SEO Manager / Senior SEO Manager

Who we are looking for

Our ideal candidate will have experience researching, planning, activating and optimising keyword strategies for the purpose of organic search.

As SEO and Content Manager / Senior SEO and Content Manager, you’ll have experience in all key pillars of SEO, from keyword research and strategy, through to content planning, technical audits and reporting. You’ll be comfortable working with different CMS platforms and have a sound understanding and demonstrable experience of Google’s reporting suite for SEO (including GA4, Data Studio and GSC).

You’ll have proven experience in driving clients’ organic search visibility and content performance through research, planning and activation across technical SEO and content.

The ideal candidate will have high attention to detail and analytical ability, being confident and enthusiastic in delivering SEO recommendations for clients.

We are happy to consider candidates living outside of the North East who are happy to travel to our Newcastle office once a week.

Key Accountabilities:

• Delivering audience, competitor and product focused keyword research and strategies
• Delivering commercial and research-based SEO content strategies, understanding implications for GEO and related opportunities.
• Interpreting keyword insights for effective landing page keyword targeting
• Interpreting keyword insights for the creation of performance-driving editorial plans
• Monthly organic search performance and impact reporting
• Technical website auditing
• Day-to-day client communication

You should apply if you:

• Enjoy working in a fast-paced team environment and interacting with different people on a daily basis
• Have experience in delivering SEO, and more recently GEO strategies, for a range of different industries and audiences
• Have experience in carrying out impactful technical audits, ideally with experience of using Screaming Frog
• Have an appetite to understand wider marketing considerations impacting content performance
• Have experience of building reports in Data Studio and creating data-driven reporting and insight
• Have experience of working directly with clients to present strategy and performance reviews
• Have a passion for innovating and continually improving the service delivered for your clients

Desirable experience, but not essential:

· You have understanding or proven experience aligning organic search strategy to the wider marketing funnel – including areas like paid search, ASO \& social media strategy

· You have a good commercial understanding, able to speak to all stakeholder levels about the impact our work has on their bottom line.

· You have proven experience in GEO practices and keep up to date with the latest developments in AI search, able to knowledge share amongst your team

· You are comfortable with or have experience of integrating AI workflows into your daily work to improve efficiencies whilst maintaining a high-quality output

What we can offer you:

• A beautiful central office based in the heart of Newcastle
• Hybrid working patterns: we ask our team to attend the office on Tuesdays and Fridays. However, the rest of the week is up to you
• Competitive salary based on your experience
• A clear path to development and progression
• A welcoming and inclusive team
• Help, support, and guidance – so you can get the best out of your career here
• Regular social events planned by our social committee (could the next member of this committee be you?)

At Bonded, we prioritise your wellbeing. It's not just a buzzword for us. We have a dedicated wellbeing committee that plans activities focused on the company. This year, we dedicated the entire month of January to movement, took time off for a wellbeing hour when the clocks changed, and hosted workshops with 'Make Light Matter's' to educate our team members about light nutrition. We are proud to be the UK's first certified light-aware employer. 

We pride ourselves on our teamwork at Bonded and ensure that everyone feels included, so we would love to hear from candidates who can thrive in this environment. We value connecting with clients, their audiences, the media, and our internal team members, and we hope our next member of the SEO team shares this value, too.

Lastly - we know that people from underrepresented groups sometimes hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement on a job specification. If this sounds like you, and you meet most of the criteria, we warmly encourage you to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

About Bonded

Bonded was born out of a belief in human connection. We build deep connections to our clients, their audiences and people, and across our teams. We connect with the people who matter most to our clients, to maximise results.

We are a full-service media agency with expertise and experience across the media landscape, both digital and traditional media. Our wealth of experience, together with our broad and deep industry knowledge allows Bonded to deliver connected solutions that maximise results for our clients.

Every day, we come to work to help our clients and deliver the best solutions, the best service and client experience.

Our aim is to be one of the best places to work in the UK. We treat all our employees with trust, respect, inclusivity and want them to be the best they can be, in and outside of work.

What we do

We consult with and advise our clients on how to best reach their audiences, the channels to use and how to use them. We have a robust planning framework in place to fully understand their business, their audience, market and competitors.

Our range of services is broad, and our specialisms span across performance digital such as PPC, SEO, Paid Social and Affiliates, as well as upper funnel brand communication channels such as TV, Radio, Print and Out of Home. We have great relationships in place with all major UK media owners and partner with a number of other specialist agencies to deliver best in class media planning and buying for our clients. We have access to a range of industry tools and insight to help us.

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5JE