Senior SEO Executive

To support continued growth, we are looking for a Senior SEO Executive to join our team.

Chesterfield or Manchester

35 hours

Dependent on exp.

You’ll manage and deliver SEO activity across a portfolio of client accounts, taking ownership of day-to-day SEO delivery for multiple small and mid-sized retainers. You’ll combine technical expertise, strategic thinking and client relationship skills to identify and implement SEO opportunities that drive measurable results. Working collaboratively with developers, content teams and account managers, you’ll turn data into clear, practical recommendations and help clients understand how SEO activity connects to their commercial goals. This is a role that blends hands-on execution with strategic influence, giving you real ownership of client outcomes.

Responsibilities

Area

Focus

Strategy & Delivery

Own SEO activity across small to mid-sized retainers; prioritise by impact and business value

Technical SEO

Run audits (crawlability, Core Web Vitals, indexation); brief developers using GSC, GA4, SEMrush, Screaming Frog/Sitebulb

Content & On-Page

Keyword research, competitor analysis, on-page optimisation, ecommerce SEO where relevant

Reporting & Clients

Translate data into clear next steps; manage client relationships across a varied portfolio

AI-Enabled Working

Use Claude for research, reporting and QA; apply judgement to keep outputs accurate and client-appropriate; stay current on AI Overviews and LLM visibility

Requirements

• 3-4+ years’ hands-on SEO experience, including ownership of at least one sizeable ecommerce or lead-gen site
• Solid technical grounding: crawls, indexation, Core Web Vitals, canonicalisation, redirects
• Confident with GSC, GA4, and a major platform (SEMrush, Ahrefs or Sistrix), plus a crawler (Screaming Frog/Sitebulb)
• Strong communicator who can explain data to clients with varying SEO knowledge
• Comfortable using Claude or similar AI tools day to day, with the judgement to quality-check the output

Preferred qualifications

• Agency background managing 6-10 retainers
• In-house ecommerce experience, CMS platforms (WordPress, Shopify, Magento)
• Track record of measurable SEO wins: traffic growth, migrations, content hub growth
• Pitch/new business exposure
• Marketing or Digital Marketing degree