Description

Granular Group is looking for an experienced SEO specialist to help us scale up and maintain our current SEO consulting projects.

This is a full-time employment position at our Zagreb or Belgrade offices with hybrid work arrangement options. Communication with clients and colleagues is in English, and Croatian / Serbian languages.

This position requires Mid to Senior SEO expertise with 3 years or experience minimum, preferably in an agency.

If you bring demonstrable SEO expertise, passion for the craft, willingness to do real operational work, a track record of professional conduct and high-quality execution – we’ll be happy to receive your application.

 

The Role

• Contribute meaningful work on major projects (large eCommerce, real estate, healthcare, brands).
• Lead the SEO vertical on smaller projects (smaller webshops, brand/corporate websites, startups).
• We primarily do SEO consulting: overall strategy, audits & research, technical SEO & migration support, website structure proposals, eComm category optimization, content strategy and topic breakdown, content briefs for topical clusters and articles.
• We usually do NOT produce final long-form article text nor conduct outreach or link building campaigns – we are NOT looking for writers or link builders.

 

Benefits of working in Granular

• You’ll be in good company with leading SEO experts who push each other to learn, grow, experiment and explore new technologies and tactics – especially in areas of AI and automation.
• Opportunity to participate in a variety of challenging projects – from bootstrapped startups to well-known brands and global corporations.
• Access to any tools, APIs and token usage you can justify.
• Low hierarchy and bureaucracy both internally and with clients, no micromanagement, freedom to execute your ideas.
• Hybrid working arrangements and flexible working hours.
• Highest respect for your free time and work-life balance.
• A dedicated mentor who’s responsible for and passionate about your professional development.
• Employee benefits (25 days paid leave, additional private health insurance).

 

Baseline requirements

• Curiosity, a passion for learning and exploration.
• Productivity, delivering real value to clients and projects.
• Integrity, strong work ethic, reliable and true to your word, respectful and professional communication.
• Fluent in Croatian, Serbian, or Bosnian language, and also in English – able to speak confidently about SEO topics to both developers and non-technical people.
• At least 3 years of experience doing SEO work in an agency or in-house.
• Fundamental understanding of how search engines work, how LLMs work in the organic search context, what SEO is and isn’t.
• Strong working knowledge of Google Search Console and at least one SEO tool like Ahrefs.
• Can autonomously perform a full technical SEO audit by crawling a website (with Screaming Frog or other tools).
• Can conduct a full website SEO audit, competitor comparison, market-topic-keywords research, and draft a complete yet concise report with prioritized recommendations.

 

Bonus points

• Some experience in AI SEO and tracking brand visibility on AI platforms.
• Experience with Google Analytics and/or Google Ads.
• Can create dashboards in Data Studio.
• Using AI chatbots and tools to help with everyday SEO tasks.
• Proficiency in spreadsheet tools and basic data analysis.
• If you own, manage, or have created a website of any kind.
• Experience in design and UX.
• Completed this challenge – https://www.seogame.fun/

 

Big bonus points

• Years of experience leading SEO projects, presenting to managers and C-level executives.
• AI automation, building workflows and agents (Manus, n8n, Claude/Codex, whatever).
• Semantic content optimization or content generation with LLMs.
• Browser automation with Selenium/Puppeteer or similar.
• Advanced data analysis with BigQuery SQL, AppsScript, Python or R.
• Server log file analysis.
• JavaScript programming.

 

About Granular Group

• Established in 2018
• Offices in Zagreb and Belgrade
• 20+ employees
• Teams & verticals: SEO, Digital Advertising, Marketing Automation & Analytics, Data Science, Granularity Product Team
• Clients:
  • Large e-Commerce (eKupi, ePlaneta & Planeta Sport)
  • Retail (Klimatizacija.hr, Lonci i poklopci, Zlatarna Dodić)
  • Brands (Museum of Illusions, Sofascore, UNICEF, L’Oreal, CeraVe)
  • Health & Beauty (Sinteza, Bagatin, ASA Hospital, Aviva clinic)
  • Finance (Addiko bank, OTP, Electrocoin)
  • Industrial (BASF, Gideon, USP Marketing Consultancy)
  • Real Estate (Broker, CRO Estate, Croatia Estate)
  • Tourism (Maistra, Hotel A’mare)

 

How to apply?

Send us your application using the application form down below. If you have any other related questions, please contact us at info@granulargroup.com.

 

In your application, along with your CV attached, we expect you to write a short letter of intent outlining your previous experience and how you feel you would be relevant for this position. Additional materials, such as case studies, are welcome.. We shall contact only the short-listed candidates.