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Company Description
Sports betting, gaming and interactive entertainment is changing, and we’re leading that change. By putting people first. By placing exciting, engaging and entertaining experiences at more fingertips than ever before. We’re pulling into pole position by pushing boundaries further. With innovation. With technology. But most importantly, with people like you. Because when you join Entain, it’s your game. So let’s win together.
Job Description
We are excited to announce that we are looking for an experienced SEO Manager to join our team.
We’re looking for an SEO expert to lead the strategy for our UK brands: Ladbrokes, Coral, Gala, Foxy, and Party. You’ll help us expand our reach and optimize our digital presence across highly competitive industries, driving visibility and engagement.
Reporting to the Head of SEO, you will lead content creation and on-page optimization efforts, ensuring high-quality, SEO-optimized content that resonates with target keywords and user intent.
You will also spearhead our backlink strategy, fostering relationships with authoritative websites to improve domain authority and acquire high-quality backlinks. Staying at the forefront of industry trends, search engine algorithms, and emerging SEO practices, you will drive innovation and continuously improve our SEO performance.
What You Will Do
Strategy and Planning
- Develop and execute comprehensive SEO strategies, encompassing on-page, off-page, and technical SEO, to increase organic search visibility and drive website traffic.
- Conduct in-depth keyword research and analysis to identify opportunities for content optimization and target relevant search queries.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align SEO strategies with overall marketing and business objectives.
- Develop and implement a robust backlink strategy, including outreach, link acquisition, and relationship building with authoritative websites.
Marketing Effectiveness
- Lead content creation efforts for blogs and websites, ensuring high-quality, SEO-optimized content that aligns with target keywords and user intent.
- Develop and implement on-page SEO strategies, including meta tags, headings, internal linking, and URL structure optimization.
- Optimize website content and architecture to improve crawlability, indexation, and user experience.
- Collaborate with content creators to provide SEO guidance and support
Innovation
- Stay updated on industry trends, search engine algorithm changes, and emerging SEO practices to drive innovation and maintain a competitive edge.
- Explore and implement new SEO techniques, tools, and technologies to optimize organic search performance and drive continuous improvement.
- Drive the “test & learn roadmap”, ensure a successful learning process and a reporting structure.
People Management
- Lead and manage the SEO team, providing guidance, training, and performance evaluations.
- Foster a collaborative and innovative team culture, encouraging professional development and knowledge sharing.
Qualifications
You must have the right to work in the UK/Gibraltar as we are unable to offer sponsorship now or in the future for this role.
Essentials
- Proven people management experience – we are looking for a leader, someone who has experience not only managing performance, but also motivating, developing and mentoring a team.
- In-house experience working in complex / large enterprises
- Experience managing large sites
- Fluent in the analysis and presentation of data; complex data sets reduced to clear messages resulting in action from the various marketing teams.
- Experience in SEO marketing, with a strong understanding of on-page, off-page, and technical SEO strategies.
- Experience in content creation and optimization for SEO, with a focus on keyword research and on-page optimization techniques.
- Up-to-date knowledge of industry trends, search engine algorithm changes, and emerging SEO practices.
- In-depth knowledge of SEO tools such as Google Analytics, Google Search Console, SEMrush, Ahrefs.
- Strong stakeholder management skills: ability to build relationships to influence and guide amongst different levels of stakeholder seniority.
- Experience of managing complex, multi-brand budgets on a significant scale and demonstrating agility and flexibility in spend and target allocation.
- High-level proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Additional Information
At Entain, we know that signing top players requires a great starting package, and plenty of support to inspire peak performance. Join us, and a competitive salary is just the beginning. Working for us in the UK, you can expect to receive great benefits like:
- Generous group bonus scheme
- Hybrid working – 2 days in the office
- Private medical insurance
- Pension scheme – matched to 6%
- Ability to buy and sell holiday
- Free subscription to wellbeing app Unmind
- Additional “It’s Your Game” day off to use at either Christmas or New Year
- Entain & Enhance days – 2 paid days off to focus on your professional or personal development
- Share save scheme
- Paid subscription to LinkedIn Learning
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