Search Manager (SEO & AI Search)

Leeds, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level2+ years expPermanent

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end search across client accounts, pairing technical SEO with content and AI search strategy to drive leads and visibility.

  • Translate audits, analytics and audience behavior into concrete optimization and content bets for multiple sites.
  • Influence design, content and development decisions so search becomes a core capability, not an afterthought.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • You\'ll work closely with our Head of Strategy & Performance as well as in collaboration with our in-house design and development teams, to ensure search is embedded into everything we deliver. You\'ll have opportunities to influence design decisions, lead content decisions and help shape website architecture.
  • You\'ll take ownership of search performance across a range of client accounts - balancing strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.
  • Leading and implementing technical SEO, content optimisation and AI search recommendations
  • Conducting audits, search research and competitor analysis to identify opportunities and inform strategy.
  • Identifying how audiences search, evaluate and make decisions online, then translating those insights into content and optimisation opportunities.
  • Sharing search insights and best practice across the wider team, helping ensure search thinking influences strategy, content, design and development decisions.
  • Monitoring performance and continuously identifying opportunities for improvement
  • Supporting website builds with SEO input from discovery through to launch
  • Understanding client objectives and ensuring search activity contributes to meaningful outcomes, whether that\'s leads, enquiries, sales or visibility amongst key audiences.
  • Your client-facing responsibility - explaining performance, building trust, and helping clients understand where value is being driven.

Requirements

  • 2 years SEO experience (required)
  • Experience using analytics, search and optimisation platforms such as Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Ahrefs, SEMrush or similar
  • Familiarity with AI search, generative search optimisation (GEO) and emerging search technologies
  • Experience measuring search performance beyond rankings
  • Understanding of schema and structured data
  • Familiarity with SEO considerations for modern CMS platforms
  • A good understanding of site structure, crawlability, indexing and Core Web Vitals
  • The ability to interpret data and turn it into meaningful actions
  • Understanding of conversion tracking, tagging and attribution (e.g. GA4, GTM)
  • Confidence working alongside developers on technical implementation
  • Strong communication skills - able to explain SEO without hiding behind jargon

Nice to Have

  • Experience in Paid Search (Google Ads)
  • Experience with CMS platforms (e.g. Umbraco, Kentico or equivalent)

Benefits

  • We\'ve embraced hybrid working, so you can work from home ANY three days per week
  • We offer flexible start times, so you can start anytime between 8:00am and 9:30am each day
  • There\'s a personal training budget available so you can grow, learn and progress, plus our bi-annual Pixel Expo where we collaborate, share and learn as a team
  • We give you access to company perks from free cinema tickets to exclusive discounts
  • There\'s 20 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays and on top of that, we close over Christmas and New Year too – you don\'t need to worry about saving holiday or this
  • There\'s free tea, coffee, soft drinks, ice cream, crisps, fruit and biscuits in the office at all times
  • We enjoy a monthly Pixel lunch too paid for by the company whether that\'s a takeaway or a trip to a nearby restaurant
  • We have an amazing Christmas party and team building summer day out, plus lots of social events in between too
  • There\'s free on-site parking and bike storage, but Leeds train station is accessible too