SketchDeck

• Audit and strategy: Conduct technical and content SEO audits, identify AI search visibility gaps, and recommend prioritized roadmaps. • AI search optimization: Improve client visibility in Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini through structured data, entity optimization, citation strategy, and answer-first content. • Keyword and content strategy: Lead keyword research, search intent mapping, and content briefs for both traditional SERPs and AI surfaces. • Technical SEO: Review crawlability, indexation, schema, Core Web Vitals, and rendering. Partner with client or internal dev teams on fixes. • Measurement and reporting: Set up and interpret performance data across GA4, Google Search Console, Ahrefs/SEMrush, and AI visibility tools (Profound, Otterly, Peec AI). • Tool exploration: Help us evaluate new AI search tools as they emerge. Curiosity matters. • Cross-functional collaboration: Brief our writers and designers on SEO/AEO requirements and join client calls as the SEO subject matter expert.

Role Description AI-driven discovery is reshaping how audiences find brands, and we are helping our clients lead the way — across AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and beyond. We are looking for a senior SEO and AI search specialist contractor to help our clients show up where their audiences are searching now. Approximately 10 hours per week, ongoing, across a mix of B2B and B2C projects. What You Will Do - Audit and strategy: Conduct technical and content SEO audits, identify AI search visibility gaps, and recommend prioritized roadmaps. - AI search optimization: Improve client visibility in Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini through structured data, entity optimization, citation strategy, and answer-first content. - Keyword and content strategy: Lead keyword research, search intent mapping, and content briefs for both traditional SERPs and AI surfaces. - Technical SEO: Review crawlability, indexation, schema, Core Web Vitals, and rendering. Partner with client or internal dev teams on fixes. - Measurement and reporting: Set up and interpret performance data across GA4, Google Search Console, Ahrefs/SEMrush, and AI visibility tools (Profound, Otterly, Peec AI). - Tool exploration: Help us evaluate new AI search tools as they emerge. Curiosity matters. - Cross-functional collaboration: Brief our writers and designers on SEO/AEO requirements and join client calls as the SEO subject matter expert. Qualifications - 5–10+ years of hands-on SEO experience across technical, on-page, and content optimization. Agency or enterprise background preferred. - Active work in AI search optimization — AEO, GEO, and AIO. - Fluent in the modern tool stack: Ahrefs or SEMrush, Google Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog, Schema.org, and at least one AI visibility tracker. - Strong content instincts: Understanding how editorial quality, entity clarity, and answer-first structure drive both rankings and AI citations. - Clear communicator: Ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical clients and write recommendations creative teams can act on. - Comfortable with ambiguity: Testing, measuring, and adjusting rather than waiting for settled best practices. - Mix of B2B and B2C experience, ideally including technical/enterprise B2B and consumer brands. Requirements - Hours: ~5-10 hours per week, with flexibility to scale for project needs. - Rate: $100–$150 per hour, commensurate with experience. - Location: Remote (global). - Start: Immediate, with an initial 90-day evaluation period. How to Apply Send a short note about your background, resume with links to relevant work (especially AI search visibility examples), and your hourly rate, to careers@sketchdeck.com . We are most interested in concrete results — a client whose AI Overview presence you grew, a schema implementation that moved the needle, an audit that surfaced something non-obvious. Inclusivity Statement We value diverse perspectives and are committed to an environment where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work daily. If you’re excited about the role but don’t meet every qualification, we still encourage you to apply—studies show that women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they meet all the requirements. We’re interested in what you can bring to our team, whether for this role or another opportunity in the future. SketchDeck is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil status, pregnancy (or pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression, transgender status or gender reassignment, race, color, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other grounds or characteristic that is protected under the law. If you require reasonable accommodation during the interview process or employment, please contact us at careers@sketchdeck.com . We’re here to support you in every step of the process.

• Own your pipeline end-to-end—from prospecting through close and expansion • Build pipeline through outbound efforts; you generate your own opportunities • Identify and engage key decision-makers across marketing, brand, and creative teams • Lead discovery and pitch conversations to win the work • Advance opportunities with clarity, urgency, and strong follow-through • Grow accounts by identifying opportunities across teams, regions, and workstreams • Expand engagements into more integrated, long-term partnerships • Maintain disciplined CRM hygiene and provide accurate weekly forecasts • Partner with Markacy, Futureman, and 24 Seven to co-sell and expand opportunities • Lead consultative conversations that connect business challenges to creative solutions • Guide clients through the full creative process—from brief and positioning through execution and delivery • Build and deliver proposals and pitch narratives with Creative Directors and Strategists • Position SketchDeck as a strategic creative partner, not just a delivery team • Clearly articulate how creative work—branding, campaigns, digital experiences, and content—drives measurable impact • Partner with Creative Directors, Strategists, Project Directors, and Operations to scope work accurately from the start • Hand off cleanly to delivery with clear briefs and aligned expectations • Bring market and client insights back to inform offering development • Align with Operations early on resourcing and timelines to keep ambition feasible

Role Description We’re looking for a Senior Client Services Manager to source, win the work, and grow high-value client partnerships. This is a revenue-carrying, sales-forward role with full ownership of pipeline, quota, and new business outcomes—you are expected to generate opportunities, move deals forward, and win new business. You will: - Prospect marketing, brand, and creative leaders at mid-market and enterprise companies. - Lead discovery and pitch conversations. - Partner with Creative Directors and Strategists to shape proposals. - Focus on building relationships that grow over time—from initial projects to longer-term partnerships. You come from a creative agency environment and are fluent in how creative work gets made—from strategy and concepting through production and delivery. You can confidently guide conversations with CMOs, Heads of Brand, and Marketing leaders, and connect creative work to business outcomes. You’ll work across SketchDeck, Markacy, Futureman, and 24 Seven to deliver integrated creative solutions and unlock larger, more strategic opportunities. This role reports to the SVP, Client Services. Qualifications - 7+ years in client-facing roles within a creative agency, with experience selling creative services. - Proven track record of carrying and hitting quota ($2M+ annually preferred). - Experience building pipeline through outbound prospecting. - Strong creative fluency—comfortable speaking to branding, campaigns, digital experiences, content, and production. - Working knowledge of creative tools and workflows (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, digital/web production). - Comfortable leading client presentations and pitches, with the ability to win the work. - Experience scoping, pricing, and negotiating SOWs ($100K–$1M+ deal sizes). - Proven ability to grow accounts and expand relationships over time. - Strong written and verbal communication—clear, direct, and confident. - Experience navigating executive-level conversations and complex stakeholder environments. - Ability to collaborate across creative, strategy, and operations to shape solutions that are both compelling and executable. Requirements - Own your pipeline end-to-end—from prospecting through close and expansion. - Build pipeline through outbound efforts; you generate your own opportunities. - Identify and engage key decision-makers across marketing, brand, and creative teams. - Lead discovery and pitch conversations to win the work. - Advance opportunities with clarity, urgency, and strong follow-through. - Grow accounts by identifying opportunities across teams, regions, and workstreams. - Expand engagements into more integrated, long-term partnerships. - Maintain disciplined CRM hygiene and provide accurate weekly forecasts. - Partner with Markacy, Futureman, and 24 Seven to co-sell and expand opportunities. Benefits - Base Salary: $90k + with uncapped commission. - Year One OTE: $150K+ - Year two OTE: $250K+ as you build your book of business. - Health insurance (medical, dental, and vision). - 401(k) with company match. - Fully remote working environment (established pre-COVID and continuing forward). - Paid time off that grows with tenure. - Annual company retreat. - Computer hardware of your choice (up to $1,500). - $500 towards your office setup expenses. - To work with a talented team of designers, team members, and engineers.