Lead SEO Specialist

Dundee, UK (Hybrid)

£35K/yr – £42K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

Job Summary

Lead and grow a SEO team, setting strategy, managing performance, and delivering client-focused SEO initiatives across on-page, technical, content, and analytics work streams.

  • Own team development, coaching, and wellbeing
  • Drive strategy, audits, reporting, and client communications
  • Collaborate with developers, account managers, and marketing to implement SEO improvements

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Leading and supporting a team of SEO specialists through regular one-to-ones, day-to-day management and clear guidance
  • Carrying out our quarterly performance management process, reviewing performance against KPIs and setting development goals
  • Proactively looking after team wellbeing and fostering a collaborative, inclusive team environment
  • Identifying support and training needs , and facilitating coaching and development sessions
  • Supporting recruitment , onboarding and the ongoing growth of your team, and flagging any concerns early
  • Strategy & Planning : Design, develop, and implement effective SEO strategies that align with the clients business goals.
  • Website Analysis : Audit and analyse websites to identify areas for improvement.
  • Keyword Research : Identify powerful keywords to drive the most valuable traffic.
  • On-Page SEO : Optimize website content, meta descriptions, meta tags, URL structures, and other on-page elements.
  • Content Strategy : Developing content for client sites to help advance keyword rankings.

Requirements

  • Natural leadership qualities: a genuine people person who takes a keen interest in supporting others and building a strong team
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to lead by example in a busy, fast-moving environment.
  • A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a real commitment to client success
  • Proven SEO experience, 3+ years, with a track record of successfully improving organic search rankings and increasing web traffic, ideally within an agency or multi-client environment
  • Familiarity with AI tooling and how it is reshaping search and SEO
  • Experience with web analytics, web design, and web development.
  • Experience of GA4 , GTM and how to deploy tags and link up data layers.
  • Strong analytical skills for understanding ranking algorithms and potential issues.
  • Strong organizational, time-management, and analytical skills.
  • Confident at speaking to clients and can explain complex SEO issues or scenarios in a way that a client would understand.

Preferred

  • Preference will be given to candidates who are near our offices and are willing to join us in the office part of the week.

Benefits

  • Pension scheme
  • Enhanced Sick Pay
  • 24 - 37 work holidays per year including your birthday
  • retail and leisure discounts
  • Employee Assistance Programme / Virtual GP
  • Flexible starting time options
  • International experience
  • Optional paid trips to offices abroad
  • Regular social events
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mtc.

Formed in 1999, and based in Dundee with offices in Edinburgh and Europe, mtc. offer a complete rounded web design and development service. We provide the expertise and know-how to deliver web solutions to clients across a wide range of sectors. From branding, website development, eCommerce, content management systems and intranets, to search engine optimisation and email marketing.Our people are our most valuable assets. Our dynamic and highly skilled team of people create a synergy between creativity and technical know-how, to deliver what some clients call "phenomenal results".Our approach is based on collaboration - we don't try to sell you "cool" things you don't need - we listen. And we educate. The more you know about your options, the better we can satisfy your needs.

Founded in 1999
Dundee, Scotland, GBR
1.7K employees (102 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

£35K/yr – £42K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
70 (4% of company)
Median Tenure
9.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
7.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
50.9%
Direct
38.6%
Referral
7.5%
Social
2%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.7K
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Lead SEO Specialist

mtc. · Dundee, UK · Hybrid