69 Seo Manager jobs in London

GOAT Interactive is the online division of the Editec Group. The objective of GOAT Interactive is to use our vast knowledge of Africa, combined with digital excellence, to ensure that all of our brands occupy the podium positions in the countries we operate in. With a growing presence in 18 countries, GOAT represents the largest group of gaming brands on the continent.

The SEO manager role will play a pivotal part in the new customer growth of all our brands. With strong knowledge of SEO methodologies, ranking strategies, some technical understanding, and a passion to stay on top of trends in SEO. The ideal candidate is data driven, a clear communicator who can translate data into insight seamlessly.

What you’ll be doing day to day

• Applying best in class SEO practices to all our websites to achieve organic acquisition objectives
• Work with the Department Head to develop and execute comprehensive SEO strategies per country to improve site performance and organic search rankings.
• Conduct in-depth technical audits of websites, identifying issues such as crawlability, indexation, site structure, and Core Web Vitals, and implement solutions.
• Work closely with developers to ensure SEO best practices are integrated into website architecture, platform migrations, and new site builds.
• Collaborate with the content team to optimise on-page elements, including metadata, internal linking, and keyword targeting.
• Analysing, sourcing and checking links for our link building strategy.
• Keyword research, search intent modelling and keyword mapping to achieve high rankings.
• Stay updated with the latest Google algorithm updates, technical SEO trends, and industry best practices.

What your background looks like

• 3+ years’ experience in an SEO role
• Ideally having worked in online gambling before
• Is well-rounded in all pillars of SEO including technical, content, and off-site link acquisition
• Has great experience in the typical SEO toolset i.e. Ahrefs, SEMRush, Google AnalyticsGoogle Search Console, or similar.
• Has experience or a desire to innovate and elevate SEO and the wider organic earned and owned product offering including integrated search
• Organisational commitment and performance excellence skills
• Good public relations/relationship building, management report writing, and communication skills
• A strategic thinker with strong analytical, visionary, and problem-solving skills
• French speaking would be advantageous but not a must

*** We operate with a hybrid working model of 3 days per week at our office on Fenchurch Street, and 2 days working from home. Please ensure this works for you before applying! ***

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

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

Spotlight Sports Group is a global media and technology company specialising in content and data within sports betting, horse racing and fantasy sports. With over 400 employees, the group operates multiple award-winning brands, including Racing Post, the world’s largest horse racing affiliate, Pickswise, myracing and Free Super Tips. We partner with leading operators across the betting industry to produce and build multilingual, best-in-class digital products and content to engage and educate customers. ICS-digital, an international marketing agency including ICS-translate, also operates under the group.

Reports to:

Head of SEO

Job Purpose:

This role will be situated in the SEO team at Spotlight Sports Group and will be responsible for helping to grow the organic search traffic across the group by devising and overseeing the execution of the Technical SEO and AI Search strategies. This is a fantastic opportunity to work across multiple brands and territories in a highly competitive niche.

Accountabilities:

• Develop and implement technical SEO strategies across our group-owned brands, aligned with business priorities and commercial KPIs. 
• Manage and coordinate technical SEO activity, including site audits, crawl budgets and site migrations. Providing technical requirements for key growth initiatives such as core web vitals and structured data.
• Work closely with product, UX and tech teams to implement technical SEO requirements, driving measurable improvements in site visibility, organic traffic and conversions.
• Champion our AI Search strategy and LLM readiness by optimising our products for discoverability, managing accessibility of AI crawlers, and tracking performance.
• Integrate AI tools and agents to deliver innovative solutions and autonomy for BAU SEO activities to improve efficiency and scalability within the team.
• Manage SEO technology platforms and account manager relationships with providers.
• Measure and analyse the group’s technical performance, communicating strategic recommendations to relevant departments.
• Lead, grow and develop direct reports, supporting training needs and identifying succession plans.

Experience, skills and qualifications:

• You have substantial experience in technical SEO roles, and possess in-depth knowledge of SEO best practices for news publishers and large websites.
• Hands-on experience with log file analysis, crawling and indexation diagnostics, core web vitals and rendering solutions.
• Project management skills are essential, and familiarity with Agile, Scrum, or Kanban frameworks is advantageous.
• Passionate about ‘GEO’ and competent in using AI tools to automate tasks, synthesise research and generate solutions
• Proficiency in Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and Excel is a must.
• Familiar with SEO tools (e.g., SEMRush, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, Lumar or similar).
• Staying up-to-date with the latest SEO trends and webmaster updates is crucial.
• Knowledge of Python and JS is a valuable asset.
• Knowledge of sports betting and iGaming affiliate marketing in Europe and the US is desirable.

Benefits

We offer a range of well-being initiatives, including private medical insurance, excellent parental leave, a working globally policy, mental health support, assistance programs, and social gatherings. We also provide a pension scheme and various other benefit schemes. Plus, we all get our birthdays off work and enjoy 25 days of holiday per year, as well as the opportunity to buy 5 additional days per year and you can be flexible about when you use your public holidays.

We’ve also got you covered with life assurance and exclusive perks like the Star card and our Step Further Awards (our employee recognition program) to recognise your dedication. For those working via the hybrid model (in the office and at home) we’ve made commuting easier with our Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Scheme.

You can also take advantage of complimentary access to our Racing Post Members Club, complete with an Ultimate Membership. We believe in making a positive impact beyond the workplace, and you'll have the chance to volunteer two days per year with our charity partner, Autism in Racing .