AEO & SEO Strategist (Remote US)

Irvine, CA (Remote)

$75K/yr – $95K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 17 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own the end-to-end client strategy execution for SEO and content campaigns, guiding goal setting, data-driven optimization, cross-functional collaboration, and proactive client and leadership communication.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • - Strategic Excellence and Best Practices: Strategists are responsible for creating custom strategies and implementing best practices for their clients that ultimately result in achieving our NSMs. The strategist will use project phase as a foundational moment for building the initial client strategy, but will also use our clients overall marketing goals, current and ongoing campaigns, and historical performance to optimize and revise strategies over the lifetime of the client while adhering to Directive best practices
  • - Strategists will work closely with their Associate Director (AsD) when roadblocks arise that impact their strategy and goal attainment.
  • - Strategists display a strong ability to craft creative briefs and compelling content campaigns with a focus on ideation based on competitor and audience insights.
  • - Best practices should be used to inform our strategies to ensure our clients are in the best position to exceed their goals. In particular: - LTV:CAC modeling - Customer Generation - Share of SERP - Content Production - Goal Setting: Strategists are responsible for using available data to set goals for clients during their engagement period. These goals will be reviewed and approved by their Associate Director (AsD), who should be in the meeting with them. - Data sources include Google Analytics, CRM data, SEMRush reporting, and Ahrefs reporting - All Goals must be approved by the Associate Director (AsD) before the Strategist can present it to their client alongside their Associate Director (AsD).
  • - Project Management: Strategists are responsible for ensuring that their planned strategy is executed. Project Management ensures that the Directive team and the client team knows who is responsible for specific tasks to ensure we make progress towards our goals.
  • - Use of the project management tool Asana is required.
  • - This includes delegating tasks to other team members, such as Specialists, as well as our clients and then ensuring that these tasks are completed in a timely manner.
  • - In pods where Project Managers are present, Strategists will ensure they partner with Project Managers to ensure all tasks are created, assigned and due dates are met and communicated to the client
  • - Strategists will work closely with content writers and designers to complete content campaigns for clients on time while also being responsible for ensuring that the quality is up to client standards.
  • - Internal and External Communication: Strategists are the main interface between our clients and our team. Strategists are expected to build relationships with our clients that goes beyond just deliverables and get to know them on a human level with the primary goal of being the best consultant for our clients and their business. Additionally Strategists are expected to proactively communicate to clients and internal leadership on a regular basis to ensure we are driving the best results for clients.

Requirements

  • - A proven track record of success around implementing SEO principles and content strategy: keyword research, on-page optimization, and link building
  • - Analytical insight: ability to analyse website traffic and SEO metrics using tools like Google Analytics
  • - Strong Communication skills: comfortable client facing and owning relationships with key stakeholders
  • - Strong familiarity with industry tools such as Google Search Console, Google Analytics, SEMRush, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog/crawling tools
  • - Proven organisational, project, and time management skills
  • - Genuine enthusiasm for digital marketing, SEO and Content
  • - Must have agency experience
  • - Must have B2B tech and/or SaaS experience
  • - Driven to stay ahead of industry trends, including actively learning how AI and automation can enhance marketing and operations.

Benefits

  • 🏠 Medical, dental, vision plans, disability, and life insurance coverage for you and your family that fit your lifestyle
  • Including a 100% employer-paid plan for you and a 50% employer contribution for your dependents
  • 🧠 Mental - Access to certified therapists through Spring Health, membership to Headspace
  • 💪 Physical - Gympass
  • 🛫 Time Off - Unlimited PTO (2-week minimum), Paid Company Holidays, Your Birthday Off, End of Year Recharge (Closed December 24 - January 1), Paid Parental Leave
  • 💰 Financial - Traditional and Roth 401(k) with a 3% company match
  • 🌟 Bonus - Annual bonus based on tenure, which scales in total amount over time
  • 🌴 Annual Anniversary Trip with peers and executive leadership for fun and entertainment!
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Directive

The world's largest B2B brands trust the global team at Directive Consulting to bring their performance marketing campaign results to life. Directive's proven Customer Generation methodology has generated +$1B in revenue for clients in the last 10 years by blending best-in-class campaigns across Paid Media, Content + SEO, Design, Strategy, and RevOps. It's time for B2B companies to stop guessing about marketing ROI and start predicting sales revenue with industry-leading financial modeling. Build a winning game plan with Directive. You can find our talented team in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC!

Founded in 2014
Irvine, California, US
211 employees (116 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$75K/yr – $95K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($85K) is 12% above the median base salary for SEO Strategist roles in the United States ($76K).

SEO Strategist median pay in the United States

$76K/yr

Most pay falls between $69K and $82K. Based on 59 salaries.

See all Directive salaries

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
50.6K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$40.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
45.7%
Direct
39.6%
Referral
8.7%
Social
4.8%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~230
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AEO & SEO Strategist (Remote US)

Directive · Irvine, CA · Remote