From Specialists to Heads of SEO, Search For Hire helps agencies and brands hire top SEO talent and continues the specialist SEO recruitment service originally known as SEO For Hire.
Traditional SEO recruitment takes 60 to 90 days. Ours takes on average 22 to 25. Every placement is backed by a 1-year guarantee.
We brief against your commercial context, not a job description. With real-time salary data and hiring trends sourced from our partner, SalaryGuide.com, we make sure every role is positioned to attract the best, not just whoever’s available.
The right hire rarely applies speculatively. That’s why we go directly to the market and tap into our constantly warm pipeline of pre-vetted SEO talent, who we’ve already built relationships with. When your brief lands, we’re not starting from scratch, we’re ready to hit the ground running.
Every candidate is evaluated across a 9-area scorecard, with SEO assessments tailored to the role. We assess execution, not just interview performance. And where AI enhances our process, from pattern recognition to market analysis, we use it deliberately, staying ahead in ways generalist recruiters simply can’t.
Forget 50 to 200 CVs and endless interview rounds. You receive our top 2–3%, each with a full brief on capability and rationale. Your time is valuable. We save it so you can put it back into your business.
This is where it all comes together: the right person, in the right role, unlocking real growth. And if anything changes within 12 months, we replace them at no additional cost. The only recruitment guarantee of its kind in the SEO industry – we back our placements that much.
Book a call and we’ll cover your brief, your timeline, and your commercial context.
Start your searchSearch For Hire was built from SEO For Hire, a specialist recruitment service focused on helping agencies and brands hire SEO professionals.
Over time, as we began helping clients hire across PPC, paid social and performance marketing roles as well as SEO, the business expanded beyond just SEO recruitment.
Search For Hire now brings together SEO recruitment, paid media recruitment and performance marketing hiring under one brand, while continuing the specialist SEO recruitment service originally known as SEO For Hire.
Today, we help agencies and brands hire SEO specialists, PPC specialists, paid media managers and performance marketing teams across the UK, US and internationally.
The best agency-side A-player SEOs are rare. They balance client management, commercial pressure, and technical execution without dropping the ball. We know exactly who they are, and we place them with agencies ready to grow.
One brand, one channel, enormous opportunity. The right in-house SEO hire can transform your organic growth. We find people who think beyond rankings, connecting SEO strategy directly to revenue, influence, and long-term business impact.
Site architecture, crawl management, Core Web Vitals, structured data, and migration planning.
Keyword research, intent mapping, topic clustering, E-E-A-T, and editorial strategy.
Google Business Profile optimisation, local pack strategy, citation management, and review acquisition.
Link acquisition, brand mention monitoring, link profile risk assessment, and digital PR strategy.
GA4, Google Search Console, Looker Studio, BigQuery. Turning raw data into commercial decisions.
Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO), Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO), AI crawler management, and LLM visibility strategy.
We headhunt actively rather than posting regionally. Candidate reach is defined by the role, not geography.
| United States | United Kingdom | Beyond |
|---|---|---|
| New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, and remote-first businesses nationwide. | London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, and fully remote positions UK-wide. | We have placed SEO talent internationally. If the role exists, we will structure the search accordingly. |
Remote, hybrid, or relocation roles: we structure the search accordingly and advise on salary benchmarking by market.
Benchmarks are directional. Live market data gives you negotiation power.
Product indexation, faceted navigation, structured data, and conversion-focused content strategy.
Product-led growth, programmatic SEO, and long sales-cycle content strategy.
YMYL compliance, E-E-A-T requirements, and regulatory content governance.
Editorial SEO, Google discover optimisation, and high-frequency content production at scale.
Stringent E-E-A-T standards, regulatory compliance, and content accuracy requirements.
Multi-client management, client retention through performance, and commercial delivery.
Live market data gives you negotiation power.
An SEO recruitment agency identifies, assesses, and places search engine optimization professionals into businesses that need them.
Unlike generalist recruiters, we are a specialist SEO recruitment agency that evaluates candidates against discipline-specific competencies: technical depth, content strategy, data fluency, and the ability to connect organic performance to revenue.
Search For Hire operates exclusively within SEO, Paid Media, and Growth. That specialism means every candidate we present has been evaluated by people who understand the role.
We place SEO talent at every level, from SEO Executive through to SEO Director and Head of SEO.
Our active roster covers over 15 distinct SEO roles, including SEO Specialists, Managers, Technical SEOs, Local SEO Leads, SEO Engineers, Strategists, and Product Managers.
Whether you need a hands-on practitioner or a senior leader to build and own your organic function, we recruit and vet for the specific demands of the role.
Our average placement time is 22 to 25 days from brief to accepted offer, with 95% of roles filled within 28 days.
Traditional hiring processes run 60 to 90 days because they rely on inbound applications and generic screening. We headhunt directly into the SEO talent market and maintain an active pipeline of assessed candidates. Because SEO, Paid Media, and Growth is all we do, we do not start from scratch with every brief.
Every Search For Hire placement is backed by a one-year satisfaction guarantee. If the candidate leaves or fails to perform within 12 months, we replace them at no additional cost.
The guarantee is a commercial commitment, not a goodwill gesture. We can offer it because the vetting process is rigorous enough to make it commercially viable. The 9-area scorecard, practical assessments, and structured interviews we run are designed to surface candidates who perform in qualified real-world conditions, not just in interviews.
Yes. SEO For Hire is now part of Search For Hire. The same specialist SEO recruitment team now operates under the Search For Hire brand, supporting agencies and brands hiring SEO professionals, PPC specialists and paid media teams.
Search For Hire recruits for recruits for both agencies and in-house teams, helping companies hire SEO specialists, PPC specialists, paid media managers and performance marketing professionals across a wide range of industries.
Tell us what you need. We will tell you whether we can place it and how.
