Director of Digital Growth & AI Marketing
Location: Texas
Overview
This is not a traditional digital marketing role. It is a growth leadership role responsible for building and operating an AI-first marketing engine across multiple (90) brands.
The expectation is not incremental improvement. The expectation is step-change performance through automation, AI, and disciplined execution.
Core Mandate
Build and operate a digital growth engine that:
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Wins across SEO, AEO (Answer Engine Optimization), and AIO (AI Optimization)
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Design and manage demand strategies that adapt to occupancy, pricing posture, unit availability, and lease trade-outs. Converts demand through high-performing landing pages and funnels
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Partner with Revenue Management and Asset Management to establish demand guardrails, escalation triggers, and spend on/off ramps
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Participate in regular revenue, demand, and performance reviews and provide data-driven recommendations
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Scales content and distribution via video, social, and email ecosystems
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Leverages AI and automation to reduce manual work and increase output
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Produces measurable, repeatable growth across multiple brands
What You Will Own
1. Search & AI Visibility (SEO / AEO / AIO)
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Execute strategy across traditional and AI-driven search
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Build content frameworks designed for zero-click and AI-generated environments
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Identify and prioritize ranking opportunities across all brands
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Set requirements for scalable content systems (executed by AI Architect)
2. Growth Strategy & Prioritization
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Execute on what gets built, optimized, or scaled
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Translate business goals into digital growth plans
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Prioritize across 90+ properties and multiple brands
3. Conversion & Landing Page Performance
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Support landing page strategy, testing, and performance
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Support funnel architecture aligned to user intent
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Lead A/B and multivariate testing roadmap
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Set requirements for templates and testing infrastructure
4. Video, Content & Distribution Strategy
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Execute the video-first and AI-scaled content strategy
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Align content across SEO, social, and email
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Ensure content is built for both discovery and conversion
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Direct large-scale content production (enabled through automation systems)
5. Social & Email Ecosystem
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Support lifecycle marketing from lead lease resident renewal
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Build behavior-driven email systems and journeys
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Position social as a distribution engine, not just brand presence
6. AI-Driven Marketing Application
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Identify where AI and automation should be applied across the funnel
Continue to define use cases for:
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Content generation
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Optimization
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Reporting
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Campaign execution
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Partner with DSAI to implement and scale these systems
7. Performance & Analytics
Responsible for performance across:
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Demand Generation
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Engagement
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Conversion
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Revenue impact
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Define success metrics and reporting frameworks
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Drive optimization based on data, not opinion
Partnership Model with AI Architect (Non-Negotiable Clarity)
To ensure speed and eliminate overlap:
This Role (Director of Digital Growth)
Owns:
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SEO / AEO / AIO strategy
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Content strategy and priorities
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Conversion strategy and funnel performance
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Channel performance (search, video, social, email)
Responsible for:
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Traffic growth
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Conversion improvement
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Revenue impact
Expectation:
This role must be highly effective at translating strategy into system requirements and partnering with a technical counterpart to execute at scale.
What “Great” Looks Like
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Organic and AI-driven traffic becomes the dominant acquisition channel
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Content production scales significantly without increasing headcount
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Marketing operates as a system, not a series of campaigns
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AI is embedded into workflows, not layered on top
Required Experience
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8–12+ years in digital marketing with full-funnel ownership
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Proven success scaling SEO and organic growth engines
Deep understanding of:
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Technical SEO
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Structured data / schema
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AI search environments (AEO / AIO)
Strong experience in:
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Demand Generation
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Conversion rate optimization (CRO)
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Landing page strategy
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Email automation and lifecycle marketing
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Content and video strategy at scale
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Experience working alongside technical teams (engineering, systems, AI)
Technical Expectations
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Analytics: GA4, Heap or equivalent event-based platforms
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Tagging: GTM or equivalent
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SEO tools: SEMrush, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog
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CMS experience (headless environments preferred)
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Familiarity with AI tools, automation platforms, and prompt systems
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Understanding of scalable content and video production workflows
Non-Negotiables
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Builds systems, not one-off campaigns
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Makes decisions based on data and outcomes
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Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building from zero
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Does not rely on agencies for strategy
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Can partner effectively with technical counterparts without overlap