Technical SEO Specialist - Contract - Digital Publisher

Technical SEO Specialist - Contract - Digital Publisher

Posted 3 days ago by Lorien

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£600 Per day
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Hybrid
London, UK
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Application Programming Interface (API) Budgeting Canonicalisation Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Google Search Console Google Sheets JavaScript (Programming Language) JIRA Journalism Management Market Trend Screaming Frog (Website Crawler) Scripting Search Engine Optimisation

Summary: A leading British digital publisher is looking for a Technical SEO Specialist on a temporary contract to enhance organic visibility and site performance. The role involves conducting technical SEO audits, developing an SEO roadmap, and collaborating with developers to implement fixes. This position is hybrid, requiring three days a week in the London Bridge office, and is classified as inside IR35. The contract duration is six months.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Conduct comprehensive technical SEO audits for large, content-rich domains, especially post-migration.
  • Identify indexation gaps, crawl inefficiencies, and performance bottlenecks.
  • Develop and deliver a prioritised SEO roadmap, including quick wins, mid-term fixes, and strategic recommendations.
  • Define and track measurable success metrics (crawl efficiency, visibility, indexation, Core Web Vitals).
  • Collaborate closely with internal developers via Jira to scope, deliver, and validate technical fixes.
  • Offer technical guidance on HTML, JavaScript, CSS, structured data, schema, and canonicalisation.
  • Advise on emerging search trends, including Google Zero and AI-driven search experiences.

Key Skills:

  • Proven experience leading enterprise-level SEO projects for large, content-rich clients (Preferably Publishers, News, and Media).
  • Proficiency with Google Search Console, Screaming Frog, Botify, and related SEO tools.
  • Deep understanding of site architecture, crawling, and indexation management.
  • Hands-on experience optimising Core Web Vitals and site performance.
  • Strong technical literacy across HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Comfortable working with APIs (eg, Search Console Inspection API, Google Sheets Scripting).
  • Experience with log file analysis to identify crawl inefficiencies and anomalies.
  • Demonstrated success in SEO migrations, crawl budget optimisation, and topic/tag management.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with developers, product managers, and delivery teams.

Salary (Rate): £550 daily

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Technical SEO Specialist - Inside IR35 Contract - Digital News Publisher

A leading British digital publisher is seeking a temporary Technical SEO Specialist to spearhead discovery, optimisation, and implementation support, with a focus on maximising organic visibility and enhancing site performance

Contract duration: 6months

Rate: 550 Inside IR35

Hybrid/Location: 3 days per week to the London Bridge Office

Key Responsibilities

  • Conduct comprehensive technical SEO audits for large, content-rich domains, especially post-migration.
  • Identify indexation gaps, crawl inefficiencies, and performance bottlenecks.
  • Develop and deliver a prioritised SEO roadmap, including quick wins, mid-term fixes, and strategic recommendations.
  • Define and track measurable success metrics (crawl efficiency, visibility, indexation, Core Web Vitals).
  • Collaborate closely with internal developers via Jira to scope, deliver, and validate technical fixes.
  • Offer technical guidance on HTML, JavaScript, CSS, structured data, schema, and canonicalisation.
  • Advise on emerging search trends, including Google Zero and AI-driven search experiences.
Essential Skills & Experience

  • Proven experience leading enterprise-level SEO projects for large, content-rich clients (Preferably Publishers, News, and Media)
  • Proficiency with Google Search Console, Screaming Frog, Botify, and related SEO tools.
  • Deep understanding of site architecture, crawling, and indexation management.
  • Hands-on experience optimising Core Web Vitals and site performance.
  • Strong technical literacy across HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Comfortable working with APIs (eg, Search Console Inspection API, Google Sheets Scripting).
  • Experience with log file analysis to identify crawl inefficiencies and anomalies.
  • Demonstrated success in SEO migrations, crawl budget optimisation, and topic/tag management.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with developers, product managers, and delivery teams

If you're passionate about helping a leading national publisher optimise content for non-subscribers and make world-class journalism accessible to all, we'd love to hear from you! Please share your updated CV to kick off an exciting conversation.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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