We're working with an award-winning growth marketing agency that partners with ambitious brands across eCommerce, retail, B2B and consumer sectors. As the agency continues to scale, we're seeking an exceptional SEO Director to lead and evolve the organic search function, shaping strategy, developing talent, and delivering measurable business outcomes for a diverse portfolio of clients.
This is a senior leadership opportunity for someone who thrives at the intersection of technical SEO, strategic consultancy, team development and commercial growth.
The Opportunity
As SEO Director, you will be responsible for defining the agency's organic search vision, ensuring industry-leading standards across technical SEO, content strategy and authority building. You'll lead a high-performing team of SEO Strategists and Digital PR Specialists, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability and continuous improvement.
You'll work closely with senior stakeholders across Client Services, Paid Media, Analytics and Strategy to ensure SEO is fully integrated into wider marketing, media and commercial plans, driving meaningful results for clients and contributing to overall agency growth.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Define and execute the agency's SEO and Organic Search strategy.
- Drive innovation across technical SEO, content strategy and digital authority building.
- Ensure SEO remains a key growth channel within integrated client strategies.
- Translate emerging search trends, AI-led search developments and algorithm changes into actionable opportunities.
- Lead, mentor and develop a team of SEO Strategists and Digital PR Specialists.
- Build team capability through coaching, succession planning and structured development programmes.
- Create a high-performance culture focused on excellence, collaboration and results.
- Establish clear goals, KPIs and performance standards across the department.
- Provide strategic leadership across key client accounts and agency partnerships.
- Oversee account planning processes, ensuring SEO roadmaps align with client commercial objectives.
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders and leadership teams.
- Support business development activity through strategic input, pitches and thought leadership.
- Define and embed SEO delivery frameworks, processes and quality standards across the agency.
- Oversee the execution of technical SEO audits, content strategies and authority-building campaigns.
- Ensure all recommendations are commercially aligned and focused on measurable business impact.
- Maintain exceptional standards of reporting, insight generation and performance evaluation.
- Take ownership of organic performance, retention and growth targets across the agency's SEO portfolio.
- Use data and analytics to identify opportunities, optimise performance and inform strategic decisions.
- Demonstrate the value of SEO through clear measurement of traffic, visibility, engagement, conversions and revenue contribution.
- Collaborate with leadership to shape agency growth plans and service development initiatives.
About You
You'll be an experienced SEO leader with a proven track record of building successful teams, delivering exceptional client results and driving strategic organic growth.
Ideally you'll have:
- Advanced, hands-on expertise in technical SEO, content strategy and authority building at enterprise level.
- A strong understanding of how organic search integrates with wider media, brand and commercial strategies.
- Deep familiarity with SEO tools, analytics platforms and data interpretation to inform strategic decision-making.
- Experience defining and embedding delivery standards, frameworks and best practice at scale.
- Proven experience leading an SEO or Organic Search function with accountability for delivery quality and team capability.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to connect SEO activity to broader business outcomes.
- Exceptional client-facing and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience managing large-scale SEO programmes across multiple sectors and websites.
- Strong leadership credentials with a passion for mentoring, coaching and developing high-performing teams.
- The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on problem solving and delivery oversight.