SEO Manager

We're hiring an SEO Manager and an SEO Specialist to join Blue Array.

It's a great time to join the team. Search is changing fast and we're adapting and growing right alongside it, upskilling and investing in AI, building some great in-house tools along the way and getting to work with fantastic clients across SEO and Digital PR who are seeing real results.

SEO Manager: A senior role for someone who already owns client relationships and results. You'll take full strategic ownership of a portfolio of accounts, set and defend the roadmap at senior stakeholder level.

SEO Specialist: A great next step for someone ready to build upon their client-facing skills. You'll manage a portfolio of smaller accounts hands-on (audits, keyword research, backlink analysis, reporting) while supporting our SEO Managers and Directors on our wider client base.

Both roles come with a generous holiday allowance, your birthday off, private medical insurance and gym membership.

Location: Fully remote, UK-based (must have the right to live and work in the UK).

Posted by: Janine Rueben, People and Culture Director

About the role

In this position, you will take full strategic ownership of several client accounts, leading the relationship at a senior level while directing the technical, analytical, and creative work that underpins a successful SEO campaign. You'll be trusted to set the strategy, defend it to senior stakeholders, and be accountable for the results it delivers. Applicants must live in the UK; unfortunately, we can't offer sponsorship for work permits at this time, so you will need full right to live and work in the UK.

Some of the key responsibilities of the role will include:

• Own the SEO performance for your client accounts end-to-end, setting and defending the strategy and roadmap at senior stakeholder level.
• Direct technical audits, keyword research, and content recommendations, and take accountability for the reports and forecasts that go to clients.
• Monitor client websites daily, weekly, and monthly, and own course correction when the SEO channel is off track against its North Star Metrics.
• Lead relationships within the broader client team, including marketing, in-house developers, content writers, and social media teams, acting as the senior SEO voice in the room.
• Proactively identify and pursue upsell opportunities within client accounts.
• Set the tone for best practices across the team, sharing initiatives and results and mentoring less experienced colleagues.
• Stay up to date with the latest SEO trends and represent Blue Array through internal and external speaking opportunities.
• Opportunity to line-manage and develop an SEO Specialist, overseeing their workload and ongoing development.
• Work towards clear targets (KPIs) aligned with the company's objectives, and take ownership of hitting them.

Why You?

We are looking for experienced SEO professionals with a proven track record of managing client accounts and stakeholders at a senior level. The key traits we look for in our SEO Managers include:

• A genuine and contagious enthusiasm for SEO and Digital Marketing.
• A blend of analytical and creative thinking to craft innovative campaigns.
• Strong problem-solving skills that drive results, even under pressure.
• Outstanding planning, organisational, and communication skills, enabling you to juggle multiple projects and manage senior stakeholders.
• Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to see client success from a broader business perspective beyond SEO.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills that inspire confidence with senior stakeholders.
• Proven experience taking full ownership and accountability for the performance of your accounts.
• Strong working knowledge of essential SEO tools (e.g., Screaming Frog, SEMrush, Ahrefs).
• An excellent understanding of traffic and conversion measurement, with experience interpreting data at a strategic level.

Who we are

Blue Array is the UK's most popular and largest specialist SEO agency. We provide open, honest, and actionable SEO consultancy to our clients, working with brands including RAC, Cannaray, WatchFinder, Penfold, Pepper Money, and Help for Heroes. We were awarded Best Large SEO Agency at the 2022 UK Search Awards and listed on Campaign Magazine's UK Top 100 Best Places to Work 2023.

Benefits

• A competitive salary, bonus and pension
• Holiday allowance of 28 days per year
• Remote role with regular travel to our Reading HQ and client locations
• Your birthday off annually and 3 charity days annually
• Flexible working and enhanced family leave policies
• Employee assistance programme available immediately
• Private medical insurance and free gym membership (following probation)
• Cycle to work scheme and the option to work overseas up to a month per year