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L2 · Shared path · SEO

SEO Executive

You own recurring SEO delivery on your accounts, without supervision on familiar work. You are deepening your expertise in SEO so you can apply it reliably without supervision.

EquivalentShared level, no parallel role. Everyone at L1 to L3 follows the same Starting path

How this role differs

You move from delivering defined tasks under close review to owning recurring work on your accounts, without supervision on familiar work.

Roles and responsibilities

  • Own on-page delivery on your accounts: recommendations, briefs and internal linking.
  • Run keyword research end to end and turn it into a prioritised set of pages.
  • Review crawls and write developer tickets a developer can action.
  • Monitor performance and flag movement rather than waiting for the monthly report.
  • Flag risks, blockers and delivery issues early, before they become client problems.
  • Draft client updates and reporting commentary, and handle routine client queries.
  • Present work, findings and recommendations to clients, with manager support.
  • Handle client questions and pushback on calls, with manager support.
  • Log time accurately and follow agency process and templates.
  • Support Junior Executives with tasks you know well.
  • Raise issues and opportunities you spot outside the task you were given.

Entry requirements

Gateway skills needed at 8+ in the previous role to step into this one (proposed).

How this role is weighted

Expertise
20%
Delivery
20%
Strategy
20%
Culture
20%
Team
20%

Immediate growth path

Next step · L3
Senior SEO Executive

Trusted on complex work. Path choice is made at the end of this level.

Gateway skills at 8+ (proposed)