Job Description

Agency :

Havas MediaLead the future of organic discovery at Havas — bringing together SEO, AI, content, data, technology and cross-disciplinary agency thinking to help brands become visible, trusted and chosen wherever people and AI systems search.

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Why this role exists

Searchis changing fast. People are no longer discovering brands only through Google results pages — they are asking AI assistants, searching social platforms, watching video, reading reviews, comparing products,validatingclaims through editorialsourcesand expecting connected digital experiences. At Havas, we are building a modern organic discovery capability that helps brands become visible,trustedand chosen acrossall ofthese moments.

We are looking for an SEO Director — Search & AI Discovery to lead this evolution for our clients and our agency. This is a senior role for someone who loves SEOfundamentals, butis equally excited by where the discipline is going: AI Overviews, LLM visibility, Search Everywhere, entity authority, structured retrieval, social search coordination, decision-ledcontentand commercial growth.

What makes this opportunity different

This is not a narrow SEO delivery role. It is an opportunity to shape a future-facing organic discovery product inside a highly integrated agency village.

• You will work cross-discipline every day with specialists across CSA, CX, analytics, data engineering, content, social, PR, ecommerce, media, strategy, UX and technology.

• You will have access to data engineers and analytics specialists to help define,buildand evolve advanced measurement frameworks,dashboardsand client-owned reporting solutions.

• You will be part of a team building our own AI-enabled tooling layer on top of Google Cloud Platform, using Vertex AI and related GCP capabilities to develop proprietary workflows, advancedanalysisand smarter organic discovery tools.

• You will help define how brands show up not only in traditional search, but also in AI-generated answers, social search environments, video platforms, third-party editorialsourcesand high-intent decision journeys.

• You will be at the forefront of Havas’ organic discovery initiatives — shaping frameworks, products,methodologiesand client-facing points of view that the agency will keep using and evolving.

What you will lead

• Senior SEO, AIDiscoveryand organic experience strategy for priority clients.

• Commercial growth across existing clients, new opportunities, scopes,pitchesandproductisedSEO/AIO services.

• AI visibility and AIO frameworks, including AI inclusion, LLM prompt coverage, citation share, brand accuracy, sentiment,groundingand answer quality.

• Search Everywhere strategy across Google, AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, PR/editorial surfaces, reviewenvironmentsand client websites.

• Content and entity authority strategies, including decision assets, topical authority, proof points, semantic coverage, structuredcontentand citation-worthy assets.

• Technical SEO and structuredretrievalreadiness, ensuring client sites are crawlable, indexable,parseable, fast,well-structuredand useful for both people and machines.

• Measurement requirements in partnership with data engineers and analytics specialists, connecting organic discovery to brand demand, conversion, revenue andassistedcommercial outcomes.

• Team mentoring, capability development, QA standards, playbooks,trainingand product innovation.

Who you are

• A senior SEO leader with 7+ years’ experience and a strong grounding in technical SEO, content strategy, site architecture,measurementand client leadership.

• Commercially sharp — confident identifying growth opportunities, shaping scopes, supportingpitchesand linking organic discovery to business outcomes.

• Curious about the future of search and already experimenting with AI Discovery, AI Overviews, LLM visibility, prompt testing, socialsearchor emerging discoverybehaviours

• A strong collaborator who enjoys working across disciplines rather thanoperatingin a silo.

• Comfortable leading clients, coaching teams and translating complexity into clear, practical action.

• Someone who wants to help build the next generation of SEO — not justmaintainthe current one.

Why join Havas

• A genuinely integrated agency village with access to a broad mix of specialists and senior thinkers.

• The chance to help build a modern SEO/AIO product at a time when organic discovery is being redefined.

• Access to advanced data,analyticsand engineering capability — including proprietary tooling development on Google Cloud Platform and Vertex AI.

• A role with real influence: shaping frameworks, client strategy, team capability, commercialgrowthand industry-facing thought leadership.

• A collaborative culture where cross-disciplinary thinking is encouraged and where SEO has a clear seat at the table in broader customer,contentand business strategy conversations.

Contract Type :

Permanent

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.