Associate Director, SEO New United Kingdom

Brainlabs is the media agency built to answer one question: what's actually driving profit? Founded in 2012 by Daniel Gilbert, we were built by engineers before we were a media agency. Today, 1,000+ Brainlabbers across five continents use our proprietary agents, built on 32 media tools and over 2,500 logged experiments, to help brands connect every channel they plan and buy to one thing: the bottom line.

As an SEO Associate Director at Brainlabs, you’ll shape strategy and oversee delivery across a portfolio of clients. That means defining what success looks like, measuring impact against SEO objectives and wider client KPIs, and actively managing the delivery team to hit those targets. Search is changing fast, with AI-powered features and generative engines reshaping how people find information, and you’ll be central to how we help clients stay ahead of that. You’ll generate new ideas, take them to clients, test them, and share what works.

Responsibilities

• Using your practice knowledge, you'll build and deliver SEO strategies that move the needle, prioritising high-value work based on data and client business goals.
• Develop SEO guidelines and processes that make the whole team sharper and more consistent.
• Contribute to the SEO practice roadmap, helping ensure our offering keeps pace with how search is evolving, including AI Overviews, generative engines like Perplexity and ChatGPT Search, and what that means for visibility and content strategy.
• Lead some of our larger accounts, building strong client relationships and acting as a point of escalation, ensuring work lands on time and to standard.
• Lead and mentor people across the practice, growing capability and knowledge at every level.

Who you are

• Strong all-round SEO knowledge with at least four years of experience.
• A solid understanding of AI Search: how Google AI Overviews, large language models and generative engines are changing organic visibility, and how to build strategies that account for them.
• Demonstrable success in improving SEO strategies through automation, process improvements and technology adoption.
• A good understanding of how other channels work and optimise alongside SEO.
• A confident, authentic communicator who cares about the quality of work and keeps learning.
• Passionate about growing the people around you.
• Strong presentation skills, with solid data analysis and reporting ability.
• Attentive to detail, methodical and process-led.
• Commercially aware.

How you succeed

• You live the culture code every day.
• Campaigns are created and delivered to the right standard.
• Internal targets on technology adoption and process improvement are met.
• Quality assurance metrics across all campaigns you lead are hit.
• Client satisfaction targets, both internal and external, are met.
• Learning certifications are created and completed across the practice.
• Your delivery teams are well-managed and producing strong output.

What happens next

We conduct a comprehensive interview process that includes skills interviews with our team to help both you and Brainlabs determine fit for the role. Brainlabs actively seeks and encourages applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equal opportunity for all applicants and employees regardless of age, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the application process, please let us know.