SEO Executive

Our take: A hands-on SEO and digital PR role with a clear route towards Account Director.

Visualsoft, an ecommerce agency, is hiring an SEO Executive to carry out SEO and digital PR work for its account directors. It’s a full-time, hybrid role, listed for its Stockton-on-Tees, Newcastle and Manchester offices. The role isn’t client-facing, and full training is provided.

The role

• Run technical, content and backlink audits, plus keyword and competitor research
• Make on-site changes in client CMSs such as WordPress, Shopify and Magento
• Build media lists, pitch stories to journalists and bloggers, and track coverage
• Help prepare press releases and campaign assets
• Pull reports from GA4, Search Console and rank tracking tools

What they’re looking for

• Experience in an SEO or digital marketing role, ideally at an agency
• A good grasp of SEO fundamentals
• Digital PR basics: building media lists, writing pitch emails and knowing what makes a story newsworthy

Nice to have

• Ahrefs, Semrush, GA4, Search Console and Screaming Frog
• Basic HTML and CSS
• Understanding of technical SEO

Summarised from the original advert. Check the full listing on the employer’s site before applying.