SEO Manager- South Africa

Online Marketing Gurus

South Africa
Permanent
Full-time

15 days ago
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Are you an experienced SEO Consultant looking for a step up?Want to join Australia’s largest and fastest-growing independent agency, where your success and achievements will be recognised and rewarded?We are the biggest NERDS, we are SUPER FUN, and it’s no joke. Collaborating every day, we focus on numbers-based thinking that we know will deliver real, tangible, data-driven insights (none of the fluff, jargon, and guesswork you might see elsewhere) and we have a FUN time doing it all together.Over 3 years, we’ve invested $1M+ into trying and testing every digital strategy to see what works and what doesn’t. It seems the rules to succeeding online are always changing, so every day our team is building new and intuitive tools to tackle the future of marketing.We solve the digital world by turning to the numbers (real, hard evidence you can’t deny). And our clients turn to us, the Online Marketing Gurus (the nerds who know their stuff and get it done).We’re a growing company and this is a great opportunity for an SEO professional looking for the next step in their career.We're looking for an SEO Manager to manage and deliver SEO campaigns for Online Marketing Gurus SME clients, whilst overseeing a team of SEO Consultants. You will be supporting the Head of Department to train and develop staff and help improve delivery across a portfolio of clients, whilst also keeping your finger on the pulse with a set of Enterprise clients.As a SEO Manager, you will be responsible for:

Manage a team of 5 SEOs, creating their annual goals & proactively managing their Professional Development Plans
Regular team training on quick tips/tricks to engage & encourage efficient & effective SEO practices.
Maintain a high level of staff retention.
Quality checks on the team’s work, including (& not limited to) audits, strategies, project plans, content briefs, link briefs, reports, etc.
Ensure your own client work sets the standard.
Work with the team to monitor impact of SEO work, ensuring that key insights are fed back to Research & Development Team or to the Global Head of SEO
QA checks to ensure the team are managing their time & projects within budget & on time.
Ensure your own client work sets the standard, & any issues are proactively flagged with the Global Head of SEO
Maintain a high client retention rate across the team & own portfolio.

Requirements

You have SEO experience, minimum 5 years
You have Digital Marketing experience, minimum 5 years
You have approx. 3+ years experience in a managerial/team lead role
Management of a team of 3+ people
Knowledge of the key aspects of SEO or integrated marketing campaigns, as well as inbound of multi channel marketing concepts
Knowledge and application of SEO, and Web Analytics tools for data analysis (Basic & Advanced Analytics Certified)
Know how to provide findings and relevant recommendations upon all aspects of the OMG technical audit
Possess knowledge of how websites work both from a user perspective and from a search agent's perspective
Ability to prioritise and self-manage tasks
Competency in soft-skills, including, but not limited to, project management, communication, interpersonal skills, conflict resolution, objection handling
Has demonstrated ability to manage projects to a budget & on time. When issues have arisen, proactively deal with them.
Has demonstrated ability to manage/mentor a team
Understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc
Advanced knowledge of Google Sheets, Docs, Slides, etc

Things to note:

Must be willing to work in AEST timezone

Must be located in South Africa

BenefitsAbout OMG:

Our #1 belief and goal is that if employees are happy and over the moon - the culture is amazing and together we can achieve incredible results!
Massive focus on hiring good human beings - we believe the rest can be learned and developed through our training initiatives
Huge focus on employee development, engagement & growth opportunities
Hybrid-working - enjoy the great office vibe and the benefit of working from home
Largest independent agency in Australia - tripled revenue year in last 3 years
We are in significant growth mode, looking for our future leaders as we scale globally- currently 140+ employees in Sydney and Melbourne, 40 in the Philippines, as well as USA expansion ongoing. This was 30 employees 3 years ago!
R&D investment, forefront of digital marketing, innovation
Our values are- We ‘Share evidence, not opinion’, ‘Find solutions, not problems’, ‘Make customers love you’, ‘Own it and get it done’
We live Diversity, Equity & Inclusion as our people including our Leadership Team are of many cultural backgrounds and represent a positive gender mix. In fact we have people from all walks of life and diverse backgrounds including LGBTQ, disability and socio-economic backgrounds.

OMG is an equal opportunity employer, so by working for us, you’ll be part of an organization that supports diversity and inclusion.

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