Associate Director, Organic Content & Growth (SEO & GEO/AEO)

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$115K/yr – $130K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 6 days ago

Job Summary

Own the end-to-end content program, balancing research, writing, optimization, and performance analysis to drive organic growth and leads through SEO, AI-enabled discovery, and cross-team collaboration.

  • Own content strategy and editorial calendars
  • Drive measurable organic traffic and leads through content optimization

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Personally write, edit, optimize, and refresh high-quality content, including thought leadership, educational articles, website content, landing pages, and other digital assets.
  • Develop and manage SEO-driven content plans, editorial calendars, and content workflows that support organic growth and lead generation objectives.
  • Conduct keyword, search intent, competitive, and content gap research and translate insights into content briefs and finished content.
  • Partner directly with internal subject matter experts to turn complex financial topics and ideas into clear, engaging, authoritative content.
  • Partner with external SEO consultants to identify opportunities, develop content briefs, and execute content initiatives.
  • Identify and execute opportunities to increase off-site visibility and authority through third-party profile optimization, industry rankings, guest articles, interviews, publisher placements, citations, and brand mentions.
  • Collaborate with the Head of Growth Marketing and external partners on SEO and GEO/AEO strategy while taking direct ownership of execution.
  • Apply SEO best practices across content, including keyword strategy, search intent, content structure, internal linking, metadata, and other on-page optimization opportunities.
  • Optimize content for discoverability across traditional search engines and emerging AI-powered experiences, including AI assistants, LLMs, and answer engines.
  • Monitor organic and AI-search performance to identify opportunities to increase qualified traffic, engagement, visibility, and leads.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in content marketing, SEO content, organic growth, editorial, or a related marketing role.
  • Excellent writing and editing skills, with recent experience personally creating long-form and digital content.
  • Strong hands-on SEO experience, including keyword research, search intent, content optimization, internal linking, and performance analysis.
  • Working knowledge of GEO/AEO and how content is increasingly discovered and cited through AI-powered search experiences.
  • Proven experience creating and optimizing content that drives measurable organic traffic, engagement, leads, or other business outcomes.
  • Demonstrated ability to take content from research and brief development through writing, optimization, publishing, and performance measurement.
  • Experience managing content production workflows and collaborating with agencies, consultants, or external partners.
  • Strong analytical skills and experience with SEO and performance tools such as GA4, Google Search Console, Ahrefs, SEMrush, or similar platforms.
  • Strong communication, project management, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Collaborative, curious, and comfortable working in a fast-moving environment where priorities evolve and experimentation is encouraged.

Preferred

  • Agency experience, particularly in a role requiring hands-on execution across multiple clients, projects, or deadlines.
  • Experience in financial services, wealth management, fintech, or another regulated or complex industry.
  • Experience using AI tools to support content research, optimization, workflows, or performance analysis.
  • Hands-on exposure to GEO/AEO initiatives, AI search optimization, or LLM visibility measurement.
  • Familiarity with off-site SEO, digital PR, publisher ecosystems, and brand authority-building strategies.

Benefits

  • medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, health savings accounts, short and long-term disability insurance, voluntary critical and accident insurance, and pre-tax parking and transportation programs.
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Founded in 2017
Chicago, Illinois, USA
505 employees (10 in marketing)
83% recommend to a friend
96% CEO approval

Salaries

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$115K/yr – $130K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
10 (2% of company)
Median Tenure
3.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$33.5M
Last Raise
$33.5M
Private Equity, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2021
    Partners Asset Management Fund I • $33.5M

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75.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$234.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
23.2%
Direct
41.5%
Referral
25%
Social
7.1%

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Current headcount: ~510

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