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No open vacancies right now. That is the honest position, and this page exists so you know what would get read rather than leaving you to guess.

How this works

This is a small operation by choice. The work is done by the person you speak to, and that is a deliberate part of what clients are buying, so headcount is not a target in itself.

When that does change, it will be because there is more work than one person can do properly, not because growth looked good on a slide. The roles below are the ones that would come first.

The roles that would come first

SEO executiveSomeone who can run an audit, read Search Console properly and write a page that a human would finish. Experience matters less than being able to show your reasoning on a real site.
Technical SEO / developerComfortable in a codebase, with Core Web Vitals, structured data, crawl behaviour and migrations. The rarest of the three and the hardest to hire for.
Writer with a subjectNot a content mill writer. Someone who knows an industry properly and can write about it without padding. Trades, manufacturing, professional services and ecommerce all welcome.

How to approach us

Send an email to hello@whatisseo.co.uk with a site you have worked on and what you actually changed on it. Not a CV template, not a covering letter about passion. One real example, explained.

What you can expect from us

Paid work only
No unpaid trials, no spec work, no "test project" that turns out to be a live client deliverable.
A reply either way
If you take the time to write a real application, you get a real answer. Silence is rude and it is also lazy.
Remote or Manchester
The work is screen-based. Where you sit is your business, within UK working hours.
Learning is the job
This field changes constantly. Time to keep up with it is part of the role, not something you do at the weekend.

Frequently asked

Are you hiring right now?

No. There are no open vacancies, and this page says so rather than collecting applications for roles that do not exist. If that changes it will be posted here first.

Why have a jobs page with no jobs on it?

Because people look, and a missing page tells them nothing. This one tells you what would get read and how to approach it, which is more useful than a form that goes nowhere.

Do you take speculative applications?

Yes, and they get read. Send one real example of work you have done and what you changed. That is worth more than a CV, and it is the thing that would make us find budget sooner.

Do you offer work experience or internships?

Not currently, and not unpaid when we do. Unpaid internships exclude anyone who cannot afford to work for nothing, which is both unfair and a bad way to find talent.

Do you use freelancers or subcontractors?

Occasionally, for specialist work outside what we do in-house — development, design, translation. If that is you, the same email applies.

Would you consider someone changing career?

Yes. Several good SEOs came from journalism, retail, trades and development. What matters is whether you can show your reasoning about a real site, not what your last job title was.

Is the work remote?

Largely, yes. The client work is screen-based and most of it happens over calls and shared documents. In-person happens across Greater Manchester when it is genuinely useful.

What would the pay be?

It would be stated in the advert, in a number, before anyone applied. Job adverts that hide the salary waste everybody's time and skew pay against the people least able to negotiate.

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