SEO Executive

We’re on the lookout for a highly motivated SEO Executive to join our in-house marketing team and help grow organic visibility across our insurance products.

In this role you’ll take ownership of key SEO activities across content creation, technical optimisation and authority building. You’ll work closely with the wider marketing team to identify opportunities, improve performance, and drive measurable growth.

If you’re someone who enjoys blending analytical data, content and problem solving, and wants to develop into an all round SEO specialist, this could be the opportunity for you!

About Us:

Collingwood are a specialist insurance provider based in North Shields, offering learner driver, courier and taxi driver insurance. We’re currently experiencing a strong growth phase, with SEO playing a key role in how we scale our acquisition.

You’ll be joining a collaborative marketing team where your work will have a direct impact on traffic, generating leads and ultimately revenue.

 

What you’ll be doing:

  • Plan, create and optimise SEO-focused content across key product and blog pages
  • Identify opportunities to grow organic traffic through keyword research, search intent analysis, analytical data and competitor insights
  • Monitor, improve and report on website performance using tools such as Google Analytics, Search Console and Ahrefs
  • Identify opportunities for link acquisition with a view to building website authority
  • Track, analyse and report on SEO performance, providing clear actionable insights
  • Work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure SEO best practices are implemented across the website
  • Stay up to date on SEO trends, algorithm updates and industry developments, whilst sharing this information and knowledge with the wider marketing team

What success in this role looks like:

  • Growth in organic traffic
  • Improved rankings for priority keywords
  • Increase the overall number of keywords in top ranking positions
  • Increase conversion and revenue driven by SEO activity

What we’re looking for:

Essential

  • Ideally 1+ years of hands-on SEO Experience
  • Good understanding of on page SEO, keyword research and search intent
  • Experience analysing organic performance using tools such as Google Analytics (GA4), Google Search Console and Ahrefs/Moz (or similar)
  • Confident writing new and optimising existing content for search
  • Excellent MS Office skills, particularly Excel
  • Experience of editing and publishing content on WordPress along with best practice principles
  • Strong attention to detail and an ability to manage own workload
  • Strong communication, copywriting and reporting skills
  • Comfortable analysing and reporting on data and turning insight into action
  • Interest in and awareness of how AI could shape the future of SEO/AEO

Desirable

  • Exposure to technical SEO (site audits, indexing and crawl analyses)
  • Experience of outreach and external link building or Digital PR
  • Broader digital marketing knowledge (PPC, Social, Email or CRO etc.)

Why join Collingwood?

  • Opportunity to develop across all areas of SEO (content, technical and strategy)
  • Work on an established website with real traffic where your input and work will have a direct impact on revenue
  • Opportunity to shape the future of SEO in a growing business
  • Access to exclusive employee benefits and discount platform
  • Free on site car parking
  • Close to local public transport links

 

How to apply:

Simply send you CV and a covering letter/email to jobs@collingwood.co.uk.