SEO Executive — Hybrid in Leeds, Growth Focus

Reactive Permanent Recruitment; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Training & development

Hybrid work

Job summary

Reactive Recruitment are working with a long standing digital marketing/design agency in Leeds to hire an SEO Executive for their head office. You will support the SEO team across on-page optimisation, technical SEO and reporting, handling a portfolio of smaller client accounts under the guidance of the SEO Lead.

This role is ideal for someone early in their SEO career, offering hands-on experience, training and a clearly defined career path.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years SEO experience (agency preferred)
• Basic on-page and technical SEO understanding
• Willingness to learn keyword research & content strategy
• Some exposure to Google Analytics & Google Search Console
• Good communication & organisational skills
• Proactive with eagerness to progress strategically

Responsibilities

• Support SEO Lead in managing a portfolio of lower-priority client accounts
• Carry out agreed SEO actions under guidance
• Help flag opportunities or issues for SEO Lead
• Develop SEO strategies for future clients as you grow
• Carry out on-page optimisation tasks (title, URL, internal linking)
• Support content updates with the SEO writer
• Run basic technical audits using tools under supervision
• Log crawl errors, broken links, redirects, structured data issues
• Monitor SEO performance with GA4, GSC, SERanking
• Track metrics like organic traffic, rankings and conversions
• Assist in producing automated client reports
• Prepare insights for client calls when needed
• Build knowledge of SEO best practices and trends
• Develop awareness of AI-driven search and its role
• Collaborate with SEO Lead, content writer and website team
• Support the web team during website migrations

Skills

SEO basics

On-page SEO

Technical SEO

Google Analytics

Google Search Console

Communication

Organisational skills

Tools

Screaming Frog

SEMrush

Ahrefs

WordPress

Shopify

DUDA

Job description

Reactive Recruitment are working with a long standing digital marketing/design agency in Leeds to hire an SEO Executive for their head office. You will support the SEO team across on-page optimisation, technical SEO and reporting, handling a portfolio of smaller client accounts under the guidance of the SEO Lead.

This role is ideal for someone early in their SEO career, offering hands-on experience, training and a clearly defined career path.