Managing Director, SEO

We are Brainlabs, the High-Performance media agency, on a mission to become the world's biggest and best independent media agency. We plan and buy media that delivers profitable and sustained business impact. And what’s our formula? Superteams of Brainlabbers, fueled by data and enabled by technology.

Brainlabs has always been a culture-first company. In fact, from the very beginnings of the agency a set of shared principles, philosophies and values was documented in The Brainlabs Handbook, helping us create our unique culture.

As with everything here we always seek to adapt and improve so The Brainlabs Handbook has been fine-tuned to become The Brainlabs Culture Code.

This Culture Code consists of 12 codes that talk to what it means to be a Brainlabber. It’s a joint commitment to continuous development and creating a company that we can all be proud of, where Brainlabbers can turn up to do great work, make great friends and win together.

You can read The Brainlabs Culture Code in full here.

Classification:
Full-time

Reporting to:
Chief Product Officer

Compensation:
We are open to hiring candidates in our various office locations across the United States. We also receive applications from, and hire, candidates with varying levels of experience for example those who have a few years experience in a role to those who are looking to make a step up. The salary ranges on our job postings are set so as to account for these variable factors with decisions on the salary to be offered only made once we know the experience and location of our new hire.

Work Authorization:
Must be legally entitled to work in the United States

The Managing Director, SEO is responsible for driving the expansion of Brainlabs’ SEO and AI Visibility efforts. The primary objective is to continue to grow the SEO practice profitably by building an approach that utilizes the best people, processes and technology to be able to deliver client results via organic and AI search.

Brainlabs is culture-first. You’ve probably heard other companies describe themselves as people, clients, or profit first – but we see people, clients and profit as the building blocks of our ecosystem. Culture powers all three and we know that when the ecosystem is balanced, we all win! That's why the culture we cultivate is a culture of winning together.

To learn more about what it’s like to be a Brainlabber, check out our culture code.

• Manage the P&L and grow revenue across the NAMER SEO practice
• Align the organization around a single vision for delivering AI SEO visibility and organic traffic
• Senior sponsorship of our largest SEO client relationships working with Brainlabs SEO teams to develop strategy and communicating SEO strategy to client side C-level stakeholders
• Co-Lead GTM for AI Visibility efforts with the Chief Product Officer, lead new business SEO opportunities
• Define the partners and tech to best serve Brainlabs’ clients
• Guide measurement strategy for SEO and AI Visibility
• Deliver SEO thought leadership across social media, Brainlabs’ blog and industry speaking engagements

• An SEO professional with 12+ years of SEO experience inclusive of leading SEO teams, developing and executing SEO strategy for enterprise clients and participation in sales processes
• Have an opinion of how AI and LLMs have changed SEO and how brands need to adapt to drive increased AI visibility
• Held in high regard by media partners and colleagues
• Comfortable in a Q , on stage or in a pitch closing media business
• Understanding of SEO from a technical, content and strategic lens
• Track record of hiring, developing and growing successful teams
• Ideally have independent agency experience
• Can build: processes, trainings and culture

• You live our culture code every day!
• Clearly define how we will show up in the marketplace, align the leadership team around it, and build the teams in markets in that image
• Take a pragmatic, first principles approach
• Balance quick wins versus long term tactics
• Grow our SEO Practice revenue via both new business and new buying assignments from existing clients
• Collaborate and share with other SEO…