Responsibilities

• Champion SEO across Reed.co.uk, ensuring organic search is understood and considered in relevant product, content and technology decisions.
• Proactively monitor and analyse organic search performance, identifying changes, risks and growth opportunities and translating these into clear recommendations and priorities.
• Own the day-to-day SEO operation, setting clear briefs and priorities, challenging recommendations where appropriate and holding teams accountable for high-quality delivery and results.
• Work closely with our SEO consultant to help translate SEO strategy into a clear, actionable roadmap and identify opportunities to improve performance.
• Partner with Product, Engineering and Delivery teams to embed SEO best practice, provide input into new products and site changes, and ensure SEO requirements are understood and successfully implemented.
• Identify and diagnose technical SEO opportunities and issues across areas including crawling, indexing, site architecture, internal linking and structured data, working with Engineering on implementation.
• Work collaboratively with Content and Marketing teams on keyword research, search demand, content optimisation, competitor analysis and opportunities to strengthen organic visibility.
• Monitor search engine developments, competitor activity and emerging AI search and LLM discovery trends, identifying opportunities to test, learn and evolve our approach.

Requirements

• 4-5+ years of SEO experience, with a strong background on technical and on-page SEO and knowledge of Digital PR and how it complements SEO efforts.
• A proven track record of using SEO insight and recommendations to improve organic performance on medium to large sites, e-commerce or platforms with short lived content.
• Good technical SEO knowledge, including crawling and indexing, site architecture, internal linking, structured data and rendering JavaScript / dynamic content with the ability to work effectively with Engineering teams on implementation.
• Strong analytical skills and experience using platforms such as Google Search Console, Google Analytics and enterprise SEO and crawling tools to understand performance, test and discover issues.
• Experience managing SEO agencies or specialist partners, with the confidence to set priorities, challenge recommendations and drive high-quality delivery.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and project management skills, with experience influencing Product, Engineering and other non-SEO stakeholders and translating SEO requirements into clear business recommendations.
• A proactive and commercially minded approach, with the curiosity to investigate performance changes, identify opportunities and prioritise activity according to likely business impact.
• A good foundational understanding of AI-powered search, LLMs and emerging approaches to search visibility, alongside a genuine curiosity to develop your knowledge as the landscape evolves.
• Must be located in and eligible to work in the UK
• Must have a 2:1 degree or equivalent (e.g. apprenticeship)

Benefits

• Hybrid working
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Flexible holiday scheme (buy, sell and carry over your holiday)
• Paid time off to move home
• Contributory pension scheme
• Enhanced family leave benefits
• Insurance benefits including life assurance
• Love Mondays events
• Discount scheme including gyms and popular retailers
• Range of wellbeing and mental health support avenues