The Role: SEO & Organic Search Manager

We're looking for a communicative, creative, SEO and Organic Search Manager to drive and own performance, manage client relationships, and help shape AI-led search visibility (and channel synergy) across our portfolio.

You'll contribute to the development of strategy and own execution across SEO as well as the emerging surfaces of AI search, and developing the synergy between these disciplines.

This is a highly collaborative, on-site role, with 4 days/week in office (Tu-Fr).

If you are passionate about being part of a team, driving performance and client growth, and building relationships, then we want to hear from you. 

We are looking for someone who wants to drive results across the spectrum. This role is perfect for you if you are excited about where organic search as a channel is heading to - we have the internal teams and expertise to turn your ideas into real strategy and measurable growth. If your agency is stuck in the past, then apply now.  

About CEEK

CEEK is a dynamic, omni-channel digital agency partnering with forward-thinking brands to build meaningful connections through digital channels. Curiosity, accountability, and results sit at the heart of what we do. We operate with a +1 mentality, going further than what's expected as standard.

It's never been a more exciting time to join. We're growing fast, and this role sits right at the centre of that growth.

The Role:

Client Strategy, Ownership & Account Growth

• Own organic search performance and execution across a portfolio of client accounts
• Develop and deliver strategies that connect traditional SEO, AI-led search visibility
• Identify and pursue growth opportunities within existing accounts
• Build trusted client relationships through expertise, communication and measurable results
• Take responsibility for your accounts, spotting opportunities and solving problems

Search Strategy & Execution

• Hands-on delivery across technical SEO, content, on-page, off-page, digital PR and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)
• Develop recommendations across emerging AI search surfaces, including AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT and Perplexity
• Understand how traditional search, AI discovery and social search increasingly interact, and identify opportunities to build visibility across the full discovery journey
• Apply a sharp, practical understanding of E-E-A-T to build visibility, authority and credibility that search engines and AI systems can trust
• Work with structured data, entity signals, schema markup and other emerging approaches to improve how brands are understood and surfaced

Cross-Channel Collaboration

• Partner with Paid Media, Content, Brand, Influencer, PR and other internal teams to build joined-up channel strategies
• Share knowledge, ideas and emerging best practice across the Organic Performance team
• Bring creative thinking to the table and help turn ideas into actionable strategies and measurable growth

Reporting, Insight & Optimisation

• Own reporting and insight across your accounts, focusing on metrics that demonstrate commercial impact
• Use Ahrefs, Google Search Console and GA4 to understand performance, identify opportunities and uncover issues before clients have to ask
• Translate data and search behaviour into clear actions, prioritised recommendations and measurable next steps
• Monitor performance across traditional search and emerging AI discovery surfaces
• Continuously refine strategy based on performance, experimentation and changes in the search landscape

The Individual:

• Sharp curiosity and a hunger to grow
• Creative thinking and a willingness to challenge the conventional approach
• A genuine interest in where search is heading; particularly AI-led discovery and the convergence of SEO, social and other digital channels
• Team-first instincts and a willingness to share ideas and expertise
• Commercial awareness and an ability to connect search activity to business outcomes
• Comfortable taking ownership, making recommendations and seeing them through to execution
• Keen in-person collaborators; we are in the office 4 days a week, with 1 day a week from home on Mondays

Experience:

Essential

• Minimum 4 years experience across all traditional pillars of search; technical SEO, content optimisation, keyword research, backlinks et al
• Experience owning client relationships and communicating confidently with senior stakeholders
• Able to turn complex search strategy into clear, commercially relevant recommendations
• A sharp, practical understanding of E-E-A-T and how authority, expertise and trust influence search visibility
• Comfortable thinking beyond SEO and understanding how organic interacts with paid, content, PR, brand, influencer and social
• A hands-on mindset and a willingness to take ownership rather than simply make recommendations

Desirable

• Experience working with social search and understanding how platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or Reddit increasingly influence discovery
• Experience contributing to new business, pitches or wider strategic projects

Tools & Ways of Working

• ClickUp for project management and task ownership
• Google Drive for structured documentation and collaboration
• Slack for internal communication
• Ahrefs, Google Search Console and GA4 for performance data and insight
• AI tools such as Claude and Windsor AI to sharpen output, accelerate analysis and improve efficiency
• Comfortable learning new tools and platforms as the search landscape evolves

Compensation & Progression

• Starting salary: £38,000–£45,000
• Bonus scheme eligibility post-probation
• Flexitime; flexible start (8:30–10am) and finish (4:30–6pm)