SEO Manager

Synthesia; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI video communication platform in London is seeking a hands-on SEO Manager to enhance their organic growth. This role emphasizes creativity, automation, and experimentation to optimize search strategies, involves managing end-to-end SEO initiatives, and offers a dynamic work environment that encourages innovative solutions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in SEO practices, familiarity with automation tools, and a strong understanding of UX/UI. Competitive salary and a vibrant company culture await the right applicant.

Benefits

Hybrid flexible approach to work

25 days of annual leave

Paid parental leave

Participation in recruitment referral scheme

Regular socials and company retreats

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in SEO spanning on-page, off-page and technical.
• Proven success in building scalable link and mention systems through outreach creative campaigns and partnerships.
• Hands-on experience implementing automation tools to scale SEO processes.
• Skilled in auditing and optimizing localized websites for performance and visibility.
• Strong attention to detail with understanding of UX/UI across mobile and desktop.
• Experience with measurement and reporting tools and the ability to turn complex data into insights.
• Self-starter thriving in fast-moving environments.
• Comfortable collaborating cross-functionally with Product and Marketing teams.
• Curious and eager to experiment with AI in search and SEO.

Responsibilities

• Managing end-to-end SEO initiatives for high-quality links and mentions.
• Optimizing landing pages and automating workflows based on insights from data.
• Collaborating with a motivated team to test bold ideas in SEO.

Skills

Linkbuilding

SEO Tools

Keyword Research

Google Analytics

CSS

Content Management Systems

Conversion Optimization

HTML5

Google Search Console

SEO

Wordpress

Analytics

Tools

Airops

n8n

Zapier

Gumloop

Looker

GA4

HubSpot

Job description

Welcome to the video-first world

From your everyday PowerPoint presentations to Hollywood movies AI will transform the way we create and consume content. Today people want to watch and listen not read both at home and at work. If you're reading this and nodding check out our recent Synthesia 3.0 event.

Despite the clear preference for video communication and knowledge sharing in the business environment are still dominated by text largely because high-quality video production remains complex and challenging to scale until now.

Meet Synthesia

We're on a mission to make video easy for everyone. Born in an AI lab our AI video communication platform simplifies the entire video production process making it easy for everyone regardless of skill level to create collaborate and share high-quality videos. Whether its for delivering essential training to employees and customers or marketing products and services Synthesia enables large organizations to communicate and share knowledge through video quickly and efficiently. We're trusted by leading brands such as Heineken Zoom Xerox McDonalds and more. Read stories from happy customers and what 2300 people say on G2.

In 2023 we were one of seven European companies to reach unicorn February 2024 G2 named us the fastest-growing company in the 2025 we announced our Series D total we've raised over $330M in funding from top-tier investors including NEA Atlassian Ventures WiL PSP Growth and existing investors such as Accel Nvidia Kleiner Perkins GV and top founders and operators from Stripe Datadog Miro Webflow and Facebook.

About this role

We're looking for a hands-on SEO Manager to join our Marketing team and help us strengthen Synthesia's organic growth engine. This is a role for someone who loves experimentation automation and creativity as much as analytics and who's excited to work at the frontier of AI-driven search.

Whats exciting about this job

You'll play a critical role in building the future of Synthesia's organic growth engine collaborating with smart highly motivated peers. You'll have the freedom to experiment test bold ideas and explore how AI and automation are reshaping search optimization. We move fast value experimentation over theory and encourage you to break the SEO rulebook when it leads to better outcomes.

How will your day-to-day look

Managing end-to-end SEO initiatives from developing off-page systems that drive high-quality links and mentions to optimizing landing pages automating workflows and extracting insights from data to inform strategy. We move very fast and prefer doing talk.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in SEO spanning on-page off-page and technical.
• Proven success in building scalable link and mention systems through outreach creative campaigns and partnerships.
• Hands-on experience implementing automation tools (Airops n8n Zapier Gumloop or similar) to scale SEO processes.
• Skilled in auditing and optimizing localized websites improving performance and visibility across multi-language and geo-specific markets.
• Strong attention to detail with a solid understanding of UX / UI across both mobile and desktop.
• Experience with measurement and reporting tools (Looker GA4 HubSpot or other BI tools) and the ability to turn complex data into clear insights.
• Self-starter with a strong bias for action thriving in fast-moving environments where doing talk.
• Comfortable collaborating cross-functionally partnering with Product and the wider Marketing team to execute initiatives effectively.
• Curious adaptable and deeply interested in how AI is transforming search eager to experiment with new discovery channels test what drives results and push the boundaries of what SEO can achieve.

Our culture

At Synthesia we're passionate about building not talking planning or politicizing. We strive to hire the smartest kindest and most unrelenting people and let them do their best work without distractions. Our work principles serve as our charter for how we make decisions give feedback and structure our work to empower everyone to go as fast as possible. You can find out more about these principles here.

Benefits

Hybrid flexible approach to work our offices are located in London Copenhagen Amsterdam Munich Switzerland and New York.

Competitive salary stock options

25 days of annual leave public holidays (plus the option to take 5 days unpaid leave and carry 5 days over)

Vibrant company culture with optional regular socials and company retreats

Paid parental leave

Participation in a generous recruitment referral scheme if you help us hire

The equipment you need to be successful in your role

PS : If you have any questions about this position feel free to ping Will Homden directly on LinkedIn.

Key Skills

• Linkbuilding
• SEO Tools
• Keyword Research
• Google Analytics
• CSS
• Content Management Systems
• Conversion Optimization
• HTML5
• Google Search Console
• SEO
• Wordpress
• Analytics