At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead technical SEO strategy and mentor teams in a fast-paced agency.
- Company: Dynamic agency focused on innovative web experiences and technical excellence.
- Benefits: Flexible hours, hybrid working, and a collaborative culture.
- Other info: 6-week contract with opportunities for growth and learning.
- Why this job: Influence cutting-edge search tech and drive impactful projects.
- Qualifications: Extensive technical SEO experience and strong leadership skills.
The predicted salary is between 58500 - 71500 £ per year.
Overview
As Technical Search Director Contractor, you will steer the Web Experience and Technical SEO strategy for client websites, aligning audits with development across traditional and AI-driven search.
You’ll lead cross‑functional delivery, mentor the Organic Performance team, and drive technical roadmaps for high‑impact migrations and platform builds.
You’ll translate complex audits into actionable specs for client engineers, while advancing Croud’s Web Experience methodology in a fast‑moving, collaborative agency environment.
This 6‑week interim role offers influence over cutting‑edge search tech and scalable delivery.
- Pay / Benefits
- hybrid working (London office 2-3 days)
- contract role (6 weeks)
- flexible hours with manager agreement
- standard hours 9:00–17:30
- collaborative and growth‑oriented culture
- equal opportunity employer
Responsibilities
- Lead end‑to‑end technical site audits to identify blockers and opportunities for speed, usability, and indexing
- Architect strategies for crawlability, accessibility, and content extraction across traditional search, AI summaries, and chat experiences
- Oversee structured data, semantic HTML, site architecture, and rendering optimization for machine understanding
- Drive front‑end performance and Core Web Vitals using tools like Chrome Dev Tools, Lighthouse, Page Speed Insights, and Web Page Test
- Translate audit findings into developer‑ready tickets (e. g., Jira, Azure Dev Ops) and align with client engineering teams
- Collaborate with developers, frontend engineers, and architects to set standards (W3C, WCAG) and validate fixes
- Lead technically heavy site migrations, platform rebuilds, and international rollouts while protecting traffic
- Formulate technical roadmaps and manage resource allocation for key accounts
- Evolve the Web Experience methodology, lead Test & Learn initiatives, and produce case studies/whitepapers
- Support sales with high‑impact audits and solution design, and oversee on‑demand network experts for quality control
- Mentor and upskill Web Experience Managers and the wider Organic Performance team
- Key requirements
- Extensive experience in Technical SEO within an agency environment
- Expert knowledge of technical SEO best practices, site migrations, and web performance
- Strong understanding of AI search and emerging search technologies
- Proven ability to translate technical recommendations into actionable solutions for developers
- Commercially minded with excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Proven experience leading technical teams and driving capability development
- Stakeholder management
- Communication
- Leadership and mentoring
- HTML, CSS, Java Script
- Technical SEO best practices
- Site migrations and platform rebuilds
Technical Search Director Contractor (6 weeks) in London employer: Croud
Croud is an exceptional employer, offering a vibrant work culture that prioritises collaboration, continuous learning, and employee empowerment. With a hybrid working model based in London, employees benefit from a clear progression path, generous perks including a paid sabbatical, and a commitment to personal and professional development, making it an ideal place for those passionate about digital marketing to thrive.
