Head of Search (SEO & Organic Growth)

Stockton-on-Tees, UK (Hybrid)

£40,000/hr – £45,000/hrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own the overall SEO strategy and client growth program across multiple accounts, driving strategy, execution and measurable improvements.

  • Growth Strategy: Own search strategy across multiple client accounts and drive performance improvements.
  • Client Leadership: Serve as the senior point of contact for SEO and organic growth clients and present insights.
  • Delivery & Collaboration: Coordinate with the team to ensure high-quality delivery across all client work and share best practices.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead search strategy across a portfolio of client accounts.
  • Act as the senior point of contact for SEO and organic growth clients.
  • Develop growth-focused SEO, content and authority-building strategies.
  • Present recommendations, insights and performance updates to clients.
  • Identify opportunities to improve performance and grow client accounts.
  • Support technical SEO audits and strategy development.
  • Oversee keyword research, content planning and optimisation activity.
  • Support the delivery of Digital PR and authority-building campaigns.
  • Review campaign performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Work closely with the wider team to ensure high-quality delivery across all client work.

Requirements

  • Minimum 4 years' experience in SEO, organic growth or search marketing.
  • Strong understanding of technical SEO, content strategy and authority building.
  • Experience managing client relationships and presenting recommendations.
  • Proven experience delivering successful SEO campaigns.
  • Strong understanding of Google Analytics 4, Google Search Console & third party SEO tools
  • Excellent communication and organisational skills.
  • Ability to translate SEO activity into commercial outcomes for clients.
  • A proactive approach and willingness to take ownership.

Preferred

  • Experience planning or supporting Digital PR campaigns.
  • Understanding of AI search and emerging search platforms.
  • Experience mentoring or managing team members.
  • Agency experience.
  • Understanding of CRO and user experience principles.
  • Experience developing new services, processes or ways of working.

Benefits

  • 35 days holiday including bank holidays
  • Hybrid working (3 days office, 2 days remote)
  • Flexible working hours
  • Ongoing training and development opportunities
  • The opportunity to help shape the future direction of the agency
  • A supportive team environment where your ideas will be listened to and implemented
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Breakout Media

Breakout Media is a digital marketing agency that is focused on bringing real, tangible results for your business.We want to solve your problems and not just push our services.Do you ever get sick of just hearing what a company can offer? Always telling you what you need and coincidentally they just happen to offer what they say you need?We are not like that. We want to find out what issues you are currently facing in your business, what is causing you pain and what the problems are. After analysing your issues we will then try to see if we have a solution for you. If we can help then we will, if we can’t then we will try and point you in the direction of someone who can but everything we do will be focused on bringing you real results that have a real impact on your business and not just providing you with vanity metrics which whilst they look nice they provide no difference to your bottom line.We are lead as a business by our 3 core values where we strive to be:•Trustworthy•Transparent•TransformativeBreakout Media are Online Marketing ExpertsWe deal in all area of digital marketing but specialise particularly in:SEOPay Per ClickWeb DesignSocial Media MarketingGraphic DesignMarketing Consultancy

Founded in 2018
Stockton-On-Tees, England, GBR
10 employees (4 in marketing)

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Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
57.3%
Direct
29.7%
Referral
7.7%
Social
4.3%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~10

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
3 (30% of company)