SEO Manager

Role: SEO Manager (Ecommerce, Shopify, Remote)

Full-Time – £35,000-£50,000 (UK Based)

👋 Who We Are

We are Searchflex, a high-performance ecommerce search agency. We don’t do generic SEO. We build full ecom search systems (CheckoutOS) for D2C brands doing £50k–£10M/month, focused on profit, clarity, and control. We’re expanding – and we’re hiring someone smart, reliable, and technical to take ownership of SEO execution.

🎯 Role Overview

You’ll work closely with the director to help deliver our SEO strategy and performance roadmap across multiple WordPress and Shopify ecommerce brands. You’ll help turn SEO audits and growth plans into real-world improvements, owning execution across site health, discoverability, performance, and conversion optimisation.

You’ll be responsible for improving how ecommerce sites perform in search by fixing underlying issues, supporting content strategy, and ensuring SEO best practices are properly implemented across the site.

You’ll follow the strategy we develop together – and take ownership of making sure it’s delivered to a high standard across multiple brands.

🛠️ Responsibilities

You will own delivery across:

🔍 SEO Audits & Implementation

Supporting technical and site-wide audits, prioritising issues, and turning them into clear action plans

🧠 Content & Keyword Strategy Support

Helping shape keyword clusters, search intent mapping, and content briefs for ecommerce pages and collections

⚙️ Site Enhancements & SEO Best Practices

Ensuring structured data, internal linking, metadata, and page templates follow best-practice standards

🐌 Performance & UX

Working alongside developers, with themes and templates to improve site speed, usability, and Core Web Vitals

🗺️ Indexing & Crawl Management

Managing sitemaps, crawl coverage, redirects, and resolving indexation issues

🤖 Search Engine Access & Control

Maintaining robots.txt rules and ensuring search engines can access the right pages

🌍 International & Multi-Region SEO

Supporting hreflang setups, country/language targeting, and international site structure

🧹 Site Hygiene & Issue Resolution

Cleaning up broken links, duplicate pages, redirect chains, and thin or outdated URLs

🔄 CRO & Testing Support

Assisting with SEO-led A/B testing and conversion-focused improvements

🧾 Reporting & Documentation

Producing clear, client-ready documentation and tracking progress against SEO roadmaps

✅ Must-Have Experience

• 3+ years in ecommerce SEO, either in-house or agency-side
• Experience working on large ecommerce sites, including international stores
• Comfortable managing end-to-end SEO execution, not just recommendations
• Strong working knowledge of WordPress, Shopify, Google Search Console, GA4, and common SEO tools
• Solid understanding of technical SEO fundamentals (indexation, site structure, performance)
• Experience supporting international SEO projects
• Strong project management and communication skills
• Confident delivering high-quality work independently
• Good understanding of page performance and Core Web Vitals

📈 Bonus Points For

• CRO & Testing Experience – Supporting SEO-led tests that improved conversion rates
• Automation & Efficiency – Using scripts, AI, or tools to streamline SEO workflows
• AI-Driven SEO – Using ChatGPT or similar tools for audits, briefs, or QA
• Multi-Region Ecommerce – Hands-on experience with Shopify Markets or geo-targeted stores
• Front-End Familiarity – Comfortable making light theme or layout adjustments
• Process-Driven Mindset – Creating SOPs or scalable SEO systems
• Google Shopping Knowledge – Experience with Merchant Center or product feeds

😀 Perks & Benefits

• Generous holidays
• Birthday off
• Mental health days
• Gym and fitness perks
• Bonuses and profit share scheme
• New macbook
• Additional tech budgets
• Flexitime

📅 Structure

• Position: Full-time
• Pay: £35,000 – £50,000 (dependent on experience/skillset)
• Location: UK (working remotely)

📌 To Apply

Send the following to hello@searchflex.com:

1. A 1–2 min Loom: Walk me through a technical SEO issue you’ve solved on an ecommerce site and the impact it made

2. A short note explaining:

• Your SEO experience
• Your strongest SEO skills
• Your ideal tool stack

3. A sample audit or site you’ve worked on

4. Your CV and covering letter