Mindshare SEO Manager

**About Mindshare Australia**:
At Mindshare we believe in **Energy**,** Empathy **and **Impact** These core values are the foundation of our culture and extend to every aspect of our operation.

We are a part of the GroupM family, which is the largest media investment management company in Australia. Across Mindshare we offer the opportunity to work with some of the biggest household names. Our ambition is to help our partners achieve their wildest ambition, anchored in good growth. This translates to producing amazing work and identifying ways to drive a positive impact on the world

This is only possible when we have the right people to help us achieve these goals. So, **WHY MINDSHARE?**

Your growth, development and success are important to us. That's why we have a structured career framework and development program in place, including a clear career plan and access to local and global online learning platforms to support your personal and professional growth.

Beyond an opportunity to learn and grow an amazing career, we offer flexible working arrangements, combining working from home and the office to balance your professional and personal commitments. Other benefits include Summer Half Days, Birthday Leave, Long Service Leave, perkSpace (our internal perks and benefits hub full of resources to support your mental, physical, social and financial wellbeing, including discounts at hundreds of retailers and service-providers) and wellness benefits (including our Employee Assistance Program)

Mindshare, as a part of GroupM, is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We believe that diversity is vital and positively influences the environment in which we operate. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment that is free of discrimination, harassment or bullying. Race, colour, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or veteran status have no bearing on our hiring decisions, we encourage all applicants.

**About the team**

Owned Media is a part of the Outcomes collective at Mindshare, who are responsible for the delivery of Mindshare’s Search, SEO, SEM, Programmatic, Adtech, Performance Partnerships, Social products and services. It is responsible for delivering the Mindshare Performance Media function via utilising systems, processes and practices that enables work to effectively and efficiently move throughout the agency teams and departments.

**About the role**

Under the direction of the Associate Director for your team, you will manage the Owned Media delivery for your client(s) from a strategy, implementation, results, client satisfaction & team development perspective. Thereby ensuring that each Executive in your team is delivering work to the expected standard in the timeframes allocated. In turn, ensuring that the profitability and effectiveness of the Owned Media team is maximized and seeking new opportunities for growth with the Associate Director. You are expected to build trusted and influential relationships with all clients, internal Biddable Media, Connections Planning teams along with external technology partners is key, in order to uncover new opportunities for clients and revenue. You will be expected to support in developing processes and implementing them with your team. You will also be supporting the Owned Media Director to expand the knowledge of SEO and Owned Digital Media within the wider business at Mindshare. As a result, non-search members of the Mindshare team should have an understanding of the teams' purpose, value and ways of working. Host training programs, inspirational forums and attend external motivating talks, in collaboration and support of the Owned Media team.

**What you will need**
- Evidence of a background in SEO Management
- Demonstrated experienced in team leadership
- In-depth understand of Owned Media channels and evidence of education to client(s) and/or internal stakeholder
- Experience in formulating Owned Media strategy and delivering to client(s)/internal stakeholder
- Strong experience with utilising industry leading tools - examples: Ahrefs, SEMRush, Google/Adobe, Analytics, Google Search Console, Google Data Studio, Screaming Frog
- Understanding a variety of business verticals and owned media impacts
- Strong project management and organisational skills
- Demonstrated experience of career management of junior team members
- Good client relationship skills and leadership
- Effective, collaborative and efficient working style