Head of SEO

Head of SEO About the job

• £65-75k p/a
• 4 day week
• Hybrid working from Farringdon Office
• Leading a small team of SEOs in a boutique digital agency with mid Sized to large clients

Experience Required

• 10 years agency experience
• Hiring, training and managing SEO teams
• Developing modern SEO strategy in an increasingly AI driven world
• Expert level technical SEO capability and demonstrable experience managing large websites of 1m+ URLs
• Expert consulting skills and written fluency
• Demonstrate capability architecting new SOPs, deliverables and processes
• Firm grasp of AI, RAG and automation for common SEO processes

Accountable for Quality Assurance

• Ensuring all SEO deliverables are completed to a high standard
• Updating and creating new deliverables and processes
• Developing processes, checks and balances to increase work quality and efficiency over time

Team OKRs

• Setting department objectives that align with the company objectives
• Setting team objectives and working with them to achieve the key results
• Team SWOT analysis and on going training and career development plans

Client KPIs

• Consistently achieving increased clicks and conversions for our clients
• Being the technical SEO advocate in the room for pitches and client QBRs
• Delivering high NPS and client satisfaction scores

Responsible for Retention: Client and Team

• Achieving high NPS scores for the client and the team
• Growing and promoting the teams through our internal job levels
• Building SEO deliverables and reports that fulfil client KPIs

Growth

• Spotting team gaps and developing a hiring plan in line with financial forecasts
• Producing training plans, documentation and governance related to our career progression ladder
• Helping pitch and win new business
• Growing the agencies reputation though technical SEO thought leadership via content production, media and conference talks

Performance

• Setting strategy and getting your hands dirty with big clients
• Managing big client relationships