Associate Director, SEO

UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Shape and own a data driven SEO practice that adapts to AI search shifts, leading major accounts and mentoring the team.

  • Own SEO strategy and governance that prioritises high value work and aligns with client goals.
  • Lead large accounts with strong client relationships and reliable delivery.
  • Mentor the practice to raise capability and consistency across levels.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Using your practice knowledge, you'll build and deliver SEO strategies that move the needle, prioritising high-value work based on data and client business goals.
  • You'll develop SEO guidelines and processes that make the whole team sharper and more consistent.
  • You'll contribute to the SEO practice roadmap, helping ensure our offering keeps pace with how search is evolving, including AI Overviews, generative engines like Perplexity and ChatGPT Search, and what that means for visibility and content strategy.
  • You'll lead some of our larger accounts, building strong client relationships and acting as a point of escalation, making sure work lands on time and to standard.
  • You'll lead and mentor people across the practice, growing capability and knowledge at every level.

Requirements

  • Strong all-round SEO knowledge with at least four years of experience.
  • A solid understanding of AI Search: how Google AI Overviews, large language models and generative engines are changing organic visibility, and how to build strategies that account for them.
  • Demonstrable success in improving SEO strategies through automation, process improvements and technology adoption.
  • A good understanding of how other channels work and optimise alongside SEO.
  • A confident, authentic communicator who cares about the quality of work and keeps learning.
  • Passionate about growing the people around you.
  • Strong presentation skills, with solid data analysis and reporting ability.
  • Attentive to detail, methodical and process-led.
  • Commercially aware.

Preferred

  • Learning certifications are created and completed across the practice.
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Hi! We're Brainlabs, an integrated media agency on a mission to make marketing more scientific. We built Brainlabs borrowing the best and most applicable parts of the scientific approach. We hired Smart people (The Brains) to develop breakthrough hypotheses, then put every idea through proper experimental conditions using our validation engine (the Labs).We pioneered the use of AI in advertising, which combined with the scientific approach, has propelled us to scale from a single employee to over 1,000 team members, becoming one of the fastest-growing independent media agencies globally. Today, we serve as a media agency of record for results-driven advertisers with total media spend ranging from $10M-$250M—companies like Capital One, Bozzuto, UNICEF USA, and Hornblower Group.

Founded in 2012
New York, New York, USA
1K employees (304 in marketing)
65% recommend to a friend
78% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
34.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.6%
Direct
41.5%
Referral
8.8%
Social
3.7%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
284 (27% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
2.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2023
    Private Equity
  • Mar 2019
    Private Equity

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