Account Director, SEO

The role

You will own operational excellence for the international SEO team and manage and organise the team's output. You will help shape and deliver the SEO and GEO strategy for Honda Motor Group across the EMEA region, with client-facing work and exposure to senior stakeholders.

What you will do

• Own operational excellence within the team and ensure organisational effectiveness
• Manage and organise the team's output
• Help shape and deliver the SEO and GEO strategy for Honda Motor Group across EMEA
• Help build a new international search programme from the ground up
• Carry client-facing responsibilities and engage senior stakeholders internally and externally
• Identify growth and innovation opportunities and pitch them to internal and client stakeholders
• Create strategic narratives, including client proposals, with the support of Business Directors

Required qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years SEO experience, including onsite, offsite and technical SEO for leading brands
• Ability to juggle several tasks at once and deliver high-quality work to timescale
• Understanding of Generative Search Optimisation (GSO) and AI-driven discovery
• Experience using and interpreting LLM visibility and tracking tools and defining KPIs beyond rankings
• Ability to translate SEO strategies into AI-first search environments
• Knowledge of SEO and analytics tools, including GA4, Search Console, crawling tools, ranking platforms and AI search monitoring tools
• Understanding of web technologies and architecture (CMS platforms, rendering, indexing, site performance, APIs, structured data)
• Strong communication, influencing and negotiation skills
• Highly motivated, able to work independently and as part of a team
• Takes responsibility for own work and makes sure others deliver in support
• Flexible and willing to pick up tasks for others
• Quick to learn and keen to develop; attention to detail

Benefits

• Competitive medical insurance
• Group retirement plans
• Vision and dental insurance
• Significant paid time off
• Preferential partner discounts
• Employee mental health awareness days
• Access to global WPP Media and WPP networks for learning and growth
• Employee resource groups and in-office events

Before you apply

• The right to work in the UK is required

About the company

WPP Media is WPP's global media collective and AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data and partnerships. EssenceMediacom, a WPP Media brand, is a data and technology-driven media agency.