Associate Director/lead Organic Search

Manchester, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableManager6+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Act as the senior strategic lead across your client portfolio.
  • Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
  • Lead monthly strategic planning, Quarterly Business Reviews and annual/long term strategic planning.
  • Ensure every client has a clear growth roadmap aligned to commercial objectives.
  • Challenge strategies to ensure we're investing in the highest-impact opportunities
  • Unite SEO, social search, Digital PR and content into one cohesive Organic Media strategy per client — not siloed channel plans.
  • Develop client growth plans that identify opportunities across SEO, Social, Digital PR and wider Rise services to expand new channels - working the the CS team to open doors for budget and opps
  • Spot upsell opportunities within current services based on impact for category leadership
  • Monitor and report on portfolio performance, ensuring strategies deliver measurable outcomes working with analysts and performance leads
  • Turn executional accounts into strategic, and strategic accounts into partnerships.

Requirements

  • 6+ years' experience in SEO, content strategy or integrated digital marketing.
  • Proven experience leading strategic client relationships.
  • Strong commercial awareness with experience identifying growth opportunities.
  • Experience managing and developing strategy teams.
  • Deep understanding of Search Journeys, audience behaviour and Organic Media strategy.
  • Strong knowledge of AI Search, LLM visibility and the evolving search landscape.
  • Excellent presentation, communication and stakeholder management skills.

Benefits

  • up to £65,000
  • Generous holiday allowance + public holidays
  • Holiday loyalty scheme
  • Free mortgage advice through our in-house advisor
  • Work from anywhere for up to one month a year
  • Your birthday off
  • Christmas and New Year office shutdown
  • Access to private medical
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
  • Flexible and hybrid working
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Rise at Seven

The SEARCH-FIRST content marketing agency for people who want more ⚡🤘🤓 🙌. The agency for brands who believe brand and search should work together. Based In London, Manchester, Sheffield & New York.

Founded in 2019
New York, England, GBR
74 employees (50 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
28.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.2%
Direct
47.3%
Referral
4.3%
Social
16.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~74

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
42 (57% of company)
Median Career Experience
5 years
Median Tenure
0.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
9

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