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John Lewis is here to inspire, delight and assure Britain’s shoppers in those moments that matter throughout life, and our digital teams are right at the heart of that customer experience.
Circa 95% of online experience begins with SEO, and our SEO team maintains the largest traffic channel to johnlewis.com.
What's the role about?
As the SEO Executive you will provide research and insight to support the delivery of SEO activity and other critical business projects. The role combines creativity and analysis as the responsibilities will cover all aspects of SEO: content, campaigns, technical and reporting.
You will implement day to day optimisations to SEO campaigns by implementing on-page optimisation, including writing metadata and building internal links. Contribute to content campaign strategy, performing keyword research, content gap analysis and post-campaign analysis.
You will be a process-driven influencer,a creative thinker, with a strong attention to detail and willingness to support the SEO agenda across multiple teams in a high pressure environment.
What will you be doing?
Collate regular analysis and KPI reporting to tell the story focusing on key learnings, provide market context or future opportunities which will assist in quick decision-making to mitigate risk
Utilise any available tools such as Searchmetrics, Sistrix, MajesticSEO, Ahrefs, Moz and SEMRush to research competitor’s strategy and analyse market trends feeding insights into the team
Proactively support SEO strategy implementation and optimisation across digital touchpoints for John Lewis including offsite, onpage and site architecture
Assist with SEO activity for local and international markets. Tailor plan and campaigns per regional strategy
Support a team and strive to become a subject matter expert to deliver John Lewis customer goals within the overall context of balancing sales and contribution whilst delivering a consistent brand experience.
What you’ll have
Experience in SEO role in E-Commerce or Retail highly desirable
Ability to support, provide insights to drive processes and meet deadlines
A proactive and curious problem solver that will look to find the answers, but equally know when to ask for help
Passionate about Digital Marketing, follow industry trends and dedicated to growing your career in SEO
Advanced user of Microsoft Excel / Google sheets / Google Workspace.
What else you could bring?
Experience of tracking and analytics tools including Omniture, GA & GSC
Be familiar with a range of SEO tools (e.g. Ahrefs, Botify, Screaming Frog)
Familiarity with developer tools and how to understand a website from a code base
Familiarity with content management, Copywriting techniques.
Additional Information
The application form consists of a CV upload, followed by online assessment (for external candidates) and application questions. Please visit - https://www.jlpjobs.com/how-to-apply/journey/ to understand more about application and hiring process
We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply as soon as possible
Internal applicants - please copy paste this link to your browser to view the job outline - https://bit.ly/JLL9SEO
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Assessments potentially begin w/c 15th August 2022
We positively celebrate Diversity & Inclusion in the John Lewis Partnership. Our aim is to become the UK’s most inclusive business - for our Partners and for our customers, reflecting and connecting with the diverse communities that we serve. We want people from all walks of life to feel valued for their individuality, thrive in our business and share a sense of belonging. To find out more about D&I in the John Lewis Partnership visit this site - https://www.jlpjobs.com/about/diversityandinclusion/
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