SEO Manager - Manchester, United Kingdom - MRJ Recruitment

MRJ Recruitment

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

5 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

awaze, europe's largest holiday vacation rentals group.

Within Awaze, our Specialist Brands Division (SBD) is responsible for newly acquired and growth brands and has responsibility for integrating them into the wider business.

We currently has 8 acquired vacation rental businesses from across Europe and is planningto accelerate that acquisition over the next few years.

The Role:

Responsibilities:

Define and own the SEO strategy for SBD working with local and SBD technology and local marketing teams to implement
Perform keyword research for all SBD brands and key markets and define ranking approach and strategy for each brand
Audit the technical setup of each of the SBD brands and define a recommended approach to optimising technical SEO and onsite strategy
Work with the local brand marketing teams to ensure that their PR, content, and social strategies are maximising their potential from an SEO rankings perspective
Work with the Digital Product Team to ensure that the SBD websites are optimising both for user experience and SEO ranking potential
Drive the use of technology, tools and data to streamline processes, efficiencies and drive decisionmaking in order to support ranking improvements.
Communication to and management of key stakeholders (SBD Brand GM's, SBD MD, SBD Finance, etc.) to ensure SEO is delivering on volume and efficiency expectations
Summarise, analyse and present results, using the findings to feed back into strategy formulation
Lead, manage and mentor the SEO team
Manage and work with external partners and agencies to maximising output and performance as required
Adopt a continual 'test and learn' approach to all SEO activities
Research competitor activity and reporting on findings, gap analysis, etc.

Experience:

Minimum of 5 years experience in an SEO Strategy/Leadership role
SEO experience in an Ecommerce business preferred
Travel experience would be ideal
Strong technical knowledge and understanding with a flair for all things digital
Experience in user experience and website optimisation, usability studies and A/B testing.
Excellent quantitative analysis skills, with an intuitive mind and great problemsolving skills
Driven, selfstarter
Effective and engaging communicator
Excellent relationship building skills
Experience of working in a matrixed organisation
Experience of remote working and distributed teams

LOCATION:
Please note this role can be based (a couple of days a week) in any our offices (Manchester, London or Kent)

Get in touch, we'd love to chat:

If you're interested in transforming the industry and working towards providing our customers with amazing holidays, please send your profile and let's chat today.