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Orbit Media Studios

Senior SEO & AI Search Strategist

Chicago, IL (Remote)

$80K/yr – $95K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own and lead organic, AI, and CRO strategy for up to six brands while designing holistic content plans, coordinating cross-functional buy-in, and proving impact through data.

  • Own and drive the primary organic strategy for multiple brands
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder alignment
  • Define and execute content, SEO, and AI search initiatives with measurable outcomes

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Consult on SEO, AI search (GEO/AEO) and CRO strategy for up to six great brands
  • Convincingly take the lead on organic strategy as a credible, trusted expert
  • Act as a peer advisor, partner and friend in these relationships
  • Design holistic content strategies that achieve specific, business-relevant goals
  • Curate buy-in around your plans with in-house specialists, executives and investors
  • Prove results using data, leveraging tools like GA4, GrowthBook and Google Sheets automations
  • Track and grow how often clients are cited and recommended in AI answers, alongside organic traffic and conversions
  • Thoughtfully guide your team’s activities, including specialists in content, code and analytics
  • Collaborate with other Strategists through a common, centralized process
  • Expect overlap with these common job titles: SEO Consultant, SEO/GEO Strategist, AEO Strategist, AI Search Strategist, SEO Analyst, Digital Strategist, Content Strategist, CRO Consultant and Account Manager

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience with SEO and conversion topics
  • Account-facing relationship management
  • Technical SEO: audits, site architecture, experiments, etc.
  • Creative SEO: keywords, content strategy, linkbait, etc.
  • Conversion optimization: varied testing, analytics wizardry, etc.
  • AI search optimization: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, entities, structured data, etc.
  • Curiosity about AI paired with critical thinking: you test claims before you repeat them
  • Possess (or acquire) Google Analytics 4 certification
  • Organized, meets deadlines, leads others to do the same
  • Communicate complex ideas simply and kindly

Preferred

  • Front-end web development experience (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript)
  • Experience with data scraping, spreadsheet wizardry, or other productivity hacks
  • Building AI-assisted workflows or tools (custom GPTs, Claude projects, Python, APIs) that speed up audits, research, or reporting
  • Samples of past campaign strategy, execution and outcomes

Benefits

  • Budget for professional growth
  • Identity protection option
  • Paid parental leave
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Orbit Media Studios

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Orbit is an award-winning digital marketing and web design agency based in Chicago. Since 2001, we've completed over 1,000 successful web design projects. We have worked with companies in every industry and have over 25 years of expertise in digital marketing, web design, web development, SEO, AEO/GEO and conversion optimization. We're proud of our reputation for client service and success. Orbit is a team of 100% in-house web design, web development and optimization experts. Our digital marketing services focus on SEO-driven website design, development and conversion optimization. At Orbit, AI tools are used to surface insights, uncover gaps and highlight opportunities that ensure optimal persona alignment and SEO, CRO and AI discoverability best practices.We have one purpose; build beautiful, high-performing lead generation websites. We are devoted to listening, planning and managing projects flawlessly. We love the work we do, the clients we work with and the amazing people we work alongside.We’re proud to be a B Corp and love giving back to our community by donating web design and digital marketing services to Chicago area nonprofits.

Founded in 2001
Chicago, Illinois, USA
79 employees (29 in marketing)
www.orbitmedia.com
1% recommend to a friend

Salaries

Posted range

$80K/yr – $95K/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
21 (27% of company)
Median Tenure
4.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
99.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$12
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.5%
Direct
52.2%
Referral
5.9%
Social
3.3%
Paid
2.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~79
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Senior SEO & AI Search Strategist

Orbit Media Studios · Chicago, IL · Remote