SEO Manager in Manchester

PHD UK is looking for an SEO Account Manager to join a growing team and manage some of the agency’s best-known and most complex accounts. This is an exciting and challenging role for someone ready to step up and take ownership of top-tier SEO and organic accounts, evolving from traditional search optimisation into future-facing organic growth, including GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation), AI-driven discovery and multi-format search visibility.

Our team is constantly evolving to stay ahead of search engine innovation, AI disruption, and changing user behaviour. We are looking for someone eager to continuously develop their skills and actively shape the future of organic performance.

With the support of the wider team, you will be responsible for the day-to-day running of client accounts, working closely with an SEO Account Director. This will include:

• Auditing
• Reporting
• Strategy execution
• Innovation testing
• Close collaboration with wider teams

You will be in daily contact with clients, proactively identifying opportunities to grow organic market share, SERP visibility, AI search presence and brand authority, while developing future-ready organic strategies that reflect changes in how users discover and consume information.

PHD UK is a growth-focused media agency driven by innovation and creativity. It is the reigning Campaign AND Media Week Awards Media Agency of the Year and in March 2026 was named as the most awarded media agency in the World in the annual Warc Media 100 rankings. Founded in London in 1990, we were the first media agency to offer strategic and creative planning at a time when the industry was about buying cheaply and quickly.

Our founders saw a bright future where smart thinking and clever planning could help brands grow faster than their competitors. Over the subsequent 3 decades, we have continued to build on this defining ethic — with our evolution shaped by a continual investment in thought leadership and a culture of Ingenuity. Today, with over 100 offices in 74 countries, we continue to create remarkable campaigns that lead to remarkable growth – using the extending canvas of data and technology.

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you.

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