SEO Manager

Bateman Collective; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Healthcare coverage

Regular company events

Job summary

Bateman Collective, a fast-growing digital marketing agency for real estate investors, seeks an experienced SEO leader. You will train and guide a lean team, optimize Google Business Profiles, and drive on-page and technical SEO improvements across client sites.

Your role focuses on content creation, analytics, and competitive analysis to boost search visibility, site performance, and client outcomes in a hybrid Johannesburg-based setup.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years experience in SEO.
• Minimum of 2+ years leadership experience.
• Web development experience.
• Experience with Wordpress, being able to perform on-site optimizations.
• Well organized & able to operate with very little supervision.
• Experience working in a project management tool to complete projects & keep other team members apprised of progress.
• Proficient in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides or Microsoft Word, Excel & Powerpoint.
• Ability to work independently and meet project deadlines efficiently.
• Excellent written & spoken English - all company communication.

Responsibilities

• Training and leading a small lean team.
• Google Business Profiles: Sets up, optimizes and posts updates to clients’ GBPs.
• On-Page Optimization: Optimize meta descriptions, title tags, header tags, and website content for targeted keywords.
• Technical SEO: Analyze website structure, site speed, and technical issues impacting search engine crawling and indexing, proposing solutions to address technical SEO concerns.
• Content: Produce content suitable for clients websites, including: blog content, FAQs & service pages.
• Analytics Monitoring: Regularly analyze website traffic data using tools like Google Analytics & Search Console to identify trends, measure SEO performance, and optimize accordingly.
• Competitor Analysis: Monitor competitor sites to identify opportunities for improvement and stay ahead of the industry.

Skills

SEO

Leadership

Web Development

WordPress

Content optimization

Project management

English communication

Tools

Google Analytics

Google Search Console

Job description

About Bateman Collective

Bateman Collective is a fast-growing digital marketing agency specializing in direct-to-seller marketing for Real Estate Investors. We focus on connecting distressed homeowners, who may face challenges like foreclosure, inherited property, or relocation, with investors who can offer solutions. Our work provides homeowners a path to financial relief while generating business for our clients.

Bateman Collective Core Values

Be Curious

We ask the right questions and embrace the answers. No person, based on experience or role is more right than another. We are grounded in data.

Choose to Care

We choose to be authentic to ourselves and those who we interact with. We recognize that the highest level of success comes from lifting the people around us.

Own Your Impact

We take ownership over our own results and the results of our team. We always do what we say we are going to do.

Humble and Hungry

We are ambitious students and lifelong learners. We embrace the hard work required to achieve greatness. When we fail, we look inward first and we change to become the kind of person who can achieve the success we’re chasing.

Responsibilities

• Training and leading a small lean team
• Google Business Profiles:
  • Sets up, optimizes and posts updates to clients’ GBPs
• On-Page Optimization:
  • Optimize meta descriptions, title tags, header tags, and website content for targeted keywords.
• Technical SEO:
  • Analyze website structure, site speed, and technical issues impacting search engine crawling and indexing, proposing solutions to address technical SEO concerns.
• Content:
  • Produce content suitable for clients websites, including: blog content, FAQs & service pages
• Analytics Monitoring:
  • Regularly analyze website traffic data using tools like Google Analytics & Search Console to identify trends, measure SEO performance, and optimize accordingly
• Competitor Analysis:
  • Monitor competitor sites to identify opportunities for improvement and stay ahead of the industry.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years experience in SEO
• Minimum of 2+ years leadership experience
  
• Web Development experience
• Experience with Wordpress, being able to perform on-site optimizations
• Well organized & able to operate with very little supervision.
• Experience working in a project management tool to complete projects & keep other team members apprised of progress.
• Proficient in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides or Microsoft Word, Excel & Powerpoint.
• Ability to work independently and meet project deadlines efficiently.
• Excellent written & spoken English - all company communication

Company Culture

At Bateman Collective, we pride ourselves on our dynamic and collaborative work environment. We believe in work-life balance, offering a hybrid work schedule and a range of benefits to support our team's overall well-being. From regular company events to comprehensive healthcare coverage, we are committed to creating a culture where our employees can thrive.