Hybrid SEO Strategist: Own Strategy & Client Growth

Circulate Digital; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 days in office 2 days remote

28 days holiday

Private healthcare

Gym contribution

Early Friday finishes

Office barista and beer taps

Commission for new business

Growth incentives

Job summary

Circulate Digital is seeking a Search Strategist to own a portfolio of client accounts from strategy through to the client relationship. We are a specialist agency focused exclusively on SEO and AI Search, offering early ownership and influence over how we work.

You will lead the search strategy, run client calls, and oversee technical delivery while shaping AI-driven briefs and client strategies. The role is hybrid with 3 days in the Sheffield office and 2 days remote, with generous holiday and

Qualifications

• Around 3 years or more in SEO, mostly agency-side, with real client-facing experience.

Responsibilities

• Strategy: Own the search strategy for your accounts. Build roadmaps from client business goals, set quarterly priorities, and make the case for why the work matters.
• Client Ownership: Act as the senior point of contact for your portfolio. Run monthly calls and quarterly reviews, explain performance honestly, and hold client confidence when results are slow.
• Technical Delivery: Lead audits, migrations and technical diagnosis. You will be hands-on where the work needs a senior pair of hands.
• Delivery Oversight: Brief the Search Executive team on execution across your accounts and review output before it reaches a client.
• AI & Search: Use AI tools to sharpen research and briefs, and build client strategies that account for AI Overviews, LLM visibility and platforms like Reddit.
• Account Health: Spot drift, scope creep and growth opportunities early. Renewals for your accounts sit with you.

Skills

SEO strategy

Client communication

Agency experience

AI in SEO

Technical SEO

Tools

Google Search Console

GA4

Ahrefs

Semrush

Screaming Frog

Looker Studio

Job description

Circulate Digital is seeking a Search Strategist to own a portfolio of client accounts from strategy through to the client relationship. We are a specialist agency focused exclusively on SEO and AI Search, offering early ownership and influence over how we work.

You will lead the search strategy, run client calls, and oversee technical delivery while shaping AI-driven briefs and client strategies. The role is hybrid with 3 days in the Sheffield office and 2 days remote, with generous holiday and