Responsibilities

• Define the LeapSpace search and AI-visibility strategy, shaping and pressure-testing the roadmap with the agency
• Leverage Elsevier's existing domain authority and assets, to accelerate visibility
• Act as internal owner and day-to-day contact for a specialist search and AI-visibility agency.
• Establish the technical content structure and structured data that get LeapSpace discovered
• Define the content taxonomy and information architecture - how content is organised, and hierarchised, so that individual pages can be cleanly extracted and cited
• Turn strategy into a coordinated programme of work, removing blockers and keeping contributors moving in the same direction
• Stay ahead of how discovery is changing and translate emerging shifts into a concrete plan
• Build effective working relationships with internal collaborators and cross-functional teams

Requirements

• Track record building organic search visibility, ideally including launching or scaling visibility for a new product or domain
• Strong command of technical and content SEO (site architecture, structured data, crawlability, content optimisation, link strategy)
• Demonstrable understanding of AEO and GEO
• Experience managing external agencies or partners
• Exceptional cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management; able to align and mobilise multiple teams toward a shared goal
• Strong analytical skills and fluency with search/analytics tooling
• Excellent communication skills — able to translate technical work for non-technical stakeholders
• Comfort working within a large, matrixed organisation across multiple market segments (e.g. consumer, institutional, government).

Benefits

• We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
• We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.