646 Search Marketing Manager jobs in the United Kingdom
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Carnival UK is in search of a **Search Marketing Manager** , who is crucial in supporting our digital marketing ambitions within the P&O Cruises Marketing team.
**Role Overview**
The Search Marketing Manager is responsible for leading the strategic and tactical development of our paid search (PPC) activity, managing a multi-million-pound budget to drive significant revenue and customer acquisition growth. This role acts as the strategic lead for paid search, ensuring campaigns are optimised, data-driven, and aligned with broader marketing and digital strategies.
Key accountabilities include:
+ Leading the strategic planning and tactical optimisation of paid search campaigns to drive high-quality traffic and revenue
+ Managing a multi-million-pound paid search budget, ensuring efficient spend and strong ROI
+ Line management and development of the Senior Search Marketing Executive
+ Collaborating with internal teams and external partners (e.g., Google, Microsoft) to identify opportunities and implement best practices
Positioned within our internal structure from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President), this role is classified as a **CUK08** and offered as a full-time position on a **permanent** basis. We offer hybrid work including up to two days a week from home.
**Requirements: Your Expertise and Leadership**
To thrive as a Search Marketing Manager, we're looking for:
+ Proven experience managing large-scale paid search campaigns and high-volume budgets
+ Advanced knowledge of Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, and associated tools and editors
+ Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and drive performance improvements
+ Experience in strategic media planning and cross-channel marketing coordination
**About You: A Catalyst for Change**
We believe that diversity enriches our team. We're interested in candidates who:
+ Are proactive and confident in sharing ideas, raising concerns, and leading by example
+ Build inclusive, collaborative relationships and foster team development
+ Embrace continuous improvement and stay current with industry trends
+ Empower others through coaching, mentoring, and creating a high-performance environment
**Why Join Us?**
Working with us is about more than a job. It's about creating unforgettable holiday happiness for our guests and a fulfilling career for you. Our benefits package reflects our commitment to your wellbeing:
+ Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
+ Annual bonus
+ A friendly welcome with help settling in
+ Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
+ Extensive learning and development opportunities
+ Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
+ Employee-led networks
+ Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
+ Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
+ Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
+ Company paid private medical and dental insurance and health assessment
+ In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
+ Life Assurance
+ Parental and adoption leave
+ Employee Shares Plan
+ Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
+ Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
+ Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal
**Ready to Lead?**
If guiding a multi-million-pound search marketing function to new heights excites you, we're eager to hear from you. Apply now to start your journey with us, where your performance-led leadership will make a difference in our shared success.
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**About Us**
Holidays are one of life's greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise.
No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the world's largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britain's rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.
Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.
It's through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travel's Employer of Choice.
SEO Manager
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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
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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
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Job Title: SEO Manager
Location: Haydock (Hybrid Flexible working with 9-day fortnight)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent
About the Role:
We are looking for a talented and experienced SEO Manager to join our Digital Marketing team based in Haydock . This hybrid role offers flexible working and a 9-day fortnight , givi.
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SEO Manager
Posted 23 days ago
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Job Title: SEO Manager
Location: Birmingham (Hybrid)
Salary: Up to £35,000 DOE
The successful candidate will have a proven track record of successfully executing SEO campaigns, and have experience of using industry standard SEO tools and techniques.
Responsibilities:
* Creating and executing SEO campaigns to ensure maximum search engine visibility and performance
* Using data insights to drive strategic.
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SEO MANAGER
Posted 12 days ago
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SEO MANAGER
Cardiff
Full-time
£50,000 £55,000
It all began with a simple idea: to make home moving easier and more affordable. What started as a small, passionate team with big ambitions has evolved into a platform thats transforming the home-moving experience across the UK.
Headquartered in the heart of Cardiff, our client is far more than just a comparison servicetheyre on a mission to streamline ev.
SEO Manager
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Would you like to deliver best practice SEO strategy, innovation and solutions for a fantastic range of clients, across multiple sectors?
We are looking for an experienced and results-driven SEO Manager to join our Performance Marketing team working closely with our specialist teams (SEO, Paid, Planning, Data, Social, UX and Tech) across the business, at an exciting time for TMW.
The typical day-to-day will involve managing SEO strategy, liaison with the client, identifying new SEO opportunities, optimising existing strategies and campaigns, monitoring and reporting on campaign performance and communicating recommendations and results to internal and external stakeholders.
You will have a full understanding of all aspects of SEO, (technical SEO, content optimisation, offsite SEO, page experience, keyword research and reporting) and a practical knowledge of managing SEO strategies. As well as a keen interest in the evolving landscape of search behaviours, AI and the future of information discovery.
At TMW Unlimited we offer Hybrid working, which for us is a blend of working remotely and in the Bristol or London office. It’s all about choosing the best place to be for you, your team, your manager and the business on any given working day…
The Day to Day…
- Develop, manage and support execution for SEO strategies across client accounts.
- Conduct research, audits and analysis across the full spectrum of SEO touchpoints, developing these into actionable and impactful improvement plans and roadmaps.
- Lead delivery and communication of SEO plans, performance and analysis to clients.
- Collaborate and integrate SEO best practices and knowledge with supporting teams (e.g. Media, UX, Tech, Social and PR)
- Identify account growth opportunities and support the new business process.
- Work closely with other channels to drive cross-channel learnings, performance and innovation.
- Build strong relationships with clients, internal teams and other stakeholders.
- Innovate the team and agency offering to keep up with emerging trends and technologies across the search and discovery landscape.
Requirements
Who will you be?
- You’ll have previous experience in a similar SEO Manager role, with a track record of delivering successful SEO strategies and implementation projects to recognised brands, preferably in an agency setting.
- Sound technical SEO knowledge, and an advanced understanding of the role of organic search in the digital landscape and how this is evolving with AI technology influencing search behaviours.
- Experienced across the suite of SEO tools across analytics, reporting, research and technical analysis.
- Good strategic capabilities and prioritisation of SEO in the overall marketing and performance environment
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Solid data analysis and insight skills
- A balanced and integrated approach to content ideation, optimisation and development
- The ability to translate all technical and data analysis into plain language for clients.
- An active interest in innovating to fit the future of SEO in the search and discovery landscape.
Benefits
Who are TMW Unlimited?
The TMW story is born out of the many successes we’ve created for our clients over the past 30 years, and now encompasses offices in London and Bristol with clients all over the world.
We create ideas that move people.
We believe that ideas should work everywhere and that brilliant results are what really matter. We combine deep digital and advertising expertise, a strong heritage in CRM and award-winning creativity to make it all happen.
TMW is proudly part of UNLIMITED, a fully integrated agency group with human understanding at its heart. Through our Human Understanding Lab, we uncover behaviour-led insights that power performance and create a genuine business advantage for our clients.
UNLIMITED is part of the Accenture Song family, the world’s largest tech-powered creative group.
What we value…
Together, we put people first and believe our values make us who we are.
Give a Damn: We care about each other, our clients and our work. And this shines through everything we do.
Be Brave: We believe in challenging each other, in standing up, in speaking out. We believe in trying new and difficult things in order to make ourselves and our work better.
Stay Curious: We actively seek out the new and the unusual, finding inspiration everywhere in the world around us.
Take Pride: We are open, accepting and inclusive, and we support each other on our journey to reach our true potential. We are actively working to ensure that we as an agency more fully reflect the society around us.
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
As an equal opportunities workplace, we have a commitment to ensuring equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, socio-economic status, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, neuro divergence, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. Whether you’re just getting your foot in the door, or you are an experienced employee whose life circumstances are shifting, we are committed to creating a workplace that reflects the world we want to live in and are therefore flexible to accommodate each individual's needs as best as we can.
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SEO Manager
Posted 236 days ago
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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
SEO Manager
Posted 458 days ago
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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
SEO Manager
Posted 546 days ago
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Role purpose and overview
The Telegraph is looking for a talented and enthusiastic SEO Manager to join its SEO team and report into the SEO Director to lead on some key organic growth strategies. We are looking for somebody who wants to play a key role in supporting the creation of high-quality, Telegraph-specific content across multiple evergreen channels and ensuring it ranks as effectively as possible.
You will work closely as part of the wider evergreen SEO team, managing the SEO content strategy, working closely with editorial staff on best practice guidelines, identifying optimisation opportunities and reporting on wider performance of some of our most valuable channels.
Key responsibilities
- Project manage our evergreen content strategies, brief articles and create clear optimisation strategies
- Analysing content performance across core evergreen categories – notably Health and Money – to continually optimise performance
- Work closely with the editorial team, supporting with SEO advice, training sessions, options and optimisations and
- Work with the technical SEO team to create product improvements from a technical perspective
- Setup and manage monthly reports that can be easily digested by senior members of the team
- Help create, improve and maintain evergreen SEO guides and training materials for writers and more other members of the SEO team
- Keeping up to date with the world of SEO (and news SEO in particular), attending events and staying ahead of the search engine ecosystem
- Event-planning, performing keyword research and working with the news SEO team to ensure events drive as much traffic as possible and the wider team is supported in relevant areas
Essential skills
- Excellent project management skills
- Experience managing SEO content projects from cradle to grave
- An analytical and data-driven approach to surfacing content opportunities, trending topics, delivering actionable insights and identifying opportunities
- A thorough understanding of Google, Google Discover and how SEO works
- An ability to build relationships across the business
- Experience using multiple industry-leading tools (GSC, Screaming Frog, ahrefs, SemRush etc)
Benefits
The nature of our industry means life at the Telegraph Media Group is fast-paced, demanding, and interesting. We also want it to be rewarding for everyone who works here by creating a suite of benefits that contribute to lifestyle choices and leisure activities. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave), to life assurance and season ticket loans, you can choose from a range of flexible benefits, designed to support your lifestyle and help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.
Training and development
With support from your manager and colleagues, you’ll also have access to a variety of training and development opportunities through The Academy. Covering a range of personal and professional skills, our courses enable you to develop an enjoyable and rewarding career.
Our commitment to inclusion
At Telegraph Media Group, we foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer as part of the government’s Disability Confident Scheme. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition and would like support in applying for any of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process with us, please make us aware.
To find out more about Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Telegraph Media Group, and for more information on our purpose, beliefs, and people values, please visit our website