Brand Discovery AI Lead: Visibility & Automation

Sphere Digital Recruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sphere Digital Recruitment is seeking a Head of AI Visibility & Automation to lead a brand-new capability at the intersection of SEO, AI search and marketing automation. You will own how client brands are discovered and recommended across Google, ChatGPT and social platforms, while building automated infrastructure to scale.

You will lead two specialist managers—AI/Search Visibility and Data & AI Automation—bringing the disciplines together into one high-performing function and shaping strategy,

Qualifications

• Proven experience in SEO/search strategy and how AI changes discovery.
• Hands-on experience with GEO/AEO, AI Overviews, LLM answer engines or AI chatbot optimisation.
• Experience designing or overseeing marketing workflow automation (n8n, Zapier or Make).
• Strong people leadership across specialist disciplines.
• Experience in multi-brand organisations or agency environments.
• Comfort operating strategically with solid workflow tooling and automation.
• Experience with AI/LLM APIs or agentic tooling is highly desirable.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to champion new ideas.

Responsibilities

• Own the AI visibility / brand everywhere strategy across search, AI assistants, social and community platforms.
• Develop GEO/AEO strategies to improve how brands are cited, recommended and represented by AI.
• Build measurement frameworks around AI citations, share of voice, traffic and brand search uplift.
• Lead the design and rollout of n8n-based automations across research, auditing, outreach, competitor intelligence and content planning.
• Ensure AI and automation workflows integrate with BI, content, creative and web publishing systems.
• Set standards around automation reliability, data quality and human oversight.
• Lead, coach and develop the Search Everywhere Strategy Manager and Data & AI Automation Manager.
• Act as a senior internal advocate for emerging AI search opportunities.

Skills

SEO/Search strategy

GEO/AEO

AI search knowledge

Marketing automation

n8n

Zapier/Make

Leadership

Cross-brand environment

AI/LLM APIs

Stakeholder management

Tools

n8n

Zapier

Make

Job description

Sphere Digital Recruitment is seeking a Head of AI Visibility & Automation to lead a brand-new capability at the intersection of SEO, AI search and marketing automation. You will own how client brands are discovered and recommended across Google, ChatGPT and social platforms, while building automated infrastructure to scale.

You will lead two specialist managers—AI/Search Visibility and Data & AI Automation—bringing the disciplines together into one high-performing function and shaping strategy,