Starcom is the Human Experience Company; we believe that our clients’ competitive advantage lies in understanding people better, and acting on that understanding faster than the competition.

The future lies in bringing together media, creativity and data to create powerful experiences that will drive faster growth. We are the flagship Publicis Media agency to do this through our Power of One client teams that span clients such as Stellantis, P&G, Samsung, P&O and Visa.

We work differently to most agencies and base many of our models on consultancy ways of working to build a more agile workforce in this hybrid world. We complement our account teams with Squads – small teams that work for a short period to solve a specific brief. We hold cross discipline Sprints to crack client briefs at speed. These processes are designed to fuel high performance and fast results through collaboration.

Even in this most challenging period, Starcom has had an exceptional 12 months. We have welcomed brilliant clients such as Stellantis, Ferrero, Axa, KP Snacks and E.ON into the fold. Our client satisfaction scores are among the highest in the market, significantly above agency norms. We place a huge focus on our team and have driven flagship DEI and L&D programmes within Publicis Media; our goal is to help every individual reach their fullest potential and we encourage everyone to make “Brave Plays” in how they approach their work and their own career development. As a result, we have an exceptionally energised and committed talent base, all of us proud of our welcoming and supportive culture, as evidenced by our recognition as one of Campaign’s Best Places to Work in 2021.

Starcom operates in over 100 markets across the world. We have very close ties to our global HQ in Chicago who encourage learning and sharing best practice with our colleagues around the world. We are part of Publicis Groupe.

Our award winning, 50+ strong SEO team at Starcom is looking for an SEO Account Director.  

As an SEO Account Director, you will play a central role in day-to-day ownership of client engagements, SEO process and execution on/off page, support the growth of our offering with the help of the Business Director and lead in management of the SEO Account Executives and Account Manager in the team.  

The SEO Account Director will shape the global SEO strategy for a variety of brands across content, technical and outreach. your role will be responsible for research, implementation, monitoring and reporting on client organic search campaigns. The ideal candidate will be a quick learner, passionate about digital marketing with a positive attitude and great attention to detail. The candidate will have a very good understanding of the main pillars of SEO and how our work impacts a clients’ organic traffic. The candidate will be given the time and training to deepen their knowledge of SEO and will be part of a fast-paced team working alongside our in-house SEO experts in the SEO Team on a couple of our most exciting clients. 

Your day-to-day tasks will be varied, including tasks such as undertaking detailed technical audits to understand how users find and how Google index and crawls our clients’ websites, as well as auditing and analysing on-site content.  

You will create actionable and engaging reports using data to analyse the site’s performance and content - these reports will be used to present back to the client in weekly/monthly meetings. You will have access to a variety of tools for developing insights and opportunities to help our clients achieve their business goals. 
 

• Demonstrated experience in SEO, Owned Asset Optimisation and technical SEO

• Experience in creating Global scalable strategies 

• High-level numeracy and analysis skills, to be able to interrogate data and come out with actionable insights to inform business decisions. 

• Demonstrated career management of SEO executives 

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, being able to confidently and clearly present work to clients, media owners and internal stakeholders. Experience & gravitas to ‘fly solo’ & present to mid to senior-weight clients. 

• Excellent troubleshooting skills: the ability to solve issues (both technical and operational) quickly and creatively 

• Experience and competency in GA/GSC, Microsoft Excel and SEO tools (Screaming Frog, Lumar, Semrush, Ahref & more).

Starcom is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation or gender identity. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities and for candidates in our application process.  If you need assistance or adjustment due to a disability, please contact us.