Senior SEO Manager
Location: Brighton
Department: Marketing
Position type: Full-time, hybrid
The Senior SEO Manager leads the day-to-day delivery of MPB's organic search programme across UK, US and European markets, operating as a trusted deputy to the Head of Organic Growth. This role owns execution and operational momentum, ensuring the team maintains pace and quality while contributing meaningfully to strategic thinking on SEO, GEO and organic search more generally.
Own delivery of the organic search roadmap across priority markets, tracking performance against agreed KPIs and surfacing risks proactively.
Act as deputy to the Head of Organic Growth: lead team standups, sprint rituals, and cross-functional conversations in their absence, maintaining momentum without requiring hand-holding.
Own the technical SEO relationship with the P&E team, writing well-reasoned tickets, and following up to completion.
Monitor and report on competitor activity, algorithm developments, and emerging trends, bringing a point of view, not just a summary.
Essential
Proven track record in SEO, ideally within e-commerce.
Strong technical SEO knowledge: able to diagnose crawl, indexation, and ranking issues and communicate them clearly to developers
Genuine intellectual curiosity about how search is evolving: comfortable forming and defending views on AI-driven search, GEO, and the changing intent landscape
Proactive communicator: someone who flags bad news as readily as good, and doesn't wait to be asked
Data-literate: can build and interpret performance reporting in GA4, GSC, and rank-tracking platforms.
Desirable
Experience working across multiple European markets or with localisation/hreflang at scale
Exposure to agile/sprint-based workflows
Experience running SEO A/B tests or CRO experiments in collaboration with product or conversion teams.
Experience with Python, SQL, or other tools for SEO automation or data analysis
Better, Connected: We work collaboratively and embrace diversity
Empowering and Empowered: We celebrate ownership and initiative
Insight-driven: We act based upon data and reflection
Agents of Change: We innovate and promote sustainability
Focussed on Excellence: We aim high, and work smart
Passionately Ambitious: We encourage creativity and strive to improve through innovation
We are MPB, the largest global platform for used photography and videography equipment. Our platform transforms the way that people buy, sell and trade in photo and video kit. MPB is a destination for everyone, whether you’ve just discovered your passion for visual storytelling or you’re already a pro.
We recognise the benefit of inclusive practices to better build a diverse community here at MPB. Our commitment to ensuring inclusion fuels and connects us as one with the diverse community of visual storytellers that we serve.
MPB customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of family makeup, race, sexuality, religion, gender identity, disability or age. At MPB, every employee has the opportunity to make an impact and grow.
25 days annual leave + bank holidays
1 wellbeing day off per year
5% employer contributory pension scheme
Private healthcare
Access to EAP with a range of employee discounts
Buzzing social calendar
Dog friendly workplace
Bespoke Learning Management System - the MPB 'Learning Lab' with access thousands of free courses to upskill in any areas you'd like; whether personally or professionally
2 volunteer days per year for charity which aligns with MPB values, and of your choosing
