SEO Account Director
Leadership SEO role at Jordan Digital Marketing. Remote, USA · full-time · $110,000–$130,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Set SEO direction across client accounts as goals and search conditions change
- Lead, coach, and retain SEO managers and specialists while raising strategic quality
- Build trusted client relationships, connect SEO work to business results, and resolve escalations
- Support pitches, audits, onboarding, and thought leadership to grow the SEO practice
What you bring
- Bring deep SEO experience across technical, content, and off-page work, typically spanning eight to ten-plus years
- Show several years of leading and developing people who became stronger strategists and client partners
- Own senior digital-marketing relationships while communicating clearly, promptly, and empathetically
- Use account and team data to form a clear recommendation for the next move, and be based in the US
- Bring strong people skills, including careful listening and empathy
Who this fits
This role suits a senior, hands-on SEO leader who can improve client outcomes while developing managers and specialists. You must be based in the US, and the position is fully remote with flexible working hours. You’ll contribute to pitches, audits, onboarding, hiring, and the agency’s thought leadership.
From the employer
The Role
You'll own a portfolio client accounts - some directly, most through a team of SEO managers and specialists you lead. Your job is to make sure every account has a sharp strategy and is trending toward its goals, to develop your team into stronger strategists and client leaders, and to help grow JDM's SEO practice through pitches, audits, and thought leadership.
This is a senior leadership role where client outcomes, team development, and business growth all sit on your desk. If you've been the person clients trust in the room and the person your team credits for their growth, this role is built for you.
About Us
Jordan Digital Marketing is a remote-first, remote-always digital marketing agency (we were remote before it was cool). We specialize in paid media, SEO, and content marketing for startups and high-growth companies across B2B and B2C. Our mission is simple: deliver best-in-class performance and act as a true extension of our clients' in-house teams.
What You'll Own
Account & portfolio ownership
Own the results of your directly managed accounts and every account on your team
Deploy advanced SEO strategies across the portfolio - video SEO, structured data optimization, off-page partnership development, and content marketing strategy
Set strategic direction and prioritization across the portfolio, adjusting as client goals and the search landscape shift
The standard: Every account has a clear strategy, is trending toward its goals, and no account's health comes as a surprise - to the client or to JDM leadership.
Client relationships & retention
Maintain strong, trusted relationships with clients on directly managed and team accounts
Serve as the senior escalation point when accounts hit turbulence, resolving issues before they threaten the relationship
Connect SEO performance to the business outcomes each client actually cares about
The standard: Clients see JDM as an extension of their team, renewals are earned well before the contract date, and at-risk accounts are identified and addressed early.
Team leadership & development
Lead, coach, and retain a team of SEO professionals
Develop team members toward stronger strategic thinking and client management, not just task execution
Help hire and build the team as JDM grows
The standard: The team is retained, developing, and delivering at JDM's quality bar without rework — and team members can point to how they've grown under your leadership.
Business growth & practice development
Bring credible, compelling SEO perspective to pitches, audits, and onboarding
Stay ahead of algorithm changes and industry shifts, and turn new knowledge into repeatable approaches the whole team can use
Contribute to JDM's marketing presence and thought leadership
The standard: Your fingerprints are on the growth of the SEO practice itself — new business won, new accounts launched well, sharper strategies across the team, and JDM's reputation strengthened.
What We're Looking For
Deep, hands-on SEO expertise - typically 8–10+ years - spanning technical, content, and off-page strategy
Several years leading and developing a team, with people who'd say they grew because of you
A strong track record owning senior client relationships in digital marketing
Clear, concise, timely communication, written and verbal
Strong people skills, including active listening with empathy
An analytical mindset — the ability to look at account and team data and form a clear point of view on what to do next
Based in the US (this role is remote, but we're only hiring within the US)
Bonus points for: content marketing or professional writing experience; a mix of in-house and agency backgrounds; experience with adjacent channels (paid, CRO, organic social, email); prior remote work; and genuine curiosity about where search is headed.
If you don't check every box but know you can do this job, we'd still like to hear from you.
Benefits
We’re fully remote (we were remote before it was cool)
Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
HSA, FSA, and dependent care FSA
401k with company matching
Flexible working hours
Yearly professional development stipend
Flexible PTO
Monthly WFH stipend
Company-provided laptop
Equipment stipend to build out your home office
Parental leave - 12 weeks (3 weeks paid, 9 weeks unpaid)
529 College Savings Plan
Fun surprises on your birthday and workiversary!
While the job posting shows a specific city, this is a fully remote position.
We really value diversity & inclusion in our hiring and culture. We are proud that our team is majority female and that many ethnicities are represented. We encourage you to apply and share this with candidates from diverse backgrounds.