Associate Director, SEO

🕒 September 3

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $108k - $125k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📈 SEO Marketing

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DEPT®

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1001 - 5000 employees

📣 Marketing

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

📱 Media

Marketing • Artificial Intelligence • Media

DEPT® is a global digital agency that blends marketing, creative services and technology to help major brands grow. It offers AI transformation, brand & media, commerce, customer experience, and tech & data services, and emphasizes data-driven approaches and AI-native capabilities. DEPT® works with enterprise clients across industries, runs Growth Invention sprints, and is B Corp certified and climate neutral.

📋 Description

• Direct long-term SEO and GEO strategies for enterprise accounts across traditional SERPs and AI-driven surfaces • Integrate SEO with Paid Search, Social, and PR into a cohesive Total Search strategy • Advise senior clients using data-driven roadmaps and identify growth opportunities • Architect authority-building programs using strategic outreach and digital PR • Oversee technical SEO for site migrations, headless architecture, and advanced schema implementations • Contribute to SEO/GEO scoping, strategy, and presentations for new business pitches and account expansions • Identify organic growth opportunities within existing client relationships • Demonstrate ROI of organic search to C-suite stakeholders • Track search innovation including AI-driven search, voice search, and advanced SEO data visualization • Manage and mentor Managers and Associates

🎯 Requirements

• 5–7 years of SEO experience, with a proven track record of leading strategy for large-scale or enterprise-level clients • Proven experience in people management (3+ years preferred) • Strong expertise in Technical SEO, including JS rendering, API-driven SEO, advanced crawling, migrations, and headless CMS • Deep understanding of the evolving AI search landscape and how GEO integrates into a modern organic strategy • Experience in business development, including scoping projects and lead-room pitch environments • Advanced understanding of the Total Search philosophy • High-level proficiency in Botify, BrightEdge, Screaming Frog, Looker Studio, and PowerBI • Leadership presence to influence cross-functional internal teams and senior-level client stakeholders • E-Verify/Form I-9 work authorization requirement for the U.S.

🏖️ Benefits

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage • 401k plan, plus matching • PTO • Paid Company Holidays • Parental Leave • Inclusive and barrier-free recruitment and selection process • Reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process and employment