SEO Business Director

Mindshare Worldwide; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Business Director for Organic Search to enhance client relationships and optimize digital marketing strategies. This pivotal role involves leading a growing team, fostering collaboration, and driving innovative solutions for key global clients. The ideal candidate will thrive in a dynamic environment, leveraging their expertise in digital marketing and client management to deliver exceptional results. With a commitment to professional growth and a vibrant workplace culture, this opportunity promises to be both rewarding and impactful for the right individual.

Benefits

25 days holiday increasing to 30

Option to buy extra 5 days holiday

Enhanced pension scheme

Bupa healthcare

Monthly wellbeing fund

Early finishes on Fridays during summer

Extensive training programme

Qualifications

• Proven management skills to support team development and client relationships.
• Expert knowledge in owned asset optimization and digital channel integration.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage global client relationships and project scopes.
• Provide strategic direction to improve client project performance.
• Oversee development of account directors and managers within the team.

Skills

Management Skills

Client Relationship Management

Proactive Problem Solving

Digital Marketing Knowledge

Verbal and Written Communication

Numeracy and Analysis Skills

Troubleshooting Skills

Job description

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Description

Position at Mindshare Worldwide

Business Director, Organic Search
Job title: BD, Organic Search, Channel Development
Group: Mindshare Worldwide
Client: Nespresso
Reports to: Digital Strategy Lead

Mindshare is a media services company that accelerates Good Growth for its clients. Our company values of energy, empathy and impact bind together our diverse global family of 10,000 people from every culture and with every specialist skill you can imagine.

What We Can Offer You

At Mindshare Worldwide, we offer a competitive salary package, with 25 days holiday increasing with service to a maximum of 30 days, with the option to buy an extra 5 days per year. We also have an enhanced pension scheme, Bupa healthcare, a monthly wellbeing fund and early finishes on a Friday during summer.

Based ten minutes from London Bridge tube station, our office has a rooftop with 360 views of London - a great space to hang out with colleagues and friends!

We also offer an extensive training programme to help guide your career development, there's a wide range of options to suit everyone at all levels of your career.

The Role

The Business Director role is a senior role that requires delivering best in class global/regional digital marketing and media solutions for key global clients. You must be digitally ahead, connected, diplomatic, pro-active, and solution oriented.

A role exists within the Mindshare Global Owned Media team to support a growing team, covering primarily SEO, CRO and Asset Optimization. As an Owned Media Business Director, you will play a pivotal role in owning key client relationships, supporting the team skills development, and aiding in the business development of the Owned & Earned product offering and functions.

The successful Activation BD will be someone that is solution orientated, proactive, able to work collaboratively with teams, clients, agency partners and MS teams. Experienced in working across multiple markets, across different cultures and able to operate at both a macro and micro level when looking at best-in-class digital activation.

Role Responsibilities

• Build global client relationships and manage scope requirements.
• Provide creative and strategic direction to the team to improve client project performance.
• Support Account Directors to own all aspects of Owned Media including trending Owned Strategies, CRO/Analytics, Asset Optimization, and importantly the integration with the wider biddable teams.
• Oversee and manage development of account directors and managers within the team.
• Collaborate and take ownership of new business and pitch scenarios.
• Attend client QBRs and support the team with demonstrating quality client service.
• Ensure you hit deadlines and manage workflows and tasks for all search related deliverables.
• Integrate seamlessly with client account teams rather than search as an added service.
• Responsible for the Digital capability (execution) for a market/group of markets and proactive development of our capabilities.
• Responsible for contribution for multichannel New Business, including but not restricted to supporting pitches, building creds, launching new products and services, upselling/cross-selling, prospecting etc.
• Surface and share great work from the team and ensuring that case studies are regularly created.
• Support Senior leadership and line manager with regular updates on up-and-coming innovation, changes to industry landscape.
• Provide direct support to your Line Manager and Head of, Business Director(s), Account Director(s) and wider team.

Key Skills and Experience

• Excellent management skills to support the growing team in developing stronger client relationships.
• Ability to identify opportunities to upsell and manage client expectations.
• Proactive nature and take the initiative to identify areas for improvement in team projects.
• Expert knowledge of owned asset optimization and the integration between digital channels.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• High level numeracy and analysis skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, as well as collaboratively driving energy, passion and direction of a 10+ member team.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.

Personal performance measures:

• Feedback from client teams and local market.
• Motivated teams - measured via 360 and informal feedback.
• Strong relationships with other departments.
• Year on Year revenue growth & Increase client profitability.