SEO/GEO & Content Manager - U.S. Based only
$100,000–$130,000 year
HybridSan Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
Own technical SEO end-to-end, including audits, crawl issue resolution, and schema implementation. Lead Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) strategy to optimize content for AI-powered search experiences like ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews. Design and run continuous SEO and GEO experiments, instrumenting tracking to analyze results and scale successful tactics. Build analytical frameworks connecting organic activity to business outcomes such as indexing, rankings, and revenue. Implement on-page SEO, internal linking, and content structure tuned for both classic search and LLM retrieval. Use AI tools aggressively to scale audits, keyword research, and competitive analysis. Stay current on algorithm updates and translate findings into internal playbooks. Distribute and repurpose content across owned and rented placements to drive measurable organic value. This hybrid role in Larkspur, CA requires 2 days in-office per week.
Required Qualifications
- Good writing skills
- 3–5 years of experience in SEO, growth, analytics, or organic marketing roles
- Has a Bachelor's or Master's degree in an analytical field of study
- Is deeply analytical — fluent in GA4, Google Search Console, and spreadsheets; comfortable working with messy data
- Is an excellent writer— can write both briefs as well as complete articles and content pieces
- Has strong technical aptitude — understands how the web works, can read HTML/CSS/JS, reason about rendering and crawlability, and write specs developers respect
- Brings a relentless can-do attitude — owns problems end-to-end, doesn't wait to be told, ships, and follows up on impact
- Has a high learning rate — a diligent student of SEO and GEO algorithms; reads patents, studies SERPs, runs tests, and synthesizes findings into clear, repeatable playbooks
- Is eager to learn AI tools and AI-enabled scaling techniques — already experimenting with them, and excited to push much further
- Knows how to optimize content that performs for both humans and search/LLM systems, and understands the nuances of platform-native formats
- Please note for candidates in the San Francisco area, this would be a hybrid role with in-office expectations 2 days/week in our Larkspur, CA office
Desired Qualifications
- SQL or Python a strong plus
- Have shipped GEO / AI-search experiments and can show measurable lift in AI citations or referral traffic
- Are an expert user of AI tools, agents, and AI-orchestrated workflows
- Have experience with log file analysis, custom SEO scripting, or building internal SEO tooling
- Have a public body of work — a blog, talks, open-source tools, or case studies
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