Senior Marketing Engineer — AI Visibility & SEO Lead

Ketchum; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Golin Ketchum is seeking a Senior Account Executive, Marketing Engineer to join the Generative Engine Operations team in Chicago. You will merge strategy with technical execution, optimizing AI visibility and site performance for client brands.

The role blends data-driven insights with hands-on development across SEO, automation, and CMS interfaces. Expect collaboration with strategy, creative, and engineering teams; build AI-ready content, dashboards, and tools to inform campaign direction and

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in technical SEO, marketing technology, web development, growth engineering, or a related role.
• Hands-on technical SEO skills including site audits and schema markup.
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; familiarity with Python.
• Experience with APIs, data pipelines, or automation tools.
• Hands-on experience with large language models and AI-powered tools.

Responsibilities

• Benchmark brand presence across AI platforms and identify visibility drivers and gaps.
• Translate data into actionable client recommendations aligning content, earned media, and technical fixes with business goals.
• Build client strategies, briefs, and presentations explaining technical findings to non-technical stakeholders.
• Develop tools, dashboards, and pipelines to speed GEO work and enable scalable reporting.

Skills

Technical SEO

Marketing technology

Web development

Growth engineering

Python

APIs

Tools

Screaming Frog

Google Search Console

Semrush

Ahrefs

WordPress

Adobe Experience Manager

Sitecore

Job description

Golin Ketchum is seeking a Senior Account Executive, Marketing Engineer to join the Generative Engine Operations team in Chicago. You will merge strategy with technical execution, optimizing AI visibility and site performance for client brands.

The role blends data-driven insights with hands-on development across SEO, automation, and CMS interfaces. Expect collaboration with strategy, creative, and engineering teams; build AI-ready content, dashboards, and tools to inform campaign direction and