About Us

Healthcare Industry Expertise & Exceptional SEO Capabilities

At Varn Health, our expert search marketing team specialise in creating strategies tailored to healthcare businesses. Our team leads in SEO innovation, leveraging the latest knowledge, insights, and trends to accelerate the growth of pharmaceutical brands and healthcare businesses, while adhering to medical compliance standards. We also work at the forefront of SEO for global ecomm brands & online retailers and publishers through our sister agency Varn.

Our CEO and founder Tom Vaughton, has a background in Biology, and Varn Health was born from his vision to create and build a truly expert team of healthcare SEO specialists. Our team comprises a diverse mix of strategists, mathematicians and statisticians, data analysts, digital marketers, AI search experts, content creators and copywriters as well as website developers, all with extensive experience in both SEO and healthcare.

 

Leading Experts in Healthcare SEO

We take pride in being recognised as leading experts in the SEO industry, sharing our extensive knowledge and expertise in search and digital marketing.

Our CEO Tom Vaughton, delivers regular keynote speeches at Brighton SEO, the biggest global conference for SEO professionals and we are frequently asked to share our ideas and thoughts on how search, Google, website visibility and SEO are evolving and impacting brands and businesses.

Tom Vaughton of Varn Health Brighton SEO 2024

Meet Our Healthcare SEO Experts

Tom Vaughton

Founder & CEO

Tom Vaughton is the founder of Varn Health and with a background as a biologist had the ambition to create a highly experienced, expert and specialist healthcare SEO team. Varn Health is now a Google-certified SEO agency, specialising in search marketing for ambitious biotech and pharma (pharmaceutical) companies. Tom is also regularly asked to consult on SEO for brand and advertising marketing agencies working for pharma clients. Tom relishes the SEO and search challenges Varn Health tackles daily, with the end goal of accelerating profitable growth, website rankings and traffic for happy clients.

Aimee Talbot

Head of Innovation

Aimee has over 15 years of expertise and experience in search marketing, with a specialisation in Technical SEO and statistical analysis. Aimee joined Varn over a decade ago in 2012 and has developed an in-depth knowledge of SEO best practices and is well-versed in SEO tools, including Google Search Console and Google Analytics.

Aimee has specialist expertise in delivering Technical SEO excellence for a multitude of pharmaceutical, consumer healthcare and medical businesses, across a variety of markets.

Helen Dalton 

Head of Technical SEO

Helen has an extensive and wide-ranging background in digital marketing, having worked in a variety of marketing roles for over a decade before joining Varn in 2022.

Helen is a crucial member of the Technical SEO team, conducting SEO audits and aiding healthcare clients in maximising their search engine visibility. She enjoys the challenge of interrogating site performance and using data-led insights to create bespoke strategies for growing organic search traffic for medical businesses.

David Foy

SEO Account Manager

David is a highly experienced Search Marketer and heads up the SEO content outreach and content creation at Varn Health. David has worked with the likes of Roche, Alliance Pharmaceuticals and GSK.

David has been with Varn Health since 2018, working primarily on developing outreach and content creation for clients, driving campaigns that have the potential to drive brand awareness, Digital PR coverage and links.

In addition to content creation David also has experience working on holistic search campaigns and bringing together the onsite SEO and content outreach side of search.

Tom

Tom

CEO
Vicky

Vicky

Comms Director
Rob

Rob

MD
Aimee

Aimee

Head of Innovation
David

David

SEO Account Manager
Elaine

Elaine

Technical SEO Manager
Katie

Katie

Technical SEO Expert
Jenny

Jenny

Search Intent Manager
Dan

Dan

Non-Executive Director
Mark

Mark

Digital Designer
Helen

Helen

Head of Technical SEO
Jade

Jade

Head of Operations and People
Vlad

Vlad

AI/ML Engineer
Thomas

Thomas

SEO Account Executive
Kate

Kate

Partnerships and Business Development Manager
Alexis

Alexis

Technical SEO Executive
Jess

Jess

Technical SEO Manager
Jordana

Jordana

Senior Technical SEO Executive
Kira

Kira

Technical SEO Manager
Gregorio

Gregorio

Senior Technical SEO Manager
Kate

Kate

Operations Assistant
Haris

Haris

Data, Analytics and Tracking Manager
Lisa

Lisa

Senior Paid Media Executive
Cerys

Cerys

Senior Marketing Executive
Drushti

Drushti

Future Talent Graduate
Georgina

Georgina

Future Talent Graduate
Lana

Lana

Digital Marketing Executive

Our Values

Experienced Experts

From technical SEO expertise, AI & data analytic expertise, website optimisation and comprehensive management of digital content, our team are true experts when it comes to healthcare SEO. Your pharma and healthcare business will benefit from dedicated and seasoned SEO professionals who are well-versed in every aspect of SEO.

Results Driven

For our healthcare clients, tangible results speak louder than SEO jargon. We determine clear result metrics at the outset, and craft strategies to surpass your competitors and deliver more quality traffic, market share and revenue. We like SEO talk, but our ultimate focus lies in SEO wins.

Helpful Partner

We firmly believe in the power of partnerships when it comes to working with our pharma and healthcare clients. By closely collaborating, we will work as trustworthy and supportive partners who not only guarantee results, but also look to foster enjoyable and sustainable client relationships.

Trustworthy & Ethical

We take pride in always doing the right thing for your healthcare business. Our commitment to integrity and honesty, forms the cornerstone of our partnerships and approach, and we forge robust client relationships built on trust and mutual respect.

Happy People

We’re passionate about what we do and firmly believe that life is too short to not have fun, so let’s enjoy collaborating together. Varn Health is full of happy people who want you to love your SEO journey as much as we do.

Caring Team

Our commitments extend beyond business; we deeply value our community, environment, and each other’s well being. Through initiatives like our woodland office, which offsets our carbon footprint, we prioritise being sustainable. Our team is dedicated to making a positive impact, both professionally and ethically.

Want to join our happy team?

Career Opportunities

Our World Outside SEO

Our impact on the world and the wellbeing of all the team at Varn Health is very important to us. We are always trying to bring a positive contribution to our community and the planet.

The Varn Woodland Office

The Varn Woodland Office

Our commitment to planting trees and offsetting our carbon footprint, has given rise to our new 'off grid woodland office’ and has helped offset our carbon footprint many times over. Our innovative and unique woodland office is a natural workspace, designed for our team to be able to work outside and close to nature.
Leave the World Better Than We Found It

Leave the World Better Than We Found It

We aim to constantly give back more than we take through using renewable energy, recycling, being carbon positive & using eco-friendly hosting. We see the contribution we can make to our community going hand in hand with our positive contribution to the environment.
Wealth Creation for Distribution for Good

Wealth Creation for Distribution for Good

We support local projects such as a community skatepark, our local foodbank & solar panels for a primary school. Globally, we donate to start-ups in Africa & Eastern Europe, as well as sponsoring a child for each of our employees to pay for their school fees. We see a significant way to help solve environmental and poverty challenges is through supporting education.

Sign up to stay up to date with the latest digital marketing and healthcare SEO insights

Sign up for Varn Health insights
Get the latest SEO insights from Varn Health

Keep up to date with the latest search marketing news, insights, algorithm changes and research