Senior Organic Growth Strategist (SEO + GEO + AI Search) for Pan-African Cloud Company

Posted 4 weeks ago

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B2B Cloud • Data Centers • Cybersecurity • AI • Pan-African About us We are one of Africa's leading digital infrastructure companies. We operate across multiple African countries and provide enterprise-grade services including: Cloud Infrastructure Data Centers VPS Domain Names Web Hosting Cybersecurity Managed Services Our mission is simple: Build Africa's sovereign cloud. We also operate one of Africa's cloud marketplace platforms: Cloudstore.africa Our customers include: Enterprises Governments Banks SMEs Startups The challenge Despite having strong products and significant investments in content and marketing, our organic visibility remains well below our expectations. We are looking for someone who doesn't simply "do SEO". We are looking for someone capable of owning our entire organic growth strategy across both traditional search engines and AI-powered search experiences. Our goal is to become the reference across Africa for topics related to: Cloud Computing African Cloud Sovereign Cloud Data Centers VPS Hosting Domains Cybersecurity AI Infrastructure Websites st.digital cloudstore.africa What you'll own This is NOT a link-building job. You will own our complete organic acquisition strategy. Technical SEO Full technical audit Crawl optimization Core Web Vitals Internal linking Indexation Rendering Structured Data Canonicals XML Sitemaps Robots Duplicate content International SEO Multilingual optimization Content Strategy Build an editorial strategy capable of dominating African search. You should identify: Content gaps Keyword clusters Topical authority opportunities Comparison pages Bottom-funnel content Product-led content Landing pages Programmatic SEO opportunities GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) This is critical. We want our brands and products to appear in AI-generated answers from: ChatGPT Claude Gemini Perplexity Microsoft Copilot You should understand: AI search visibility Entity optimization Semantic authority Knowledge Graphs Structured content Retrieval optimization LLM-friendly documentation Citation strategies Experience in GEO is a major plus. Analytics You'll define KPIs and monitor: Organic traffic Qualified traffic AI referrals Keyword growth Search visibility Conversions Product signups Revenue attribution Execution You should be comfortable working with: Developers Marketing team Designers Content writers You'll prioritize work based on business impact. Deliverables during the first 90 days First 2 weeks Complete audit covering: Technical SEO GEO Content Competitors Site architecture AI visibility First month Produce: Prioritized roadmap Quick wins Technical backlog Content roadmap GEO roadmap First 90 days Help execute the roadmap and generate measurable improvements in: Organic traffic AI visibility Rankings Leads Required Skills We're looking for someone with proven experience in: Enterprise SEO Technical SEO Content strategy Semantic SEO International SEO SaaS SEO B2B SEO AI Search GEO GA4 Google Search Console Ahrefs Semrush Screaming Frog Bonus: Cloud industry Data Centers Hosting Cybersecurity African markets What success looks like Within the first few months, we expect to see: Strong technical improvements Better crawl efficiency Improved indexing Better topical authority Growth in non-branded traffic Increased AI visibility More qualified inbound leads Sustainable organic growth We'd love to see Please include: Your portfolio Websites you've significantly grown Before/after traffic examples SEO case studies GEO or AI Search examples (if any) Technical SEO audits you've conducted Content strategy examples Your preferred SEO stack Tell us how you would approach a cloud infrastructure company with low organic visibility. Important We are not looking for: Black-hat SEO Spam link building Mass guest posting AI-generated low-quality articles Keyword stuffing Vanity metrics We're looking for someone who thinks like a growth partner and can build a durable organic acquisition engine. Why join us? You'll work directly with the Group Marketing Director on one of Africa's most ambitious cloud infrastructure growth projects, helping shape the organic strategy for a fast-growing pan-African technology company.

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