Manager, SEO & GEO

Orlando, FL (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableManager4+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive and own SEO/GEO strategy to grow organic acquisition and scale AI-driven discovery, with cross-functional governance and data-driven tests.

  • Own organic growth strategy across traditional search and GEO, with coordination across Content, Product, and Editorial.
  • Must-have: 4+ years of SEO-focused experience and strong technical SEO background.
  • Standout: Experience aligning SEO with AI discovery, machine-readable content, and cross-functional partnerships.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop, lead, and execute organic marketing strategies and roadmap that leverage data driven insights
  • Own organic growth strategy across traditional search and AI-driven discovery (Google AI Overviews, LLMs, answer engines).
  • Define and evolve GEO best practices to ensure brand visibility and citation in generative responses.
  • Partner with Content, Product, and Editorial to ensure content is structured for machine understanding and extraction.
  • Establish standards for structured content (schema, summaries, FAQs, entities, metadata) optimized for AI consumption.
  • Translate shifts in search behavior (zero-click, AI summaries) into clear priorities and roadmaps that balance traditional SEO and GEO.
  • Manage relationships between multiple marketing vendors & freelance partners
  • Champion SEO across the organization, ensuring its consideration across marketing and product.
  • Work cross-functionally with product, creative, paid, and brand teams to align SEO with companywide business goals and objectives.
  • Responsible for growing new user acquisition and hitting core SEO KPIs across properties – including traditional SEO, GEO and ASO.

Requirements

  • Bachelors’ degree in Marketing or a related field
  • A minimum of 4+ years of relevant business experience with strong focus on SEO
  • Comprehensive understanding and application of SEO & GEO principles, tools & methodology.
  • Excellent analytical, prioritization, organizational, and quantitative skills.
  • Proficiency in web analytics tools (e.g. Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics)
  • Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the Orlando, FL office, a minimum of three days per week.
  • Travel: Must be able to travel domestically for business meetings, trainings, and team events as needed.

Preferred

  • Familiarity and passion for sports and entertainment industry
  • Solid understanding of evolving GEO and AI discovery industry changes.
  • Passion for analytics and digital marketing
  • A love for SEO and content marketing
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Versant Media

VERSANT is an industry-leading media and entertainment business with a strong portfolio of networks and complementary digital platforms, including renowned brands MS NOW, CNBC, USA Network, Golf Channel, E!, SYFY, Oxygen GolfNow, Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes and SportsEngine. VERSANT’s iconic and award-winning businesses serve its audiences through four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf and athletics participation, and sports and genre entertainment.

6.2K employees (2,527 in marketing)

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Current headcount: ~6.2K

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Marketing Team Size
1,547 (25% of company)
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13 years
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