Junior SEO Manager

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Hi there! Were Welcome Tomorrow — the digital marketing agency behind some of Africas most successful brands .

Welcome Tomorrow is Africas fastest growing marketing agency, working with top brands across South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria. In just a few years, we have been able to change the way growth marketing is experienced by our clients, by delivering tangible business results and transforming the way marketing teams operate. As a rapidly growing company, were seeking talented individuals to join our team and contribute to our mission of transforming the African marketing landscape.

Role Description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and well-organised Junior SEO Manager to join our team in Cape Town (South Africa) or Nairobi (Kenya). This role is crucial in supporting our customers organic online growth with advanced SEO strategies. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, possess excellent data analysis skills, and have the ability to juggle multiple tasks efficiently.

Your key responsibilities will include:

Under the guidance of our Senior SEO Specialist, you will:

• Conduct keyword research and create content briefs to drive content-optimised SEO strategies.
• Write and edit content using AI tools while ensuring quality and search engine compliance.
• Execute backlink outreach campaigns to improve our clients domain authority and rankings.
• Perform regular Technical SEO checks and guide our clients through the implementation of recommendations.
• Be a primary SEO point of contact with our clients, providing regular project status and performance updates.
• Shape the future of SEO in Africa with us, by developing our AEO (Answer Engine Optimisation) and GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation) capabilities!

Requirements

Are you a good fit for this role? Check the qualifications were looking for

Qualifications

• You already have 2+ years of SEO experience: you have already been working at an agency or directly with large brands on complex SEO projects, including SEO localisation, working with custom code (no CMS) and delivering extensive SEO audits.
• You can drive conversations with developers: you ideally have past developer experience, can work with front-end and back-end developers, understand how a CMS works, and can easily read HTML and CSS.
• Youre a data nerd: you have a scientific mindset and are excited about finding the truth in numbers, refining your strategies based on what analytics say and digging into measurement topics with our clients to help them get SEO reports that represent business reality.
• You are opinionated: sticking to your beliefs is important when implementing bold strategies. Under supervision of our Senior SEO Specialist, well expect you to research and find solutions to challenges, expose your technical solutions to the team and be confident in front of our clients to convince them your approach is the right one.
• Youre a great communicator: you have an excellent command of written and verbal English, with the ability to clearly articulate ideas and feedback to a varied audience (customers & team members) spanning across Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. You are comfortable speaking in front of a large audience.
• You are flexible: you are willing to adapt to changing priorities and work in a fast-paced environment. You may be required to travel domestically or to our key international markets.

• ️ Bonus:

• You already have experience working with AEO/GEO strategies: you understand the key differences between SEO, AEO and GEO and are able to implement strategies boosting visibility on LLMs or Answer Engines.
• You have fully embedded the use of AI agents in your SEO work: you are at the forefront of software discovery and usage and master the generation of SEO-optimised content relevant for our customers industries.
• You are familiar with high-paced environments: you have already worked in a start-up or agency and have been exposed to the intensity of the services industry. Customer is king, we sometimes work long hours and ship without delays, yet with limited resources.

Benefits

Benefits

• A human adventure in an ambitious and fast-growing company
• Joining a team of top talents, being at the forefront of Pan-African marketing innovation
• Being part of a pleasant, stimulating and challenging environment
• An attractive salary and an interesting variable
• The possibility to work on side projects benefitting Welcome Tomorrow
• High flexibility in the organisation and structuring of your work, including remote work
• Possibility of travelling overseas to meet clients and other team members

About us

At Welcome Tomorrow, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not practice any discrimination based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

We are one of the fastest-growing companies in Africa, solving complex business challenges with state-of-the-art marketing techniques and constant innovation.

To know more about us, have a look at our values

✍ How to apply?

Please follow the process here If you have any questions, you can email careers@welcometomorrow.io

Process

• Video interview (15 - 30 minutes)
• Technical Interview (with our senior SEO Manager)
• Team Interview (with another member of your future team)
• Final interview (with our CEO)