We’re always looking for bright, talented individuals to come and join the team. Based in a sunny office with great views, in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard, we’re a rapidly growing business offering loads of opportunities for the right people.
Do you have experience in search engine optimisation (SEO) or pay per click (PPC)? Perhaps you are a writer of great online and social media content? Are you a sales person hungry for exciting new markets?
Whether you have current search engine marketing experience, or are looking for new career direction, if you are a great team player with customer focus, talk to us. A sense of humour is essential (and a fondness for biscuits is no bad thing either).
Current positions available:
Campaign Delivery Manager (SEO Specialist)
Ref: CDM/SEO
An ideal position for a cool, calm and collected individual who thrives on being at the centre of a fast moving and varied business.
The role: Managing a portfolio of new and existing search engine marketing campaigns that are based on annual contracts and ensuring that they are delivered to a very high standard, this is a varied, absorbing and rewarding position. Essentially, you would be managing the technicians making the actual optimisation changes, but you’ll also be liaising with Campaign Account Managers and occasionally direct with clients.
About you: You’ll be strong in project management and be adept at juggling a large number of tasks at once. Your communications skills will be excellent, both in a client-facing capacity and in written English. You’ll have a firm technical understanding of the Internet, its various technologies and especially HTML. Experience of search engine optimisation would be a definite plus.
This position also includes the following core responsibilities:
- Manage organic optimisation projects from strategy through implementation with no hand-holding.
- Coordinate all campaign activities relating to SEO with our technical team including SEO, Off-Page Optimisers, and Web Developers
- Analyze customer Web sites and provide well-defined strategies for search engine improvement.
- Leverage skills in search engine writing to improve effectiveness of site content.
- Monitor search engine results, analyze key Web site metrics, and provide recommendations and strategies for continued improvement.
- Provide guidance and thought leadership to a growing team of passionate search engine marketers.
- Monitor algorithmic changes in the search engines to determine when and how to adapt our proven delivery methodology.
- Manage day-to-day client relationships through face-to-face meetings, frequent conference calls, and presentations.
- Exceed client expectations and performance goals on a daily basis.
Additional Required Experience:
- Must have proven experience delivering results through ethical search engine optimisation techniques
- Must have excellent attention to detail and the ability to effectively multi-task in a deadline driven environment
- Strong understanding of search engine-friendly Web site design and ability to make critical design and technical recommendations to Web developers
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
- Excellent organisational skills and an ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects
- Sense of humour
Please apply in confidence to Matt Hopkins at mhopkins@vertical-leap.co.uk.
Campaign Delivery Manager (Pay Per Click Specialist)
Ref: CDM/PPC
We are looking for bright, ambitious PPC (pay per click) specialists to manage the delivery of pay per click (PPC) marketing campaigns. You will be responsible for managing a portfolio of new and existing campaigns and in ensuring that they are delivered to the highest standard.
Core responsibilities include:
- Manage PPC (pay per click) projects from strategy through implementation.
- Coordinate campaign activities relating to PPC (pay per click) with the landing page design team
- Monitor results, analyze key Web site metrics, and provide recommendations and strategies for continued improvement
- Manage day-to-day client relationships.
- Exceed client expectations and performance goals on a daily basis.
Person specification:
- 2-4 years agency (multi-campaign) PPC/Adwords experience.
- Google Adwords Certification – required. Other platforms (e.g. Microsoft adCenter) a plus.
- Ability to handle multiple, simultaneous tasks.
- Excellent communications skills.
- A good understanding of internet technology especially HTML
- Sense of humour
Please apply in confidence to Matt Hopkins at mhopkins@vertical-leap.co.uk.

