Associate Director, SEO & Growth Leadership

Socket.dev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 97,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Digitas, a leading agency within Publicis Groupe, seeks an Associate Director of Search Engine Optimization to lead a team of SEOs, analyze data, and drive innovative search strategies for clients across industries.

You will present capabilities to clients, scope work, guide process improvements, mentor talent, and collaborate with delivery managers to ensure timely, accurate, and high‑impact deliverables, while leveraging emerging AI tools to ideate, research and generate content when

Qualifications

• Four-year degree in marketing, computer science or related field.
• 6+ years of combined experience in search engine optimization, project management or account management.
• Proven leadership skills and prior experience managing a team.
• Experience scoping projects, forecasting and driving ongoing process improvement.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously and make smart, fast decisions.
• Knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
• Outstanding leadership and people management skills.
• Stellar communication and presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel as needed.
• Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and generative AI tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Clearly and convincingly presenting search engine optimization capabilities to clients and best practices to internal teams
• Developing and presenting proposals and recommended tactics to clients and working with Managers and Supervisors to present all client deliverables
• Leading process improvement efforts
• Developing or approving all scopes of work that include search engine optimization
• Ensuring excellence and accuracy in all client deliverables
• Collaborating with Delivery Managers on project timelines and with Staffing on resource needs
• Developing and maintaining high-quality talent

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in marketing, computer science or related field

Tools

HTML

JavaScript

CSS

Job description

Digitas, a leading agency within Publicis Groupe, seeks an Associate Director of Search Engine Optimization to lead a team of SEOs, analyze data, and drive innovative search strategies for clients across industries.

You will present capabilities to clients, scope work, guide process improvements, mentor talent, and collaborate with delivery managers to ensure timely, accurate, and high‑impact deliverables, while leveraging emerging AI tools to ideate, research and generate content when