SEO & GEO Account Lead

USA (Hybrid)

$90K/yr – $100K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and drive the SEO strategy across a client portfolio, guiding content and technical optimization while leading performance storytelling with cross-functional teams.

  • Lead SEO strategy and roadmaps
  • Mentor junior team and share knowledge

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead SEO strategy across a portfolio of clients, spanning e-commerce, B2B, enterprise and start ups.
  • Develop content strategies grounded in search intent, competitive analysis, and editorial opportunities
  • Build and present strategic roadmaps, monthly performance reports, and QBRs with clear commercial narrative
  • Collaborate with digital PR, content, and paid teams to build integrated search campaigns
  • Identify upsell and growth opportunities within existing client accounts
  • Stay ahead of algorithm updates, AI search developments, and emerging SERP features
  • Mentor junior team members and contribute to internal knowledge-sharing

Requirements

  • 3 - 5 years in an SEO role, ideally agency-side
  • Proven experience across technical, content, and strategy disciplines
  • Past experience collaborating with digital PR and/or social teams on campaigns
  • Strong command of industry tools, including Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, GA4, GSC, Looker Studio
  • A track record of driving measurable organic growth
  • Strong written and verbal communication — you can present to a CMO, and are able to simplify complex data into compelling, client-ready stories
  • A real point of view on AI search — and examples of how you're already factoring in LLMs, AI Overviews, and the evolving SERP landscape
  • Commercial awareness — an ability to spot growth opportunities, upsells, and deliver ROI
  • Excellent project management skills, with the ability to prioritise, delegate, and hit deadlines across multiple accounts

Preferred

  • Proficiency with technical SEO audits — crawlability, site architecture, Core Web Vitals, structured data etc.
  • Examples of how you’ve used AI to create efficiencies in your SEO and strategic workflows
  • Experience across agency new business, including creating responses to briefs and presenting proposals to potential clients

Benefits

  • $90,000 - $100k salary
  • Generous holiday allowance + public holidays
  • Holiday loyalty scheme
  • Work from anywhere for up to one month a year
  • Your birthday off
  • Christmas and New Year office shutdown
  • Access to private medical
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
  • Flexible and hybrid working
  • Bucket list scheme — one life experience on us
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Rise At Seven

The SEARCH-FIRST content marketing agency for people who want more ⚡🤘🤓 🙌. The agency for brands who believe brand and search should work together. Based In London, Manchester, Sheffield & New York.

Founded in 2019
New York, England, GBR
74 employees (50 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
28.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.2%
Direct
47.3%
Referral
4.3%
Social
16.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~74

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
42 (57% of company)
Median Career Experience
5 years
Median Tenure
0.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
7

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