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The latest jobs in search marketing

20 March 2026 at 22:46
Search marketing jobs

Looking to take the next step in your search marketing career?

Below, you will find the latest SEO, PPC, and digital marketing jobs at brands and agencies. We also include positions from previous weeks that are still open.

Newest SEO Jobs

(Provided to Search Engine Land by SEOjobs.com)

  • Description: This role can sit in our Hayward, CA, Santa Clarita, CA, or Farmington, MI locations. Job Summary We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Digital Marketing Manager to own and run all aspects of our marketing campaigns from planning through execution and optimization. This role will lead our digital presence across paid, owned, and […]
  • Head of Digital Marketing   About the Company Top-tier organization in the consumer services industry Industry Consumer Services Type Privately Held   About the Role The Company is seeking a Head of Digital Marketing to spearhead the development and execution of comprehensive digital marketing strategies. The successful candidate will be tasked with enhancing brand awareness, […]
  • At MERGE, we are Built Different. We are a marketing and technology agency purpose-built for the intersection of health and wellness—where human impact matters most. By weaving storytelling through technology, we move beyond traditional engagement to Whole Human Marketing. This approach recognizes that humans are multidimensional and complex, and uses AI to ensure every brand interaction […]
  • About Electra: At Electra, we’re pioneering sustainable aviation by developing hybrid-electric Ultra Short Takeoff and Landing aircraft designed to transform regional air mobility, by making air travel more efficient, quieter, and environmentally friendly. Able to operate from soccer field-sized spaces, our Ultra Short unlocks a new era of aviation through what we call Direct Aviation […]
  • Description: The Digital Marketing Specialist is responsible for executing creative marketing initiatives by producing content, copy, and digital assets that support campaigns, brand presence, and customer engagement. Requirements: Create marketing copy for ads, emails, blogs, landing pages, and social media Design digital assets including graphics, visuals, and basic video content Maintain brand consistency across all […]
  • Job Description Digital Marketing Specialist Salt Lake City, UT | Hybrid | $70,000 / year + discretionary bonus About the Role We are a fast-growing company looking for a driven, well-rounded, full-time Digital Marketing Specialist to join our expanding team. This is an exciting opportunity for a self-starter who thrives in a dynamic environment, embraces […]
  • Job Description Carter Services, Inc. in Torrance, CA is hiring a full-time Digital Marketing Representative to take charge of our outreach efforts and educate potential customers on the extensive range of services we offer. This is a great opportunity to support a local business while developing your marketing knowledge and sharpening your problem-solving skills! Here’s […]
  • SEO Project Manager · Temporary Position OPEN POSITION Now HiringTemporary · Contract (3-5 month engagement)Remote · US-Based POSITION SUMMARY We are seeking a Temporary Senior SEO Specialist / SEO Project Manager to support organic search initiatives across a portfolio of websites. This execution-focused role requires an experienced professional who can independently evaluate opportunities, execute improvements, […]
  • Position Overview We are seeking a detail-oriented, data-driven, and creative Digital Marketing Coordinator to support and execute our digital marketing initiatives across multiple channels. This role plays a critical part in driving brand awareness, lead generation, customer engagement, and campaign performance. The ideal candidate is highly organized, analytically minded, and passionate about digital marketing trends, […]
  • Job Description Location: Madison, WI Reports To: Chief of Staff Position Overview The Digital Marketing Specialist is responsible for driving measurable leasing performance, strengthening brand visibility, and executing digital marketing initiatives across a portfolio of multifamily and student housing properties, as well as corporate-level (BMOC) marketing. This is a hands-on, performance-oriented role for a data-driven […]

Newest PPC and paid media jobs

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  • Omnicom Media Group (OMG), the media services division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) – delivers transformational experiences for consumers, clients, and talent. Powered by the Omni marketing orchestration system, OMG connects best‑in‑class capabilities that enable our full‑service media agencies OMD, PHD, and Hearts & Science to deliver more relevant and actionable consumer experiences, more […]
  • Overview We are seeking a talented and experienced Paid Social superstar to join our team. The ideal candidate will develop, implement, and optimize paid media campaigns to drive business growth, lead generation, and audience engagement. The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of social as well as search platforms, keyword strategy, ad copywriting, and […]
  • Full-Time | Remote (May Transition to Hybrid in the Future) Power Couch Media is seeking a full-time Paid Media Specialist to join our growing team. This is not a contract role or short-term engagement. You will be a core part of our campaign strategy, execution, and optimization process. Meta is our primary platform, with Google […]
  • Paid Media Specialist Department: Integrated Media Solutions Employment Type: Full Time Location: Remote or Hybrid, US Compensation: $60,000 – $70,000 / year Description The Paid Media Specialist is an entry-level media professional responsible for executing and optimizing paid media campaigns across digital channels. This role supports cross-functional teams with day-to-day campaign management while focusing on […]
  • Overview Freebird is a high-growth DTC brand redefining shaving for millions of people. We’ve scaled to 9-figures in revenue, served over 1 million customers, and built a reputation for award-winning electric shaving kits that actually deliver. Our team is fast-moving, experiment-driven, and deeply focused on growth. We test relentlessly, analyze performance obsessively, and turn insights […]

Other roles you may be interested in

Digital Marketing Manager 10x Health System (Scottsdale, AZ)

  • Salary: $110,000 – $120,000
  • Measure and report on the performance of all digital marketing campaigns against goals (ROI and KPIs).
  • Document and streamline digital marketing processes to scale the team and improve operations.

Paid Ads/Growth Manager, Robert Half (Hybrid, Atlanta Metropolitan Area)

  • Salary: $65,000 – $85,000
  • Manage, optimize, and scale paid campaigns across Google Ads (Search, Display, YouTube) and Meta Ads (Facebook/Instagram).
  • Continuously refine targeting, bidding strategies, and creative to improve CPL, conversion rates, and overall ROAS.

SEO Manager, Clutch (Remote)

  • Salary: $60,000 – $75,000
  • Execute day-to-day SEO tactics across multiple client accounts, ensuring alignment with predefined campaign objectives.
  • Implement optimization strategies, including technical SEO audits and recommendations.

Marketing Manager – SEO & GEO, Care.com (Hybrid, Austin Texas)

  • Salary: $85,000 – $95,000
  • Organic Growth: Build and execute the SEO roadmap across technical, content, and off-page. Own the numbers: traffic, rankings, conversions. No handoffs, no excuses.
  • AI-Optimized Search (AIO): Define and drive CARE.com’s strategy for visibility in AI-generated results — Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and whatever comes next. Optimize entity coverage, content structure, and schema to ensure we’re the answer, not just a result.

Digital Marketplace Manager, Venchi (Hybrid, New York, NY)

  • Salary: $120,000 – $130,000
  • Define and execute channel-specific and cross-marketplace strategies, balancing brand positioning, commercial performance, and operational efficiency.
  • Manage Amazon advertising across Sponsored Products, Brands, and Display campaigns.

Advertising Media Manager, Vetoquinol USA (Remote)

  • Salary: $100,000 -$110,000
  • Develop and implement strategic advertising plans for Etail (Ecomm/Retail) accounts.
  • Analyzing advertising performance data with related ROAS & TACoS evaluations.

Programmatic Advertising Manager, We Are Stellar (Remote)

  • Salary: $75,000
  • Manage the day-to-day programmatic campaign approach, execution, trafficking optimization, and reporting across the relevant DSPs for your clients.
  • Build and present directly to client stakeholders programmatic campaign performance, analysis, and insights.

Marketing Manager, Backstage (Remote)

  • Salary: $100,000 – $140,000
  • Manage and optimize campaigns daily across Meta Ads, Google Ads, and other kay partners
  • Own forecasting, pacing, budget allocation, and optimization for high-scale monthly budgets..

Demand Generation Manager, Shoplift (Remote)

  • Salary: $100,000 – $110,000
  • Design and execute inbound-led outbound campaigns—reaching prospects who’ve shown intent (visited pricing page, downloaded resources, engaged with content) at precisely the right moment
  • Build and optimize Apollo sequences, LinkedIn outreach, and multi-touch campaigns that book qualified demos for AEs

Search Engine Optimization Manager, Confidential (Hybrid, Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area)

  • Salary: $75,000 – $105,000
  • Serve as a strategic SEO partner for client accounts, translating business goals into actionable search initiatives
  • Communicate SEO insights, priorities, and performance clearly to clients and internal stakeholders

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Your SEO maturity score doesn’t measure what you think it does

19 March 2026 at 17:00
Your SEO maturity score doesn’t measure what you think it does

The Visibility Governance Maturity Model (VGMM) is about something most SEO programs lack: clear ownership, documented processes, and decision rights that keep your work from being undone by teams who don’t understand it.

So how do you actually score that?

Each domain uses a bank of governance questions tailored to the business. They’re not about how SEO is executed. They’re not about tools. And they’re not an audit.

What VGMM questions are designed to reveal

VGMM questions go to managers and the C-suite — the people who should know about governance but often don’t. Meanwhile, you (the SEO practitioner) actually know whether standards are documented, whether QA is in place, and whether processes exist.

VGMM diagnoses organizations where SEO knowledge lives in practitioners’ heads, rather than in documented, governed processes. If VGMM surveyed only practitioners, it would measure whether you know what to do (you do). But governance maturity measures whether the organization can sustain capability when you’re on vacation, when you get promoted, or when you leave.

Questions go to managers because governance gaps show up as:

  • “I don’t know the answer to that.”
  • “I’d have to ask Sarah.”
  • “We used to have a process, but it’s not enforced anymore.”
  • “Each team does it differently.”
  • “That’s documented somewhere, I think?”

When managers can’t answer governance questions, that’s the signal. It means processes aren’t institutionalized. 

Dig deeper: Why most SEO failures are organizational, not technical

The SPOF reality check

Single point of failure (SPOF) questions can cap your organization at Level 2 maturity until they’re resolved.

Here are some examples of SPOF question:

  • “If [key person] left tomorrow, could the organization maintain SEO standards without them?”
  • “Is SEO knowledge documented in a way that’s transferable to new team members?”
  • “Are there at least two people who understand how [critical system] works?”

Right now, you’re probably the SPOF. You’re the person who knows where all the bodies are buried, how the redirects work, why that weird canonical setup exists, and what breaks if someone changes X. That feels like job security. It’s actually a job prison.

When VGMM identifies you as an SPOF:

  • Leadership realizes your knowledge needs to be documented.
  • You get resources to create documentation.
  • You get approval to train other people.
  • You get your own tools, training, and conference budgets. (Yay!)
  • Your expertise becomes institutional, not personal.
  • You can take a vacation without disasters.

The organization can’t move past Level 2 until SPOF conditions are cleared. This forces leadership to address hero-dependency.

How domain scores become VGMM score

Each domain model (SEOGMM, CGMM, WPMM, etc.) produces a maturity score based on its own question bank. Here’s how they roll up:

Step 1: Domain assessment

Each domain asks 30-60 governance questions tailored to that area. Questions are behavior-based, not opinion-based:

  • “Do you think SEO standards are important?” (opinion)
  • “Are SEO standards documented and approved by [role]?” (behavior)

Step 2: Weighted scoring 

Answers are weighted based on impact. Not all governance failures are equal:

  • Missing documentation = lower weight.
  • No ownership for critical decisions = higher weight.
  • SPOF identified = can cap maturity level regardless of other scores.

Step 3: SPOF constraint 

If SPOF conditions exist, the domain score maxes out at Level 2 (emerging) even if other governance is strong. You can’t be structured (Level 3) when capability depends on one person.

Step 4: Domain aggregation 

Domain scores average into the overall VGMM score with adjusted weighting based on:

  • Your industry (ecommerce weights performance governance higher).
  • Your business model (SaaS weights content governance higher).
  • Your complexity (international weights workflow governance is higher).

Step 5: Final maturity level 

The overall VGMM score maps to maturity levels:

  • Level 1 (0-30%): Ad hoc/unmanaged
  • Level 2 (31-50%): Aware/emerging
  • Level 3 (51-70%): Structured/defined
  • Level 4 (71-90%): Integrated/coordinated
  • Level 5 (91-100%): Optimized/sustained

Why questions change between models

Domain questions adapt to the maturity model being used.

SEOGMM questions focus on:

  • Technical SEO governance (schema, redirects, crawl management).
  • Content optimization standards.
  • Performance monitoring and alerts.

LVMM questions focus on:

  • Location data governance across distributed sites.
  • Google Business Profile management and ownership.
  • Review response workflows and accountability.
  • NAP (Name, Address, Phone) consistency

IVMM questions focus on:

  • Market-specific SEO governance across countries.
  • Translation workflow and quality controls.
  • Local compliance and regulatory requirements.
  • Cross-market coordination and escalation.

Same governance principles, different operational contexts. An ecommerce company doesn’t need LVMM. A restaurant chain with 500 locations absolutely does.

Dig deeper: SEO’s future isn’t content. It’s governance

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Why you can’t (and shouldn’t) compare scores

VGMM scores are internal quality metrics, not competitive benchmarks. A 62% score doesn’t mean you’re ahead of another organization at 58%. Here’s why.

Weighting varies by business model

  • Ecommerce company: Performance governance weighted 30%.
  • Information publisher: Content governance weighted 35%.
  • Service company: Workflow governance weighted 25%.

Domain combinations vary by organization

  • Organization A: SEOGMM + CGMM + WPMM + IVMM (international).
  • Organization B: SEOGMM + CGMM + WPMM + LVMM (multi-location).

Not comparing apples to apples.

Organizational context changes what scores mean

  • Startup at 45% with 10 people = impressive, mature for size.
  • Enterprise at 45% with 500 people = serious governance gaps.

Strategic priorities shape the score

  • Organization prioritizing organic visibility: SEOGMM weighted higher.
  • Organization focused on technical debt: WPMM weighted higher.

The only meaningful comparison is your organization against itself over time:

  • Q1 2025: 42% (Level 2)
  • Q3 2025: 58% (Level 3) ← Progress
  • Q1 2026: 61% (Level 3) ← Sustained improvement

Use VGMM to answer:

  • Are we improving quarter over quarter?
  • Which domains are holding us back?
  • Where should we invest in governance?
  • Are SPOF conditions getting resolved?

Don’t use VGMM to answer:

  • Are we better than Competitor X?
  • What’s the industry average score?
  • Should we publicize our score?

What VGMM scoring means for you

As an SEO practitioner, this scoring approach protects you.

You’re not being blamed

When governance assessment reveals gaps, managers are answering questions about organizational capability. They’re not evaluating your individual performance. The assessment asks, “Does the organization have documented standards?” not “Is the SEO person doing a good job?”

SPOF detection is your escape hatch

When SPOF questions flag that the organization depends entirely on you, leadership sees it as an organizational risk — not as proof you’re valuable. They can’t move to Level 3 until they fix it, which means resources for documentation, training, and knowledge transfer.

Weighted scoring highlights systemic issues

When content governance scores low, but SEO governance scores high, it shows other domains aren’t holding up their end. This redirects leadership attention to where governance actually needs strengthening.

Progress tracking shows your impact

When your organization moves from Level 2 to Level 3 over two quarters, you have concrete evidence that governance investments are working. This isn’t “traffic went up 15%,” it’s “organizational capability improved measurably.”

Dig deeper: SEO execution: Understanding goals, strategy, and planning

The difference between hero work and sustainable SEO

VGMM’s scoring approach is designed to:

  • Diagnose organizational capability gaps without blaming individuals. 
  • Make your implicit knowledge visible as institutional risk.
  • Force leadership to address hero-dependency. 
  • Track progress in ways that make governance investments defensible to finance.

The assessment focuses on whether the organization can sustain your work without you. That’s the difference between being an indispensable hero (exhausting) and being a strategic professional whose expertise is institutionalized (sustainable).

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