Senior Online Business Marketing Manager SEO & GEO
Croydon
Croydon, United Kingdom
Full Time
Head-Office
Permanent Contract
£ Competitive
About the Role
🌟Join Superdrug Head Office- Make a Real Difference Every Day!🌟
📍Location:
🕒Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm - Hybrid working available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.
💷Salary: Competitive
🎉Why Superdrug?
Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.
We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.
Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.
As our SEO & GEO Copywriter you will be responsible
for transforming the Superdrug.com eCommerce experience by levelling up our
site copy. This spans our FAQ, Product, Category, Landing pages as well as
reinvigorating the Superdrug Blog as a space to educate our customers on
trends, our range and great beauty tips and advice.
📅Here's the exciting
bit… A day includes:
As the SEO & GEO copy expert for the business; share, educate and introduce best practice across internal Online Business and Supplier teams to improve our ranking for searches in SERPs and offsite AI recommendation tools by:
Leading
the SEO strategy for our online business, creating plans with technical
teams, .com trading team, buying teams, own brand teams and suppliers
Ensuring
we have guidelines and roadmaps for improvements reporting to senior
management on progress and highlighting any blockers
Own
keyword research, metadata, internal linking frameworks, and measurement
Track
Boots, Amazon, LookFantastic, Sephora, etc.; identify gaps and new
keyword/category opportunities
Monitor
algorithm updates and SERP changes; recommend mitigations
Align
SEO data with onsite search; influence taxonomy to reflect how customers
search
Own
dashboards, weekly KPIs, monthly performance readouts; communicate
actions to Trading, Marketing, UX, SLT
Act
as internal expert; train teams on SEO best practice; represent SEO in
planning and design reviews
Creates
a culture where the customer is always considered first.
Monitor
data to deliver new and innovative ways of working to improve service.
Builds
and delivers a strategy that listens and exceeds our customers'
expectations.
Empowers
their team to make decisions that delight the customer.
Continuously
adapts the strategy to meet ever changing customer demands.
Report
on our performance on traditional Search Engines and AI recommendation
tools to the business and make actionable plans to optimise
Plan,
develop and implement a content calendar for Superdrug’s blog by:
Working
with the Insights and Digital Marketing team to identify emerging trends
and create
Keep
up to date with external developments and opportunities across SEM A.
Share knowledge internally to support development of Digital Marketing
strategy, and stay one step ahead of competition.
Uses
commercial awareness to identify opportunities and threats in the market
place, through research and analysis. Considering the impact of Online and
Offline
Lead
and transform the Marketing team to have
the customers-first mindset for our O+O platform to build customer
loyalty.
Be
the voice of customers and orchestrate the organisation to live the brand
purpose and inspire a customer-first culture to build customer love in
every touchpoint of our O+O platform
📝Key Responsibilities:
5+
years SEO in retail/ecommerce; strong technical SEO and content
optimisation
Proven
delivery with cross‑functional teams (Engineering, Product, UX)
Ideally
experience working a fast paced retail head office
Tooling:
GSC, GA/Looker, Screaming Frog, SEMrush/Similarweb, schema validators
Clear
communicator; data‑driven; able to influence and educate stakeholders
Strong
IT skills – MS Office, Excel
Knowledge
of Hybris ideal but not essential & Google Analytics
A
Hands-on, get stuck in, approach
Excellent
time management and an ability to prioritise workload
Ability
to problem-solve
Authentically
builds a wide network of trusted working relationships and experts to
support
the delivery of business plans and processes.
Actively
seeks opportunities for collaboration working to support the delivery of
business plans and processes.
Inspires
and empowers our teams to work together cross functionally to encourage collaboration
and to give opportunities for others to grow, create diverse teams, ideas
to be shared and learnings to be implemented.
Able
to challenge and influence senior stakeholders and groups outside of own
department on complex topics, with little guidance.
Confidently
manages complex or sensitive conversations ensuring wellbeing is
considered.
Being
able to challenge at all levels and empowering the team to do so too.
Makes
data driven decisions, involves relevant stakeholders to drive change and
improvements with little guidance.
Assesses
a situation’s complexity and chooses appropriate actions to simplify and
add clarity for others. Using technology in order to reduce complexity.
Pulls
on data and previous experience to shape decisions and help create
competitive strategies.
Blends
information from different data sources and converts it into insights that
drive decisions and future plans.
Effectively
influences and challenges others to take risks backed up by sound
analysis.
Empowers
the team to take ownership and responsibility for finding solutions.
Specifically, solutions for driving simplicity using technology.
Helping
your team understand when to use AI, when to rely on human judgment, and
how to combine both.
Encouraging
and creating an environment to rethink how work gets done - Actively
shifting work from repetitive tasks to higher-value activities as AI takes
on routine work
Building
your team's AI confidence: Actively developing your team's ability to use
AI effectively and think critically about outputs
Focus
on outcomes, not just business: Evaluating your team on quality and impact
of work, not time spent or volume produced
Making
it safe to experiment and learn: Fostering an environment where your team
can experiment with AI, share failures, and raise concerns without fear
Strengthen
Human Touch - Keeping the human element strong: Balancing AI efficiency
with human coaching, empathy, and team cohesion
💡Here's what's in it for you:
- 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays)
- 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend
- 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online
- Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station
- Company pension matching and bonus
- We offer Stream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
- Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK
- We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets!
- Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes
- Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support
- Come and be part of something special!
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Location
Superdrug Head Office, 51 Sydenham Road, Croydon, CR0 2EU, United Kingdom
Why Work With Us?
Superdrug, where we embrace exciting challenges that make a real difference. We provide a supportive environment where your innovative ideas and proactive spirit are not just welcomed but celebrated. Where you can be you! Are you ready to make your mark with us?
Avivia Digicare
Workplace+ You and your family will get access to an app that gives you free healthcare services like Digital GP, mental health consultations and an annual health check!
Holiday
You’ll receive up to 25 days of holiday, with the option to buy or sell days each year. Your holiday entitlement increases with your length of service—rising to 28 days after 3 years and up to 30 days after 5 years. Head office employees also enjoy 8 UK bank holidays each year.
Stream
The Stream app allows you to track how much money you’re earning throughout the month and take up to 40% of it ahead of pay day, giving you more pay flexibility. You will also have access to lots of discounts, a financial coach and a competitive saving pot.
Benefits
You can earn up to 30% bonus with March pay, get annual salary reviews in January, receive up to 7% pension contributions, and opt into company-paid private medical insurance, plus many more benefits. Check out your department page for more!
Amazing Team
Superdrug is a place for everyone. We respect every voice and celebrate individuality. Enjoy team incentives and fun! If you’re passionate and resilient, Superdrug is the place for you!
Team Member Discount
Enjoy perks like 30% off on Superdrug Own Brand products and 10% off on other brands. This includes our Superdrug Health Clinics and Superdrug Online Doctor! We also have friends and family events, where we increase your discount and allow you to share it!
Fantastic Fun
Work at Superdrug is not just work, it’s a fun-filled journey. We create a vibrant atmosphere filled with positivity. Every day brings new opportunities to learn, grow, and make a difference in the lives of our customers and colleagues.
Inspiring Futures
Superdrug is dedicated to inspiring careers We offer a variety of learning opportunities, including bespoke training programs that equip employees with the skills necessary to advance and transition into different roles.
Journey to Joining Our Amazing Team
1. Submit Your Application
Apply online with your CV, highlighting how your skills align with the role at Superdrug.
2. Initial Screening
Our recruitment team will review your application and contact you if it matches our requirements to confirm you are comfortable with the core details of the role and to get to know you better!
3. First Interview
If selected, you will be invited to a competency-based interview with the line manager via teams.
4. Second Interview
If further selected, you will attend a face-to-face interview at our Head Office. Depending on the role, you may be asked to prepare a presentation or complete a task for technical positions. You will be informed in advance if this is required.
5. Offer & Contract
Upon a successful application, you will receive a job offer and contract outlining the specifics of your role, salary, and benefits. Once accepted, we will initiate the onboarding process to collect all necessary details from you.
6. Onboarding
After completing your onboarding, your line manager will contact you to extend a welcome and address any questions you may have to ease first-day nerves. You will then be provided with a comprehensive induction plan designed to ensure your success.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions? We have answers! - Check out our FAQ page for more.
Job Reference: 261838