Director of Discoverability

Overland Park, KS (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive12+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale the agency’s discoverability offering by shaping a market-ready strategy and cross-functional execution that blends technical SEO, content and earned distribution, while translating AI-search shifts into client-ready solutions.

  • Own cross-functional roadmaps aligning technical SEO, content development and earned media to client business goals.
  • Lead high-impact client engagements as strategic advisor on visibility across search, AI answer engines, and discovery platforms.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead MMGY’s discoverability practice, including the vision, service definition, positioning and go-to-market approach for this emerging discipline.
  • Create and operationalize a unified offering across SEO, AEO/GEO, Social search, discoverability-driven content strategy and PR distribution strategy.
  • Define the agency’s point of view on discoverability in the age of AI, LLMs and agentic search, and translate that point of view into market-facing products and client solutions.
  • Partner with the VP Marketing Technology and other department leaders to build a profitable, scalable revenue stream based on ongoing monitoring, consulting, strategic planning and execution.
  • Develop service frameworks, methodologies, processes and deliverables that support consistent, high-quality client delivery.
  • Identify opportunities to grow client engagements through integrated workstreams with PR, Creative, Content, Strategy, Media and Marketing Technology teams.
  • Serve as senior strategic lead on key client engagements, providing counsel on how brands can improve visibility across search engines, AI answer engines, generative platforms and other discovery environments.
  • Serve as the technical SEO authority across the agency, ensuring discoverability considerations are integrated into web development engagements from kickoff through launch.
  • Build discoverability roadmaps that align technical optimization, content development and earned distribution to client business goals.
  • Partner with Account Management and Business Development teams to support new business pitches, client education and strategic upsell opportunities.
  • Monitor industry shifts related to Google, AI search, LLM platforms, search behavior and travel discovery trends, and proactively translate those shifts into agency and client recommendations.
  • Establish KPIs, measurement frameworks and reporting approaches that demonstrate the business impact of discoverability efforts.
  • Collaborate with Analytics and Strategy teams to identify insights, emerging demand patterns and optimization opportunities.
  • Mentor and guide cross-functional team members, helping elevate agency-wide knowledge of discoverability, AI search and integrated organic visibility.
  • Evaluate tools, partnerships and technologies that enhance MMGY’s discoverability capabilities and delivery model.
  • Represent MMGY externally through thought leadership, client presentations, industry events and content that reinforces the agency’s leadership in travel discoverability.
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MMGY Global

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MMGY Global is the world's leading integrated marketing company specializing in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry representing multiple agency brands with one goal: to inspire people to go places. Our communications practice is composed of multiple best-in-class brands including Travel Intelligence, TCI Research, Grifco, Hills Balfour, Lieb, MMGY, the company's flagship integrated marketing agency, Myriad, NJF, NextFactor, Origin and Wagstaff. Together, we represent more than 600 travel and tourism marketing experts across the globe.

Founded in 1981
Overland Park, Kansas, USA
446 employees (140 in marketing)
49% recommend to a friend
62% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39%
Direct
43%
Referral
9%
Social
7.3%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~446

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
105 (24% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
3.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
8

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