Remote Senior SEO & AI Strategy Lead

Orbit Media Studios; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

Simple IRA with 3% match

15 PTO days + 1 volunteer day

12 holidays + floating holiday

Office closure between Christmas andNY

Parental leave

STD & LTD disability

Identity protection

Growth budget

Job summary

Orbit Media Studios, a Chicago-based web design and optimization firm, seeks a Senior SEO & AI Search Strategist to lead SEO, GEO/AEO, and CRO for up to six B2B brands. You’ll partner with a squad of PMs, writers, and analytics pros to craft holistic content strategies that drive visible, high-converting websites.

Your role blends expert advisory with hands-on leadership, using GA4, GrowthBook, and automation to prove impact and grow client citations in AI answers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with SEO and conversion topics.
• Account-facing relationship management.
• Technical SEO: audits, site architecture, experiments, etc.
• Creative SEO: keywords, content strategy, linkbait, etc.
• Conversion optimization: varied testing, analytics wizardry, etc.
• AI search optimization: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, entities, structured data.
• GA4 certification encouraged or pursued.
• Organized, meets deadlines, leads others to do the same.
• Communicate complex ideas simply and kindly.
• AP Style-compliant writing and professional communication.

Responsibilities

• Consult on SEO, AI search (GEO/AEO) and CRO strategy for up to six brands.
• Lead organic strategy as a credible, trusted expert.
• Act as peer advisor, partner and friend in client relationships.
• Design holistic content strategies to meet business goals.
• Curate buy-in with in-house specialists, executives and investors.
• Prove results using data with GA4, GrowthBook and Sheets automations.
• Track citations in AI answers alongside organic traffic and conversions.
• Guide team activities across content, code and analytics.
• Collaborate with other Strategists through a centralized process.
• Overlap with SEO Consultant, GEO Strategist, AI Search Strategist roles.

Skills

SEO

Conversion optimization

Account management

Technical SEO

Creative SEO

AI search optimization

Analytics (GA4)

Team leadership

Communication

AP writing

Tools

Google Workspace

Screaming Frog

Semrush

Google Tag Manager

Profound / AI Toolkit

Job description

Orbit Media Studios, a Chicago-based web design and optimization firm, seeks a Senior SEO & AI Search Strategist to lead SEO, GEO/AEO, and CRO for up to six B2B brands. You’ll partner with a squad of PMs, writers, and analytics pros to craft holistic content strategies that drive visible, high-converting websites.

Your role blends expert advisory with hands-on leadership, using GA4, GrowthBook, and automation to prove impact and grow client citations in AI answers.