Jason Burns / jasonburns.co.uk
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Manchester Growth-stage brands, agency partners and regional commercial teams

SEO AI Consultant
in Manchester.

SEO and AI support for teams that need faster research, better briefs and cleaner search decisions. For Manchester teams, the value is in making the work specific: where the data comes from, who reviews it and what the first useful version should do.

Greater Manchester  region Remote-first  across Greater Manchester On-site  workshop sprints
// Manchester context

Manchester teams mix commercial ambition with lean delivery. The best engagements pin down what to fix first, document the working rules, then hand a clear operating model to the team that has to run it.

// local proof

What this looks like in Manchester.

Work I have anchored here

Full-spectrum work with the Manchester arm of a multi-office creative and marketing agency, plus regional commercial brands.

Local market read

North West buyers tend to be educated. The local agency cluster (Click Consult, Bring Digital and others) means SEO is taken seriously and badly-briefed work gets spotted fast.

How I work here

Day on-site quarterly or during specific delivery sprints. Otherwise remote with weekly async updates.

Where I sit vs other options

Strong NW agency scene means buyers compare to known specialists. The differentiator is senior individual-contributor time, not layered team hours.

// 01 - the offer

What you are buying.

I build AI-assisted SEO systems around real search work: audits, briefs, internal links, metadata and reporting.

SEO search result screenshot from Jason Burns work What You Are Buying
What You Are Buying

A faster SEO process without losing judgement.

The useful part is not asking AI for more content. It is building a better search workflow around briefs, intent checks, internal links, metadata and review notes so the team can move faster without guessing.

SERP research Brief systems Metadata QA Internal links
// 02 - diagnosis

Why Manchester teams call.

The patterns I see most before the work starts. If two of these sound familiar, the first review call is usually worth the time.

01

Research is slow

Keyword, SERP and competitor checks take too long because every brief starts from scratch.

02

AI weakens judgement

The team gets more output, but not always better decisions about intent, structure or priority.

03

QA is bolted on late

Metadata, internal links and content briefs are reviewed after production instead of inside the workflow.

04

SEO knowledge leaks

The useful method sits with one person rather than in a repeatable briefing and review system.

// 03 - how the work runs

Phases that end in something usable.

I help turn AI into a better SEO operating model, not a shortcut for producing more average content.

The work can cover SERP research, content briefs, metadata QA, internal linking checks and reporting notes.

The point is faster search work with clearer judgement, better review steps and less repeated manual effort.

// 01 - audit

Map the search work

Find where research, briefs, metadata, links and reporting slow down or lose quality.

// 02 - shape

Design the AI layer

Use AI where it supports judgement: extraction, clustering, drafting, checking and comparison.

// 03 - review

Put QA inside the flow

Build source checks, intent checks and approval steps before output reaches the page.

// 04 - repeat

Document the method

Leave the team with reusable briefs, rules and reporting notes that can keep improving.

// 04 - proof

Past project profiles.

Two examples of the shape this work takes. Real engagements, anonymised. Not every project looks like these, but the discipline is the same.

Team reviewing search data and content planning notes
Example project profile

SEO briefing system for a content team publishing every week

The team had content volume, but briefs varied by person. The project created an AI-assisted briefing system with SERP checks, intent notes, internal link prompts and QA before writing starts.

SERP extractor Brief structure Intent QA Link suggestions

// outcome Briefs become easier to produce and harder to misunderstand.

Consultant reviewing a laptop in an office meeting room
Example project profile

Metadata QA workflow for a large service site

Metadata was being rewritten in batches with inconsistent checks. The workflow added rules for intent, duplication, length, internal language and approval before upload.

Page grouping Title rules Meta checks Upload notes

// outcome The team gets cleaner metadata without reviewing every line from scratch.

// 05 - shape check

Where this works, and what you leave with.

// where this works

Use cases

  1. 01 Speed up search research
  2. 02 Create better content briefs
  3. 03 Add QA to metadata and internal linking work
  4. 04 Works well when the team needs useful progress without adding another heavy process.
// what you leave with

Outcomes

  • Search workflow audit
  • AI-assisted briefing system
  • QA and review steps
  • Reusable reporting notes
// 06 - questions

Manchester SEO AI Consultant FAQ.

Do you work with Manchester teams remotely?
Yes. Most work can run remotely. If a workshop would help, the first step is still a short call to understand the problem and decide whether a session is worth the time.
What does a SEO and AI consulting project usually start with?
It usually starts with one narrow problem: a slow process, a technical blocker, a content system that has become messy or an AI idea that needs turning into a controlled workflow.
How quickly can you find the first useful project?
In most cases, the first useful route is visible after a review call and a small sample of the existing process, crawl, content, report or workflow.
// ready when you are

Find the first useful project for your Manchester team.

Book a review call. We will look at the work, the risk and the first sensible step before agreeing anything.

Book a review