[ref. j33994904] SEO Lead
Dark Horse is an SEO, PPC, and Paid Social agency that wants to make a difference to its clients and employees. We offer a great career path working with some of the top professionals in the industry. We are recruiting our next SEO Lead to join the growing Search Marketing team.
We have one aim… Build and scale the best SEO team in the country. This is a chance to learn from the best and be a part of an agency with ambitious growth plans.The roleReporting directly to the Head of SEO, this is a hands-on role where you will be responsible for planning and delivering effective strategies to impact our client’s bottom line.
We need somebody who has experience running successful SEO campaigns for e-commerce and lead-generation clients. We understand that nobody in SEO can ever be the finished article, and we want to build the best SEO team in the country, so ongoing training will be provided to help keep you ahead of the rest.
What’s on offerWe think we’ve built a great place to work, where every individual feels rewarded for the effort, they put in. Enjoy this along with:• Hybrid working• Flexitime• Birthday off, obvs• Leafy Altrincham location• Mental Wellbeing BUPA programme• Dark Horse will carbon offset your role with The Dark Forest green is good• Working in an amazing team – Learning from some fantastic people• Other stuff too – This is mostly the small stuff we use to make us look good on LinkedIn.
Can’t remember most of it. It’s largely irrelevant. Don’t fall for the “Beer Tap in office” and other race-to-bottom stuff. This is a career we are talking about here
The requirements• 3+ years of experience in an SEO role• Experience speaking with clients and/or internal stakeholders• Evidence of delivering successful SEO campaigns• Strong technical SEO knowledge• Able to conduct keyword research and gap analysis• Ability to spot and prioritise opportunities quickly• Experience working with tools such as SEMush, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, SERanking, Google Search Console, Google Analytics, and Frase• Strong commercial awareness of what makes business owners happy• Experience demonstrating the impact of SEO performance to clients and stakeholders through reporting and meetings.• Be organised, manage your time, and be forensic in your approach• Have pride in your work
Preferred, but not required:- Knowledge of how SEO interacts with other marketing channels• Ambitious about speaking in front of an audience at industry events• Help the team upskill through innovation• Experience making technical changes on CMS platforms such as Shopify, Magento, and WordPress.
- International SEO experience• Website migration experience• Website content writing experience• Ability to spot cross-sell opportunities for our clients
- Has been involved in pre-sale pitches• Experience working as part of an agency
If you're driven and ready to grow, we’d love to hear from you