Responsibilities

• Strategic Oversight: Act as the organic search lead for high-value client teams, translating complex SEO data into actionable business growth.
• Full-Funnel SEO: Oversee technical audits, content strategy, and authority building, ensuring all tactics align with the client’s broader marketing ecosystem.
• Performance Storytelling: Lead client presentations, moving beyond \"rankings\" to communicate impact on revenue, brand share of voice, and market trends.
• GEO Innovation: Develop and test methodologies for \"Answer Engine\" visibility, focusing on how brand citations and sentiment are surfaced in AI-driven results (e.g., Perplexity, SearchGPT, Gemini).
• LLM Integration: Identify opportunities to use LLMs to automate SEO workflows, from advanced intent mapping to programmatic content optimization.
• Center of Excellence (COE) Advisory: Partner directly with the AVP of Search to draft whitepapers, internal training modules, and build \"future-proofing\" playbooks for the agency as needed.
• Product Feedback: Influence product roadmaps for Kepler’s internal GEO tools used for LLM research and client presentations (e.g., Kip AIR).
• People management: Directly manage SEO Managers and Specialists, fostering a culture of curiosity and technical excellence.
• Cross-Channel Collaboration: Work alongside Paid Search and Content teams (both at Kepler or inter-agency) within designated client accounts to ensure a unified \"Total Search\" approach.

Requirements

• Experience: 7+ years in SEO, with a proven track record of managing enterprise-level accounts (agency experience preferred).
• Experience with local listing management or franchises/multiple location businesses a plus
• Technical Literacy: Deep understanding of crawlability, schema markup (and its role in AI training), and Core Web Vitals.
• Forward-Thinking: You are already experimenting with GEO tactics and understand the nuances of how LLMs retrieve and synthesize information.
• Analytical Rigor: Proficiency with industry standard tools plus experience using Python or SQL for data-driven SEO is a major plus.
• Communication: Ability to explain the shifts in SEO for LLMs to senior stakeholders who may not be technical.
• Experience working in new business/pitch environments a plus, but not required

Benefits

• Healthcare/Dental/Vision
• Unlimited PTO
• 401k Contributions
• $75/mo Wellness Stipend
• $100/mo Mobile Phone Stipend
• $50/mo Internet Stipend
• $500/yr Annual Learning Stipend
• $2,000/yr Annual Tuition Stipend
• One-time $200 New Hire Home Office Equipment Stipend
• Parental Leave - 16 week primary caregiver / 6 week secondary caregiver leave