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Jun 6, 2026
# Senior SEO Strategist & Team Lead
## About Us
We are a growing SEO agency focused on helping local businesses dominate Google Search, Google Maps, AI Overviews, and ChatGPT-style search experiences.
We are looking for a highly experienced SEO Strategist & Team Lead who can take ownership of campaign performance, rankings, team execution, and SEO strategy.
This is not a basic SEO role.
We are looking for someone who can identify ranking bottlenecks, develop winning SEO strategies, lead our team, and ensure our clients consistently move toward Page 1 rankings.
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## Your Mission
Your responsibility is simple:
**Analyze every campaign, identify what is preventing growth, build a plan to fix it, and lead the team to execute it.**
You will be accountable for rankings, traffic growth, local SEO performance, and campaign success.
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## Responsibilities
### SEO Performance Monitoring
* Review client rankings daily.
* Identify ranking drops and traffic declines.
* Identify campaigns that are stalling.
* Monitor organic rankings, local rankings, traffic, clicks, impressions, and conversions.
* Proactively identify opportunities for growth.
### SEO Strategy & Campaign Planning
* Conduct in-depth website audits.
* Identify what is preventing a website from reaching Page 1.
* Develop SEO strategies that drive measurable growth.
* Build and manage 90-day SEO roadmaps.
* Develop:
* Keyword strategies
* Content strategies
* Internal linking strategies
* Local SEO strategies
* Authority-building strategies
* Website restructuring recommendations
### Team Leadership
* Assign SEO tasks to writers, SEO specialists, link builders, and developers.
* Manage projects through Asana.
* Conduct weekly SEO tea
* Follow up with tea
* Review completed work and maintain quality standards.
* Adjust campaign strategies based on performance data.
### Technical SEO
* Identify and resolve technical SEO issues.
* Conduct audits using tools such as:
* Google Search Console
* Google Analytics 4
* SEMrush
* Ahrefs
* SE Ranking
* Screaming Frog
* Work directly with developers to implement fixes.
* Personally implement SEO fixes when required.
### Client Strategy & Communication
* Conduct strategy calls with clients.
* Explain campaign performance and next steps.
* Present SEO recommendations and growth opportunities.
* Adjust campaign strategies based on client goals.
### SEO Operations
* Build and improve SEO fulfillment SOPs.
* Build and improve GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) fulfillment SOPs.
* Improve internal processes and campaign workflows.
* Ensure campaigns continue progressing and never stall.
## What We're Looking For
* Proven experience ranking websites on Page 1 of Google.
* Strong Local SEO and Google Business Profile experience.
* Strong Technical SEO experience.
* Strong On-Page SEO experience.
* Strong SEO strategy and campaign planning skills.
* Experience managing SEO teams.
* Experience leading weekly meetings and managing project workflows.
* Ability to diagnose ranking issues quickly and create actionable plans.
* Ability to take ownership and accountability for campaign performance.
## Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
You will be measured on:
* Growth in organic rankings.
* Growth in local SEO rankings.
* Growth in organic traffic.
* Growth in clicks and impressions.
* Growth in Google Business Profile visibility.
* Campaign execution and completion rates.
* Client retention and satisfaction.
* Number of campaigns actively progressing versus stalled.
* Visibility within AI search experiences, including AI Overviews and ChatGPT-style search discovery.
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## Application Questions
1. How many SEO campaigns have you managed simultaneously?
2. Describe a campaign where you took a site from little or no visibility to Page 1 rankings.
3. Describe a local SEO campaign that achieved significant ranking growth.
4. What metrics do you review daily across active SEO campaigns?
5. If a client's rankings have been stagnant for six months, what is your process for diagnosing and fixing the issue?
6. What SEO tools do you use daily?
7. Please provide examples, case studies, or screenshots demonstrating ranking improvements you have personally achieved.
Bonus: Submit a Loom video auditing a website and explaining what is preventing it from ranking higher and what actions you would take to improve its performance.