Director of Discoverability

USA

$90K/yr – $100K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the new discoverability practice and translate it into market-facing products and revenue by aligning SEO, AI search, and earned channels across client engagements.

  • Own the offering across SEO, AEO/GEO, social search, content strategy and PR to drive repeatable, revenue-generating services.
  • Lead senior client engagements on visibility across search engines, AI answer engines and discovery platforms.
  • Define KPIs and measurement frameworks that prove impact and unlock scalable cross-team revenue opportunities.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead MMGY’s discoverability practice, including the vision, service definition, positioning and go-to-market approach for this emerging discipline.
  • Create and operationalize a unified offering across SEO, AEO/GEO, Social search, discoverability-driven content strategy and PR distribution strategy.
  • Define the agency’s point of view on discoverability in the age of AI, LLMs and agentic search, and translate that point of view into market-facing products and client solutions.
  • Partner with the VP Marketing Technology and other department leaders to build a profitable, scalable revenue stream based on ongoing monitoring, consulting, strategic planning and execution.
  • Develop service frameworks, methodologies, processes and deliverables that support consistent, high-quality client delivery.
  • Identify opportunities to grow client engagements through integrated workstreams with PR, Creative, Content, Strategy, Media and Marketing Technology teams.
  • Serve as senior strategic lead on key client engagements, providing counsel on how brands can improve visibility across search engines, AI answer engines, generative platforms and other discovery environments.
  • Serve as the technical SEO authority across the agency, ensuring discoverability considerations are integrated into web development engagements from kickoff through launch.
  • Build discoverability roadmaps that align technical optimization, content development and earned distribution to client business goals.
  • Partner with Account Management and Business Development teams to support new business pitches, client education and strategic upsell opportunities.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in digital marketing and advertising
  • 7+ years experience in organic search
  • Proven experience in developing strategy and solutions for emerging AI Search
  • Expertise in technical SEO, content strategy and off-page authority-building, with a strong understanding of how these disciplines are evolving in AI-driven search environments.
  • Strong understanding of how earned media, digital content and structured technical signals work together to improve discoverability.
  • Proven ability to translate emerging digital trends into client-ready solutions, recommendations and revenue opportunities.
  • Experience presenting to senior clients and internal stakeholders with executive presence and strategic credibility.
  • Ability to balance visionary thinking with practical implementation and operational discipline.
  • Experienced in leading SEO platforms, including Semrush, BrightEdge, Oncrawl, Google Search Console, Moz, Screaming Frog and Surfer SEO.
  • Experience in pioneering AI Search platforms, such as Profound or Peec AI.

Preferred

  • Passion for the travel, tourism and hospitality industries preferred.
  • Experience in a professional services, integrated agency or travel marketing environment preferred.

Benefits

  • MMGY Global provides a comprehensive PTO + benefits package that includes a hybrid telework policy.
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MMGY Global

MMGY Global is the world's leading integrated marketing company specializing in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry representing multiple agency brands with one goal: to inspire people to go places. Our communications practice is composed of multiple best-in-class brands including Travel Intelligence, TCI Research, Grifco, Hills Balfour, Lieb, MMGY, the company's flagship integrated marketing agency, Myriad, NJF, NextFactor, Origin and Wagstaff. Together, we represent more than 600 travel and tourism marketing experts across the globe.

Founded in 1981
Overland Park, Kansas, USA
446 employees (140 in marketing)