Technical SEO executives

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We are always looking for talented Technical SEO executives to join our happy team

The technical SEO executive will support and manage day-to-day SEO project work at Varn. They will be responsible for the planning and implementation of technical SEO strategies, conducting technical analysis, website audits and interpreting web analytics data to formulate technical recommendations.

You will be responsible for ensuring our clients websites are fully optimised for search engines, so their websites perform better online and are continuously ready for any new and upcoming ranking factors.

You will be producing regular progress reports and will work closely with the internal technical SEO team to make recommendations for SEO improvements, keeping our clients happy and staying up-to-date with industry developments.

We are firm believers in employing for attitude and training for skill, so if you have knowledge and experience for the key responsibilities below, and a passion to learn new skills with a ‘can do’ attitude, then we would love to find out more about you.

 

Who are you?
  • You will ideally have a good understanding of SEO techniques and tools.  It would be beneficial if you have some experience of website development and SEO but we recruit for attitude and capability so if you are interested in learning more and becoming excellent at Technical SEO we want to talk to you.
  • You will have Excel and analytical skills, and be equally at home analysing data in spreadsheets or analytics packages and checking through source code for best practice.
  • You may already have experience at working with clients effectively and positively, but if you are just beginning your career, an enthusiastic, organised and can-do mindset is what we are looking for.
  • Advanced numeracy & data analysis skills, supported with strong written and verbal abilities.

 

Key Responsibilities:
  • Technical SEO audits including core web vitals, schema mark-up opportunities, content optimisation, keyword research.
  • Monitoring our clients website performance, analysing / interpreting data, drawing conclusions making recommendations for optimisation.
  • Keeping up to date with industry developments to ensure continuous development of our technical SEO knowledge.
  • Contribute proactively with thought leadership, creating and writing content to help share Varn’s expertise within SEO and search marketing.
  • Contribute to an environment that fosters open communication and trust with all team members, clients and other stakeholders.

We would love to meet candidates who have the following experience, but if you are just beginning your digital marketing career and have the right skills and attitude, we will train and develop you in all of the areas listed:

  • Proven experience in technical SEO campaigns and achieving results, delivering SEO best practice for clients.
  • Experience with keyword research, featured snippets, structured data markup and internal linking.
  • Experience with industry-leading SEO tools such as SEO Profiler and SEMrush.
  • Knowledge of Google Analytics, Google Search Console and Google Tag Manager (being Google Analytics qualified is an advantage).
  • Excellent analytical skills, the ability to interpret data and trends along with meticulous attention to detail and the ability to compile reports with meaningful insights.
  • Ability to think creatively around problems and interpret clients’ requests.
  • Have an interest and good understanding of algorithm changes and be able to discuss SEO confidently both internally and with clients.

About Varn 

Our purpose is to nurture and develop a motivated and expert team. To care about our clients, our reputation and our clients results by being focussed and passionate about the things we spend our time on. 

We accelerate profitable growth for happy clients by delivering full service SEO, scaling Technical SEO, Off-page SEO, paid media and AI search, data analytics and reporting. 

Varn values

Our values articulate what’s truly important to our team, our culture and our business.
Experienced experts

Experienced experts

As a team we know our SEO stuff, from technical know-how through AI & data analytics, optimising websites and all of the content and digital activity in-between. This means your business benefits from obsessive SEO-ers that really do know all there is to know about SEO.
Results driven

Results driven

We have to deliver results for our clients otherwise it’s all just SEO talk. Result metrics are always defined at the start of a project but typically are about outranking your competition and delivering more quality traffic. We like talking, but we like winning in SEO more.
Helpful partner

Helpful partner

We work alongside our clients as a helpful honest partner. Partnerships are always more rewarding as this ensures we get results and allows our relationships to flourish. Importantly this makes our client relationships really enjoyable for our team.
Trustworthy & ethical

Trustworthy & ethical

We take enormous pride in the fact you can trust Varn to always do the right thing, to be open and honourable. It is vital for us to work together with integrity and honesty, building strong partnerships on the way.
Happy people

Happy people

Happy people is what we focus on here at Varn. We think life is simply too short not to make it fun, so let’s enjoy working together. We love what we do and we want you to love your SEO journey with Varn :-)
Caring team

Caring team

We care deeply about our community, our environment and each other's wellbeing. We have our own woodland which offsets our carbon footprint and our team seek to do good, as well as doing good business.

Job outline

Renumeration and benefits

Salary:  Starting at £24,000 up to £28,000 for Senior Executives, FTE depending on experience

On top of your salary, you can also expect: 

    • Opportunity to be part of a growing agency 
    • Company wide bonus scheme (up to 10% annual bonus)
    • Access to our woodland office, our mobile Camper Varn office and Woolacombe (Devon) beach view workspace, so you can work outside and be inspired in new places.
    • Up to 28 days off per year (including 20 standard days, 3 day Christmas close down, 1 day holiday for your birthday and up to 4 days long service bonus)
    • Pension scheme
    • Training and development opportunities
    • Fun working environment
Locations 
  • Bradford on Avon 
  • Woodland office (BoA) 
  • Beach office (to use 1 week a year in Woolacombe)
  • Remote (one day flexible working) 

 

Diversity & inclusion

Varn takes pride in creating an environment where everyone can be themselves. This starts with recruitment. All recruitment decisions we take will be based solely on the positive skills and behaviours that applicants display and nothing else. We do not discriminate based on any personal characteristic, we are a human  first agency and we care about and celebrate individuals. If something is important to you or you have a particular need during the application process or during your time at Varn, please do let us know.

 

How to get in touch

To find out more about Technical SEO manager roles at Varn please email your CV to [email protected], with Technical SEO executives as the subject of the email. We are always on the lookout for talented individuals so please do not hesitate to reach out to us.

Please include in your email an introduction to yourself and explain why you think you are ideal for this role at Varn.

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