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Senior SEO Executive

VirtuHire is a recruitment agency that connects businesses globally with top-tier remote talent from South Africa, offering a seamless, fully digital hiring process and employer of record services.

VirtuHire

Employee count: 1-10

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Our client in the UK, a rapidly growing digital agency, is looking for a professional, driven and proactive person with SEO experience to join their amazing team of digital marketers! This is a pivotal role for the business.

They are looking for someone with experience in managing SEO strategies for multiple clients. Agency experience is a must. You will work closely with a team of SEOs and content writers, collaborating to develop and implement strategies that drive clients’ organic rankings. Career progression is available and actively encouraged for the right candidate.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Managing day-to-day SEO campaigns for multiple clients, including local, on-site, off-site, and technical SEO.
  • Establishing KPIs and performance benchmarks, measuring success and providing strategic recommendations for ongoing growth.
  • Developing and implementing SEO strategies to improve organic rankings and traffic.
  • Conducting keyword research and optimising website content, including blogs, landing pages, meta tags, URLs, and internal linking.
  • Performing technical SEO audits and implementing improvements (site speed, crawl errors, schema, mobile optimisation).
  • Optimising and managing local SEO for clients, including Google Business Profiles, citations, and local keyword targeting.
  • Providing regular reporting and insights to clients and internal teams.
  • Creating and optimising content for multiple clients’ websites, including blog posts, landing pages, and meta descriptions, ensuring alignment with the wider SEO strategy and target audience.
  • Identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving SEO performance issues through data-driven analysis and creative problem-solving.
  • Leading and mentoring junior SEO team members, providing training, guidance, and feedback to support their growth and development.
  • Identifying new growth opportunities, such as emerging search platforms, voice search, or AI-driven SEO tools.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams (e.g. developers, designers, PPC, social media, and content teams) to ensure SEO best practices are integrated across all digital marketing activities.

Requirements

Essential:

  • 2 years+ of experience in on-site, off-site, technical and content SEO, ideally working with multiple clients.
  • Planned and executed strategic link-building initiatives, including outreach to relevant websites and influencers, to improve search engine rankings and increase site authority.
  • Implemented and managed tracking tags, triggers, and variables in Google Tag Manager to optimise data collection, improve analytics accuracy, and support digital marketing campaigns.
  • Problem-solving and critical thinking skills, with the ability to diagnose issues, develop solutions, and adapt strategies in a fast-changing SEO landscape.
  • Experience with Google Analytics and Google Search Console.
  • Knowledge of SEO tools such as Ahrefs, Moz, Screaming Frog, etc.
  • Strong analytical skills to analyse websites against key competitors to identify opportunities for performance improvements.
  • Understanding of how to develop technical improvements to websites and their servers.
  • Experience in generating content for SEO and an understanding of how to optimise the content, including URLs, keywords, meta tags, internal link structure and external links.
  • An ability to advise on what content should be created to improve organic performance and reach.
  • Thorough knowledge of white-hat SEO techniques.
  • Positive, energetic and a great communicator within a team.
  • Excellent presentation skills.
  • Proactive and passionate, with an ability to actively learn and take on new skills.

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Full Time

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Experience

2 years minimum

Location requirements

Hiring timezones

South Africa +/- 0 hours

About VirtuHire

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At the heart of VirtuHire's mission is a passionate drive to bridge the gap between global businesses and the exceptional, yet often untapped, remote talent pool in South Africa. The company was born from a recognition of the significant challenges businesses face when trying to source skilled professionals remotely. Founders Nicholas and Brandon envisioned a streamlined, fully digital recruitment process designed to simplify hiring while delivering outstanding results. This vision is built on a foundation of core values: Integrity, Excellence, and Innovation. The team at VirtuHire upholds the highest standards of honesty and transparency in all their interactions, ensuring a trustworthy partnership with every client. They are relentlessly committed to delivering a superior service that consistently exceeds expectations, and they continuously seek out innovative solutions to enhance the hiring experience for both companies and candidates.

VirtuHire's culture is centered around making a tangible impact. They position themselves not just as a recruitment agency, but as a strategic partner in building and scaling world-class teams. Their process is meticulously designed to be both efficient and effective. It begins with a deep dive into a client's business needs and vision to ensure perfect alignment. From there, a targeted talent search is launched, sifting through thousands of candidates to present a curated shortlist of the top three within a week, complete with CVs and introductory videos. By handling the logistics of interview scheduling and offering seamless onboarding as an Employer of Record (EOR), VirtuHire manages payroll, compliance, and administrative tasks. This allows their clients to focus on their core growth activities, confident that the recruitment and management of their remote team are in expert hands. This holistic approach empowers businesses to build exceptional teams and transform their workforce with top-tier South African talent.

Employee benefits

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Learning and development budget

Comprehensive onboarding and ongoing sales training.

Company events

Regular team incentives, events, and performance bonuses.

Flexible working hours

Flexible, remote work setup with a strong emphasis on work-life balance.

Career progression

Opportunities for career progression into Account Executive or Customer Success roles.

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