Senior SEO Manager

Location: Chicago,Illinois,United States

Envisionit, an award-winning integrated marketing agency based in Chicago, is seeking a Senior SEO Manager to join our growing team. Our clients span a number of industries including Consumer brands, Technology and Tourism. Come work alongside a tight-knit bunch of seriously skilled people who genuinely like each other, have fun and work hard for collective success! We are headquartered in Chicago and have a beautiful office overlooking Millennium Park and Lake Michigan in a hybrid work environment model (2-3 days in office/week).

Our Ideal Candidate:

• 5+ years of hands-on SEO experience with a history of driving significant organic growth and ROI. You are passionate about the SEO industry and constantly look for ways to innovate and improve your client’s SEO performance based on the evolving SEO landscape.

• Strong SEO executional abilities with a meticulous attention to detail. Confident in implementing optimizations directly in CMS platforms, conducting thorough QA of SEO work (yours and others), and ensuring deliverables meet both strategic intent and technical accuracy.

• Advanced technical SEO skills, with proficiency in website audits, uncovering errors, prioritizing technical site enhancements based on impact and executing CMS updates.

• Expertise in developing and executing comprehensive SEO strategies that align with client business goals. You stay attuned to shifts in the SEO landscape—including algorithm updates, AI-driven search changes, and evolving user behavior—and proactively adapt strategies to ensure continued performance and relevance.

• Committed to upholding a high standard of quality and precision in every aspect of your work.

• Skilled at explaining complex SEO concepts in a clear, client-friendly manner. You enjoy presenting SEO reports and strategies to clients while answering questions and providing proactive recommendations.

• Data-Driven, able to use data, analytics, competitive assessments and SEO performance audits to inform strategic SEO roadmaps, site optimizations and decision-making, identifying both short-term and long-term growth opportunities.

• Capable of providing leadership and support to more junior team members while facilitating collaboration across departments.

• Focused on achieving measurable outcomes and driving continuous improvements to SEO growth metrics over time.

• Knowledgeable about the intersection of SEO with PPC, content marketing, and UX. You know how to leverage PPC data for organic search strategies, and how to educate PPC counterparts on organic data to inform overall marketing performance.

Job responsibilities:

• SEO Strategy Development

• Develop, implement, and manage comprehensive SEO strategies that align with business goals.

• Identify opportunities for organic growth, including on-page and off-page optimization, content strategies, and technical SEO improvements.

• Technical SEO Management

• Conduct comprehensive technical audits to uncover and resolve issues related to crawling, indexing, site speed, mobile usability, and overall site health.

• Lead the implementation of technical SEO best practices—such as metadata optimization, structured data markup, and site architecture improvements—directly within CMS platforms, with executional support from an SEO Coordinator.

• Collaborate with development teams when needed to address more complex technical issues, ensuring all technical SEO updates are accurately implemented and aligned with strategic goals.

• Website Migrations and Redesigns

• Lead SEO efforts during website migrations, redesigns, or launches, ensuring that organic performance is maintained or improved.

• Work closely with developers and designers to ensure SEO considerations are integrated into site architecture and design.

• Content Optimization

• Optimize existing content and develop strategies for new content that aligns with SEO goals and fills existing competitive and keywords gaps.

• Ensure content is keyword-targeted, user-friendly, a