SEO & Creative Content Writer

This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest and most well-known alternative clothing suppliers in the UK today. Created in 1997, the company has gone from strength-to-strength and now boasts a wide range of official band merchandise, festival accessories, alternative clothing and footwear across thirteen high street stores in the UK. Coupled with this, their internet presence has seen strong growth year-on-year and now boasts over a million visits every month alone.

The Role

Due to this exceptionally strong and sustained growth, they are seeking an experienced SEO Creative Content Writer to join their in-house team. Reporting to the sole company Directors, the role is both a strategic and "hands on" role, with the opportunity for you to shape and evolve your role in these exciting times as they look to increase in size over the next three years.

With a high degree of autonomy you will have the ability to conceive, plan and execute SEO and Creative Content activity and work closely with the Directors whilst delivering results at pace.

You will:

- Conceive and write original content such as Section Descriptions, Product - Descriptions and Blog Posts
- Create fundamental SEO content including "Title" tags and meta data (such are meta descriptions).
- Create on page content, articles, blogs and content suitable for social media re-purposing
- Manage and create content for a number of Wordpress blogs
- Continually gain more search engine optimisation knowledge and share with your Directors
- Be searching and writing articles on a range of topics on a daily basis
- Managing, maintaining and increasing the online presence of the company websites by using modern 'white hat' SEO techniques
- Using analytical tools to identify new SEO and SEM opportunities
- Conducting link building campaigns and identify new areas for organic link acquisitions

It is essential you have a successful and demonstrable track record of managing and running successful in-house SEO campaigns. It is preferred that any applicant applying for the role has at least 2 years of direct SEO experience or a related job capacity.

Who They Want

Ideally you will have the following:

- Previous practical experience in SEO content creation and writing
- Effective communicator with both internal and external partners
- An understanding of Google Analytics
- Strong eye for detail and ability to execute effectively in an autonomous manner
- Ability to conceive, plan and execute the sort of SEO activity needed to help increase the size of the company
- Excellent motivation, communication and IT/numeracy skills

Note: They are also looking for Content Writers without SEO experience for their other vacancies, with on-the-job training provided. So regardless of your experience they are happy to accept all applicants with a passion for writing.