About
Our History
Optimising content to build organic traffic has always been hard work. Query Hunter was launched in 2023 by Joe Davies, Marcus Reidy and Warren Bickley to make it easy to optimise content and grow traffic from existing pages. It started as a simple WordPress plugin that helped content writes see exactly where the gaps in their content versus search intent were. Query Hunter was so easy to use and so effective that it quickly went viral, being adopted as part of their marketing stack by SEO and marketing experts around the world.
Building on this early success the team evolved Query Hunter into the Spindrift SEO product suite. Spindrift is now a web app, Chrome extension and WordPress plugin, all built to help teams optimise content effectively at scale. Since then, thousands of businesses and agencies have used Spindrift and Query Hunter to improve performance and grow organic traffic. Some of the world’s biggest brands, including IKEA and Volkswagen, use Spindrift because it delivers incredible results.
Spindrift is growing rapidly and aims to remain the #1 comprehensive, secure and easy to use suite of content optimisation tools in the content marketing industry.
Founding Team
Joe Davies
Co-Founder - Strategy & Growth
Joe is a Co-Founder of Spindrift and a well-known figure in the UK organic marketing space. He is best known as Co-Founder and CEO of Fat Joe, one of the UK’s leading outsourced SEO and link building providers, used by thousands of agencies and brands worldwide. Joe has worked in SEO and digital marketing since the early 2010s, in 2023, he launched the first version of Query Hunter to help marketers uncover hidden opportunities in their content and drive more traffic from existing pages. At Spindrift, Joe leads on strategy and growth, ensuring the products stay focused on real-world performance.
Marcus Reidy
Co-Founder - Tech, Product & Data
Marcus is a Co-Founder of Spindrift, leading product and design and co-leading engineering. He has built his career in marketing technology and data, working across data-driven marketing systems. Prior to Spindrift Marcus served as Chief Product Officer at Pinwheel, a climate engagement platform focused on helping organisations build brand value from environmental action. He currently also co-directs Eject, a marketing automation and analytics firm, helping businesses make faster automated decisions. Marcus holds a degree in War Studies from King’s College London. At Spindrift, he leads product and design while working closely with Warren to build a platform that turns complex data into clear actions.
Warren Bickley
Co-Founder - Tech & Growth
Warren is a Co-Founder of Spindrift and an experienced software engineer with a background across startups, high-growth companies and enterprise engineering projects. His work spans building scalable platforms, improving system performance and advising on technical strategy across a range of industries. Warren brings a practical, systems-focused approach to development, with an emphasis on reliability, speed and scalability. At Spindrift, he co-leads engineering alongside Marcus and plays a key role in product growth, ensuring the platform can support teams from small agencies through to global brands.
Job Vacancies
Questions & Applications to support@queryhunter.io
Content Marketing Intern
Ad-Hoc / Remote
We’re looking for ambitious content interns to gain hands-on experience with Spindrift on a flexible, fully remote basis. This is an ad-hoc, learning-focused role with no fixed hours, designed for individuals who want to build practical skills inside a fast-moving marketing tech company. You’ll work alongside the team to learn how high-performing content is planned, created and optimised, with opportunities to contribute to product guides, feature pages, blog content and video scripts under guidance and supervision. This internship is not a salaried position and is structured as work experience rather than formal employment. Interns will receive access to high-value tools such as ChatGPT Pro and Claude Max, along with Apple hardware, and have relevant work-related expenses covered as part of their placement.