Senior AI Optimization Search Specialist

Summary

Join Lucid Software as an AI-Search Optimization Specialist and play a key role in enhancing the company's visibility within the evolving landscape of AI-driven search. You will develop and implement innovative AI-search optimization strategies, ensuring Lucid Software's content is discoverable and trusted by AI systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize digital assets for both human and AI users. Conduct in-depth research on LLMs and AI search trends, translating findings into actionable strategies. Monitor performance, provide data-driven reports, and champion AI-search best practices across the organization. This role requires strong analytical skills, experience in SEO or content marketing, and a passion for staying ahead of the curve in the rapidly evolving digital landscape. Lucid Software offers a hybrid work environment and a collaborative culture.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in content marketing, SEO, or a related digital marketing field, with a focus on emerging search trends
• Strong analytical mindset with proficiency in tools like Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Semrush, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog and other web analytics and SEO software
• Basic familiarity with schema markup, structured data (JSON-LD), and their implementation
• Strong communicator and collaborator; you are comfortable working with people in a variety of roles across the organization and are quick to build relationships of trust. You can translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights and can influence stakeholders across teams to take action on those insights
• Detail-oriented and highly organized; you are effective at prioritizing and managing work across multiple projects and stakeholders
• Have flexibility and tolerate ambiguity while still operating effectively
• A strong, self-driven desire to learn, experiment, and adapt in a rapidly evolving digital landscape

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement innovative AI-search optimization strategies to maximize Lucid Software's visibility and citations in AI-powered search tools (e.g., Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude etc.)
• Optimizing existing and new content for AI-driven search, focusing on readability, citation optimization, and structured data
• Developing strategies to ensure Lucid is cited on trusted LLM sources (Reddit, Wikipedia, review sites like G2 and Gartner etc.)
• Assisting in technical audits to identify and resolve issues that may impact AI discoverability
• Conduct in-depth research to understand how LLMs recommend resources and stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies related to AI search translating findings into roadmap priorities and stakeholder guidance
• Collaborate with content, product, customer operations and web teams to ensure all digital assets are designed to be cited, summarized, and trusted by both human users and AI systems
• Support the creation and refinement of AI-powered content workflows, ensuring content is generated, QA'd, and optimized for both traditional and AI search
• Monitor Lucid Software's mentions and citations across various LLMs and AI search tools. Provide detailed, data-driven reports that track progress on AI search visibility as well as traffic and user growth via AI channels
• Work closely with the SEO team to align AIO strategies with broader organic search goals, ensuring a cohesive and integrated approach to discoverability
• Champion AI-search optimization best practices across the organization, providing training and support to relevant teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with or optimizing for generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity
• Understanding of AEO principles and how LLMs surface structured content, specifically with an understanding of how AI-driven search differs from traditional search
• Experience with AI visibility platforms (Profound, ScrunchAI, Goodie etc.)
• Ability to utilize AI tools to efficiently create and optimize content at scale
• Experience in a B2B/PLG SaaS environment
• Experience with A/B testing and experimentation frameworks for optimizing content performance