Search Engine Optimization Manager Jobs in Elgin, IL

Meet The Team

At Fever's SEO team, we capture and influence demand when millions search for what to do next. We engineer visibility across the entire discovery ecosystem: traditional search engines, LLMs, local listings, third party integrations and beyond. Our diverse portfolio of ecosystems and operating companies gives us the scale and complexity to master every SEO specialization-from technical infrastructure and content architecture, to AI search optimization, local market dominance, and brand authority building. We operate globally, automating and optimizing processes to drive efficiency at scale.
We combine data, technical excellence, and strategic thinking to drive organic growth revenue. Working closely with Product, Engineering, Data and Operational teams, we shape how users discover experiences across our global platforms.
Join us to redefine how the world finds experiences, together.

The Role

At Fever, we're building something exceptional-combining strategy, creativity, and the power of advanced technology to redefine what's possible in organic search.  By partnering with world-class Product, Engineering, Data and Marketing teams, we leverage cutting-edge tools and data-driven insights to deliver exceptional performance and measurable impact across major search engines and dynamic digital ecosystems.

As SEO Senior Strategist, you will own SEO strategy across key initiatives and projects within Fever's ecosystems, turning organic search into a measurable growth lever with a bias for fast testing and scalable execution. You'll act as a strategic reference for the wider SEO team.

What Youll Do

• Design SEO strategies that build competitive advantage, prioritizing initiatives by their business impact on traffic, conversions, and revenue.
• Identify high-value growth opportunities and build business cases by estimating impact, projected ROI, and resource requirements upfront.
• Utilize a quick-testing, experiment-driven mindset to validate hypotheses and iterate rapidly, ensuring SEO solutions are scalable across all ecosystems.
• Provide the technical foundation: guide information architecture, infrastructure and technical SEO decisions (crawling, indexing, CWV, structured data,etc).
• Foster an "AI-first" mindset, utilizing automation and AI technologies to eliminate manual workflows at scale.
• Lead high-impact SEO projects end-to-end, coordinating autonomously across Product, Engineering, Content and Marketing. Manage resources, timelines and trade-offs across multiple simultaneous initiatives.
• Define KPIs, build dashboards, and run analyses (attribution, forecasting) to monitor, prioritize initiatives and quantify SEO's business impact.
• Present results to stakeholders using effective storytelling, negotiate priorities, represent SEO in forums, define KPIs, and mentor specialists.

Who You Are

• Proven experience as an SEO Strategist, at least 7 years working with high traffic websites (>5M monthly visits)
• Experience working with international sites, adapting the global SEO strategy according to the needs of local markets
• Proactive or independent profile capable of self-management. Strong personal ownership,High level of initiative and work well in a team environment
• Being data-driven and kind of a data-geek: clear understanding of data, analytics and metrics with the ability to make data-driven recommendations of actions
• Hands-on experience applying AI/LLMs to build SEO solutions, automate workflows and enhance productivity.
• Thorough knowledge of search engine ranking factors, including emerging LLM-powered search ecosystems (RAG, citations, query fan-out) and their optimization strategies
• Knowledge of HTML, JS and CSS required
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Expert with industry-standard & enterprise SEO software
• Possess up-to-date knowledge and maintains current SEO practices
• Excellent Spanish & English written and oral communication skills

Valuable Requirements:

• Understanding of Google Apps Script and Python.
• Knowledge of SQL for data exploitation 
• Experience on workflows automation
• Experience managing teams

Why Youll Love It Here

• Attractive compensation package with room to grow.
• 40% discount on all Fever events and experiences + free Candlelight voucher.
• Flexible remuneration with Cobee: meals, transport, training, and nursery support (tax-exempt).
• Payflow: option to access part of your salary in advance.
• Taxdown: help optimizing and filing your taxes. You can also pay for an upgrade to manage your Beckham Law application, along with other tax-related procedures.
• Private health & dental insurance with Cigna: 100% covered by Fever. You can also add your family members via flexible remuneration.
• Wellhub membership for gym and wellness access: 100% covered by Fever up to the Silver plan.
• Language learning support: English and Spanish lessons.
• Hybrid work setup: home office friendly with a central Madrid office location.
• Snacks, drinks, and fresh fruit are always available at the office.
• Dynamic international team: a young, talented group creating a great work environment.

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