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Head of Organic Performance

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Head of Organic Performance

📍 Sheffield
£50,000 per annum
£50000 - £55000/annum
Industry: Marketing
Applications: <10
Posted: 09-10-2026
Company: Elevation Recruitment Group
Type: Permanent
Reference: 225706530
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Job Description:

Role: Head of Organic Performance – Sheffield  

Salary: £50k - £55k per annum

Working Hours: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Benefits:

The role is responsible for organic growth across search, AI discovery, technical SEO, content, authority and ecommerce.

We want someone who understands the landscape businesses are now struggling to navigate. Senior enough to steer the ship, credible enough to challenge thinking and technical enough to work directly with developers.

You will own the organic proposition across the business and help us improve how clients are discovered through Google, AI platforms and the wider web.

 You will lead organic performance across a portfolio of clients.

That includes:

You will decide what matters, what does not, and what needs to happen next.

We are not looking for someone to produce long audits and lists of recommendations.

We are looking for someone who can identify the highest-value opportunities and turn them into action.

The Role:

Technical SEO

You will need strong technical SEO knowledge.

You should be comfortable working with:

You do not need to be a developer, but you will be working directly with developers and your recommendations need to stand up technically.

AI search and discovery

AI search is part of the role.

You will be expected to understand and investigate visibility across platforms such as:

You will help us understand why brands are being surfaced, cited or ignored.

Content and authority

You will help influence content strategy across core user journeys and commercial landing pages.

The objective is not to publish more content.

It is to create content that earns visibility and supports commercial outcomes.

You will also work across authority and trust signals including:

Ecommerce

Experience with complex ecommerce websites will be important. You should understand the issues created by:

Experience with Magento / Adobe Commerce & Shopify is essential, WooCommerce would be useful.

Data and commercial performance

We care about commercial performance so there will be an expectation to understand and report on areas such as:

You should be comfortable with:

The important part is not knowing how to use the tools. It is knowing what to look for.

You will have full ownership on how we report all of this information centrally, so any preference such as Looker Studios is worth bringing to our attention.

Client leadership

This is a senior client-facing role.

You will work directly with founders, Marketing Directors, Ecommerce Directors and their supporting teams.

You will lead:

Essential skills & Attributes:

We are looking for someone with strong senior-level experience across organic search.

You should have:

 

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