At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead ambitious SEO programmes, driving growth for global brands and shaping strategic direction.
- Company: Join Digitas, a leader in marketing innovation and part of Publicis Groupe.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive benefits including pension, private medical cover, and reflection days.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace culture with opportunities for continuous learning and career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the evolving search landscape with cutting-edge AI solutions.
- Qualifications: Proven SEO leadership experience and strong client relationship skills required.
The predicted salary is between 60750 - 74250 £ per year.
At Digitas, we harness the power of connection to make a positive impact every day. We have a relentless focus on creating connections to help our clients’ businesses grow, connecting diverse people, ideas, and expertise in innovative and exciting ways. We are making a positive impact with our amazing clients through our capabilities in Consulting, Products & Platforms, Customer Engagement, and Digital Media.
We are hiring an SEO Director to lead some of the most ambitious search programmes in the market, helping global brands maximise visibility, drive growth, and stay ahead in an evolving search landscape. This is a highly influential leadership role where you'll shape strategic direction, build trusted client partnerships, and guide teams delivering outstanding SEO and AI-driven search solutions. Working alongside talented specialists across media, content, analytics, PR, and technology, you'll play a key role in delivering measurable business impact for clients while helping to evolve the future of search.
Responsibilities
- Lead the strategic direction and performance of major SEO accounts, ensuring work delivers against client objectives, commercial goals, and agreed KPIs.
- Develop and oversee SEO, AI Search, GEO, and AEO strategies that strengthen visibility, authority, and discoverability across evolving search experiences.
- Build strong client relationships as a senior strategic advisor, providing guidance, identifying opportunities, and supporting long-term growth.
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of SEO professionals, creating an environment where people can grow, collaborate, and deliver their best work.
- Drive innovation by identifying new opportunities across AI, automation, integrated search, and emerging technologies that improve client outcomes.
- Partner with teams across Content, PR, Social, Commerce, Analytics, PPC, and Client Services to deliver connected, insight-led search programmes.
- Support business development activities by contributing strategic expertise to pitches, proposals, and client growth opportunities.
Qualifications
- Significant experience developing and leading SEO strategies for large brands, ideally within an agency or consultancy environment.
- Deep expertise across technical SEO, content strategy, search performance analysis, and the evolving AI-powered search landscape.
- Strong leadership and people management skills, with experience coaching, mentoring, and supporting team development.
- Proven ability to build trusted client relationships and communicate complex ideas clearly to a range of stakeholders.
- Commercial awareness with experience identifying growth opportunities, developing business cases, and contributing to revenue growth.
- A collaborative and strategic approach, with the ability to balance long-term vision and day-to-day delivery.
- Curiosity, adaptability, and a commitment to continuous learning in a rapidly evolving digital environment.
Digitas offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees. Full details are shared when you join, but highlights include core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, alongside enhanced policies like Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave.
At Digitas, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process.
SEO Director employer: Publicis Group
Publicis Sapient is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration in the energy and commodities sector. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, you will have the opportunity to mentor junior analysts while applying Lean and Agile practices to drive impactful transformation programs. Located in a vibrant environment, we provide our team with the resources and support needed to thrive and deliver meaningful client value.
