Responsibilities

• Account & Strategy Ownership: Creating and managing successful, high-impact SEO strategies across national and international markets, particularly for complex or higher-value accounts, confidently owning long-term roadmaps and account retention.
• Client Relationship Building & Trust: Building strong, lasting, and trusted partnerships with senior client stakeholders, acting as a reliable strategic advisor who understands their commercial drivers and business models.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Working seamlessly alongside internal account teams, including Client Performance, to align technical execution with overarching client performance and business goals.
• Results Delivery & ROI: A proven track record of delivering measurable organic growth, using clear performance, activity, and KPI reporting to demonstrate tangible ROI and value for clients.
• Team Mentoring & Quality Control: Demonstrating high standards of delegation and guidance, acting as a technical and strategic mentor for supporting team members (strategists, executives, analysts), providing rigorous QA, and ensuring exceptional deliverable quality.
• Adaptive Thinking & Agility: Applying adaptive thinking strategically across client challenges, keeping pace with changing search engine environments, emerging SERP features (including AI-driven search), and broader digital trends.
• Cross-Channel Strategy: A developed understanding of organic search within broader digital marketing, collaborating effectively with other channel owners (such as Digital PR, Influencer and Social) to maximise campaign performance and value.

Requirements

• Given the senior strategic nature of this role, we are looking for candidates who can demonstrate established client leadership, senior stakeholder management, and a relentless focus on search performance and ROI.
• While we typically expect at least 5+ years of experience in an SEO-specific role, we will choose successful candidates based on their strategic vision, client relationship skills, and proven track record of results.

Preferred

• Agency experience is highly beneficial for this role, and experience across varied verticals and industry segments, including lead generation and e-commerce, will aid your application.

Benefits

• SALARY: £37,900
• See our: Impression's Benefits Booklet to find out more
• We offer many benefits, including a 4.5-day working week, flexible hybrid working options, and enhanced leave, to name a few.