SEO Senior Manager

Acadia; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Holidays

Paid vacation and sick time

Flexible working hours

401k Match

Equity for All Program

Health benefits

Opportunity for growth

Floating holiday

Job summary

Acadia, a premier digital growth platform, seeks a Senior SEO Lead to guide client engagements from strategy to execution. You’ll own roadmaps, forecasts, and measurement frameworks, ensuring measurable impact across mid-market accounts.

You’ll collaborate across disciplines, manage teams, and drive product innovation while expanding client relationships and revenue growth. This role requires deep SEO expertise, data-backed decision making, and excellent communication with client teams and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of SEO experience, including content strategy, web development, and off-site platforms.
• Proficient in Excel/Google Sheets with Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP.
• Experience using web analytics platforms like Google Analytics and data visualization tools like Looker Studio.

Responsibilities

• Develop a strategic vision, roadmap, and measurement plan for every client engagement.
• Develop forecasts for SEO programs for current and prospective clients.
• Build and maintain relationships with assigned accounts to identify opportunities for growth.
• Lead coordination of client workstreams and internal initiatives with PM tools.
• Promote SEO successes to stakeholders and advocate impact of recommendations.

Skills

3+ years SEO experience

Team leadership

Client relationship management

Forecasting & planning

Data-driven decision making

Excellent communication

SEO tools: Screaming Frog, Semrush

Excel & Sheets (Pivot, VLOOKUP)

Analytics: GA, Looker Studio

Tools

Screaming Frog

Semrush

Looker Studio

Google Analytics

Job description

Precis

As an elite digital growth platform for mid-market companies, Acadia strives to create opportunity, meaning, and connection for the communities we serve. Our comprehensive approach to SEO establishes a robust online presence, fuels growth, and forges lasting connections with the target audience.

What You’ll Do

• Develop a strategic vision, roadmap, and measurement plan for every client engagement to solve their challenges.
• Develop forecasts for SEO programs for current and prospective Acadia clients.
• Build and maintain key relationships with assigned accounts, both within the agency and the client, to identify opportunities for improvement and growth.
• Lead the coordination of client workstreams and internal initiatives, using project management tools for efficient management.
• Promote SEO successes to stakeholders and advocate the importance and impact of recommendations on the channel and client business.
• Orchestrate in-person and virtual client visits and trainings, anticipating questions and providing materials for authentic delivery.
• Oversee consistent application of standards and contribute to their development on new deliverables.
• Directly manage team members, setting expectations and reviewing their performance.
• Serve as the exemplar of servant leadership, ensuring the team has the necessary skills, training, and resources.
• Collaborate within the department and other practices to develop new products and innovate existing ones.
• Act as a roaming expert, expanding relationships with other departments and authoring thought leadership pieces.
• Foster proactive collaborations between SEO and other Business Units, helping keep Acadia “sticky” for clients.
• Develop and present internal and external training sessions, including educational sessions for clients and other disciplines at the agency.
• Participate signifcantly in sales pitches.
• Scope projects, create and develop statements of work and addendums for SEO services.
• Assist with the oversight and management of the SEO P&L with respect to activities including tracking and realizing revenue, managing expenses, and forecasting future performance.

Qualifications

• Curiosity: Always strive to understand your Acadia’s and clients' businesses, asking the right questions to help navigate structures and get important work done.
• Candor: Do what is right for your client and team, especially when it's hard. Speak with authenticity, honesty, and humility.
• Can-do: Model a positive attitude, growth mindset, strong will to learn, experiment, and try new things.
• Community: Be a collaborative team player and leader who values contributing to the growth and success of both their clients and stakeholders within Acadia.
• 3+ years of SEO experience, including exposure to content strategy, web development, and off-site platforms like YouTube.
• The ability to persuade others through logical and compelling arguments, backed by real data and illustrative examples to highlight impact and potential costs/threats.
• Possess a strong sense of self-governance and self-organization, but have the courage to ask for help and admit when help is needed.
• Excellent communication skills through writing, speaking, and visual presentations in PowerPoint and Google Slides.
• Advanced experience with various SEO tools such as, Screaming Frog and Semrush.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets skills, including proficiency in VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables.
• Experience using web analytics platforms like Google Analytics and data visualization platforms like Looker Studio.

What we offer - The Perks

• A work environment that enthusiastically encourages creativity, risk-taking, and growth.
• Paid Holidays
• Paid vacation and sick time
• We are closed Christmas Eve through New Year's Day
• Solid Health Benefits (medical, dental, and vision insurance)
• 401k Match
• Equity for All Program
• Opportunity for growth that is second to none in the industry
• Flexible working hours
• Paid time off
• Floating holiday
• And more….

Here’s how we live our values at Acadia

• Can-do: We dedicate ourselves to helping our clients and co-workers reach their fullest potential. We demonstrate courage and urgency to find and take ownership.
• Curiosity: We show genuine interest. We are the first to ask why, the first to research, and the first to understand. We ask questions until we find the path to conquer obstacles and build solutions
• Candor: We are honest and transparent in all our actions. We strive to foster positive and mutually beneficial relationships where respect and humanity thrive.
• Community: We will make lives better for those people, clients, and other deserving causes that we care deeply about.

Acadia is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We believe that the more diverse we are, the more creative our work will be!