Hire a Specialist SEO for Your Industry
We place SEO talent assessed against the specific technical, commercial, and regulatory demands of your industry. Not just against a job title.
We place SEO talent assessed against the specific technical, commercial, and regulatory demands of your industry. Not just against a job title.
We work exclusively in search marketing, paid media, and growth. Our network was built from inside these industries, through relationships, not job boards.
We assess real commercial thinking, sector depth, and proven impact. Not tenure. Not titles.
The best SEO professionals aren’t browsing job boards. We go to them, directly, discreetly, and with a reason to move.
When considering talent, seniority, role type and sector experience matter. A strong Head of SEO who has only ever worked in ecommerce may not be the right hire for a regulated financial services business, even if the role title matches.
When you brief us, we scope the search around your sector first: the content governance standards, the technical constraints, the regulatory requirements, and the commercial metrics that define success in your industry. That context shapes who we target, how we vet, and what we present to you.
A traditional job board process takes 60 to 90 days and produces a huge list of candidates who applied. Our process takes on average 22 to 25 days and produces SEO candidates who are qualified, available, and assessed against the specific demands of your role and sector.
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 searchAn open vacancy costs more than most businesses account for. In high-value or compliance-sensitive sectors, the gap widens further.
See exactly what vacancy costs you, and what fast, specialist hiring saves.
Yes, and for many roles they are. Core SEO fundamentals – technical architecture, keyword research, and content strategy – transfer well across sectors. But some industries are more contrasting than others. Finance and ecommerce, for example, operate under fundamentally different constraints: one demands rigorous content governance and regulatory compliance, the other demands speed and conversion-led architecture. When we review talent for you, we’ll advise on whether industry background is a genuine requirement for your specific role, or whether a strong hire with transferable skills is the right call.
We go beyond what’s on the resume. We give candidates a real scenario from the sector and assess whether their answer reflects someone who has operated inside that environment, or someone who only claims it.
For example: an ecommerce SEO who has genuinely managed a large product catalog will talk confidently about site architecture, faceted navigation, and how to handle duplicate content across thousands of products. Compared to an applicant who doesn’t have this experience, who is likely to refer to surface-level optimizations, such as meta descriptions and keywords.
Real experience produces specifics. This distinction has become even more critical with the rise of AI tooling, where candidates can generate a convincing resume.
Yes. The industries listed are the verticals where we place most frequently and have the deepest candidate knowledge.
If your sector isn’t listed – gaming, travel, education, hospitality, or any other – contact us directly. We have placed SEO talent across a broad range of verticals and can advise on candidate availability and what sector-specific experience is realistically available before you commit to a search.
Our average placement time is 22 to 25 days from brief to accepted offer, with 95% of roles filled within 28 days. Industry-specific searches are not slower to fill.
We maintain an active pipeline of vetted SEO professionals segmented by sector specialism, which means we’re not starting from scratch when a sector-specific brief lands. The more clearly you can define the industry context upfront, the faster we can move.
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 goodwill.
We can offer it because our vetting process, including sector-specific assessments; is rigorous enough to make it commercially viable.
Tell us your sector, your requirements, and the gap you need to close. We will tell you whether we can place it and how quickly.
