Director, SEO/AEO & Content Marketing

The Shield Companies; West Valley City (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer matching

Open PTO policy

In-office work model

Job summary

EcoShield Pest Solutions is seeking a Director of SEO/AEO & Content Marketing to lead the organic growth strategy across national and local SEO, AEO, content marketing, and organic social. You will report on lead volume, sales, revenue, and CAC contribution while driving technical SEO, site architecture, and link acquisition for EcoShield’s high-traffic site.

You will build and scale local SEO with GBP optimization and reviews, develop an editorial content engine, and manage an agency partner

Qualifications

• 8+ years in National and Local SEO with proven track record
• Experience building AEO and LLM visibility programs
• Local SEO at scale with multi-location GBP management and reviews
• Technical depth: crawling/indexing, Core Web Vitals, migrations
• Editorial operations leadership with high-volume content pipelines
• Channel P&L or budget ownership and team management

Responsibilities

• Own organic growth strategy across national/local SEO, AEO, content marketing, and organic social
• Drive growth of organic performance for www.ecoshieldpest.com including site architecture and link acquisition
• Build and optimize AEO visibility via AI-assisted search and citations
• Lead local SEO program with GBP management, citations, and reviews
• Oversee content engine: editorial standards, service pages, guides, and video production

Job description

1142 West 2320 South Ste A-1 Salt Lake City, Utah 84119Director, SEO/AEO & Content MarketingWhat You Will OwnThe organic growth strategy and its results: national SEO, local SEO, AEO, content marketing, and organic social, reporting on lead volume, sales, revenue, and CAC contribution, not just rankings.Growth of organic performance on www.ecoshieldpest.com: technical SEO, site architecture, on page optimization, internal linking, and link acquisition.The AEO program, built from the ground up: earning citations and visibility for EcoShield in ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Overviews, and Gemini for pest control queries, with share of voice tracked and reported.Local at scale: Google Business Profiles claimed, cleaned, and optimized for every service area, plus citations, review generation velocity, and local landing pages per market and per pest.The content engine: editorial standards, service pages, guides, and video, using AI assisted production with human editorial quality control.Organic social built with a video first focus, including niche influencer partnerships that resonate with our audience.Team and partner leadership: as we grow the program, you will hire and develop SEO/AEO and content specialists and manage an agency partner if/where it genuinely adds value.Forecasting and reporting: organic lead and sales volume forecasts.What You Will BringRequired8+ years in both National and Local SEO with a demonstrated track record of creating and managing a successful organic channel on a high trafficked website.Real results and deep and credible fluency, building AEO and LLM visibility programs, with a point of view on how AI answers change search behavior.Local SEO at scale: multi location Google Business Profile management, citations, and review programs.Technical depth: crawling and indexation, Core Web Vitals, structured data, migrations, and site architecture.Content operations leadership: you have run editorial calendars, production pipelines, and quality standards at volume.Channel P&L or budget ownership, and proven experience building and managing teams.PreferredExperience in a marketing organization that drives leads for an inside sales team.Home services and/or local services category experience.Hands-on fluency with tools such as Ahrefs, BrightEdge, Screaming Frog, and AEO visibility platforms such as Profound.Experience pairing SEO with CRO to convert organic traffic into leads.Who Thrives HereStraight talk about what this is. We are building a lead generation and online customer acquisition engine from the ground up, in an industry that has never seen one built this well. The pace will be fast, team culture will be one of winning and collaboration, and the celebrations will be exciting as we grow and hit our targets. That is exactly what makes it fun.You build, you do not maintain. Your fingerprints will be on something that did not exist before you showed up.Real budget, real backing. Direct line to a fully committed CMO and executive team.Outcomes over activity. You will be measured on what you actually produce, and when it works, everyone will know exactly who built it.It will ask a lot of you. This is not a coasting seat. The people who lean all the way in will look back on this as the most career defining work they have done.If you want to run a known playbook, this is not the seat. If you want to figure out what winning looks like in AI powered search before everyone else does, this is the place for you!Why Work for EcoShield Pest Solutions?The Shield Co. Management / EcoShield Pest Solutions is one of the fastest-growing pest control companies in the country! Our mission is to create the world’s happiest family, and our purpose is to spread happiness. We do this by delivering exceptional experiences to our customers, employees, partners, and communities—treating everyone like family.EcoShield Pest Solutions is proud to offer competitive pay and full benefits!Competitive compensation package, with base salary commensurate with experience.Director level roles are eligible to participate in our annual performance bonus program.Health, dental, and vision insurance and a 401(k) plan with employer matching.Open PTO policy.In-office work model with the expectation of being in office 5 days a week.Physical Demands and Working RequirementsThe physical demands and working conditions outlined here are typical requirements for an employee to effectively carry out the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to assist individuals with disabilities in performing these essential functions.Requires prolonged periods of sitting at a desk or workstationFrequent use of hands and fingers for typing and using a computer mouseOccasionally lift and carry office materials or supplies up to 25 poundsRequires clear vision for reading documents, computer screens, and other office materialsWork is inside a climate-controlled office with quiet to moderate noise levelThe above statements are meant to outline the general nature and scope of work performed by employees in this role. They should not be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for this position.EcoShield is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. We make employment decisions based on merit and business needs, without discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): The Shield Co. Management, LLC is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities during both the hiring process and throughout employment, in accordance with applicable laws.