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Senior SEO Consultant

Brave Bison
2 days ago
Full-time
On-site
Manchester, United Kingdom

Who are we?

A world where complexity is the only constant demands a new breed of company. Brave Bison is a different beast: a media, marketing and technology company purpose built for the digital era.

 

Our universe is made up of award-winning business arms Brave Bison, Engage, SocialChain and MTM. And we’re underpinned by leading marketing training practice, MiniMBA, as well as our very own social-first media network who deliver monthly views in the billions for some of the biggest channels in sport and entertainment across YouTube, Snap, Meta and TikTok.

 

We’re a global collective who live and breathe digital, working with some of the boldest brands in the world to capitalise on the complexity that defines the modern marketing landscape.



Our mission

 

New platforms, new behaviours, new audiences, new trends, new technologies, new regulations—our clients’ worlds get more complex daily. Their agency partnerships shouldn’t. It’s our job to cut through the chaos, make the complex simple and navigate a clear path to growth for them.

 

That’s why we make it our mission to capitalise on complexity for our clients—across consultancy, capability and execution—by crafting dynamic digital solutions that outpace tomorrow’s challenges.



Our values



We’re a proudly diverse business comprised of deep specialists across media, marketing, training and technology. Although our skills, backgrounds and beliefs may differ, we are united by four core shared values:

  • Bold Curiosity.

We run at change and challenge convention because we love to push the boundaries of what the world thinks is possible. We champion discovery, go deep into our clients’ worlds and are always hungry to learn more about them, our specialisms and each other.

 

  • Connected Clarity.

We are focused in our collaboration — joining the right dots between our clients, our partners and our herd of experts to deliver agile solutions at speed and scale. We set a shared ambition from the outset, are transparent at every stage and always strive to make the complex simple.

 

  • Positive Encouragement.

We want to make working with us the best part of someone’s day. We lift one other up, find the fun in the day to day and are committed to ensuring everyone belongs.



  • Constant Impact.

We believe in outcomes over outputs. We’re goal orientated, results driven and data-led. We show up with passion every day. And we’re always honing our craft.

 

About Brave Bison Performance

With over 20 years experience growing our clients’ businesses through digital media, we help brands leverage the right data, right partners and right tech to capitalise on complexity and supercharge their online growth.

By going deep into our clients’ world, investing their budget where it will work the hardest and ensuring that we only win when they win, we stand for braver digital in a world of opportunity. 

Your role

Reporting to: Associate Director (Level 5)

 

Role Overview

 

As a Senior SEO Consultant at Brave Bison, you will take ownership of key SEO & GEO accounts — those with higher complexity, scale or strategic importance — and lead the delivery of impactful SEO & GEO strategies that drive commercial results and long-term retention. You will be responsible not only for your own portfolio but also for the performance, development and delivery standards of your pod.

 

You will lead on elements of Brave Bison’s SEO product vision — Expertise, Insight, and Value — ensuring your pod understands how these principles shape high-quality SEO delivery. You will coach your team to identify gaps in execution, develop their commercial understanding, and elevate the standard of technical and strategic work.

 

You will be a trusted partner for senior client stakeholders, bringing clarity, rigour and business-case thinking to recommendations. You will collaborate across Brave Bison to support cross-department initiatives and represent SEO in cross-functional projects.

 

You are driven by exceptional client performance, the development of your people, innovation in our product and processes, and the strategic delivery of SEO & GEO that drives measurable business results. Your leadership supports the department’s long-term direction and strengthens Brave Bison’s position as a high-performance consultancy.

 

Responsibilities

 

Pod Leadership & Line Management

  • Line manage 1–3 SEO team members, owning their performance, development plans and progression cases.
  • Conduct bi-weekly 1:1s, provide ongoing feedback, coaching and support.
  • QA deliverables from your pod, ensuring high standards and supporting consultants to reduce QA needs through strong execution.
  • Identify training needs within your pod and escalate department-level training opportunities to the Associate Director.
  • Create an environment where your team feels supported, motivated and aligned to departmental and client goals.

 

Client Performance & Ownership of Key Accounts

  • Own the SEO roadmap and delivery for complex, high-prestige or strategically important accounts.
  • Drive performance outcomes and hold accountability for retention, growth and client satisfaction across your pod’s portfolio.
  • Lead conversations with senior client stakeholders, providing clarity, direction and commercial insight.
  • Translate complex technical challenges into actionable business-oriented recommendations that secure implementation.
  • Champion an experimentation-minded approach, using data and insight to inform strategy and prioritisation.

 

Product Excellence: Leading Expertise, Insight, Value

  • Lead the execution of the product vision across your pod, coaching team members on delivering Expertise, Insight, and Value.
  • Identify product delivery gaps within your pod’s accounts and work with your Associate Director to strengthen execution.
  • Support development and refinement of internal tools, frameworks and delivery processes.

 

Innovation, Process & Department Contribution

  • Lead innovation initiatives within SEO, proposing improvements to process, product, tools or ways of working.
  • Represent SEO in cross-department projects, ensuring alignment between channels and integration of SEO requirements.
  • Drive operational improvements by identifying inefficiencies and helping embed new workflows.

 

New Business & Marketing

  • Lead the technical SEO workstream in selected new business pitches, including forecasting, strategic framing and technical scoping.
  • Proactively identify marketing opportunities, thought leadership topics and external-facing SEO content.
  • Contribute to the SEO marketing roadmap with ideas, assets or specialist expertise.

 

Progression Path

 

To progress beyond Senior SEO Consultant, you will have:

  • Demonstrated the ability to lead a high-performing pod with strong retention and performance outcomes.
  • Shown sustained innovation and improved product execution across your portfolio.
  • Demonstrated excellence in cross-department collaboration and strategic leadership.
  • Begun influencing wider departmental direction through process development, training initiatives and marketing contribution.

 

 

What you’ll get

 

Our people make us who we are, so to make sure we attract and retain the best and brightest in the industry, we offer an attractive benefits package.

 

But not only that, we are the UK’s first carbon neutral agency (a status we have held since 2018), with a serious commitment to monitoring and reducing the impact our work has on the planet across three core sustainability pillars of Greenhouse Gases, Waste & Recycling and Sustainable Consumption.

 

Then there’s a whole host of benefits – from discounted gym memberships and free eye tests to an employee pension scheme and enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption package. Here’s a snapshot of just some of the benefits we think you might also like:

 

  • Dynamic working:To keep that work-life harmony in check, we're flexible on where and when you work
  • Private medical insurance:To keep you fighting fit and give you and your family peace of mind.
  • Income protection:We know it feels good to be covered, just in case.
  • Calm Subscription:Now more than ever, it’s important to mind your mind!
  • 25 days annual leave:This increases to 27 days after three years with us, and then increases every subsequent year up to a max. of 30 days
  • Christmas closure:No need to save holiday days for the Christmas closure period. It's on us!
  • Birthdays off:One extra day to celebrate your big day
  • Summer hours:Between June and Aug we finish at 15.00 every Friday.
  • Online coaching and mental health support:Unlimited via OpenUp
  • Remote Working:Work abroad for up to one month a year.
  • Performance & Salary: Reviewed twice a year for everyone.

 

Finally, we’re proud and committed to being an equal opportunity workplace, providing equal opportunities for all and treating all existing employees and all job applicants in the same way, regardless of their age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity status and marital & civil partnership status.