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WPP Media
Chicago, United States; New York, United States
Source: WPP Media careers · View original posting
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WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth.
WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.
For more information, visit wppmedia.com.
EssenceMediacom is seeking an Associate Director, SEO & Generative Search Optimization, to join the Organic Search team and lead the strategy, recommendations, and delivery of SEO and GSO across a portfolio of Google products and services in the U.S., in partnership with global team members across EMEA and APAC. As search behavior continues to evolve beyond traditional results pages, this role will define how brands and products build visibility across Google Search, AI-powered search experiences, LLM platforms, and answer engines.
In line with MFG's expectations for Associate Director-level talent, this role is responsible for navigating complexity to transform the 'how' and 'why' of SEO/GSO into a clear vision, ensuring technical, content, measurement, and cross-channel strategies are connected to client business priorities and delivered to a consistently high standard.
The ideal candidate combines deep organic search expertise with strong client leadership, commercial judgment, and people management skills. This person will serve as the primary owner of the client partnership for their assigned business area, build trust across complex stakeholder groups, and translate technical and strategic recommendations into compelling business narratives.
They will guide Supervisors and junior team members, own bespoke scopes and operational frameworks, shape measurement approaches for emerging AI visibility, and formalize collaboration across SEO, SEM, Analytics, Content, Product, Engineering, and other agency partners. The role requires confidence leading senior client conversations, driving decisions through ambiguity, and maintaining accountability for strategy, delivery quality, team performance, and account growth.
Our mission is to make advertising more valuable to the world. We do this by bringing together exceptional talent to solve some of the most complex challenges in today’s digital marketing landscape. We look for people whose values reflect our own: genuine, results-focused, daring, and insightful. As an EssenceMediacom employee, you can expect a workplace that invests in your career, cares for you, and creates an environment that is engaging, supportive, and rewarding.
We believe these factors help create a workplace where you can be yourself and do outstanding work.
WPP Media and all its affiliates embrace and celebrate diversity, inclusivity, and equal opportunity. We are committed to building teams that represent a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. As a global media agency network serving global clients, we believe that greater inclusivity enables stronger collaboration, better ideas, and more impactful work.
The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, go to https://mybenefits.wpp.com/public/welcome for more details.
US Pay Range
$75,000 — $180,000 USD
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