SEO Manager

Manchester Digital; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital marketing agency is looking for an experienced SEO Manager to join their team in Manchester. You will be responsible for developing and executing effective SEO strategies while leading priority client accounts. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in SEO, demonstrating a successful track record, strong technical knowledge, and excellent client communication skills. The role offers a hybrid work model, competitive salary, and opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

Flexitime

Carbon offsetting initiative

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in an SEO role.
• Experience speaking with clients and/or stakeholders.
• Strong technical SEO abilities.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver effective SEO strategies.
• Lead on priority client accounts.
• Conduct technical SEO audits.

Skills

Technical SEO knowledge

Client communication

Keyword research

SEO strategy

Campaign tracking

Tools

SEMrush

Ahrefs

Google Analytics

Google Search Console

Job description

Overview

£35,000 to £40,000 dependent on experience
Manchester

Full-time (Permanent) £35,000 to £40,000 dependent on experience
Manchester

Dark Horse is an SEO, Digital PR, PPC, and Paid Social agency that wants to make a difference to its clients and employees. We offer a great career path working with some of the top professionals in the industry. We are recruiting our next SEO Manager to join the growing Search Marketing team.

We have one aim… Build and scale the best SEO team in the country. This is a chance to be a key player in our growth and learn from our talented team.

The role

The role

Reporting directly to the Head of SEO, this is a hands-on role where you will be responsible for planning and delivering effective SEO strategies to impact our client’s bottom line.

• Lead on number of priority clients
• A mix of e-commerce and lead-generation, local businesses, through to multinational organisations
• Overseeing all areas of SEO but hands on with technical, strategy and client communication
• Working closely with the Digital PR team
• On-going training, conferences etc (nobody can know everything)
• Support the wider team with their clients, training and development

What’s on offer

We think we’ve built a great place to work, where every individual feels rewarded for the effort they put in. Enjoy this along with:

• Hybrid working – 2 days a week in office
• Flexitime
• 27 days annual leave
• Plus your Birthday off
• Leafy Altrincham location
• Dark Horse will carbon offset your role with The Dark Forest (greed and green is good)
• Working in an amazing team – learning from some fantastic people

The requirements

The requirements

• 5+ years of experience in an SEO role
• Experience speaking with clients and/or internal stakeholders
• Evidence of delivering successful SEO campaigns
• Strong technical SEO knowledge
• Able to conduct thorough technical SEO audits and implement recommendations
• Ability to conduct forensic keyword research and gap analysis
• Understand the balance of ‘traditional’ SEO and the future of SEO including generative AI and LLMs
• Proficiency working with tools such as SEMush, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, AccuRanker, Google Search Console and Google Analytics
• Experience demonstrating the impact of SEO performance to clients and stakeholders through reporting and meetings.
• Be organised, manage your time, and forensic in your approach
• Have pride in your work
• Never stop learning attitude

Preferred but not required:

• Ambitious about speaking in front of an audience at industry events
• Help the team upskill through innovation
• International SEO experience
• Experience in winning new business pitches
• Experience working as part of an agency

We need someone who can live and breathe the values of our company and is, ultimately, driven to make an impact in the digital world by putting clients first. This is about being a voice and vital central cog in the business.

This is a hybrid role. No remote applications.