AEO Strategist

Goodie AI•New York City, NY

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

We Are Goodie helps leading brands win AI search. As billions of people use ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and other AI systems to discover products and make buying decisions, brands need a way to understand and influence how they’re represented. Goodie gives teams a full AI control plane: real-time visibility into how AI models speak about their brand and products, how competitors show up, and an optimization engine to improve visibility and performance. This category didn’t exist two years ago - we were early, and we’re defining it. We’re backed by strong investors, trusted by category-leading customers, and scaling fast. We’re hiring curious, ambitious builders to help shape the future of AI search. As a AEO Strategist at Goodie, you’ll be the go-to advisor for enterprise brands navigating the new search frontier. You’ll lead relationships with our clients, translate data into strategic clarity, and guide brands in shaping how they’re discovered, represented, and chosen in AI search. This isn’t SEO 2.0. It’s a new discipline entirely and you’ll help write the playbook. You’ll identify patterns before they become best practices, turn complex platform mechanics into actionable frameworks, and help Goodie clients stay ahead while others are still catching up. At Goodie, you won’t just be optimizing you’ll be shaping the next chapter of organic growth in the AI and agentic web. You’ll work with global brands, build industry-defining strategies, and contribute to a category that didn’t exist three years ago. If you want ownership, real impact, and a chance to be early in a movement that will define the next decade of marketing, this is the role.

Requirements

4+ years in SEO, content strategy, search marketing, or growth roles (AEO/GEO experience a major plus).
A proven record of designing strategies that drive measurable growth and visibility.
Ability to think at both the technical (structured data, AI crawlers, entity SEO) and strategic (brand narrative, growth) levels.
Comfort leading enterprise client relationships with authority, clarity, and trust.
Intellectual curiosity about how AI systems interpret, prioritize, and present information.
A knack for simplifying technical concepts into frameworks executives and marketers can use.
Track record of anticipating search or platform shifts before they went mainstream.

Responsibilities

Act as the primary strategic lead for a portfolio of enterprise and scale-up Goodie AI clients.
Build AEO strategies that maximize brand visibility across LLMs and AI search surfaces.
Partner with client teams (SEO, content, comms, growth) to integrate AEO into broader growth strategy.
Lead deep research into AI models, prompt patterns, and entity-based discovery mechanics.
Translate findings into competitive gap analyses, visibility frameworks, and industry-specific playbooks.
Turn client challenges and edge cases into structured learnings and product feedback loops.
Present insights and strategies with clarity to executives, marketers, and technical teams.
Stay two steps ahead of industry shifts, surfacing what matters before it’s obvious.