Manager, Search Optimization

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New York, NY
In-Office
Mid level
Fashion • Retail
The Role
The Search Optimization Manager will lead SEO and AEO strategies to boost organic traffic and search rankings, collaborating with various teams and managing agency relationships.
Summary Generated by Built In
Rag & bone is seeking an experienced Search Optimization Manager to lead our search engine and answer engine optimization strategies. This role is critical in driving organic traffic, improving search rankings, and ensuring our content is optimized for emerging search behaviors, including voice search and AI-driven answer engines. You will collaborate closely with content, product, digital media, agency and development teams to implement best practices across all digital touchpoints.
Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and execute comprehensive SEO and AEO strategies to increase organic traffic and visibility across traditional and emerging search platforms.
  • Conduct technical SEO audits and work with the product team and developers to resolve site issues (crawlability, indexation, site speed, structured data).
  • Perform keyword research and competitive analysis, including conversational and question-based queries for voice and AI search.
  • Optimize on-page elements (meta tags, headings, internal linking) and oversee content optimization and creation for SEO and AEO components and features
  • Implement structured data and schema markup to improve eligibility for rich results and answer boxes.
  • Monitor and report on SEO and AEO performance metrics using tools like Google Analytics and Search Console
  • Stay current with industry trends, algorithm updates, and emerging technologies in search and AI-driven engines.
  • Collaborate with content and marketing teams to align SEO/AEO with broader business goals.
  • Manage SEO agency relationship and ensure alignment with paid media strategy
  • Manage link-building initiatives and outreach campaigns.
  • Provide regular insights and recommendations to stakeholders.
Qualifications
  • 3–5+ years of hands-on SEO experience (agency or in-house).
  • Strong understanding of search engine algorithms, ranking factors, and technical SEO.
  • Familiarity with voice search optimization, featured snippets, and structured data.
  • Proficiency with SEO tools (e.g. Google Analytics, Search Console).
  • Experience with Shopify and basic HTML/CSS knowledge.
  • Analytical mindset with ability to interpret data and make actionable recommendations.
  • Prior experience managing marketing agency relationships.
  • Excellent communication and project management skills.
Preferred Skills
  • Experience in eCommerce SEO and AEO.
  • Knowledge of schema markup and structured data for rich results.
  • Understanding of UX and its impact on SEO and voice search.
  • Familiarity with AI-driven search engines and conversational query optimization.

Rules we live by | Rules you live by
  • Be a Good Human - Be original, be authentic. Stand for diversity, equitability & inclusivity.
  • Have No Fear - Innovate, solve problems
  • Own Every Decision - Work together, get results
  • Quality Matters – Not only with product but we see it in our people
  • Make Shit Happen - Be disciplined, be competitive
Benefits
  • Paid Time Off
  • Clothing Allowance
  • Generous Employee Discount
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Membership to Calm and access to other wellness benefits
  • Medical, dental, vision and ancillary benefits
  • 401k
rag & bone is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer. No employee or applicant is discriminated against because of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

 

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Google Analytics
HTML
Search Console
Shopify
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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
575 Employees
Year Founded: 2002

What We Do

Interested in joining one of the most dynamic fashion brands in the world?

To view and apply to all headquarter and retail jobs at rag & bone, please visit our website and careers page: http://www.rag-bone.com/careers

From its origins in New York in 2002, rag & bone instantaneously distinguished itself by combining British heritage with directional, modern design. Today, the brand has become synonymous with innately wearable clothing that innovatively melds classic tailoring with an edgy yet understated New York aesthetic.

Inspired by a desire to create beautifully constructed clothes, rag & bone prides itself in the time-honored techniques of supremely skilled, local manufacturers at some of the oldest factories in the country. The importance of quality, expert craftsmanship and attention to detail resonated deeply, informing the brand’s core philosophy.

With a downtown sensibility, signature clean silhouettes and an inherent integrity, rag & bone continuously redefines urban style.

In 2007, rag & bone won the Swarovski Award for emerging talent in Menswear and in 2010, the brand was bestowed the industry’s most prestigious honor when named Menswear Designer of the Year by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA).

rag & bone offers a full range of men’s and women’s ready to wear, /JEAN, Standard Issue, footwear and accessories collections.

rag & bone operates 35 stores worldwide, ten of which are in New York City. Stores are also located in Washington, D.C.; Boston, Massachusetts; Dallas, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Greenwich, Connecticut; Aspen, Colorado; and Bal Harbour, Florida. International stores are located in London, UK; Tokyo, Japan; Bangkok, Thailand; Taipei, Taiwan and Hong Kong. rag & bone is also available in boutiques and department stores in over 53 countries worldwide.

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