SEO ACCOUNT DIRECTOR in London

As an SEO Account Director at Found, you'll take ownership of a portfolio of high-value clients—leading strategic direction, elevating performance, and championing long-term growth. You'll guide the vision for each account, mentor a talented SEO team, and work cross-functionally to create integrated, insight-led strategies that push results forward.

You’ll collaborate closely with Business Directors, Data & Analytics, Paid Media, and wider channel specialists to deliver cohesive strategies that ladder into broader business objectives. As a senior figure within the SEO department, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping best practice, nurturing team development, and driving the evolution of our SEO offering across the agency.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Lead Strategic SEO Growth – Own the strategic vision across your portfolio, shaping insight-driven roadmaps that deliver measurable performance and long‐term client success.
• Drive Commercial Excellence – Manage your portfolio's commercial health, ensuring profitable delivery, accurate forecasting, and opportunities for upsell and account expansion.
• Strengthen Senior Client Partnerships – Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, lead strategic conversations, and position SEO as a core driver of business impact.
• Inspire and Develop Your Team – Linemanage Account Managers and Executives, champion progression plans, and foster a culture of learning, collaboration, and high performance.
• Ensure Operational Quality – Oversee outputs, reporting, QA, and project delivery to ensure work is accurate, insight‐led, and aligned to best practice.
• Champion Cross‐Channel Integration – Collaborate with Paid Media, Data, Content, PR, and wider Found teams to create unified, holistic performance strategies.
• Advance Ethical AI Adoption – Promote responsible, transparent AI usage that enhances efficiency, unlocks capacity, and drives improved strategic outcomes.
• Model Found's Values – Uphold our culture, processes, and ways of working—leading with integrity, curiosity, accountability, and a solutions‐focused mindset.

WHAT MAKES THE SEO TEAM AT FOUND SPECIAL?

The SEO Found team is a powerhouse of incredibly talented, creative individuals who thrive on innovation and precision. Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do—we work as a tight‐knit team, always ready to lend a hand when needed and champion each other's successes. We’re passionate about sharing knowledge, believing it’s the key to continuous growth and self‐improvement. Open to exploring new opportunities and testing fresh ideas, we remain relentlessly focused on delivering exceptional results for our clients.

HOW DOES THE TEAM WORK?

You’ll join a collaborative, insight‐driven team that thrives on experimentation, transparency, and collective ownership. We work in cross‐disciplinary pods, combining SEO expertise with Paid Media, Data & Analytics, Content, and PR to create seamless integrated strategies. You’ll play a leading role in shaping how SEO interacts with these functions—bringing clarity, structure, and strategic ambition to every account.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A SUCCESSFUL SEO AT FOUND?

• Strategic vision – You think beyond rankings, shaping long‐term strategies aligned to commercial outcomes.
• Confident leadership – You inspire, support, and challenge your team to reach their highest potential.
• Commercial sharpness – You understand the financial levers that drive account health and agency growth.
• Cross‐functional collaboration – You thrive working with specialists across channels and disciplines.
• Adaptability & resilience – You stay solutions‐focused through complexity, ambiguity, and change.

WHAT IS THE INTERVIEW PROCESS?

Our process is designed to be thoughtful, transparent, and human. Typically, you can expect:

• Initial conversation – A chat with the Talent team to explore your experience and motivations.
• Hiring manager interview – A deeper discussion with senior SEO leadership.
• Task interview – A practical or strategic exercise to demonstrate your thinking and approach.
• Final conversation – Meet additional stakeholders and ask any final questions.

PERKS AND BENEFITS

• Dynamic, Flexible Working – Work is what we do, not where we do it. We believe in having a working environment where we thrive and can do our best work, whether that is at home, in the office or on the beach.
• Private Medical Insurance – We support your health and wellbeing with either a cash pot or enhanced medical insurance to help with both medical and dental needs.
• Financial Wellbeing Coaching – Access to Bippit which provides access to professionally qualified coaches who assist with household financial accounts, budget monitoring, and creating holistic financial plans for all aspects of life.
• 1‐1 Counselling & Mental Health Support – Supporting your mental health, you will have access to six 1‐1 sessions of therapy, plus access to self‐directed content and frequent live workshops with Oliva for life.
• Subsidised Gym Membership – Access to a platform of multiple gyms across the UK.
• Enhanced Parental Leave – We offer competitive packages to support our team with big life changes with up to 6 months enhanced primary caregiver pay and 6 weeks secondary caregiver pay.
• Interchangeable Bank Holidays – We have a global multicultural team, so everyone gets the choice to swap bank holidays to cultural/religious days that are important to them.
• Matchable Partnership – Two paid volunteering days via Matchable, a platform that promotes social impact by connecting individuals with meaningful community volunteering opportunities.
• Work from Abroad – Up to 30 days a year working from another country.
• Personalised Career Progression – We know that progression is highly individual. You'll have a personalised development plan with meaningful, impactful training opportunities.
• And lots more!

INCLUSION AT FOUND

At Found, we're passionate about building a team of talented individuals from all walks of life who share the skills and drive to help us achieve our mission. That’s why we’re committed to a hiring process free from judgment, prejudice, or bias. We encourage everyone to apply for our roles—your gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, or background will never impact how your application is considered. We’re dedicated to fostering an inclusive culture where everyone feels empowered to do their best work, enjoy their journey, and truly feel they belong.