working with Worthy & True

We have been working with SEO Managers and placing them in jobs since 2009. We build long term relationships with our candidates and clients lasting decades. We have integrity, and represent and advise you in your job search with enthusiasm and care.

As a human-centred recruitment agency, we aim to review all applications and give feedback as quickly as possible.

We only work with clients who offer inclusive, supportive and safe working cultures where you can expect a great employee experience and be able to come to work as your true self. We also welcome neurodiverse individuals and applicants from ethnically diverse backgrounds.

We work with our candidates confidentially on a long-term basis throughout your career and want to find you the very best solutions in your job search, factoring in your unique work/life balance needs and career aspirations.

We look forward to working with you.

About the role

As our new Manager, you'll be taking charge of a talented Executive and working with a range of clients in the fashion and beauty space. Working both with the wider team, as well as collaborating with the wider business, you'll be responsible for delivering a best in class experience to our clients.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement SEO strategies from the ground up
• Build roadmaps and ensure timely execution of high quality deliverables
• Conduct in-depth technical audits, CVW audits, content audits outlining the cost-benefit of the recommendations put forward
• Understand the role SEO plays in overarching, multi-channel campaigns alongside business objectives and KPI’s
• Utilise proprietary and third party industry reporting and insight tools
• Train and develop junior members of the team
• Innovate across all aspects of SEO, from technical, through to on-site
• Support the sales team to win new business
• Client management - keeping clients updated on the status of agreed SEO deliverables and industry standard

Requirements

• Highly proficient at SEO with proven SEO exposure in an agency developing and executing SEO campaigns
• Strong time management skills
• Strong communicator with a good ability to explain and deliver SEO insight and recommendations to non SEO experts and to the wider business
• Diplomatic and persuasive interpersonal skills
• Excellent knowledge of Google Analytics, Search Console, Adobe Omniture and other web analytic tools
• Excellent knowledge of third party keyword tracking tools such as GetStat, BrightEdge, Accuranker
• Excellent knowledge of SEO tools such us Botify, Screaming Frog, Sitebulb
• A working knowledge of SQL
• Advanced proficiency of Microsoft Office - Excel, Word & PowerPoint
• Experience of managing a small team

We are committed to empowering workers in the communities local to where we operate, and are mindful of minimising the carbon cost of commuting. Where a position required regular presence in the office, as in the case of managerial positions, we attempt to hire staff who live within a reasonable commute (<50 miles or 1.5 hours) of the office they will be based in

Equal Opportunities

Assembly is an advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Social and Environmental Responsibility

At Assembly, we have a responsibility to bring impact into our every day. This means we must always look for ways in which to be conscious citizens in our roles to support society and environmental sustainability. We encourage employees to; be a conscious citizen by actively participating in our organisation's sustainability efforts, help us promote environmentally friendly practices within the workplace, collaborate with community organisations and stakeholders to support initiatives aligned with our company's values, participate in volunteer activities that benefit the community. Employees are also encouraged to make suggestions and evaluate our business practices to identify areas for improvement in social and environmental performance. Employees at Assembly demonstrate commitment to sustainability and inclusivity in their actions and behaviours

We're looking for an SEO Manager, to become a pivotal part of our team to drive the SEO performance of a luxury fashion business. This role will work closely with the brand's in-house dev team to implement strategies that redefine the industry standards.

If you have a background in web development or a passion for the technical intricacies of SEO, this role offers a runway to showcase your skills and elevate your career. Explore the intersection of fashion and technology with us, where creativity meets strategy, and every success story becomes a part of your journey.

About Assembly

At Assembly, we find the change that fuels growth. We apply this principle to the work we do with our clients and how we engage with our people. We are a modern global agency bringing together data , technology and talent to deliver a connected set of solutions for media + more to the best brands on the planet.   

At Assembly, we also know our purpose is more than media. The agency is proud to have 10+ years in dedicated social and environment Impact work. In March 2022, we were named Ad Age’s first-ever Purpose-Led Agency of the Year atop the A- List, recognized for our purpose driven mission to leave the world better than we found it. We have created a culture where diversity of thought, experience, and background are valued.

When you become part of Assembly, you become part of a global community of digitally-led experts – with 1,600 people in over 20 countries and 30 office locations around the world who bring unmatched omnichannel media, data, and technology expertise and business consulting capabilities to help our brand partners find change and fuel growth.

Assembly Europe is going through its next chapter of growth. We are a growth mind-set, meritocratic, and high-performance business with a progressive outlook in all that we do. To realise our potential in this next chapter we need some new skills and thinking.

The core DNA of Assembly Europe resides in performance marketing and has ample deep technical expertise in providing digital solutions for leading brands. New and existing clients are asking us to extend that digital expertise across all media and connect the reminding nodes of traditional media with digital methods of execution, measurement and automation.

We were born the right way to do this - we are building out from a leading digital and technology capability and adding the rest; not trying to reverse engineer a traditional legacy business into a more modern version of itself.

At Assembly we embody three core values: Show Up - actively contribute to a space of personal and collective growth; Make Change - embrace challenges as opportunities, taking intentional steps to drive positive change; and Win Well - approach success with integrity, responsibility, and a commitment to collaboration, understanding that the journey is as important as the destination. Together, we create an environment that fosters continuous learning, adaptability, and a shared passion for making a meaningful impact.

Responsibilities

• Provide Technical SEO consultancy to your clients and adapt recommendations to clients specific platforms set up. 
• Undertake in-depth audits of client websites to discover opportunities for optimisation and improve the ‘health’ of client websites. 
• Advise clients on accessibility & indexability, content management systems, information architecture, site speed and usability. 
• Build business cases to support clients in prioritisation of SEO fixes within development sprints 
• Give clear and specific direction to clients development teams interacting with them on ticket management systems such as Jira. 
• Review and test tickets implementation. 
• Using analytics tools (GA4, Adobe, GSC) or internal reports provide clear and actionable insights and monitor campaigns results. 
• Ensure that projects are delivered to agreed deadlines and client business requirements 
• Mentor juniors and take part in agency knowledge-share sessions 
• Assist the SEO Director in the preparation and delivery of pitches to existing and prospective clients. 

Requirements

• 4 year+ experience  
• Experience of managing large, complex SEO accounts across different verticals. 
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of Technical SEO including working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. 
• Good knowledge of SEO Tools such as Google Search Console, Screaming Frog, Sitebulb, SEMrush and Ahrefs 
• High level of competence using Analytics platforms including Google and Adobe. 
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS and/or JavaScript 
• Can translate complex technical concepts making them accessible to non technical stakeholders. 
• Proficient Looker Studio/ Tableau and data visualisation tools user. 
• Proficient Microsoft Excel user. 
• Proficient ChatGPT, Bard and other AI tools user. 
• Communicates effectively both orally and in written form. 
• Always learning and always sharing attitude. 
• Always testing and analysing results. 

Great to have 

• More in-depth knowledge in a scripting language such as JavaScript or Python or SQL 

Benefits

In return for your enthusiasm and expertise, we’ll reward you with an enviable range of benefits that include, 24 days holiday a year (increasing by 1 day/year to a max of 30 with every year of service), a day of birthday leave, pension, life assurance, enhanced parental leave and access to perkbox.

Equal Opportunities

Assembly is an advocate for equal opportunity in the workplace. We are committed to ensuring equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Social and Environmental Responsibility

At Assembly, we have a responsibility to bring impact into our every day. This means we must always look for ways in which to be conscious citizens in our roles to support society and environmental sustainability. We encourage employees to; be a conscious citizen by actively participating in our organisation's sustainability efforts, help us promote environmentally friendly practices within the workplace, collaborate with community organisations and stakeholders to support initiatives aligned with our company's values, participate in volunteer activities that benefit the community. Employees are also encouraged to make suggestions and evaluate our business practices to identify areas for improvement in social and environmental performance. Employees at Assembly demonstrate commitment to sustainability and inclusivity in their actions and behaviours