Mark Stanford-Janes

Tech SEO Lead | Brighton SEO speaker

Farnborough, England, United Kingdom

About

I'm a Organic Performance Lead working in a Drum Search Award winning agency in London.

Experience

  • ROAST (Full-time · 4 yrs 7 mos)
    • Organic Performance Lead (Technical)
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

      ●      Responsible for developing the technical SEO offering of the agency ●      Managing technical SEO new business, creating commercials and attending pitches ●      Creating processes and ai-based tools to improve efficiency of team via automation of routine tasks ●      Designing and leading the technical training plan for the wider SEO Team ●      Working with the internal marketing team to support the ROAST brand via blog posts and opinion pieces ●      Assisting team members with more challenging technical tasks and issues ●      Managing a team of two across a range of clients including B2B, Finance, Ecom & travel brands as well as my above responsibilities.

    • Senior Organic Performance Manager
      Jul 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

      ●        Recruiting and training junior members of the agency team. ●        Leading business reviews (quarterly and yearly) and monthly report meetings with clients ●        Contributing to new business pitches, assisting the Head of SEO in creating presentations and case studies ●        Leading on a range of SEO clients including Igaming, Finance, Ecommerce and SAAS ●        Conducting a range of BAU SEO tasks across technical and content, including IA & Site migrations, pages speed auditing, GEO Reporting & Analysis, Render debugging ●        Participating in Industry speaking events and creating whitepapers and content for Agency site.

    • SEO Account Manager
      Dec 2021 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

      ·         Managed a team of 2 across a range of clients including insurance, finance, Travel brands ·         Contributing to ROAST marketing efforts by creating Thought leadership articles ·         All responsibilities mentioned below

  • Walk-In Media (Full-time · 3 yrs 3 mos)
    • SEO Account Manager
      Apr 2021 - Dec 2021 · 9 mos

      ·         Created and led an internal training initiative and weekly SEO newsletter to educate, engage and inspire the wider team. ·         Hired the first apprentice at the agency, conducting their interviews and then managing them and one other Executive ·         SEO lead for numerous clients across a diverse range of industries, including TelCo, B2B, SAAS, Travel, Retail & Ecommerce, and Real Estate. ·         All responsibilities mentioned below

    • Senior Technical SEO Executive
      Oct 2018 - Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      ·         Worked on B2B, B2C, SAAS and migration projects. ·         Provided recommendations and reporting across multiple clients ·         BAU SEO tasks such as Keyword research, technical audits, content strategy and reporting ·         Part of a Drum Search Awards 2019 & 2020 winning team.

  • Online Store Co-ordinator at Heath Educational Books
    Nov 2017 - Sep 2018 · 11 mos

    ·         Helped build and maintain Woocommerce/WP site with over 10K products ·         Implemented SEO best practices for the site