Stephen

Senior SEO & Organic Growth Strategist

London, United Kingdom (+00:00 UTC) Englishfrom Ondo, Nigeria
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30 min
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Bio

Stephen Akadiri helps startups turn organic search into a predictable acquisition channel that drives real business outcomes, beyond traffic. He currently leads organic growth at a YC-backed fintech, where he scaled SEO into the company’s primary demand generation channel, driving 210% year-on-year growth across 12+ markets. His work focuses on building systems: programmatic SEO, high-intent content strategies, and aligning search with product and revenue metrics like signups and KYC completion. Earlier in his career, he drove 400%+ organic growth for pan-African and UK brands by fixing technical foundations and building content engines that perform at scale. Stephen’s strength is simple: diagnosing growth bottlenecks quickly and focusing teams on the one or two moves that actually drive results. He has shared these insights on stages like BrightonSEO and DMWF, and serves as a judge for the UK Digital Excellence Awards. He enjoys working with founders and growth teams trying to move beyond surface-level SEO into scalable acquisition systems.

Expertise


  • SEO

    Head of SEO with 7+ years building organic growth systems for fintech and SaaS companies. I specialise in international SEO, programmatic content, and tying search performance directly to revenue. My work grew organic acquisition and turned SEO into the primary demand generation channel across 12+ markets for a global payments platform serving 200K+ businesses.

Toolkit


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    Google Analytics

    Used GA4 to measure organic acquisition, engagement, and revenue attribution across multiple markets. Built conversion funnels and SEO performance dashboards to track how search traffic translated into signups and pipeline. Insights from GA4 helped prioritize high-intent pages and contributed to a 210% YoY growth in organic acquisition.

Industries


  • FinTech

    7+ years driving organic growth for fintech platforms in payments, cross-border transfers, and virtual accounts. At a YC-backed fintech, led SEO across 12+ markets and turned organic search into the primary acquisition channel. Focus areas include international SEO, E-E-A-T for financial (YMYL) content, and aligning search with product, compliance, and revenue goals.

Experience

  • Grey (YC W22)

    Senior SEO & Organic Growth Strategist

    I lead Grey’s international SEO and organic growth function, shaping how the company shows up across Africa, MENA, India, LATAM, Europe and the UK. My work sits at the intersection of search, product, localisation, and machine learning, turning SEO into one of the company’s most reliable acquisition engines. Work includes: -Building international SEO strategies informed by user intent, SERP behaviour, and AI search -Building scalable landing-page systems supported by structured data, internal logic, and automation -Aligning search with product roadmaps and user flows -Connecting organic performance with product data so we track not just traffic, but activation and long-term value -Improving technical clarity for search engines and LLM retrievers -Running experiments around entity optimisation, structured data, and discoverability -Building dashboards for leadership that show clear links between SEO and revenue -Guiding content teams, PMs, and growth contributors across teams -Supporting international expansion with search insights and market behaviour data Selected Results -Established SEO as Grey’s highest-performing acquisition channel across multiple regions. -200%+ YoY growth across priority markets -Significantly stronger presence in high-intent SERPs improved LLM visibility for core transactional topics In simple terms, my work transforms SEO from a marketing activity into a global growth system that supports acquisition, activation, and retention across continents, and positions Grey for the next era of AI search and LLM-driven discovery.

  • Hotels.ng

    SEO Manager

    Drove 80% YoY growth in organic traffic by building an SEO-driven travel guide with 500+ articles on city attractions, travel tips, and hotel recommendations. Supervised a team of 3 assistant editors and 12 content writers and 3 SEO Analysts. Increased organic bookings by 60% by launching geo-targeted hotel landing pages optimized for local travel queries.

  • Hotels.ng

    Search Engine Optimisation Analyst and Content Editor

    Achieved 125% increase in bookings from local searches in 4 months through localised content strategy and insights from competitor analysis. Trained 12 content writers on how to produce SEO-rich articles and observe on-page SEO best practices. Increased conversion rate by an average of 8% per month through continuous optimization and A/B testing of power landing pages.

  • Hotels.ng

    Search Engine Optimization Executive

    Grew hotels.ng travel guide blog from an average of 1500 monthly visits to 5000 visits/month in 3 months. Created a rank tracker to monitor the company's profitable keywords on search results.

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