[Remote] Director, SEO/AEO

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Lamark Media is an integrated digital marketing firm focused on creating extraordinary marketing campaigns. They are seeking an experienced SEO leader to drive revenue and scale the SEO business unit, responsible for department performance, operational excellence, team leadership, and service innovation.

Responsibilities

• Own SEO department revenue and strengthen client retention
• Identify opportunities for organic growth and support new business by shaping SEO strategy, scoping, and resourcing
• Ensure client strategies tie directly to measurable business outcomes
• Oversee delivery quality and ensure consistent execution through scalable systems, QA processes, and reporting standards
• Improve operational efficiency to drive stronger margins and align resourcing, forecasting, and capacity planning
• Lead a team of 6, with direct management of the Associate Director and indirect oversight of the broader team
• Support hiring, onboarding, and ongoing development of SEO talent by setting performance expectations, ensuring accountability, and elevating strategic thinking
• Develop frameworks, playbooks, standardized deliverables, and SOPs that allow for team scalability and cross-team functionality, integrating automation and AI when applicable
• Act as a senior strategic lead across key accounts, ensuring proactive, insight-driven recommendations that reinforce agency value

Skills

• 8+ years of professional experience in SEO-focused roles, with demonstrated experience leading teams, owning client outcomes, and scaling operations
• Agency tenure: experience working in an agency or fast-paced digital environment required
• Accountability for retention, margin, revenue: previous positions have required management of department-level responsibilities
• Forward-thinking approach to organic: has already developed practices and/or packages for AEO, 'search everywhere,' and has used automation and/or AI to improve efficiency or scalability
• Passion for people management: genuine interest in nurturing team members' growth and experience leading other leaders
• Strong organizational and administrative skills: ability to keep team delivery on track while managing strategic business priorities
• Presentation & Communication Skills: Strong ability to present ideas, strategies, and performance results to clients in a clear and persuasive manner
• Remote work experience: a history of successfully managing people and priorities in a remote setting through team collaboration tools

Benefits

• Incredible company culture - we are passionate about the impact we make every day; we balance freedom with responsibility, and we aim for a consultative, transparent, and communicative approach in both our internal and client relationships
• Diverse and forward-thinking environment
• Great career growth opportunity—you’ll have direct access to agency leadership
• Company-assisted medical insurance programs, life insurance, optional vision and dental insurance programs, and short-term and long-term disability offered
• 401(k) with employer matching
• Company events and industry conferences

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