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Atdentsu, we help leading brands build visibility across a search landscape that is rapidly evolving.We'relooking for a Senior Associate, SEO to support a major client and drive performance across both traditional SEO, local SEO, and emerging AIpowered discovery experiences.

This role is ideal for someone with a strong foundation who is ready to independently own daytoday workstreams and is energized by an emerging, fastchanging search landscape.You'llwork across technical SEO, content optimization, performance, and reporting, partnering closely with internal teams and client stakeholders to improve discoverability in both search engines and generative environments.

Responsibilities:

• Own daytoday execution of SEO workstreams for a large, enterpriselevel client, ensuring work is highquality, on time, and aligned to business goals

• Execute technical SEO audits (crawlability, indexation, Core Web Vitals, page speed, structured data) and translate findings into prioritized, actionable recommendations

• Conduct keyword and prompt research, competitive analysis, content evaluations, and gap assessments to inform optimization priorities and content strategy

• Develop andmaintainonpage optimization recommendations for traditional search and AIdriven discovery (metadata, heading structure, internal linking, schema, content formatting)

• Support SEO initiatives byidentifyingopportunities to improve content structure, factual clarity, authority signals, and citation readiness in generative search experiences

• Analyze organic search, turning data and technical findings into clear insights and recommended actions

• Partner crossfunctionally with content, analytics, development, media, and account leadership to drive implementation and progress

• Support site migrations, redesigns, CMS updates, template changes, and new page launches

• Develop clientready reporting, POVs, and presentations that clearly communicate performance, opportunities, and next steps

• Proactivelyidentifynew AI discovery opportunities, testing ideas and challenging assumptions as platforms and behaviors evolve

Skills & Experience:

• 1+ years of SEO experience, ideally in an agency or enterprise environment

• Experience with local SEO

• Strong understanding of technical SEO, onpage optimization, search intent, and performance analysis

• Experience working on large or complex websites with multiple stakeholders, templates, or content types

• Ability to independently manage daytoday workstreams while contributing to broader strategic initiatives

• Confidence presenting findings and recommendations to internal teams and client stakeholders

• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and structured data

• Proficiencywith SEO and analytics tools such as Google Search Console, GA4, Adobe Analytics, Screaming Frog, BrightEdge,Semrush,Ahrefs, YEXT, RIO, CHATMETER, BIRDEYE, SOCI

What Success Looks Like

• You independently manage SEO workstreams with strong attention to quality, timing, and impact

• You deliver thoughtful, actionable recommendations grounded in data and business priorities

• You partner effectively with senior team members to support strategic direction

• You help move work from insight to implementation across complex, crossfunctional environments

• You contribute to measurable improvements in visibility, site health, content performance, and AI search readiness

Whydentsu

Atdentsu,you'llhelp ambitious brands navigate a search environment that is changing quickly, with work spanning performance, innovation, and transformation. This is an opportunity to deepen yourexpertiseacross SEO and GEO, support highimpact work for a complex enterprise client, and help define what bestinclass AI discoverability looks like as the space continues to evolve.

The annual salary range for this position is $62,100-$81,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factorspermittedby law.

Benefits available with this position include:

Medical, vision, and dental insurance,

Life insurance,

Short-term and long-term disability insurance,

401k,

Flexible paid time off,

At least 15 paid holidays per year,

Paid sick and safe leave, and

Paid parental leave.

Dentsu alsocomplies withapplicable state and local lawsregardingemployee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time offpursuant tothe Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act,in accordance withits plans and policies. For further detailsregardingDentsu benefits, please visitwww.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

To begin the application process, please click on the "Apply" button at the top of this jobposting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted fornextsteps.

Atdentsu, we believegreat workhappens whenwe'reconnected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices, currentlylocatedin Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City, arerequiredand expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu maydesignateother Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may bedesignated asremote, depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location, we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office.

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Dentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race, color, national origin, sex , sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religious practices and observances, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Dentsu is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with us, please send an e-mail toApplicantAccommodations@dentsu.comby clicking on the link to let usknow the nature of your accommodation request and your contact information. We are here to support you.