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title: "SEO, Account Director"
company: "Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V"
job_type: "Full Time"
location: "35 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, United States"
salary: "$123,795 - $139,965 a year"
posted: "2026-07-15"
url: "https://www.seojobs.com/job/seo-account-director-publicis-groupe-holdings-b-v/"
apply_url: "https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c23df303efdb1899"
categories:
  - "Senior Level SEO Jobs"
  - "SEO Account Manager Jobs"
  - "GEO/AI + LLM Jobs"
tags:
  - "In-office/Hybrid Jobs"
  - "SEO Jobs in The United States"
source: "geo_sync"
---

# SEO, Account Director

**Company:** Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V

**Location:** 35 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, United States

**Salary:** $123,795 - $139,965 a year

**Job type:** Full Time

**Posted:** 2026-07-15

**Apply:** [https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c23df303efdb1899](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c23df303efdb1899)

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The SEO Account Director provides management and leadership to a team of experienced SEO marketers. The Director is responsible for leading enterprise SEO programs while providing strong cross-functional contribution. Finally, the Director is in charge of staffing, revenue projections, and process development.

- Proficient understanding of digital landscape and agency capabilities
- Advanced understanding of client category landscape and competitive factors
- Advanced understanding of holistic approach to search
- Advanced understanding of consumer behavior and targeting/ segmentation analysis tools
- Expert project management skills, time management skills and process development & integration
- Advanced knowledge of all media categories (Planning, SEM, Media, Technology, etc)
- Takes a holistic view of the client's account
- Seen as "expert" by the client

**Internal: Operations, Tactics and Strategy**

- Ensures adherence to internal process and drives best practices across the brands/client
- Set priorities for SEO department and clients and oversee team’s progress
- Ultimately responsible for flawless execution of client deliverables
- Draws insight from program results and market conditions and ensures dialogue with client and internal team on informed strategic implications
- Understands how category and competitive conditions impact our clients
- Manages execution of multiple SEO campaigns ensuring strongest possible results for the client while maintaining a healthy margin for the agency
- Demonstrated commitment to Company’s recruitment and interviewing efforts

**Client Relationship**

- Owns the client and procurement relationship on assigned brands
- Works closely with the client and procurement to identify areas of improvement in process and efficiencies
- Seen as strategic and integral to the account
- Maintains a strong relationship with clients as day-to-day contact
- Main point of contact for vendor relationships
- Responsible for client renewal/ growth
- Maintains strong relationship with client

- Adherence to agency procedures (on-time and accurate timesheets, GDPs, 360 feedback)
- Proven ability to lead people (mentoring and developing) and projects
- Thinks creatively
- Ability to anticipate problems before they happen
- Exhibits Integrity and Trust
- Exhibits Self Development
- Bachelor’s degree required