Director, AI Visibility and GEO Strategy

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$129K/yr – $186K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 21 hrs ago

Job Summary

Lead AI Visibility and GEO engagements for enterprise clients, translating data into strategic recommendations and guiding cross-functional teams through AI-driven discovery and content strategies.

  • Own client-specific AI Visibility roadmaps aligned to objectives and market dynamics.
  • Present executive insights and strategic recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  • Stay ahead of AI-driven commerce trends to shape advisory guidance.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the strategic lead for AI Visibility and GEO engagements across a portfolio of enterprise clients.
  • Consult with advertisers on how AI platforms are influencing customer discovery, evaluation, and purchasing behavior.
  • Develop client-specific AI Visibility strategies aligned to business objectives, category dynamics, competitive landscape, and visibility opportunities.
  • Present strategic recommendations, executive insights, and thought leadership to senior client stakeholders.
  • Act as a trusted advisor on emerging trends in AI-driven commerce, search, content, and digital discovery.
  • Serve as a strategic advisor on the evolving convergence of SEO, GEO, content strategy, and AI-driven discovery.
  • Guide clients through organizational changes required to adapt to AI-powered search and recommendation environments, helping align digital, content, SEO, PR, affiliate, and commerce stakeholders around shared visibility objectives.
  • Translate visibility data into actionable recommendations designed to improve brand representation across AI-generated responses.
  • Identify opportunities to strengthen presence across publisher, content, comparison, review, and recommendation ecosystems.
  • Develop strategic roadmaps designed to improve citation share, competitive visibility, and category presence.

Requirements

  • 8-12+ years of experience in SEO, affiliate marketing, digital strategy, performance marketing, publisher development, commerce media, content strategy, or related fields.
  • Proven experience leading strategic client relationships and presenting to senior and executive-level stakeholders.
  • Strong understanding of publisher ecosystems, content monetization models, affiliate partnerships, and digital media landscapes.
  • Strong understanding of SEO fundamentals, including content strategy, technical SEO concepts, authority signals, indexing, crawling, structured data, and search ecosystem dynamics.
  • Experience translating search, content, visibility, and performance data into strategic business recommendations.
  • Ability to communicate emerging GEO concepts and best practices to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience in SEO, affiliate, content partnerships, publisher strategy, or commerce content, with experience spanning multiple disciplines strongly preferred.
  • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize complex information into actionable recommendations.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and build strategies in rapidly evolving markets.
  • Strong communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred

  • Experience with AI Visibility, GEO, SEO, content strategy, commerce content, or digital discovery ecosystems.
  • Knowledge of large language models, AI-powered search experiences, answer engines, and evolving consumer discovery behavior.
  • Direct experience developing SEO, content, organic search, or digital visibility strategies for enterprise brands.
  • Familiarity with GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), retrieval systems, AI search platforms, and the evolving relationship between search engines and large language models.
  • Experience partnering with SEO teams, content strategists, digital PR teams, publisher organizations, or media teams to improve visibility outcomes.
  • Experience working with enterprise advertisers and complex cross-functional organizations.
  • Familiarity with market intelligence, analytics, and visibility measurement platforms.
  • Experience developing new products, capabilities, service offerings, or consulting frameworks.
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CJ

3.3 Glassdoor

From pioneering affiliate marketing to powering the future of connected commerce, CJ has been the trusted leader in partnership-based growth since 1998.Founded in Santa Barbara, California, CJ (formerly Commission Junction) is the world’s most established performance marketing platform, trusted by over 3,800 global brands across retail, travel, finance, and home services. Our technology and expertise connect 167K+ publishers and brands to billions of consumers worldwide, driving measurable, profitable growth.As part of Publicis Groupe, and aligned with Publicis Media, we unite data, technology, and strategic expertise to deliver a truly customer-centric approach. With a legacy of innovation and a vision for what’s next, CJ continues to set the standard for performance marketing — building partnerships that scale, campaigns that perform, and commerce that connects.

Founded in 1998
Santa Barbara, California, USA
1.7K employees (352 in marketing)
55% recommend to a friend
53% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$129K/yr – $186K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

AI Search median pay in the United States

$102K/yr

Most pay falls between $85K and $144K. Based on 165 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
319 (18% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
7

Funding

Total Funding
$40M
Last Raise
$40M
Non Equity Assistance, 22 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2003
    Non Equity Assistance • $40M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.5M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
21.1%
Direct
63.4%
Referral
10.8%
Social
1.9%
Paid
2.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.7K
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Director, AI Visibility and GEO Strategy

CJ · Chicago, IL · Hybrid