Technical SEO & AI Discovery Analyst

Immediate; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible / hybrid working

Early finish Fridays

Cycle to work scheme

Pension plans

Life Assurance

Job summary

Immediate is looking for a Search & Discovery Analyst to grow the visibility and performance of our content across discovery surfaces, including AI Overviews and ChatGPT. You will work on BBC Good Food and Radio Times to improve ranking and visibility.

The role combines technical SEO, content optimisation and audience insight to turn visibility into engaged audiences, leading audits and improving crawlability across domains.

Qualifications

• Solid hands-on experience in technical SEO and content optimisation.
• Passion for search and AI discovery with curiosity to explore new technologies.
• Analytical mindset with ability to tell stories from data and make practical recommendations.
• Strong Excel proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Conduct technical SEO audits to identify opportunities to improve crawlability, indexation, structured data and overall site health across search and AI platforms.
• Identify internal linking, entity and semantic optimisation opportunities to improve discoverability and machine readability.
• Support testing and experimentation to improve visibility across search, LLMs and AI answer engines.
• Produce regular performance reports on search and AI visibility, highlighting key insights, trends and recommended actions.
• Work closely with Product & Technology to support the delivery of technical SEO improvements and monitor site performance.
• Create entity-led content briefs that optimise for search performance, AI citability and audience intent.
• Conduct content, topic and competitor audits to identify underperforming content and opportunities to improve topical authority, semantic coverage and discoverability across search and AI answers.
• Use search, AI discovery and audience insight to improve the user journey from discovery to registration, newsletter sign-up, subscription and repeat engagement, supporting the Audience Development Lead on owned-channel initiatives where needed.
• Proactively monitor developments across the search and AI discovery landscape, including Google algorithm updates, AI Overviews, LLMs and emerging best practice, and identify opportunities to improve visibility and performance.
• Champion a test-and-learn culture, bringing forward new ideas, experiments and recommendations.
• Share insights, trends and performance updates with editorial teams and stakeholders, supporting training and playbooks that embed best practice across the business.

Skills

Technical SEO

Content optimisation

Data analysis

Excel proficiency

SEO tools (Ahrefs/Screaming Frog/GA/GC

AI discovery familiarity

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical mindset

Tools

Ahrefs

Screaming Frog

Google Search Console

Google Analytics

Profound

Peec AI

Ahrefs Brand Radar

Job description

Immediate is looking for a Search & Discovery Analyst to grow the visibility and performance of our content across discovery surfaces, including AI Overviews and ChatGPT. You will work on BBC Good Food and Radio Times to improve ranking and visibility.

The role combines technical SEO, content optimisation and audience insight to turn visibility into engaged audiences, leading audits and improving crawlability across domains.