CNS Media Ltd
Senior SEO Executive

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Senior SEO Executive
To support continued growth, we are looking for a Senior SEO Executive to join our expanding team.
Location: Chesterfield or Manchester
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent, 35 hours per week
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000
Working Model: Hybrid (3 in office, 2 remote)
Benefits:
- Employment Ownership Trust (EOT) tax-free company bonus scheme
- Flexible working
- Gym membership
- Regular team building events and socials
- Access to Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
Career & Personal Development:
- Career development plans & progression opportunities
- Learning and development programme
- Well-being programme
The Role
You'll manage and deliver SEO activity across a portfolio of client accounts, taking ownership of day-to-day SEO delivery for multiple small and mid-sized retainers. You'll combine technical expertise, strategic thinking and client relationship skills to identify and implement SEO opportunities that drive measurable results. Working collaboratively with developers, content teams and account managers, you'll turn data into clear, practical recommendations and help clients understand how SEO activity connects to their commercial goals. This is a role that blends hands-on execution with strategic influence, giving you real ownership of client outcomes.
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Why CNS Media
Join the award-winning team at CNS Media Ltd, where creativity, collaboration and results drive everything we do. As we continue to grow across our Chesterfield, Manchester and Birmingham offices, we're looking for an experienced Senior SEO Executive to drive measurable organic growth for our clients.
We work with national and regional brands across multiple sectors and are proud to be recognised as a Campaign Best Places to Work 2024 winner, as well as award-winners at The Drum Awards, UK Agency Awards and Global Agency Awards.
If you want to be part of a friendly, ambitious and supportive agency, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Be Doing
| Area | Focus |
|---|---|
| Strategy & Delivery | Own SEO activity across small to mid-sized retainers; prioritise by impact and business value |
| Technical SEO | Run audits (crawlability, Core Web Vitals, indexation); brief developers using GSC, GA4, SEMrush, Screaming Frog/Sitebulb |
| Content & On-Page | Keyword research, competitor analysis, on-page optimisation, ecommerce SEO where relevant |
| Reporting & Clients | Translate data into clear next steps; manage client relationships across a varied portfolio |
| AI-Enabled Working | Use Claude for research, reporting and QA; apply judgement to keep outputs accurate and client-appropriate; stay current on AI Overviews and LLM visibility |


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What We're Looking For
- 3-4+ years' hands-on SEO experience, including ownership of at least one sizeable ecommerce or lead-gen site
- Solid technical grounding: crawls, indexation, Core Web Vitals, canonicalisation, redirects
- Confident with GSC, GA4, and a major platform (SEMrush, Ahrefs or Sistrix), plus a crawler (Screaming Frog/Sitebulb)
- Strong communicator who can explain data to clients with varying SEO knowledge
- Comfortable using Claude or similar AI tools day to day, with the judgement to quality-check the output
Nice to Have
- Agency background managing 6-10 retainers
- In-house ecommerce experience, CMS platforms (WordPress, Shopify, Magento)
- Track record of measurable SEO wins: traffic growth, migrations, content hub growth
- Pitch/new business exposure
- Marketing or Digital Marketing degree
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