[Remote] Part-Time Head of Digital (SEO, Paid Search & Operations Leader)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Stryde is a digital marketing agency specializing in helping D2C brands grow through various marketing channels. They are seeking a Head of Digital to lead operational and strategic efforts, ensuring high-quality delivery and performance across SEO and Paid Search initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own ClickUp end-to-end: setup, optimization, templates, automations, dashboards, dependencies, capacity management, and AI-enabled workflows
• Build and maintain SOPs, processes, and internal systems to ensure consistent delivery and eliminate inefficiencies
• Improve and streamline agency workflows including briefs, approvals, task handoffs, and deliverables
• Overhaul and maintain agency reporting systems to ensure clarity, accuracy, and actionability
• Maintain visibility across all client work, ensuring nothing slips through the cracks
• Conduct quality assurance checks on deliverables to ensure work is accurate, high-quality, and aligned with strategy
• Identify operational bottlenecks and propose systems-based solutions that improve speed, quality, and predictability
• Assist with team capacity planning and prioritize workloads appropriately
• Lead team training around processes, ClickUp usage, and delivery standards
• Provide high-level SEO and Paid Search strategic direction to support our marketing strategists
• Help unpack client priorities, remove strategic or operational roadblocks, and elevate channel performance
• Join select client calls to offer expert perspective, reinforce our strategic direction, and provide additional confidence for clients
• Work directly with the owner to support pitch deck development, data gathering, and light sales support
• Help vet inbound leads and support early sales conversations when needed
• Support continuous improvement of our strategic frameworks, templates, audits, and best practices

Skills

• 8-10+ years of digital marketing experience with deep expertise in SEO and Paid Search
• Demonstrated experience building or optimizing agency operations, ideally in a digital marketing environment
• Mastery of ClickUp including custom fields, automation, dashboards, views, templates, and process design
• Experience creating SOPs, workflows, and operational systems inside of an agency
• Strong understanding of how SEO, Paid Search, content, and other digital channels integrate
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to mentor, train, and collaborate with strategists and specialists
• High attention to detail with a proactive leadership style
• Comfortable being client-facing when needed
• Ability to work part-time (10-15 hrs/week to start) with potential to increase hours
• Familiarity with LLM/AI optimization tools
• Experience implementing AI workflows or agents within ClickUp or other PM tools
• Experience in agency QA, reporting architecture, or analytics dashboards
• Experience coaching/mentoring mid-level strategists

Company Overview

• Has your D2C brand plateaued in search rankings? Has your ROAS from Google Ads tanked and you're not sure what to do? Have you struggled to show up in ChatGPT or Google’s AI Overviews? We help $1M–$10M ecommerce brands unlock scalable growth by turning search and LLM discovery into their #1 acquisition channel. It was founded in 2013, and is headquartered in Lehi, Utah, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is http://www.stryde.com.