SEO Manager - Marketing | Digital Des Moines, IA

SEO Manager | Player/Coach Leader

REMOTE if CENTRAL TIME ZONE LOCATION

Hybrid in Des Moines preferred | Remote: MUST WORK CT ZONE HOURS

Full-Time | Up to $105K + Bonus

No sponsorship available | No C2C, H1B, F1/OPT

We are seeking an SEO Manager | Player/Coach Leader
-MUST HAVE PRIOR AGENCY to lead organic search initiatives across a portfolio of client accounts. This is a hands-on, "in the weeds" leadership role for someone who combines deep SEO expertise, agency experience, analytics, content strategy, and team leadership to drive organic performance and client growth.

Offers a collaborative, high-accountability agency environment & cross-functional teams spanning strategy, creative, content, analytics, development, UX, paid media, & digital execution.

What You'll Do

Lead planning, execution, and ongoing optimization of SEO strategies across multiple brands and websites

Drive organic search initiatives to improve visibility, rankings, traffic quality, and on-site engagement

Partner w/ internal teams across content, UX, paid media, development, and account services to align SEO with broader marketing goals

Identify opportunities W/ technical audits, keyword research, competitor analysis, site reviews, and performance reporting

Translate search data into actionable insights that improve site architecture, content effectiveness, UX

Help develop SEO standards.

Evaluate tools, platforms, emerging capabilities to improve workflow efficiency and search outcomes

Client-facing strategy discussions, presentations, and business development efforts

Mentor junior team members

MUST HAVE TOOLS /

SKILLS:

Screaming Frog; SEMRush;
Word Press;
Google Suite; GA4 / Google Analytics;
Page Speed Insights;
Strong technical and on-page SEO expertise, including: fixing broken links / 404s ; handling redirect chains ; removing duplicate content; addressing missing or duplicate title tags and meta descriptions; creating page titles, headers (H1/H2), and metadata optimizing word count and content structure; XML sitemap generation

YOU NEED:

Bachelor's degree preferred

Agency / marketing agency experience required

3+ years of SEO, digital marketing,

SEMRush, Screaming Frog, GA4, Word Press

1+ year of leadership, mentorship, or project resourcing experience

Strong technical SEO, on-page optimization, keyword strategy, content performance, and search analytics

Experience with SEO tools, reporting platforms, and website performance data

Interpret quantitative & qualitative insights

Excellent presentation skills

Fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with competing priorities

If you're interested in leading performance-driven SEO work in a collaborative Agile agency environment, we'd love to hear from you.

For immediate confidential consideration- direct-hire FTE SEO Manager | Player/Coach Leader permanent position, contact Carrie Danger, SVP Iowa Region, at  or , email your resume confidentially via Linked In, or one-click apply through the Robert Half posting.