SEO specialist job vacancy at Candour (Norwich/hybrid)

Do you know your canonical tags from your crawl budget and core web vitals?

We’re looking for an experienced full-time SEO specialist to join our team, working on technical SEO and content campaigns for our clients.

Before you start reading the job description below and working out if now is a good time to look for a new role, let us give you the ‘elevator pitch’ for Candour:

We founded the studio on a 'quality of life' principle, which means:

1) You will be treated like an adult. We're flexible with working times, arrangements and give you our trust and support. That is yours to maintain.

2) We strongly encourage all staff to finish when their day finishes. While working extra hours is sometimes necessary, you'll get paid for it and it is not the norm.

3) There is no mindless pursuit of 'growth'; we focus on providing the best outcomes for our clients through brilliant work. We don't put team members in difficult situations by signing deals we know aren’t right. We want to work with clients with realistic expectations and budgets and with whom we can develop sustainable, long-term relationships.

4) Every single person at Candour gets a direct profit share at the end of their six-month probation. No fine print, no special clauses; we do well, you do well.

5) We want to 'do good'. Every year we dedicate some of our resources to helping a charity. Recently, we have supported The Feed and Break. This year, we are happy to be working with The Hamlet, a charity for children with disabilities and complex health needs.

You will have the following responsibilities:

• Support and report to the Head of SEO to ensure the delivery of SEO strategies
• Working closely with the Head of Content and Digital PR across campaigns
• Liaising with Client Leads to produce meaningful reports and roadmaps to support our client’s goals
• Producing technical, content, link audits and recommendations for clients
• Working with clients to help optimise on-page and content efforts
• Analysing client and competitor SEO performance
• Managing client's organic search presence with Google Search Console, Google Analytics and monitoring tools such as ContentKing and SEMrush
• Keyword and intent research
• Training client teams on SEO best practices

What we would like from you:

• At least two years of SEO experience either in-house or in an agency
• Ownership of client accounts or significant SEO projects, including strategic planning and management of roadmaps/monthly activity
• Experience with content planning, including keyword research, title planning, briefing and management/collaboration with clients on production
• Demonstrable track record of results that you have contributed to
• A good understanding of how search engines crawl and index the web
• Conceptual understanding of how search engines rank web pages
• Understanding of search intent, and what makes a successful content strategy
• Clear knowledge of Google's Webmaster Guidelines
• Experience in delivering SEO recommendations in context to business goals
• Hands-on experience with common CMS and platforms such as Magento, WordPress and Shopify
• Working knowledge of SEO tools such as Screaming Frog, Sitebulb, SEMrush, Ahrefs, Google Search Console, Google Analytics, ContentKing, Google Sheets/Docs, and related APIs
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in producing written reports, particularly in summarising the complex and presenting findings in a clear, actionable manner
• A collaborative work approach

What we can offer you:

• An agency that founded on providing a good quality of work-life
• Up to £35,000 pa salary + quarterly cash profit share (profit share after a successful six-month probation period)
• Private healthcare (after a successful six-month probation period)
• Opportunities for public speaking (paid time to prepare and deliver your talks)
• Hybrid working: We believe your job should fit around your life
• 35-day holiday allowance, inclusive of bank and public holidays (reserve of five days for Christmas and New Year shutdown)
• A range of parental leave and benefits policies, including maternity, paternity, adoption, IVF and Neonatal
• Supportive and inclusive policies including menopause, transgender equality and equal opportunities in addition to team member handbooks
• Sickness pay beyond statutory benefits and increasing with time at the company
• Annual training budget: We’ll help you develop professionally
• Development opportunities at events such as BrightonSEO and SearchNorwich
• Monthly (optional attendence) funded social events with the team
• A summer and winter party (we're 10 years old this year!)
• Open-plan dog-friendly office including a starter pack of 4 office dogs
• Fantastic clients across a range of industries
• A great team of designers, developers and other marketers to work with and learn from

A little bit more about us:

Candour is a team based in Seymour House, Norwich. We specialise in helping businesses grow and evolve by taking advantage of digital technologies. It is our belief that to do a good job in 2023 and beyond, designers, developers and marketers all need to work together to build the best possible end product.

Day to day, we’re guided by our brand values and a strong ethos of transparency and honesty internally and, importantly, with our clients. We created our values together to describe how we work as a team, and these are integral to our long-term vision:

• Candour
• Cooperation
• Ownership
• Ingenuity

If this sounds like you, please send a covering email and CV to [email protected]