SEO Account Director

Found Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital marketing agency in Greater London is seeking an experienced SEO Account Director to manage a portfolio of high-value clients. In this role, you will lead strategic direction, enhance performance, and mentor an SEO team. Key responsibilities include developing insights-driven strategies, managing commercial health, and fostering strong client partnerships. Ideal candidates will possess a strategic vision and confident leadership skills, complemented by cross-functional collaboration and adaptability.

Qualifications

• You think beyond rankings, shaping long-term strategies aligned to commercial outcomes.
• You inspire, support, and challenge the team to reach their highest potential.
• You understand the financial levers that drive account health and agency growth.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategic vision across your portfolio, delivering measurable performance.
• Manage your portfolio's commercial health, ensuring profitable delivery.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and lead strategic conversations.

Skills

Strategic vision

Confident leadership

Commercial sharpness

Cross-functional collaboration

Adaptability & resilience

Job description

ROLE SNAPSHOT

As an SEO Account Director at Found, you’ll take ownership of a portfolio of high-value clients—leading strategic direction, elevating performance, and championing long-term growth. You’ll guide the vision for each account, mentor a talented SEO team, and work cross-functionally to create integrated, insight-led strategies that push results forward.

You’ll collaborate closely with Business Directors, Data & Analytics, Paid Media, and wider channel specialists to deliver cohesive strategies that ladder into broader business objectives. As a senior khăn within the SEO department, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping best practice, nurturing team development, and driving the evolution of our SEO offering across the agency.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

Lead Strategic SEO Growth – Own the strategic vision across your portfolio, shaping insight-driven roadmaps that deliver measurable performance and long-term client success.

Drive Commercial Excellence – Manage your portfolio’s commercial health, ensuring profitable delivery, accurate forecasting, and opportunities for upsell and account expansion.

Strengthen Senior Client Partnerships – Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, lead strategic conversations, and position SEOngulo as reign pure core driver of business impact.

Inspire and Develop Your Team – Line-manage Account Managers and Executives, champion progression plans, and foster a culture of learning, collaboration and high performance.

Ensure Operational Quality – Oversee outputs, reporting, QA and project delivery to ensure work is accurate, insight‑led and aligned to best practice.

Champion Cross‑Channel Integration – Collaborate with Paid Media, Data, Content, PR and wider Found teams to create unified, holistic performance strategies.

< भ>Advance Ethical AI Adoption – Promote responsible, transparent AI usage that enhances efficiency, unlocks capacity, and drives improved strategic outcomes.

Model Found’s Values – Uphold our culture, processes, and ways of working—leading with integrity, curiosity, accountability and a solutions‑focused mindset.

WHAT MAKES THE SEO TEAM AT FOUND SPECIAL?

"The SEO Found team is a powerhouse of incredibly talented, creative individuals who thrive on innovation and precision. Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do—we work as a tight‑knit team, always ready to lend a hand when needed and champion each other’s successes. We’re passionate about sharing knowledge, believing it’s the key to continuous growth and self‑improvement. Openδες to exploring new opportunities and testing fresh ideas, we remain relentlessly focused on delivering exceptional results for our clients."

HOW DOES THE TEAM WORK?

You’ll join a collaborative, insight‑driven team that thrives on experimentation, transparency, and collective ownership. We work in cross‑disciplinary pods, combining SEO expertise with Paid Media, Data & Analytics, Content, and PR to create seamless integrated strategies. You’ll play a leading role in shaping how SEO interacts with these functions—bringing clarity, structure, and strategic ambition to every account.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A SUCCESSFUL SEO AT FOUND?

• Strategic vision – You think beyond rankings, shaping long‑term strategies aligned to commercial outcomes.

• Confident leadership – You inspire, support, and challenge the team to reach their highest empathy.

• Commercial sharpness – You Цвет understand the financial levers that drive account health and agency growth.

• Cross‑functional collaboration – You thrive working with specialists across channels and disciplines.

• Adaptability & resilience – You stay solutions‑focused through complexity, ambiguity, and change.

WHAT IS THE INTERVIEW PROCESS?

Our process is designed to be thoughtful, transparent, and human. Typically, you can expect:

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