Account Manager, SEO in London

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Role Summary and Impact

We’re looking for a quick thinking, organised and versatile SEO Account Manager to oversee the day-to-day project for Honda Motor Company. You will be responsible for delivering best in class SEO/GEO solutions to our clients, managing multiple stakeholders as well as ensuring the best outputs, working alongside other members of the team. We are looking for someone who has experience working in competitive and performance driven sectors and are ready to take the next step.

Skills and Experience

• Lead day to day account management of SEO/GEO activities across Honda Motor Company, owning delivery from brief through to implementation and performance reporting.
• Own the SEO/GEO roadmap for your account(s), translating business objectives into prioritised activities across technical, content, and authority.
• Manage day-to-day client and stakeholder communications, leading status calls, meeting notes, action tracking, and clear next steps.
• Lead monthly/quarterly planning and forecasting, aligning deliverables to campaign calendars, product launches, and wider media activity.
• Track, monitor and report performance using Google Analytics (GA4), Google Search Console and third-party platforms; ensure KPI definitions, tagging requirements and reporting cadences are agreed and maintained.
• Identify opportunities and risks from data (rank/visibility trends, CTR, crawl/indexation, content performance) and turn them into clear recommendations and prioritised tests.
• Oversee technical SEO health across client sites (crawlability, indexation, site architecture, Core Web Vitals, structured data, redirects, canonicals, hreflang), raising tickets and tracking delivery with dev/IT teams.
• Support content strategy and on-page optimisation: keyword and intent research, briefing, metadata, internal linking, information architecture, and content refresh programmes.
• Deliver GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation) best practice by advising on content formats, entity/structured data signals, and brand presence in AI-assisted search experiences, while monitoring changes in SERP/AI features.
• Quality assure SEO deliverables prior to client submission (audits, reports, recommendations, briefs), ensuring accuracy, clarity, and alignment to brand and legal/compliance requirements.
• Oversee performance of all SEO/GEO activity and ensure learnings are incorporated into future plans; surface technical issues early and coordinate resolution across agency and client teams.
• Stay on top of platform updates (Google and other search engines) and wider industry trends, proactively sharing implications, opportunities and recommended actions with the team and the client.
• Partner with Planning and other channel teams (e.g., content, social, PR, paid search) to ensure SEO is aligned to the wider media strategy and integrated into campaign planning and measurement.

Essential personal qualities:

• Highly motivated and able to work and learn independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to take responsibility for own work and to make sure that others deliver in support of you.
• Flexibility - willingness to pick up tasks for others.
• Quick to learn, and keen to develop.
• Attention to detail.

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

Please note this is a UK based role and requires individuals to have the right to work in this location.