SEO Account Manager

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Google has consolidated its media agency partnership into WPP Media, building on the world class digital work that Essence Mediacom has delivered for Google for over 15 years. Media Futures Group (MFG) is a bespoke team that delivers on our commitment to Google for a more strategic, creative and integrated media approach established to drive better business results.

The MFG team is made up of best in class digital, offline, and integrated media experts who work together to enhance media’s contribution to Google’s business. MFG is powered by Essence Mediacom, and other constituents of WPP Media worldwide. The MFG team operates in a seamlessly integrated way across strategy, planning, investment, creative, business sciences and analytics, data and technology. The profile of people who work in MFG are world class, committed to establishing a new high water mark in the media industry.

Essence Mediacom is seeking a talented SEO Account Manager to join our Organic Performance team in London. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the daily execution of the Google organic search strategy in EMEA across multiple Google products such as Google Ads, Gemini, Pixel, etc. Your main objective will be to ensure that Google's websites are optimised for search engines, user experience, and conversion rates.

You will be the primary point of contact for clients and responsible for day-to-day communication, ensuring the strategy is being deployed and implemented efficiently. You will work closely with Senior Executives and SEO Directors to deliver best-in‑class SEO recommendations and drive results. We are looking for someone who is passionate about organic search, has strong data analysis and problem‑solving skills, is a team player, and always eager to learn and grow.

Client‑facing experience is essential as the role involves frequent interaction with clients, explaining recommendations, and reporting on performance. In addition, understanding of PPC and recent developments in this area is highly desirable as collaboration with the Paid Search team through Integrated Search will be part of this role.

About the team

You will be part of the Organic Performance team, which helps clients improve performance and user experience across their digital assets via organic (non‑paid) channels like organic search (SEO), content optimisation, GEO, and integrated search. Our team comprises experts who specialise in a range of disciplines within Organic Performance, some of whom have been in the team for 10 years. With such an experienced team working with you day to day, you will receive plenty of opportunities to learn and upskill yourself outside of your direct remit.

Our team spends a lot of time and effort driving innovation, particularly with the creation of custom dashboards and leveraging AI tools in our day‑to‑day. We encourage everyone in our team to take part in such initiatives. We are an open, friendly team who will encourage you to grow, develop your skills, and progress your career. Join us today and be part of a team that values growth, innovation, and collaboration!

Some of the things we’d like you to do:

• Full responsibility of the project’s performance from start to finish
• Develop market leading organic performance strategies
• Fully understand client products and commercial objectives
• Ensure strong project management and delivery against deadlines
• Organise and coordinate communication between clients and internal teams to ensure efficient and integrated ways of working
• Conduct market research to be used for optimisation of different forms of…