SEO Manager

 

Department: Marketing
Reports To: Marketing Director
Location: London, UK
Core Function
Reporting to the Marketing Director, the SEOM will be responsible for achieving traffic, search engine positions & sales targets, for all Seatwave regions, through the SEO marketing channels. In collaboration with the regions, the SEOM will be responsible for creating the SEO strategy and also then deploying this at a regional level. The SEOM will also be required to work with the other online marketing channels - predominantly paid search, social & affiliate marketing in order to drive growth in these areas and manage best practice across the full suite of online channels.
Responsibilities:
• Definition & execution of Seatwave's SEO strategy including targets, content, linking, onsite changes and technology required.
• Management and growth of seatwave's natural search channels across all key search engines and territories, working in unison with the regions and the product management teams
• Producing technical recommendations for the seatwave product team and then working with members within that team to make any required changes
• Accurately assessing current SEO marketing performance for all seatwave regions and identifying growth and optimisation opportunities
• Across the current SEO activity, accurately assessing current performance by conducting an in depth review of on and off page performance - including code and content structure, internal linking strength and off page performance & evaluating number and quality of current links.
• Defining a framework to assess performance through the use of analytics, market and marketing data - with particular focus on understanding roi on activity and address the gap between seatwave and competitors
• Deploying a set of changes across SEO channels, across all regions, to the agreed timescales and quality
• Ongoing management of the SEO channels to achieve regional sales targets
• Effective management of any appointed SEO agencies
• Managing external partnerships for both content and in bound links to the seatwave network of sites
• Working with the seatwave content team and PR agency to develop additional content around news and relevant data
• Working with the social team to recommend best practices around social integration and sharing
• Maximising use of user generated content on the seatwave network of sites for maximium SEO benefit.
• Working alongside the other members of the seatwave marketing team  to support optimisation & management of seatwave's social media, partner and crm marketing channels
• Managing relationships with external networks, tools and suppliers
• Responding to a constantly moving market place based on price, availability and user demand
• Producing daily, weekly and annual performance reporting across all channels to include SEO health checks
Skills/Experience:
Essentials
• A minimum of  3 years relevant experience in the SEO space with additional desirable experience in ppc, crm & social either client side or with an agency.
• A clear and demonstrable record of prior success, being to provide evidence of previous success SEO in a competitive landscape.
• Good solid understanding of the technical aspects of SEO to be communicated on both a marketing and development level.
• Expert level experience of using  Web Analytics and SEO measurement tools.
• * Strong understanding of SEO practice and methodology including architectural and design competencies, content and writing knowledge, and off-page link and promotion understanding.
• An active enjoyment of the Entertainment scene with a special emphasis on concerts, festivals, sports and theatre
• An expert knowledge of excel to be used in data compilation and analysis
Desirable
• Fluency in additional European languages would be viewed as an advantage to any applicant
• A strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications required especially Excel, additional applications in design, schedule management, or development would be an added bonus
• Some knowledge of programming languages such as PHP or .NET would be viewed as an advantage, though not essential.
Other:
• A hard working team player with an internal drive will help the successful candidate hit their targets
• A love of live entertainment will only assist the candidates progress within seatwave
To apply, please send your CV together with a covering letter to jobs@seatwave.com clearly indicating which position you are applying for, how exactly you meet the required or desired aspects of the job & what skills you think you bring to seatwave.
We do not accept job applications from third parties

Department: Marketing

Reports To: Marketing Director

Location: London, UK

Core Function

Reporting to the Marketing Director, the SEOM will be responsible for achieving traffic, search engine positions & sales targets, for all Seatwave regions, through the SEO marketing channels. In collaboration with the regions, the SEOM will be responsible for creating the SEO strategy and also then deploying this at a regional level. The SEOM will also be required to work with the other online marketing channels - predominantly paid search, social & affiliate marketing in order to drive growth in these areas and manage best practice across the full suite of online channels.

Responsibilities:

• Definition & execution of Seatwave's SEO strategy including targets, content, linking, onsite changes and technology required.

• Management and growth of seatwave's natural search channels across all key search engines and territories, working in unison with the regions and the product management teams

• Producing technical recommendations for the seatwave product team and then working with members within that team to make any required changes

• Accurately assessing current SEO marketing performance for all seatwave regions and identifying growth and optimisation opportunities

• Across the current SEO activity, accurately assessing current performance by conducting an in depth review of on and off page performance - including code and content structure, internal linking strength and off page performance & evaluating number and quality of current links.

• Defining a framework to assess performance through the use of analytics, market and marketing data - with particular focus on understanding roi on activity and address the gap between seatwave and competitors

• Deploying a set of changes across SEO channels, across all regions, to the agreed timescales and quality

• Ongoing management of the SEO channels to achieve regional sales targets

• Effective management of any appointed SEO agencies

• Managing external partnerships for both content and in bound links to the seatwave network of sites

• Working with the seatwave content team and PR agency to develop additional content around news and relevant data

• Working with the social team to recommend best practices around social integration and sharing

• Maximising use of user generated content on the seatwave network of sites for maximium SEO benefit.

• Working alongside the other members of the seatwave marketing team  to support optimisation & management of seatwave's social media, partner and crm marketing channels

• Managing relationships with external networks, tools and suppliers

• Responding to a constantly moving market place based on price, availability and user demand

• Producing daily, weekly and annual performance reporting across all channels to include SEO health checks

 

Skills/Experience:

Essentials

• A minimum of  3 years relevant experience in the SEO space with additional desirable experience in ppc, crm & social either client side or with an agency.

• A clear and demonstrable record of prior success, being to provide evidence of previous success SEO in a competitive landscape.

• Good solid understanding of the technical aspects of SEO to be communicated on both a marketing and development level.

• Expert level experience of using  Web Analytics and SEO measurement tools.

• * Strong understanding of SEO practice and methodology including architectural and design competencies, content and writing knowledge, and off-page link and promotion understanding.

• An active enjoyment of the Entertainment scene with a special emphasis on concerts, festivals, sports and theatre

• An expert knowledge of excel to be used in data compilation and analysis

Desirable

• Fluency in additional European languages would be viewed as an advantage to any applicant

• A strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications required especially Excel, additional applications in design, schedule management, or development would be an added bonus

• Some knowledge of programming languages such as PHP or .NET would be viewed as an advantage, though not essential.

Other:

• A hard working team player with an internal drive will help the successful candidate hit their targets

• A love of live entertainment will only assist the candidates progress within seatwave

 

To apply, please send your CV together with a covering letter to jobs@seatwave.com clearly indicating which position you are applying for, how exactly you meet the required or desired aspects of the job & what skills you think you bring to seatwave.

We do not accept job applications from third parties