Head of Technical SEO

An amazing opportunity to take the lead on Technical SEO at one of the largest publishers worldwide. SEO is at the heart of our strategy at Future, and technical SEO plays an important part in our success. Future has a large and diverse portfolio of websites, including TechRadar, Games Radar, Live Science, Woman&Home and Cinemablend. Our brands typically occupy market leading positions, and our total portfolio generates over 350m monthly sessions globally, with a focus in the US and UK.

What you'll be doing…

We’re looking for an accomplished Technical SEO specialist to take the lead on Technical SEO across the business and manage and develop our existing team of accomplished Technical SEOs and reporting to our SEO Director. You’ll be passionate about technical SEO, have an expert understanding of crawling, indexing and rendering and their importance when it comes to SEO success, and have extensive SEO experience from websites that operate in competitive markets. Enhancing platforms, complex migrations and thorough technical SEO audits will be your bread and butter, but you’ll also need to be an excellent communicator and be able to explain complex technical concepts to stakeholders at varying levels of understanding.

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve

• Outstanding technical SEO knowledge 
• A plethora of experience when it comes to website taxonomies, entities, international SEO, schema, internal linking, sitemaps, robots directives and more
• High-level understanding of on-page and off-page SEO
• Proven experience working on websites in competitive markets where technical SEO problems have been overcome
• Experience leading and developing a SEO team
• Experience of successful migrations and audits that result in organic traffic growth in the medium-term
• Experience in Google Analytics, Google Search Console and Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets
• Proficient with log files, Screaming Frog and other SEO tools
• Knowledge of BigQuery, SQL and Python

What's in it for you

The expected range for this role is £52,000 - £60,000 

This is a Hybrid role from our Bath, Cardiff OR London Office, working three days from the office, two from home

… Plus more great perks, which include;

• Uncapped leave, because we trust you to manage your workload and time
• When we hit our targets, enjoy a share of our profits with a bonus
• Refer a friend and get rewarded when they join Future
• Wellbeing support with access to our Colleague Assistant Programmes
• Opportunity to purchase shares in Future, with our Share Incentive Plan

Internal job family level P3

Who are we…

We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it. 

Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future

We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!

Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.

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