SEO Manager

About the Company

Jellyfish is a global digital marketing agency that blends tech expertise, creative talent, and data-driven strategy to empower clients on their digital journey. With a commitment to innovation and diverse perspectives, Jellyfish helps businesses reinvent media activation and craft influential stories that drive growth in today's competitive landscape.

About the Role

As SEO Manager at Jellyfish's Earned Media team in New York, you'll lead organic search strategies that drive measurable business growth for our clients. Reporting to the SEO Director, you'll develop data-driven SEO strategies, conduct technical audits, and collaborate across teams to deliver integrated marketing solutions. This is an ideal opportunity for an SEO professional who thrives in a collaborative environment and wants to impact client success through strategic organic visibility and ROI improvements.

Responsibilities

• Develop tailored SEO strategies aligned with client goals, ensuring measurable success and organic visibility growth.
• Conduct comprehensive technical SEO audits, resolving site architecture issues, crawlability challenges, and performance gaps.
• Increase onsite content aligned with SEO best practices, user intent, and organic search trends.
• Design and implement white-hat link-building strategies to improve domain authority and organic rankings.
• Use SEO research, competitor analysis, and market trends to refine strategies and enhance search visibility.
• Provide performance reports with actionable insights, linking data to growth opportunities and next steps.
• Participate in internal and client-facing meetings, positioning yourself as an SEO subject matter expert.
• Collaborate with Social, Content, Paid Media, Display, Creative, Development, and UX teams to ensure SEO integrates into broader marketing campaigns.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with website architecture, indexing, crawling, schema markup, Core Web Vitals, and site performance optimization.
• Proficiency in SEO tools including Screaming Frog, Semrush, Ahrefs, Majestic, BuzzSumo, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and/or Google Tag Manager.
• Strong ability to conduct keyword research, optimize content for search engines, and align strategies with user behavior.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing SEO data, drawing insights, and making strategic recommendations.
• Proven project management skills with ability to meet deadlines and ensure deliverables align with client expectations.
• Experience troubleshooting SEO challenges and adapting strategies to search algorithm changes.

Benefits & Perks

• Discretionary annual bonus scheme and 401k retirement plan eligibility.
• Comprehensive healthcare, vision, and dental insurance plus short and long-term disability and life coverage.
• Remote work flexibility up to 60% of your time with flexible hours between 8am and 6:30pm.
• One paid day per month (2 hours per week) for professional development and access to Jellyfish Learn.
• Family support with 14 weeks of paid leave for primary caregivers and 4 weeks for secondary caregivers.

Jellyfish is a global digital marketing agency that combines tech enthusiasts, creative minds, and media/data experts to empower clients along their digital journey. They offer integrated marketing solutions including organic search, paid media, social, content, and creative services.