SEO Strategist

About us

We are CreativeRace, the experts in strategy, performance, and creativity for brands in a hyper-connected world and we are looking for an SEO Strategist to come and join our team.

Our work is meaningful. We don’t just add to the noise or create art for art’s sake – just creatively driven work with impact that truly changes customer behaviour. We find the sweet spot where brand and performance meet, producing creative work across TV, print, digital and social that delivers results and predictable outcomes time after time. Our independence, unique perspective, and collaborative ways of working lead to decisive solutions that remove the risk from the brave choices.

We are on an incredible journey of growth with a new leadership team and big ambitions that are being achieved. So come and join in.

The opportunity

We are looking for a SEO Strategist to complement our existing SEO function. Working with our Head of SEO and Performance Director you will take an active role in developing our SEO proposition, taking it to market and servicing our current and future portfolio of clients.

Key activities include:

• Client strategy creation spanning audience, brand, technical, content and off-page.
• Day to day account management and optimisation.
• Reporting and attendance of client meetings.
• Forecasting, sales support and sales meeting attendance.

Hours: 37.25 a week | Location: Leeds

The Package

• Competitive salary based on experience
• 25 days holiday (excluding Bank Holidays)
• Your birthday off
• Flexible working
• Private health care with Vitality
• Pension with Aviva – 3% employer, 5% employee
• Skills share – Virtual learning platform
• Regular social events

How to Apply

Please send a CV and cover note to jobs@creativerace.co.uk.

We hire against our core behaviours because they are important to us, so if you think you possess the following, we’d love to chat: Resilient | Accountable | Considerate | Engaging.

The requirements

• 3 or more years experience working within SEO.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• The ability to manage time and organise effectively.
• The ability to develop and maintain relationships both internally and externally.
• A proven analytical & problem-solving ability.
• A strong attention to detail.
• The ability to work on your own initiative.
• Thorough working knowledge of SEO including auditing, technical, on-page, off-page, international and local.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• A willingness to learn new skills, evolve our offering and teach others.

The nice to haves

• Experience using our current tool suite (Screaming Frog, Sitebulb, Ahrefs, SEMrush, Sistrix, GDS, AWRcloud).
• Experience with other channels Paid, Social, Programmatic Display etc.
• Experience with Google Data Studio.
• Experience with CRO/split testing.