Description:
South Sydney (Hybrid)
$110,000 – $140,000 + Performance Incentives
Full-time | Lead SEO Your Way | Agency Environment
Are you an experienced SEO operator ready to take full ownership of a department?
This fast-growing digital agency in South Sydney is looking for an SEO Lead to rebuild, reshape, and scale their entire SEO offering.
This is not a junior execution role.
This is for someone who genuinely understands SEO at a commercial level and knows how to drive results.
The Role
You’ll be the go-to SEO expert; responsible for strategy, delivery, systems, team enablement, and growth.
Your work will directly influence the agency’s direction, revenue, and positioning.
You will:
- Audit and overhaul existing SEO strategies and campaigns
- Build scalable SEO frameworks for service‑based businesses
- Lead technical, on-page and local SEO
- Improve site structure, indexing, CWV, schema, and performance
- Manage and enhance WordPress-based websites
- Oversee content strategy and backlink acquisition
- Track performance using GSC, GA4, SEMrush, Search Atlas, etc.
- Work closely with paid media & content to maximise ROI
- Shape how SEO is sold, delivered, and scaled across the business
Requirements
- 4+ years hands-on SEO experience
- Strong technical SEO and on‑page optimisation skills
- Confident with content writing/briefing and backlink strategy
- Confident communicator who can take ownership and drive decisions
Flexibility
- Hybrid role - mix of office and WFH
- Very flexible once you’re up and running
- First month = more in-office time for onboarding
- After that, autonomy is the norm
Why join?
- Build and lead the SEO division from the ground up
- No corporate bureaucracy or micromanagement
- Direct access to leadership
- Modern, newly fitted-out office
- Performance incentives + potential “slice of the pie” for the right operator
- Clear pathway into senior leadership as the agency scales