Organic & AI Manager

Havas Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Industry leading parental leave

Hybrid working: 3 office anchor days,

Flexible working: core hours 10am–4pm

Havas From Anywhere: up to 1 month

Hava Rest Days: 2 extra days off

Paid volunteer leave

Career development through internal/ex

Employee Resource Groups

Sydney CBD location in The Rocks

Job summary

Havas Media in Sydney seeks an Organic & AI Manager to lead AI visibility across a portfolio of enterprise clients. You will own strategy, delivery, and reporting for SEO and AI-driven initiatives, building GEO methodologies and maintaining an AI visibility platform.

You will report to the Organic & AI Director and collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop market-first AI offerings and insights. This role offers a hybrid work arrangement in Sydney.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in SEO/organic.
• Demonstrable hands-on AI search work.
• Strong command of analytics and reporting.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Client Delivery: lead defined client book—strategy, roadmaps, execution and reporting.
• AI Visibility Leadership: own the department’s AI visibility practice and platform.
• Team Enablement: train the wider team on AI visibility delivery.
• New Business Support: support AI visibility pitches and proposals.
• Client Communication: build relationships and facilitate workshops.
• AI-Assisted Ways of Working: use AI tools and build automations.
• Industry Knowledge: stay ahead in AI search and contribute thought leadership.

Skills

SEO

AI search

Analytics

Communication

Tools

GA4

Google Search Console

SEMrush

AI visibility platform

Job description

Agency :

Havas Media

Job Description :

We’re looking for an Organic & AI Manager to join the growing Organic & AI Performance team at Havas Media. This role will be based in the Havas Village in Sydney.

Why work at HAVAS?

We’re a certified Great Place to Work. There are plenty of reasons why, but these are some of our favourites:

• Industry leading parental leave


• Hybrid working: 3 office anchor days, 2 days working from home


• Flexible working, with core hours of 10am to 4pm on office anchor days


• Havas From Anywhere: work from anywhere for up to one month


• Hava Rest Days: 2 additional days off every year to recharge


• Paid volunteer leave


• Career development through leading internal and external providers


• A culture of belonging, supported by our Employee Resource Groups


• Sydney CBD location in the heart of The Rocks


• And so much more

BECAUSE your family matters, and being there for the important moments shouldn’t come at the expense of your career.

BECAUSE we believe great work can happen without being in the office five days a week.

BECAUSE life doesn’t always fit neatly around a 9 to 5. School drop offs, appointments and everything in between matter too.

BECAUSE sometimes being closer to family, extending a trip or simply changing your surroundings makes life better.

BECAUSE proper rest makes us better humans, not just better employees.

BECAUSE we want you to have the time to support the causes and communities that matter to you.

BECAUSE your career should keep moving forward, and we want to invest in where you want to go next.

BECAUSE you should never have to leave part of yourself at the door when you come to work.

BECAUSE if we’re coming together in person, it should be somewhere worth coming to.

BECAUSE the best workplaces don’t just offer benefits. They create an environment where people can build a career and a life that work together.

The Opportunity

AI search is the next major shift in organic visibility and most brands don’t have a strategy for it yet. Havas Media’s Organic & AI Performance team is building that capability now, helping clients understand and grow their presence across Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and other AI surfaces, alongside best-in-class organic search.

This is a rare opportunity to join a new-model organic department at build stage: you won’t inherit someone else’s playbook, you’ll write it. As our AI visibility specialist, you’ll own the methodology, tooling and standards that make Havas Media the go‑to agency for AI search in Australia, while running your own portfolio of enterprise clients.

The Role

The Organic & AI Manager owns a portfolio of client accounts end-to-end across both organic search and AI visibility, and holds specialist ownership of AI visibility for the whole department — the deepest AI search practitioner in the team.

With 4+ years of experience in SEO/organic and demonstrable hands‑on AI search work, this role leads strategy, delivery and reporting for a defined client book, while building the GEO methodology, owning our AI visibility platform, and training the wider team.

You’ll report to the Organic & AI Director and work closely with the Head of Organic & AI Performance on pitches, landscape briefings and the development of a market‑first AI visibility offering.

Key Responsibilities

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  Client Delivery (Portfolio Ownership): Act as day-to-day delivery lead for a defined client book — strategy, roadmaps, execution and reporting. Deliver across the full service mix: technical SEO, content strategy, AI Overview optimisation, LLM brand presence, and entity and structured data strategy. Produce monthly insight‑led performance reporting using our portfolio of tools.

  
  


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  AI Visibility Leadership (Specialist Ownership): Own the department’s AI visibility practice. Set up and run our AI platform includingprompt tracking design, competitor sets, and the reporting templates used across all clients. Build and maintain the GEO methodology: AI visibility audit frameworks, AI-readable content standards, and zero‑click strategy playbooks.

  
  


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  Team Enablement: Train the wider team on AI visibility delivery so the whole department delivers both organic and AI. Share learnings, tools and techniques through our workshop cadence and team meetings.

  
  


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  New Business Support: Support the Head of Organic & AI Performance with technical substance for AI visibility pitches, proposals and AI search landscape briefings for senior client stakeholders.

  
  


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  Client Communication: Build strong relationships at working‑team level, acting as a trusted advisor on organic and AI visibility strategy. Facilitate client workshops and clearly communicate complex AI search concepts to non‑technical audiences.

  
  


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  AI‑Assisted Ways of Working: Use AI tools as the default in day‑to‑day delivery within our quality governance. Build simple, reusable automations for repetitive tasks (briefs, schema, audits, reporting) and share them with the team.

  
  


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  Industry Knowledge: Stay at the forefront of the fastest‑moving space in search — AI platforms, GEO techniques and industry developments and contribute to agency thought leadership on AI search.

  
  

Required Skills & Experience

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  4+ years of experience in SEO/organic, with demonstrable hands‑on AI search work: AI Overview tracking, LLM visibility measurement, GEO or answer‑engine optimisation on real client accounts

  
  


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  Working knowledge of how LLM retrieval and citation works (RAG, grounding, entity recognition) and the ability to explain it clearly to a CMO

  
  


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  Experience with an AI visibility platform (Peec AI, Profound, Otterly or similar) strongly preferred

  
  


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  Strong command of the organic analytics stack: GA4, Google Search Console, SEMrush

  
  


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  Solid technical SEO and structured data foundations

  
  


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  Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non‑technical audiences

  
  


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  Comfortable using AI tools in day‑to‑day delivery, with sound judgement on quality governance

  
  


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  Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple accounts and prioritise effectively

  
  


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  A genuine curiosity about where AI search is heading and the drive to help define how brands respond

  
  

Who are we?

Havas Media is the media experience agency of the Havas Village. Our Organic & AI Performance team is repositioning what an organic practice looks like: integrated SEO and AI visibility, AI‑assisted ways of working, and a deliberate focus on the surfaces where brand discovery is moving. You’ll join a small, senior, tight‑knit team at the ground floor of that build with the backing of one of Australia’s leading media networks behind you.

We invest in our team’s success, wellbeing and growth. Here’s what you can look forward to:

Career-Defining Territory:

Own a genuinely new specialism at the moment it matters with the case studies, award submissions and industry profile that come with it.

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  Commitment to Growth: Training, professional development and clear career progression, including development through Havas University and industry programs.

  
  


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  Flexible Hybrid Work: A balanced schedule combining in‑person collaboration at the Havas Village in Sydney with flexibility.

  
  


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  Collaborative Village Model: Work alongside specialists across media, creative, PR and CX with direct access to leadership in a team built around client needs, not org charts.

  
  

About HAVAS

The Havas Village is a unique model — creative, digital, content, PR, media and partnerships, all under one roof. We build teams around our clients’ needs, not our own structures, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Our mission? To make a meaningful difference to the brands, businesses and lives of the people we work with. We’re proud to be a Great Place to Work Certified company.

At HAVAS, we are committed to building a future that is inclusive to all, where you can bring your whole self to work and feel valued, respected, and supported to succeed. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds, identities, beliefs, age, and abilities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, to apply for this or any role with us.

Contract Type :

Permanent

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.