Search strategist

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$75K/yr – $80K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own holistic search impact and translate data into business outcomes across paid and organic surfaces.

  • SEO/SEM integration: align paid and organic strategies to boost overall search performance and align with consumer intent.
  • Content and technical optimization: identify opportunities, run audits, and implement site-wide improvements for visibility.

Job Description

  • Own SEO strategy execution, optimization, and technical improvements across Google, YouTube, and related search surfaces.
  • Collaborate with an integrated SEO/SEM team to align paid and organic search for holistic performance and user intent insights.
  • Translate search data into actionable content and site optimizations, audits, and business-ready recommendations.
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Critical Mass

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Critical Mass is a team of 1,900 inspired folks based in 13 offices around the world, providing full-service digital capabilities for the greatest brands on Earth. Our secret sauce is our uncompromising design standards, our relentless focus on customers, and an ability to put powerful new technologies to work for our clients. We work with the best—Apple, Nike, Mars Wrigley, Nissan, Diageo, Airbnb, BMW, BNY Mellon, Johnson & Johnson, and many more—brands who strive for connected digital ecosystems and unparalleled experiences. We help them get there by gaining deep insight into their consumers and orchestrating data, AI, design, media, and tech stacks around human stories.We’re a global agency founded in Canada, but digital is our home. If you know us, then you know we’re a special, quirky place that attracts big talent and tiny egos. (We actually give out a “so f-n nice” award—lots of them). But just because we’re friendly doesn’t mean we’re not a force to be reckoned with. We’re driven. Relentless. And we live our values. We’re Critical Mass, but our friends call us CM. Please call us CM!

Founded in 1996
Calgary, Alberta, CAN
1.8K employees (728 in marketing)
43% recommend to a friend
44% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
30.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
46.7%
Direct
41.5%
Referral
6.8%
Social
3.9%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
347 (19% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
4.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6

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