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3823 - Associate, Search, GCS
Role Summary and Impact
The role exists within WPP Medias Global Client Solutions to support a growing team, covering both SEO and AI Discoverability. As an SEO Associate Executive, you will play a pivotal role in day-to-day support, and in some cases ownership, of client engagements, SEO process and execution on and off page.
The SEO Associate Executive will be required to support the growth of our offering with the help of the Account Manager and lead in management of the SEO Associate Executives in the team. The SEO Associate Executive will help to support and shape the global SEO strategy for a variety of brands across content, technical and outreach.
The candidate should have an action-based attitude and strong time management skills to best support the SEO team. The candidate should be comfortable in presenting their findings and be confident across the core pillars of SEO and have the ambition to consistently expand their skill set.
Skills and Experience
At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media’s shared core values:
Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust .
Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise .
Essential Criteria
Have an understanding in areas of Owned Media such as SEO (websites, site analytics and mobile environments)
Good project management skills
Effective and efficient working style
Good understanding of on page and off page SEO
Creative thinking around content for digital
Understanding of site analytics and SEO tools
Highly organised and has a great attention to detail
Interest in search and digital media and advertising
Language skills desired but not required
Desirable Criteria
Experience building Looker Studio reports
Experience in building deliverable templates for the team to utilise
Language skills
Delivering client performance
Oversee development and creation of organic search best practices alongside your BD. Ultimate accountability for adherence to best practice, and responsible for effective oversight of designated organic and holistic search strategies.
Create from briefs client specific search landscapes and content topics
Support the benchmark reporting and analysis of client campaigns
SEO copy writing and optimisation to support the content strategy for global and local teams
Conduct technical and content audits and provide recommendations
Work with reporting tools to analyse performance and provide recommendations with the support of senior team members
Develop an understanding of the services we offer and how we offer them
Develop skill sets to become an expert in search marketing, across both paid search, programmatic, SEO and paid social media
Driving our process
Conduct outreach execution approach at a global level and help coordinate this in regional/local markets via the strategy agreed by SEO directors and the global client.
Quality control deliverables with senior team members in order to confidently provide documentation to clients
Work within a timely manner to…