Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Near helps top talent in Latin America find remote roles with US companies. The SEO Strategist is responsible for executing SEO strategies across multiple client accounts, focusing on performance in both traditional and AI-driven search platforms.
Responsibilities
- Own SEO and AEO strategy quality across all client accounts, ensuring consistency and performance
- Define standards, frameworks, and best practices for how SEO is practiced at Taco
- Lead strategy for complex initiatives including technical SEO, content systems, topical authority building, and AI visibility optimization
- Review and approve SEO strategies, roadmaps, and major recommendations before delivery to ensure rigor and strategic coherence
- Stay ahead of search evolution (AI Overviews, LLM citations, entity-based retrieval) and translate changes into actionable client strategies
- Design and evolve AI-assisted SEO workflows across research, content briefing, QA, and reporting
- Leverage and improve automation using tools like n8n, AirOps, and custom AI workflows to reduce manual effort
- Build scalable, system-driven processes that increase team leverage and consistency
- Ensure Taco's SEO practice remains AI-native, not AI-adjacent, staying ahead of industry shifts
- Identify opportunities to automate repetitive tasks and standardize high-quality outputs
Skills
- 4+ years of SEO experience with demonstrated ownership of strategy and measurable outcomes
- Deep expertise in technical SEO, content systems, and authority building across diverse industries
- Strong understanding of AI search including LLMs, answer engines, and retrieval-based ranking systems
- Hands-on experience with workflow automation tools (n8n, AirOps, or similar platforms)
- Proven ability to design scalable, AI-assisted processes that reduce manual effort
- Fluent English (written and verbal) with excellent documentation skills
- Strong written communication skills for creating frameworks, guidelines, and strategic documentation
- Agency experience supporting multiple clients simultaneously with high retention rates
- Experience operating in small, high-expectation teams where autonomy and judgment are critical
- Comfort making strategic decisions with incomplete information and evolving market conditions
- Track record of implementing automation that measurably improved team efficiency
- Experience with programmatic SEO or large-scale content operations
Benefits
- Flexible PTO + US Holidays.
- Competitive compensation: Salary, benefits, and tool budget for best-in-class SEO and AI software.
- Continuous learning: Direct mentorship opportunities and professional development as you shape team standards.
- Remote-first: Work from anywhere with async-friendly processes and global team collaboration.
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