Interim & Fractional SEO Leadership · San Francisco Your interim Head of SEO and AI Search.
A senior operator to set up and run your organic search program. We'll build a machine that delivers growth you can show off to your boss, board, or investors.
A conversation about your search goals and current setup.
100+ past clients, including - Goldman Sachs
- Okta
- AT&T
- multiple a16z portcos
- Asurion
- Amplitude
- Current
- Encompass
- BBC
- 1-800 Contacts
- Celebrity Cruises
Selected client results.
Okta
Past engagement result
$2M influenced pipeline
Current AI source mentions
8,999 okta.com
Amplitude
Past engagement result
+57% organic sessions
Current AI source mentions
5,144 amplitude.com
Read the case studies → Why I'm different I go beyond best practices to help brands become irresistible to search engines and AI platforms.
If you only do what everyone else is doing, you won't win more organic market share.
How to work with me Two ways in.
Hire me for a specific project, or have me run the whole program integrated directly into your team.
Project Defined scope
- Best for
- Teams with a focused priority, such as a content strategy, technical audit, site migration, or architecture overhaul.
- Scope
- A fixed deliverable planned, executed, and handed over to your internal team.
- Duration
- 1-3 months
Interim SEO Lead Program leadership
- Best for
- Companies scaling organic search without an in-house senior SEO owner.
- Scope
- Strategy, roadmap, technical and content execution, and team leadership.
- Duration
- Ongoing leadership
Plan for a 12-18 month horizon to see compounding results from search. We set our engagement scope and terms together based on your goals.
Proof Results I've driven.
A one-year interim engagement at Amplitude.
- +57% organic sessions
- +56% organic non-branded clicks, year over year
During a one-year interim engagement, we built a focused content strategy targeting searches tied directly to Amplitude's product, driving critical keyword rankings higher month after month.
"Tom doesn't just have the top SEO chops out there. He's also a delight to work with. I look forward to working with Tom again and again." —
Mallory Busch,
Content Marketing at Amplitude
A content library at Okta that became an asset.
- $2M influenced pipeline
- 3.8M organic visits a year
- 5,100+ backlinks earned
We built an educational resource library around real buyer questions, which earned 5,100+ backlinks, reached 3.8M annual organic visits, and influenced $2M in pipeline.
"We saw consistent month-over-month growth. Tom seamlessly integrated into our team, partnering cross-functionally with members and senior leadership to evolve our strategy. I will work with Tom again and again — he is truly the best." —
Lauren Sheppard,
Content Marketing at Okta
What I do The work.
Technical SEO Audits
I recommend an audit only if technical issues are holding back your growth. When they do, engineering gets clear guidance on what to fix and what to ignore.
Website Strategy & Architecture
We structure your site and internal links so customers find what they need and search engines can access your pages.
Content Strategy
We build a content strategy around your unique expertise and actual buyer questions, prioritizing relevance over search volume for its own sake.
Off-Page SEO & Digital PR
We focus on earning useful coverage and links on authoritative, relevant sites.
The new search Your customers aren't only Googling anymore.
We help people find your brand through search and AI answers. The work comes down to original insights, useful content, and an accessible site.
How an engagement works When you're good, I'm gone.
- 01
Learn what's special
I review your product, your buyers, your tech stack, and your internal team constraints to identify what separates your business from competitors and what you can realistically execute.
- 02
Run the program
We prioritize strategy, content, and earned coverage, keeping engineering requests clear and limited to what is needed.
- 03
Hand it back
I document the roadmap, processes, and assets so your internal team continues running the program without depending on outside help.
In their words What clients say.
From audits to project management to content strategy, Tom has helped set us up for long-term strategic success on the SEO front — a big contrast from some of the more "growth hacky SEO" pitches I've received over the years. On top of that, he's a total pleasure to work with. I can't recommend highly enough.
— Adam Hadi, VP Marketing at Current
Tom is the calm in the SEO storm. He works with us to make sure we are building an SEO strategy for our needs, not just following the latest and greatest SEO trend for vanity metrics. Working with Tom has helped our entire team adopt healthy SEO practices that will be able to carry us through whatever comes next in the industry. As a bonus, he is also a genuinely good human, which means a lot to us when choosing external partners.
— Shelby Strong, Marketing Manager at Belmark
Let's chat Let's discuss your search program.
A 30-minute call covers your business goals, your current search program, and whether a defined project or an ongoing interim role fits your team.
Bring your top 2 organic search goals.