AEO Search Lead

Responsibilities

• You own the SEO and AEO strategy for Searchable.com hands on and you are accountable for the result.
• You report to the Head of Marketing (and CEO) and are the most senior search person working on our own site.
• This is an internal role working on our own AEO and SEO performance.
• Our customer AEO team, led by the Head of AEO, works on customer accounts. You work only on Searchable's own visibility, and you share tests and findings with that team so customers benefit from what we learn on our own.
• You set the search priorities. The Heads of Content, Digital PR and Growth and the YouTube Lead deliver them in their channels underneath your guidance.
• SEO & AEO: Using the Searchable platform to understand where we are visible, where competitors are outperforming us and what actions we should take next.
• Cross-Channel Strategy: Turning those insights into practical strategies across content, Digital PR, YouTube, LinkedIn and wider marketing activity.
• Training & Knowledge Transfer: Raising SEO and AEO knowledge across the company through training, documentation and regular updates.
• Platform Expertise: Becoming an expert user of Searchable and feeding real-world product improvements back to the Product team.
• Research: Investigating changes in AI search and turning findings into practical recommendations.

Requirements

• Has strong SEO knowledge and hands-on experience.
• Is highly interested in AEO, LLMs and the future of search.
• Can turn data and findings into clear strategies and actions.
• Understands content, links, technical SEO and authority building.
• Is strong at competitor analysis and spotting patterns across markets.
• Can identify opportunities that are already backed by evidence rather than relying purely on intuition.
• Is proactive and comfortable testing new ideas.
• Can communicate clearly with different teams.
• Is comfortable training others and sharing knowledge.
• Enjoys working collaboratively across marketing functions.

Preferred

• Experience working in a B2B environment, particularly where search supports longer sales cycles, complex buying journeys or category education.

Benefits

• Salary: Up to £100,000
• Meaningful early-stage equity pre Series A
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays
• Enhanced salary sacrifice pension
• Workplace nursery scheme
• Monthly fitness and wellbeing reimbursement
• Flexibility in hours – around life and family commitments