SEO Manager at Cybercite – Lyon, France: the experience

by | Jan 19, 2026

I worked for 3 years at CyberCité, leading online marketing agency in France. They have offices in Lyon, Chambéry, Paris and Nantes. Founded by Nicolas Claraz and Jean-François Longy then joined by David Bonnamour, they have a team of 100 employees, and had a turnover of €9 M in 2011.’

Responsibilities and skills developed:

 

  • Customer account management: 40 customers – 45/50 websites per year
  • SEO analysis: technical audit, backlinks analysis and Google Penguin, Google Panda and Google algorithm penalties investigation
  • Digital marketing strategy and teamwork with PPC, social media and content teams
  • Implementation of the SEO strategy including on-page optimisation, link building, content building: project management of executive internal & external teams
  • Performance monitoring using Excel, home-made ranking tracker & backlinks tracker tool, analytics tools (Google Analytics & Adobe Site Catalyst)

Working at Cybercité was an excellent experience. I could discover the corporate world, working in collaboration with knit teams to deliver high-quality SEO services for clients of all size, from small businesses to large accounts. I had the opportunity and chance to work on the following projects.

Famous French local online directory

For a leading French local online directory, I supervised the re-design of the website then managed  their SEO strategy for 2 years. Results: ✨ Strong increase of organic traffic, up by 100% the first year and over 50% the second year ✔ Feel free to ask me more details about this project. You can check 3 of my references on my LinkedIn profile.

Leading French Internet provider

I worked for 1 year and half for one of the leading Internet service provider in France. Based on the SEO strategy, I made technical optimisation recommendations, pitched them to stakeholders. I also drove the link building actions and the animation of the Google+ page. Results: ✨ Increasing organic traffic by 60%, organic conversions by 50% excluding brand traffic ✔ Feel free to ask me more details about this project and a letter of recommendations.