AI-Driven Search & Discovery Analyst

Immediate Live Co; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible / hybrid working

Early finish Fridays

25 days holiday

Cycle to work scheme

Well-being initiatives

Mental Health First aiders

Love Learning training platform

Pension plans and Life Assurance

Office with collaborative spaces

Job summary

Immediate seeks a Search & Discovery Analyst to grow visibility across traditional search and AI surfaces for BBC Good Food and Radio Times. You will lead technical SEO audits, optimise content for AI citability, and use audience insights to drive registrations and subscriptions.

The role blends data-driven analysis with proactive experimentation and collaboration with editorial, product and technology teams.

Qualifications

• Solid hands-on experience in technical SEO and content optimisation.
• Genuine passion for search and AI discovery.
• Proactive, analytical mindset with ability to derive actionable insights.
• Strong Excel proficiency.
• Experience with Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, GSC and GA.

Responsibilities

• Conduct technical SEO audits to improve crawlability, indexation and data quality across search and AI surfaces.
• Identify internal linking, entity and semantic optimisation opportunities.
• Support testing to improve visibility across search, LLMs and AI answer engines.
• Produce regular performance reports on search and AI visibility with insights and actions.
• Collaborate with Product & Technology to deliver SEO improvements and monitor site performance.
• Create entity-led content briefs to optimise for search and AI citability.
• Audit content and competitors to improve topical authority and discoverability across search and AI answers.
• Use audience insight to improve journeys from discovery to registration, newsletters, subscriptions and engagement.
• Monitor developments in search and AI discovery and share best practices with teams.

Skills

Technical SEO

Content optimisation

Audience development

Data analysis

Excel proficiency

Communication & stakeholder management

Tools

Ahrefs

Screaming Frog

Google Search Console

Google Analytics

AI visibility platforms (Profound, Peec AI, Ahrefs Brand Radar)

Job description

Immediate seeks a Search & Discovery Analyst to grow visibility across traditional search and AI surfaces for BBC Good Food and Radio Times. You will lead technical SEO audits, optimise content for AI citability, and use audience insights to drive registrations and subscriptions.

The role blends data-driven analysis with proactive experimentation and collaboration with editorial, product and technology teams.