Head of SEO

Role: Head of SEO

Company: Jewellery Quarter Bullion Ltd (BullionByPost & GOLD.co.uk)

Location: Birmingham city centre (B5)

Hours: Full Time - 8 hours per day, Monday to Friday

Salary: £70,000

Dress code: Business casual

Jewellery Quarter Bullion is on the lookout for an experienced, technically minded, data-driven, and highly strategic Head of SEO who wants to drive impact, lead positive change, and implement new ideas to turbocharge the growth of our markets in the UK and Internationally. Our goal is ‘To become the world’s most respected online precious metal dealer’ and you will play a key role in guiding forward an already successful and expanding company, with the opportunity to grow a team around you.

There are a few things we look for when hiring, regardless of role or team. Firstly, we look for candidates who will thrive in our culture. We seek problem-solvers and game-changers, people that embrace feedback, develop themselves and the team around them and who strive for excellence. Secondly, we want people who are excited to learn about our industry, because to be the best we must have an acute understanding of our product, our customers and the reasons why they are looking to invest in gold and silver. And finally we look for people who operate with trust and integrity, as we believe both are key ingredients for our success.

Our people are the cornerstone of our growth, and you will be joining a dynamic team focussed on shared success. You will be part of a business where individual ideas and contributions are truly valued, and everyone can make a difference.

Please note: this is an office based role from our Birmingham head office. We do not sponsor visas.

Benefits:

• Salary: £70,000
• Employee bonus scheme - up to 30% based on company performance.
• Mobile phone and contract.
• 25 days holiday (with the option to buy more).
• Cycle to work scheme (worth up to 5% of basic salary)
• 8% Pension Contribution
• Private healthcare
• Opportunities and budget for skills development.

Who are Jewellery Quarter Bullion?

Joining Jewellery Quarter Bullion you will become part of an exciting, entrepreneurial business which over the last 12 years has grown BullionByPost.co.uk to become the UK’s no.1 online gold and silver bullion dealer, turning over in excess of £320m a year. We also operate Gold.co.uk and have recently created a rapidly growing presence of fully translated and localised bullion websites across the EU and the United States. We also run The Fine Jewellery Company and The Jewellers, online jewellery platforms who offer one of the widest ranges of gifting jewellery in the UK.

What your duties will include:

• Create, develop, and execute a detailed SEO roadmap and drive execution across multiple UK and international bullion and jewellery brands.
• Full responsibility for anything SEO related within Jewellery Quarter Bullion Ltd.
  Conduct technical audits to help identify issues impacting site performance and providing and executing strategic improvements.
• Own key technical indicators such as crawling and indexing performance, site speed, error rates, bounce rates etc.
• Undertake in-depth keyword analysis and keyword analysis to help inform decisions on keyword targets.
• Turn raw data into valuable insights through analysing performance metrics and data.
  Create your own monthly KPI reports to track progression.
• Maintain SEO best practice and stay up to date with new developments and tactics in the industry.
• Take an innovative approach to SEO, sharing your prior knowledge, experience, new approaches and enthusiasm with the wider Marketing Team.
• Leverage internal translation talent and work with country managers to accelerate SEO growth internationally.
  

What we look for in you:

• Take a results-oriented, analytical approach to SEO.
• Strong technical SEO understanding.
• Be a fast learner who is not afraid to test new ideas and learn from the results.
• Obsessive attention to detail, especially with numbers and data analysis.
• A strong communicator with the confidence to sell your ideas to key stakeholders.
• High levels of integrity and autonomy.
• Be a hands-on leader.
• An interest in economics, world news, politics and investment.
• A passion for the digital sector, e-commerce, and SEO.
  

Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a senior SEO role.
• In depth experience using tools including Web analytics platforms, Tag Manager, Webmaster Tools, SEM Rush, Screaming Frog etc.
• Strong commercial awareness - comfortable using data to demonstrate ROI.
• Understanding of JavaScript, HTML & CSS
• Magento SEO experience is a plus.