SEO specialist job vacancy at Candour (Norwich/hybrid)

Do you know your canonical tags from your core web vitals? We're looking for a full-time SEO specialist to join our team, helping to lead client strategy and get involved with technical audits and analytics.

Before you start reading the bullet points below and working out if now is a good time to look for a new role, let me 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 is finished. 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 don't put staff in difficult situations signing deals we know won't work. We want to work with clients that have realistic expectations, budgets and whom we can develop a good relationship with.

4) Every single person at Candour gets a direct profit share at the end of their 6-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. This year, we are focused on helping Brave Futures.

You will have the following responsibilities:

• Working with the senior team to develop SEO strategies
• Take responsibility for leading your own client's roadmaps
• Effectively prioritise SEO tasks and spot opportunities
• Technical SEO audits
• GA4 tracking setup and debugging
• Data analysis with GA4/GSC/BigQuery
• Client reporting

What we would like from you:

• Confident with GA4 and LookerStudio
• BigQuery experience
• Ability to manage own time between a range of clients
• At least 2 years of SEO experience either in-house or an agency
• 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 are ranking web pages
• Understanding of what makes a successful content strategy
• Clear knowledge of Google's Webmaster Guidelines
• Experience in delivering SEO recommendations in context of 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, Google Search Console, Google Analytics, ContentKing, Google Sheets/Google API

What we can offer you:

• £32,000 – £34,000pa salary, depending on experience
• A direct cash profit share derived from agency profits, everyone benefits from success (after a successful 6-month probation period)
• 35-day holiday allowance, inclusive of public holidays and our Christmas shutdown
• Private healthcare (after a successful 6-month probation period)
• Hybrid and remote working options: We believe your job should fit around your life
• 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, increasing with time at the company
• Annual training budget: We’ll help you develop professionally
• Development opportunities at events such as BrightonSEO and SearchNorwich
• Opportunities for public speaking (paid time to prepare and deliver your talks)
• Monthly (optional attendance) funded social events with the team
• A summer and winter party
• 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

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