SEO Executive

VirtuHire; Witney; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A rapidly growing digital agency in Witney is seeking an SEO Executive to drive organic rankings for clients. The role involves implementing and optimising SEO strategies, conducting keyword research, and managing local SEO operations. The ideal candidate has over 2 years of experience in various SEO aspects, strong analytical skills, and familiarity with SEO tools. This position offers career progression and the chance to work in a collaborative team environment focused on creating impactful SEO solutions.

Qualifications

• 2 years+ of experience in on-site, off-site, technical, and content SEO.
• Ability to analyse websites against competitors for performance improvements.
• Experience with Link Building campaigns is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Working on SEO campaigns for multiple clients, including local, on-site, and technical SEO.
• Implementing SEO strategies to improve organic rankings and traffic.
• Conducting keyword research and optimising website content.
• Performing technical SEO audits and implementing improvements.
• Optimising and managing local SEO for clients.
• Providing regular reporting and insights to clients.
• Creating and optimising content, aligning with the overall SEO strategy.
• Identifying and resolving SEO performance issues.

Skills

Problem-solving and critical thinking

Experience with Google Analytics

Knowledge of SEO tools (Ahrefs, Moz)

Strong analytical skills

Content generation for SEO

Advising on content creation

Understanding of white-hat SEO techniques

Excellent communication skills

Presentation skills

Proactive learning

Tools

Google Search Console

Ahrefs

Moz

Screaming Frog

Google Tag Manager

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

A rapidly growing digital agency based in Witney, Oxfordshire is looking for a SEO Executive. You will work closely with a team of SEOs and content writers, collaborating to implement strategies that drive clients’ organic rankings. Career progression is available and actively encouraged for the right candidate.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Working on SEO campaigns for multiple clients, including local, on-site, off-site, and technical SEO.
• Implementing SEO strategies to improve organic rankings and traffic.
• Conducting keyword research and optimising website content, including blogs, landing pages, meta tags, URLs, and internal linking.
• Performing technical SEO audits and implementing improvements (site speed, crawl errors, schema, mobile optimisation).
• Optimising and managing local SEO for clients, including Google Business Profiles, citations, and local keyword targeting.
• Providing regular reporting and insights to clients and internal teams.
• Creating and optimising content for multiple clients’ websites, including blog posts, landing pages, and meta descriptions, ensuring alignment with the wider SEO strategy and target audience.
• Identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving SEO performance issues through data-driven analysis and creative problem-solving.

Essential:

• Problem-solving and critical thinking skills, with the ability to diagnose issues, develop solutions, and adapt strategies in a fast-changing SEO landscape.
• Experience with Google Analytics and Google Search Console.
• Knowledge of SEO tools such as Ahrefs, Moz, Screaming Frog, etc.
• Strong analytical skills to analyse websites against key competitors to identify opportunities for performance improvements.
• Experience in generating content for SEO and an understanding of how to optimise the content, including URLs, keywords, meta tags, internal link structure and external links.
• An ability to advise on what content should be created to improve organic performance and reach.
• Understanding of white-hat SEO techniques.
• Positive, energetic and a great communicator within a team.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Proactive and passionate, with an ability to actively learn and take on new skills.

Desirable:

• Experience with Link Building campaigns.
• Experience with Google Tag Manager.
• You thrive in a fast-paced agency environment.
• Experienced in using Excel and Google Sheets.
• 2 years+ of experience in on-site, off-site, technical and content SEO, ideally working with multiple clients.