SEO ManagerManchester City Centre | Hybrid | Salary up to £40k Looking for an SEO role where you can actually own your accounts, run with your ideas and have some autonomy?We’re working exclusively with an established, growing digital & PR agency who are investing heavily in their new Manchester team, making this a great time to get involved.Already a renowned agency in the Midlands, they are now bringing this success to Manchester and looking to make a key hire. As their newest SEO Manager you’ll bring around 2 -3 years’ experience and know your SEO fundamentals, whilst also being ready to take more ownership.The Role Take ownership of a varied portfolio of SEO clients across Ecommerce, Retail and B2BDevelop and deliver SEO strategies from start to finishGet hands-on across on-page, content, UX and technical SEORun client calls and confidently talk through results and recommendationsUse data to spot opportunities and improve performanceExplore new opportunities across AI Search and emerging channels About You Around 3+ years’ SEO experience, ideally agency-sideA strong SEO all-rounder- you don’t need to be super technicalComfortable managing clients and taking ownership of accountsGood understanding of tools such as GA4, Search Console, Ahrefs and Screaming FrogProactive, organised and happy working autonomously Why Join?You’ll be joining an established agency with a growing Manchester presence, a down-to-earth team and continued investment in AI & Automation. There’s plenty of senior support from their brilliant Head of Digital but they want someone who’ll be trusted to run with their work rather than being micromanaged.You’ll also get 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays, Christmas closure, your birthday off, flexible start/finish times, personal training budget, quarterly development days and regular socials.Hybrid: 2- 3 days per week in ManchesterAs an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff. Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.

Senior PPC Specialist £40,000- £50,000 | Manchester City Centre | Hybrid An exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior PPC Specialist to join a growing, senior-only PPC agency in Manchester!You’ll join as the third member of the team, working alongside 2 PPC powerhouses with a tonne of experience behind them, and you'll take full ownership of a portfolio of accounts from strategy, to delivery and client comms. There are no account management layers here, you’ll work directly with your clients and have real autonomy over your accounts.The role Own and manage Google & Microsoft Ads accounts end-to-endManage Search, Shopping and Performance Max campaignsWork across eCommerce accounts with budgets ranging from a few thousand to six figures per monthReview tracking across GA4, GTM, server-side and Consent ModeProvide insight across CRO, landing pages, product feeds and wider commercial performanceBuild strong, direct relationships with clientsHelp shape processes, tools and ways of working as the agency grows What’s on offer Hybrid working – 3 days in central ManchesterFlexible working around 10am–3pm core hours25 days holiday + bank holidaysMacBook & iPhonePPC Hub membership + at least 2 industry conferences per year About youYou’ll be an experienced, hands-on PPC specialist who enjoys understanding the bigger commercial picture, rather than focusing purely on clicks and campaign metrics. Ideally, you’ll have strong eCommerce experience, excellent Google Ads knowledge and confidence across Shopping and Performance Max.This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who wants to remain hands-on with PPC, own their work from start to finish and join an ambitious agency early enough to have a genuine influence on how it grows. As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff. Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.

I'm working with a business that runs its ecommerce on an established Magento 2 platform and i'm looking for someone who can keep it running smoothly while it keeps evolving.This isn't a ticket-taking role. You'll be the client's go-to Magento expert and sit between the internal team and their digital agency. You'll set the technical direction, sense-check what the agency proposes and make sure what gets shipped is built properly.It suits a contractor who likes ownership. You'll get a platform you can genuinely shape, a business that listens and a mix of BAU, integration work and new feature builds.The Details Keep the live Magento 2 store stable, secure and performant day to dayTriage and fix production issues, bugs and checkout or order flow problemsApply security patches and manage extension updates and compatibilityReview the current version, PHP stack and hosting, and set out an upgrade path where neededMonitor performance across caching, indexing, Varnish, Redis and search Design and build integrations between Magento and third party systems such as ERP, PIM, OMS, payments, shipping and marketing platformsWork with REST and GraphQL APIs, webhooks, message queues and scheduled import or export jobsMake integrations resilient with clear logging, error handling and monitoring Technical lead for the digital agency Act as the client's technical point of contact for their digital agencyGive technical direction on architecture, approach and prioritiesReview agency estimates, specifications and pull requests and challenge where neededTranslate business requirements into clear technical briefsOwn release coordination and environments so nothing lands in production untested Essential 5+ years commercial Magento 2 (Open Source or Adobe Commerce) development, ideally as a contractorStrong PHP 8.x and deep knowledge of Magento architecture: modules, plugins, observers, dependency injection, EAV and service contractsProven integration delivery using Magento REST and GraphQL APIs with third party platformsExperience owning a live production store, including patching, upgrades and incident handlingMySQL, Composer, Git and CI/CD pipelinesConfidence working with and directing external agencies, including reviewing their code and estimatesClear communicator who can explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders Nice to have Magento 2 version upgrades, particularly moving to 2.4.8 or 2.4.9Adobe Commerce Cloud, AWS or Hyvä theme experiencePerformance tuning with Varnish, Redis, OpenSearch and New RelicAdobe Commerce certificationERP or PIM integration experience (for example Sage, NetSuite, Dynamics or Akeneo) On site: 2 days a week in South Manchester for agency sessions, stakeholder time and planning. The rest is remote. As an industry leading, nationwide Marketing, Digital, Analytics, IT and Design recruitment agency, we are continually receiving new assignments to work on, so keep a close eye on our website, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages for a full list of current permanent and interim opportunities as well as marketplace news and fun stuff. Forward Role is operating as an employment agency.