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With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships - all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open - we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth.\nWPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.\nFor more information, visit wppmedia.com.\n3822 - Manager, Search, GCS\nRole Summary and Impact\nThe role exists within WPP Media Channels & Solutions to support a growing team, covering SEO. As an SEO Account Manager, you will play a pivotal role in day-to-day ownership of client engagements, SEO process and execution on and off page.\nThe SEO Account Manager will be required to support the growth of our offering with the help of the Account Director and lead in management of the SEO Account Executives. The SEO Account Director will shape the global SEO strategy for a variety of brands across content, technical and outreach. \nResponsibilities\nOrganic Search Management\nOversee 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.\nDevelop in-depth knowledge of organic search, operating as an in-agency expert in your field of specialism, whilst showing a good understanding of the overall media landscape.\nActively generate client related case studies and seek opportunities for award entries whilst ensuring the teams aim at a higher prominence within the wider industry.\nReport on Client performance and share learnings and insights to the wider agency Channels and Solutions group on a quarterly basis at minimum and evolve the agency best practices based on this.\nMake continuous strategic and optimisation recommendations and work with the various specialists and/or local teams to ensure effective implementation.\nConnect with account teams and market leads to ensure cross-team integration and WoW consistency both across organic search and paid channels.\nSupport Senior leadership and line manager with regular updates on up-and-coming innovation, changes to industry landscape\nDelivering client performance\nIdentify and source the right technology following best practices and report to BD for potential activation. Ensure reporting is focused on actionable insight\nDeliver best-in-class approach to Organic Search, rooted in the WPP Media Channels & Solutions Best Practice Framework, and raise any barriers to this to the Organic search lead.\nDevelop strong relationships with your client, leading team communications with these stakeholders. Lead efforts to gather and disseminate intelligence about the client to ensure deep understanding to predict and meet their business needs.\nShare key industry information with wider Channels and Solutions group via sessions and workshops.\nRegularly support the AD in presentations, and lead sessions/meetings/presentations when asked to do so.\nCreate a strong relationship with leadership within by actively contributing and collaborating to create the best possible offering for the client.\nDemonstrate expert understanding of the business successes, challenges, and strategic objectives; draws from experience to evaluate solutions from the business perspective and provide advice regarding potential opportunities and risks.\nStrategically nurture relationships with key decision-makers alongside the BD, by helping them successfully navigate through critical business changes and address complex issues in their businesses.\nDeveloping our product\nWork with the Head of/Partner Organic Search and the wider Channels & Solutions Senior Leadership team to:\nDevelop roadmaps for the Organic Search product, to differentiate and future proof our offering\nCreate a consistent, challenging, but exciting recruitment experience for candidates that allows us to find and secure the best talent in the market\nSupport BDs, Head of/Partner Search in development of Channels & Solutions Paid Search product\nContribute and leads aspects of New Business, as well as upselling and cross-selling of services and capabilities to IBM alongside your BD.\nContribute to the New Business process by creating templates and resources usable in all pitches\nRaising our profile\nBuild and maintain relationships with Clients and Client Leads, as well as offering strategic guidance alongside the BD to help grow the business and strengthen the relationship\nSurface and share great work from the team and ensuring that case studies of great work are regularly created.\nEnter relevant industry awards and create POVs regarding industry developments\nContribute to key industry events and represent WPP Media externally.\nRegular development of opinion pieces related to Organic Search to be shared across the agency, build external and internal profile and act as a thought leader in the Organic Search space.\nBuild and maintain relationships with Client Leads, offering strategic guidance (in line with BD vision) to help grow the business and strengthen the relationship\nWork with HR/other channel leads to ensure the Channels & Solutions story is positioned correctly with recruiters\nDevelop the profile of WPP Media Channels & Solutions through training, presentations, and other communication\nSupport Senior leadership and line manager with regular updates on up-and-coming innovation, changes to industry landscape\nInspiring our people\nMaintain a positive attitude towards all areas of our work and looking for opportunities and solutions from challenges\nEstablish a relationship with key senior clients, through QBRs/proactive projects\nRegular maintenance of talent mapping and career path development plans for all direct reports.\nRegularly update the team alongside the BD on live initiatives, business performance, new business opportunities and any other relevant topics\nMaintain a strong line of communication with all team members including the Head of Search, senior leadership, etc.\nWork with BD and HR teams to develop and maintain training plans to plug any skills gaps around the team\nLead through vision, values, and model leadership behaviours while championing and facilitating change in a positive manner.\nEnsuring the effective management of more junior team members, guaranteeing workloads are monitored and prioritised to meet deadlines within SLAs.\nSupport the Head of/Director and broader team in capacity planning and resource management. Lead the recruitment process for your immediate team and assist with the wider team’s recruitment as needed (e.g. TDP development, position description creation, hiring/interview process changes and partake in interviews, etc.) Share your developments with the department to promote standardisation of process and template within the group\nCommunicate clearly and in a timely manner with internal and external stakeholders as required across email, chat, video, and in-person. Lead presentations where necessary.\nDriving our process\nTake the lead on one or more integration projects across the department, and supporting other projects\nDevelop and maintain on-boarding process for new starters\nConstantly review all optimization, budget management, task management, testing, and other processes to identify opportunities for improvement in effectiveness or efficiency\nDevelop ways of working that maximize client output whilst minimizing operational input.\nEnsure alignment to wider group best practices surrounding aspects such as reporting, automation, accreditations, etc. Lead this workstream alongside appropriate BD and communicate progress to stakeholders\nEnsuring our profitability\nWork with ADs to ensure client resource allocations are adhered to, reported, and flagged to BD\nSupport and deliver new business pitches when requested by leadership\nCommercially driven and forward thinking in the expansion of business opportunities, entrepreneurial in mind-set and always looking to develop incremental or new services both centrally and locally via new opportunities and revenue streams\nSkills and Experience\nCommercially driven and forward thinking in the expansion of business opportunities, entrepreneurial in mind-set and always looking to develop incremental or new services both centrally and locally. The candidate should be confident and competent across all aspects of SEO and have the ambition to consistently drive the growth and development of our people and offering.\nEssential Criteria\nDemonstrated experience in SEO and Owned Asset Optimisation\nExperience in creating Global scalable strategies\nAdvanced competency for technical SEO\nExperience in Integrating of SEO with Paid digital channels\nHigh level numeracy and analysis skills, to be able to interrogate data and coming out with actionable insights to inform business decisions.\nStrong project management and organisational skills\nDemonstrated career management of SEO executives\nClient relationship skills - including presentation skills\nExcellent verbal and written communications skills, being able to confidently and clearly present work to clients, media owners and internal stakeholders. Experience & gravitas to ‘fly solo’ & present to mid to senior weight clients.\nExcellent troubleshooting skills: ability to solve issues (both technical and operational) quickly and creatively\nAbility to communicate process driven approaches clearly and effectively to non-technical individuals\nCompetency in Google Analytics and Tag Manager\nCompetency in Microsoft Excel\nExperience and competency in SEO tools including Screaming Frog, Lumar, BrightEdge and more.\nDesirable Criteria\nExperience building Looker Studio reports\nPaid search experience and experience in holistic search strategies\nExperience in building deliverable templates for the team to utilise\nSubstantial demonstratable success in managing and leading digital teams.\nLanguage skills\nLife at WPP Media & Benefits \nOur passion for shaping the next era of media is powered by our commitment toBe Extraordinary, investing in our employees to inspire transformational creativity. We alsoLead Optimistically, firmly believing in andChampioning Growth and Developmentfor every individual. This commitment allows WPP Media employees to leverage the extensive global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, build vital professional connections, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. \nWeCreate an Open environmentbuilt on trust and respect, where everyone feels they belong and has opportunities to progress. This inclusive culture is fostered through a variety of employee resource groups and frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our comprehensive benefits package reflects this commitment, including competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days. \nWPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection in this open and supportive environment. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. 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