SEO Content Associate Director

Publicis Health Media; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 97,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Health Media in Chicago is seeking an SEO Account Associate Director to lead a team of experienced SEO specialists, align client goals with internal teams, and drive best-in-class strategies and execution.

You will partner with clients and agency partners to establish roadmaps, improve performance, and grow client partnerships through proactive optimization and leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; 5+ years direct SEO experience.
• Experience leading 4+ person teams.
• Experience with enterprise clients & cross-agency collaboration.
• Healthcare industry knowledge a plus.

Responsibilities

• Act as point of escalation across assigned brands and solve site performance challenges.
• Build trust with client, partner agency, and internal teams as strategic SEO expert.
• Educate stakeholders on SEO value and channel role in marketing mix.
• Lead annual reviews and 1:1s with associates.
• Foster transparency and drive workflow efficiency.

Skills

Team leadership

Account planning

Client management

Team management 4+

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

5+ years SEO experience

Tools

GA4

Adobe Analytics

GSC

Rank tracking

Job description

Company DescriptionPHM is the leading health media agency in the US, built for the modern healthcare experience. Here, industry depth meets media scale, where data becomes direction, where creativity and storytelling bring truth to life, and where orchestration replaces fragmentation.

Company DescriptionPHM is the leading health media agency in the US, built for the modern healthcare experience. Here, industry depth meets media scale, where data becomes direction, where creativity and storytelling bring truth to life, and where orchestration replaces fragmentation. Dedicated to making brands discovered, PHM redefines what media can do through data, content, and creativity. Because in modern healthcare, the brands that are found are the ones that lead. And when brands lead, advantage follows. Go deeper. Be found.

OverviewThe SEO Account Associate Director provides management and leadership to a team of experienced SEO account, content, and technical specialists to ensure best-in-class strategy, communication, execution, and implementation. SEO Account Associate Directors oversee books of business at either the client-wide scale or multi-brand business unit level, aligning closely with partner teams and broader leadership to establish client-specific goals. The goal for this role is to deeply understand the needs of the client, target audiences, and internal teams to establish structure and roadmaps to improve performance and foster team growth.

Responsibilities

• Point of escalation across assigned brands, creatively problem-solving to address client needs, questions, and site performance challenges with dependable solutions
• Build trusting relationships with client, partner agency, and internal team counterparts, viewed as strategic SEO expert
• Improve client understanding of SEO capability, value, process, dependencies, and obstacles to success by educating on SEO fundamentals, the channel’s role in the marketing mix, and how it contributes to brand goals
• Demonstrate proactivity, take initiative, ownership, and accountability for the team’s work
• Establish areas of focus, identify tactical knowledge gaps and create resources to drive efficiency of workflow and elevate deliverable quality
• Foster a culture of transparency, comradery and accomplishment within their team
• Monitor performance across key accounts and sites with ongoing reviews, drive adoption of tactical best-practice optimization, see opportunities to innovate
• Facilitate cross-departmental collaboration by working with team members to craft holistic plans, optimizations, and reports
• Contribute to business scoping, deliverable tracking, resource management, and other financial and operational business aspects
• Lead annual reviews, hold career-centric 1:1s and Catch-Ups with Supervisors, supporting dialogue with Associates and Sr. Associates
• Lead cross-agency collaboration and establish workflow processes with partner agencies and vendors on behalf of clients
• Amplify impact through proactive case study and standard methodology documentation, actively contribute to SEO team goals

Knowledge

• Advanced knowledge of SEO content and technical ranking signals and factors
• Advanced knowledge of SEO content and technical standard processes for optimization
• Advanced knowledge of SEO performance monitoring tools (GA4, Adobe, GSC, rank tracking tools)
• In-depth knowledge of media categories (planning, Paid Search, Paid Social, Programmatic)
• Ongoing awareness and understanding of search industry and landscape, trends, search engine result page and algorithm updates
• Strong team leadership and management experience with advanced organizational skills
• Proficient project management skills, time management skills, and experience with project delegation
• Ability to problem solve and provide alternative solutions
• Experienced in finding new ways to evolve strategic SEO approach and processes

Qualifications

• Ability to multi-task and manage time, demonstrating personal organization and meeting deadlines while
• maintaining attention to detail
• Ability to take and/or set initial direction, proactively provide proposed solutions and status updates
• Enterprise client management and account planning experience
• Experience creating processes and efficiencies within a team or organization
• Exhibits integrity, trust, and investment in self-development
• Adherence to agency procedures (timesheets, required trainings, 360 feedback, etc.)
• Experience managing a team of 4+ individuals
• Bachelor’s degree preferred, with 5+ years of direct SEO or comparable experience
• Healthcare industry knowledge a plus

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $97,375.00 - USD $139,965.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 11/1/2026.