SEO Strategist (US Based – Remote)

Job Description: SEO Strategist

Location: Remote (Global) Type: Full-Time

About Taco

Taco is a growth partner for fast-growing companies looking to win on search across SEO and

AEO. We help businesses like Beam, LinkedIn, and Expedia improve visibility across Google and

AI-powered search surfaces like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.

As AI transforms how people discover information, we help brands build content, technical

foundations, and authority strategies that make them easier to discover across both traditional

and AI-driven search.

Position Overview

The SEO Strategist is responsible for developing and executing SEO strategies across client

accounts. You will work closely with account managers, content editors, analysts, and internal

leadership to turn data, audits, and business priorities into clear SEO roadmaps and

recommendations.

This is a hands-on strategy role. You will support technical SEO, content strategy, keyword

research, topical authority planning, reporting, and AI search visibility work. You will not be

expected to manage a team or define T aco’s SEO practice centrally, but you should be able to take

ownership of assigned accounts, make sound recommendations, and clearly document your work.

The right person is detail-oriented, analytical, comfortable working across multiple clients, and

genuinely interested in how AI is changing search.

Core Responsibilities

SEO Strategy & Execution

• Develop SEO strategies and roadmaps for assigned client accounts.

• Conduct keyword research, competitor analysis, content gap analysis, and technical SEO

reviews.

• Support strategy across technical SEO, content optimization, topical authority, internal

linking, and link-building priorities.

• Turn SEO findings into clear, actionable recommendations for account managers and

clients.

• Identify opportunities to improve rankings, organic traffic, conversions, and AI search

visibility.

• Monitor performance and adjust recommendations based on results, search trends, and

client priorities.

AI Search & AEO

•Support AEO and AI visibility work across platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google

AI Overviews.
• Research how clients are appearing across AI search surfaces and identify gaps.

• Help create recommendations that improve entity clarity, topical authority, citations, and

answer engine visibility.

• Stay current on changes in Google search, AI Overviews, LLM citations, and

retrieval-based search.

• Stay current on changes in Google search, AI Overviews, LLM citations, and

retrieval-based search.

Content & Technical SEO Support

• Create SEO briefs, content recommendations, and optimization guidance for editors and

writers.

• Review content for SEO alignment, keyword targeting, structure, internal linking, and

search intent.

• Identify technical SEO issues and work with the team to prioritize fixes based on impact.

• Support audits of site architecture, schema, metadata, indexation, Core Web Vitals, and

internal linking.

Reporting & Documentation

• Prepare clear SEO analysis, insights, and recommendations for internal and client-facing

use.

• Help maintain account roadmaps, performance trackers, and SEO documentation.

• Use data from Google Search Console, GA4, Ahrefs, SEMrush, Screaming Frog, and AI

visibility tools to support decision-making.

• Document assumptions, findings, and next steps clearly so account managers and clients

can act on them.

Process & Workflow Improvement

• Use AI tools to improve research, briefing, analysis, and reporting workflows.

• Follow T aco’s SEO frameworks and contribute ideas to improve internal processes.

• Identify repetitive tasks that could be simplified, standardized, or automated.

• Work with senior team members to improve the consistency and quality of SEO outputs.

Qualifications

Required

• 3+ years of SEO experience, either agency-side or in-house.

• Strong understanding of technical SEO, content SEO, keyword research, and search intent.

• Experience with SEO tools such as Google Search Console, GA4, Ahrefs, SEMrush,

Screaming Frog, or similar platforms.

• Ability to analyze SEO performance and translate findings into practical recommendations.

• Strong written communication and documentation skills.

• Comfortable managing multiple projects or client accounts simultaneously.

• Genuine interest in AI search, AEO, LLM visibility, and how search behavior is changing.

• Native-level or excellent English communication skills.Preferred

• Agency experience working across multiple client accounts with high retention rates.

• Experience supporting B2B SaaS, healthcare, e-commerce, marketplace, or high-growth

startup clients.

• Familiarity with AI workflow tools such as n8n, AirOps, or prompt-based research

workflows.

• Experience with content briefs, topical maps, schema recommendations, and link-building

strategy.

• Comfort operating with autonomy in a fast-moving, remote-first environment.

• Experience with programmatic SEO or large-scale content operations.

Who Thrives Here

• Analytical: You can look at data and identify what matters.

• Clear communicator: You can explain SEO recommendations simply and practically.

• Detail-oriented: You care about accuracy, structure, and follow-through.

• Curious about AI: You want to learn how AI search is changing SEO and are energized by

the pace of change.

• Ownership-minded: You take responsibility for your accounts and see work through

without being prompted.

• Collaborative: You work well with account managers, editors, analysts, and leadership.

• Practical: You focus on recommendations that can actually be implemented.

What You’ll Learn

• AEO and AI Search Strategy: Develop hands-on understanding of how LLMs source and

surface content, and learn frameworks to influence AI answer engines at scale.

• AI-Assisted Workflows: Work inside sophisticated automation systems and progressively

take on more ownership of workflow design.

• Strategic SEO Thinking: Move from task execution to strategic recommendations, with

mentorship from Senior SEO leadership.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build skills in translating SEO insights into business

outcomes alongside account and content teams.

• Multi-Client Management: Learn to manage SEO strategy across a range of industries and

account types in a fast-moving agency environment.

What Success Looks Like

By 3 months

• You understand T aco’s SEO process, tools, and client delivery standards.•

• You are supporting assigned accounts with keyword research, audits, content briefs, and

recommendations.

• You are supporting assigned accounts with keyword research, audits, content briefs, and

recommendations.

• Your documentation is clear, accurate, and easy for internal teams to act on.

• You are beginning to identify SEO and AEO opportunities with limited oversight.

By 6 months

• You own SEO strategy and execution support across your assigned client accounts.

• Your recommendations are practical, well-prioritized, and tied to client goals.

• You are consistently contributing to content, technical, and AI visibility strategy.

• Account managers and senior team members trust your analysis and follow-through.

By 12 months

• You are independently managing SEO strategy for multiple accounts with minimal

oversight.

• Clients are seeing measurable improvements in organic visibility, rankings, traffic quality,

and AI search presence.

• You are contributing to internal workflows, documentation, and delivery consistency.

• You are growing toward a Senior SEO Strategist role through stronger judgment and

deeper account ownership.

Why Join Taco?

• Work at the intersection of SEO, AEO, and AI search category-defining work, not legacy

maintenance.

• Get hands-on experience across fast-growing companies and multiple industries.

• Learn from senior operators while owning meaningful strategy work from day one.

• Build practical SEO systems and frameworks, not just one-off recommendations.

• Work remote-first with an async-friendly, globally distributed team.

• Clear growth path to Senior SEO Strategist as you demonstrate judgment and account

ownership.

• Competitive compensation, benefits, and access to best-in-class SEO and AI software.

SEO Strategist (US Based – Remote)