Senior SEO Strategist

Impression; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Impression's Benefits Booklet

Job summary

Impression is a leading independent UK SEO agency, driving measurable impact for major brands. The Senior SEO Strategist will own high-value client partnerships, deliver robust organic search results, and mentor the team to maintain exceptional deliverable quality.

The role sits in our SEO department, with a hybrid working model and a focus on strategy, ROI, and long-term client success across national and international markets.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in an SEO-specific role.
• Established client leadership and senior stakeholder management.
• Proven track record of results and ROI.
• Experience with national and international markets.

Responsibilities

• Channel ownership for high-value client partnerships.
• Develop multi-market SEO strategies and roadmaps.
• Quality Assurance on deliverables and strategies.
• Lead the SEO component of new business pitches and forecasting.
• Monitor performance, identify risks, and propose improvements.
• Communicate with stakeholders through updates and Strategy Planning Meetings.
• Mentor and guide team members to ensure high-quality work.
• Contribute to Impression's marketing content and thought leadership.

Skills

Account ownership

Strategy development

Client relationships

ROI focus

Team mentoring

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to make your mark by working with one of the largest and most successful independent SEO agencies in the UK, driving tangible commercial impact for leading brands while working alongside like-minded search specialists in our award-winning agency culture.

SALARY: £37,900

See our: Impression's Benefits Booklet to find out more

This pivotal role sits within our SEO department and is responsible for building solid client relationships and delivering outstanding organic search results across a portfolio of complex, high-value client accounts.

Who are you?

Given the senior strategic nature of this role, we are looking for candidates who can demonstrate established client leadership, senior stakeholder management, and a relentless focus on search performance and ROI.

While we typically expect at least 5+ years of experience in an SEO-specific role, we will choose successful candidates based on their strategic vision, client relationship skills, and proven track record of results.

What we're looking for:

• Account & Strategy Ownership: Creating and managing successful, high-impact SEO strategies across national and international markets, particularly for complex or higher-value accounts, confidently owning long-term roadmaps and account retention.
• Client Relationship Building & Trust: Building strong, lasting, and trusted partnerships with senior client stakeholders, acting as a reliable strategic advisor who understands their commercial drivers and business models.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Working seamlessly alongside internal account teams, including Client Performance, to align technical execution with overarching client performance and business goals.
• Results Delivery & ROI: A proven track record of delivering measurable organic growth, using clear performance, activity, and KPI reporting to demonstrate tangible ROI and value for clients.
• Team Mentoring & Quality Control: Demonstrating high standards of delegation and guidance, acting as a technical and strategic mentor for supporting team members (strategists, executives, analysts), providing rigorous QA, and ensuring exceptional deliverable quality.
• Adaptive Thinking & Agility: Applying adaptive thinking strategically across client challenges, keeping pace with changing search engine environments, emerging SERP features (including AI-driven search), and broader digital trends.
• Cross-Channel Strategy: A developed understanding of organic search within broader digital marketing, collaborating effectively with other channel owners (such as Digital PR, Influencer and Social) to maximise campaign performance and value.

(Agency experience is highly beneficial for this role, and experience across varied verticals and industry segments, including lead generation and e-commerce, will aid your application.)

What you will be doing:

The Senior SEO Strategist is a key strategic lead within the SEO department, focused primarily on managing high-tier client partnerships, delivering exceptional SEO performance, and elevating the quality of work produced across their accounts.

Client Ownership & Performance Delivery

• Channel Ownership & Accountability: Assume full strategic accountability and channel ownership for high-value client partnerships, navigating stakeholder priorities to secure long-term client satisfaction and retention.
• Strategy & Roadmap Development: Create, maintain, and adapt multi-market SEO strategies and long-term roadmaps that respond to algorithmic updates, changing user behaviour, and evolving search technologies.
• Quality Assurance: Perform rigorous Quality Assurance (QA) on deliverables and strategies produced by supporting team members, ensuring all client-facing work meets Impression's high standards before delivery.
• New Business & Pitching: Lead the SEO component of the new business phase for new prospects, including reviewing briefs, crafting pitch decks, running forecasting, and presenting pitch strategies to win new client business.
• Performance & Risk Management: Partner closely with our existing Client Performance team to proactively identify risks or performance stagnation in client accounts, bringing pre-formulated solutions, strategic recommendations, and performance enhancements to maintain growth.
• Stakeholder Communication: Lead transparent, high-impact client communication through regular performance updates, strategy calls, and Strategy Planning Meetings (SPMs).

Mentoring & Department Support

• Mentoring & Guidance: Act as a trusted mentor and subject matter expert for supporting team members (strategists, executives, analysts), assisting with complex troubleshooting and providing constructive feedback on deliverables.
• Technical & Strategic Advice: Serve as a go-to expert within the department for advice on client strategy execution, account ideation, and overcoming technical hurdles.
• Agency Marketing Activity: Actively engage in and support Impression's own marketing activity such as contributing to agency blog posts, case studies, white papers, and thought leadership content to showcase successful campaigns and industry insights

Flexible working at Impression without losing team connections

We love the focus of deep work at home, but we value team connections just as much. That’s why we use a hybrid model with at least one purposeful Pulse Day in the office each week to catch up and collaborate. To maximise our time together, the SEO team head into the office on Tuesdays.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We're listening, and we're learning.

We’re committed to embracing diversity and promoting equal opportunities, both within our teams and through the services we provide. But we know we still have work to do. Improving fairness – in our agency and our industry – is something we’re passionate about, and we’re committed to having the conversations, making the changes and helping other businesses to do the same.

We pledge to promote equal opportunities and, as per the Equality Act 2010, will not tolerate discrimination on the grounds of: gender, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, race, colour, nationality, religion, age, disability, caring responsibilities or beliefs. We’ll also make every effort to represent different genders, ethnicities, socio-economic backgrounds and sexualities at the events, panels and discussions we run.

Agencies

Strictly no recruitment agencies.

Impression was recently ranked fourth in the UK's Best Workplaces™ for Wellbeing (medium-sized companies), and we continuously strive to ensure the best possible work-life balance for our team.

As a successful candidate, you will be given a clear progression path. We want rising talent to grow with us, and you'll have ample opportunity to progress to the next level.

We are also very proud to have been listed on the “Flexa 100” Most Flexible Companies to work for and to be officially recognised as a Great Place to Work®. We offer many benefits, including a 4.5-day working week, flexible hybrid working options, and enhanced leave, to name a few.

See our Impression's Benefits Booklet to find out more.