• Job Description

  Req#: JR00012786

  The Role

  The SEO Manager will be a key member of Christie’s marketing team. This role will own organic growth globally for Christie’s and this individual will play an integral role in developing, supporting and managing free traffic growth, technical and content driven SEO initiatives and the overall engagement of our SEO traffic to support our global auctions.

  You’ll work closely with our experienced marketing, product and content teams, and you will play a fundamental role in growing Christie’s’ active user base.

  Specific duties & responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

  • Full stack ownership of everything related to onsite optimisation and technical SEO

  • Extensive evaluation of complex data sets - internal and external - to assess keyword audience, ranking, traffic performance, opportunities, and competitor analysis.

  • Identification, prioritization and implementation of scalable technical and content initiatives.

  • Collaboration with in-house product managers and developers to implement tests, feature changes and build new and improved ways of surfacing our auction content.

  • Develop a strategy to grow authority, engagement and trust in our priority markets.

  • Work closely with our in house content and editorial teams to help grow free, engaged traffic

  • When appropriate, recruit, manage, train and motivate SEO interns/freelancers/apprentices

  The Candidate

  • Minimum 3-5 Years technical SEO experience, with a strong emphasis on creating digital audience development strategies and executing them successfully, preferable for a luxury retail or service business

  • Proven expertise and extensive use of SEO tools, including but not limited to, Google Search Console, Screaming Frog, Ahrefs, SEMrush.

  • Played a key role in a team managing multi-million dollar digital media budgets, ensuring our organic strategy compliments paid marketing objectives and deliverables.

  • Considers him/herself a digital champion – with a high passion and curiosity for how digital affects the consumer decision journey and how to create engaging experiences for users.

  • Adept at quickly learning a broad array of digital marketing technologies and applying that knowledge to real world business scenarios at Christie’s

  • Possesses very strong analytical skills to effectively assess and distill the metrics and complexities of digital initiatives so that it is meaningful and actionable to multiple stakeholders

  • Outstanding relationship and business builder with a demonstrated track record of working seamlessly with cross-disciplinary groups within a global organization to deliver digital programs on time and within budget

  • Familiar with analytic and online media tools such as Adobe Omniture, Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google Search Console

  • Possesses strong communication and presentation skills

  • Has excellent organizational, project management and problem-solving skills

  • Exceptionally detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

  • Highly creative and displays a passion and sensitivity for for fine art and luxury goods

  • Advanced proficiency in Excel

  • Language Requirements: English

  Benefits

  • Discretionary Bonus Target: (dependent on the business and employee performance payable in March each year)
  • Christie’s office closure (guaranteed between 25th Dec – 2nd Jan)
  • 25 days annual leave + 1 day Birthday leave + 1 day volunteering leave
  • Additional 1 week’s annual leave in the anniversary year (5, 10, 15 etc years’ service)
  • Flexible Fitness Fund - £400 per year expense allowance for health and wellness related activity (taxable)
  • Life Assurance
  • AXA Private Health Insurance – no employee contribution needed, subsidised for other family members (taxable benefit)
  • Unum Dental Care – (may be added at personal cost)
  • Guaranteed income insurance in the event of sickness, personal injury and occupational injury
  • Employee Assistance Programme – access to personal advice and support services including counselling
  • Eyecare vouchers (once a year)
  • Cycle to Work
  • Christie’s Extras – discounts on over 800 retailers, holiday packages, dinners and weekly shops

  Closing Date: 30th June 2024

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• About the company

  Christie's is a British auction house. It was founded in 1766 by James Christie.

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