# SEO Manager Resume: Example, Summary and Bullets

> An SEO manager resume should show that you owned organic results, not only that you did SEO tasks. Lead with programs you prioritized and got shipped through other teams, say what changed in traffic, conversions or revenue, and show any people or agency you managed. Below is a full example, summary lines, bullets by type of work, and how to handle results you can't share.

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## Key takeaways

- An SEO manager resume should show ownership of organic results: what you prioritized, what got shipped and what changed.
- Strong SEO manager bullets name the program, the teams you worked through and the business result, not only rankings.
- Show influence: one line about getting engineering or product time for SEO work is worth more than a long tools list.
- Include people or agency management and any AI search work, because SEO manager postings increasingly ask for both.
- Keep it to one or two pages, and put your biggest owned program in the top third.

Our [SEO specialist resume](/career-guides/seo-specialist-resume/) covers the hands-on SEO resume, including a few senior bullets. This page is for the step up: a resume for [SEO manager](/career-guides/seo-manager/) roles, where hiring managers look for ownership, prioritization and influence.

## What should an SEO manager resume show?

Three things, in this order:

1. **You owned results.** A site, section or market, with organic traffic, conversions or revenue you were accountable for.
2. **You got work shipped through others.** Engineering, product, content, design. SEO managers rarely ship fixes themselves.
3. **You led people or partners.** Specialists, writers or an agency.

Read the posting with the same lens. Our [SEO manager job description](/career-guides/seo-manager-job-description/) explains what each section of a typical posting is asking for.

## SEO manager resume example

```text
[Your Name]
[City, State] · [email] · [phone] · [LinkedIn URL]

SUMMARY
SEO manager with [X] years leading organic growth for [type of site: ecommerce / SaaS / publisher / marketplace]. Owned organic search for [site or section], growing non-brand organic [sessions / sign-ups / revenue] [X]% by prioritizing [technical fixes / new page types / content] and getting them shipped with engineering and content teams. Managed [team or agency].

EXPERIENCE
SEO Manager, [Company], [City] | [Start]–Present
- Owned organic search for [site / section / market]; set the quarterly roadmap from search demand, competitors and our own data.
- Led a [migration / replatform / redesign] of [number] pages with engineering, keeping organic traffic [within X% / growing] through launch.
- Built [new page type, e.g. category or comparison pages] for [number] priority topics, adding [X] non-brand organic [sessions / sign-ups] a month.
- Got SEO requirements into [engineering's sprint process / the product launch checklist], so [number] fixes shipped in [period].
- Managed [number] specialists and [agency], setting goals and reviewing work.
- Started tracking how [company] appears in AI-generated answers for [number] priority topics.
- Reported organic results and forecasts to [leadership] each [month / quarter].

Senior SEO Specialist, [Company], [City] | [Start]–[End]
- [Bullet with a technical project and result]
- [Bullet with a content project and result]

SKILLS
Technical SEO (crawling, indexing, rendering, structured data, migrations) · Content strategy · SEO roadmaps · [Google Search Console, GA4, a crawler, a keyword and backlink tool] · [SQL / Looker Studio] · Managing specialists and agencies

EDUCATION
[Degree], [School]
```

## How do you write an SEO manager resume summary?

Two or three sentences: the kind of site, the results you owned and how you got them. A few starting points:

- **Ecommerce:** "SEO manager for a [size] catalog, growing organic revenue [X]% through category page improvements and a clean replatform."
- **SaaS:** "SEO manager who built [company]'s organic sign-up channel from [X] to [Y] a month with product-led pages and technical fixes shipped with engineering."
- **Agency:** "SEO manager leading programs for [number] clients in [industries], managing [number] specialists and keeping a [X]% client retention rate."

Then rewrite it until it sounds like you. Hiring managers read a lot of summaries that could belong to anyone; the one that sounds like a real person who's been in the room for a migration is the one they remember.

## What makes a strong SEO manager bullet?

Program, people, result. Compare:

| Weaker | Stronger |
|---|---|
| Managed SEO strategy for the website | Set the organic roadmap for [section], prioritizing [X] fixes and [Y] new pages that grew non-brand sign-ups [Z]% |
| Worked with developers on technical SEO | Got [number] SEO fixes into engineering sprints by [how], cutting [indexing errors / page load] by [X] |
| Improved rankings for key terms | Grew organic revenue from [category] pages [X]% by [what you changed] |
| Managed SEO agency | Managed [agency]'s scope and budget, refocusing them on [area] and raising [result] [X]% |

## What skills should an SEO manager resume list?

- **Technical SEO:** crawling, indexing, rendering, site architecture, structured data, migrations.
- **Content strategy:** topics, page types, briefs, editorial review.
- **Measurement:** Search Console, analytics, dashboards, forecasting.
- **Leadership:** roadmaps, prioritization, managing specialists and agencies, working with engineering and product.
- **AI search:** tracking and improving visibility in AI-generated answers. See [AEO specialist](/career-guides/aeo-specialist/) for the vocabulary.

Name tools as the posting does, but keep the list short. Results matter more.

## How do you show SEO results you can't share?

Use percentages, ranges or relative change instead of exact figures: "grew non-brand organic sessions by more than half," "kept traffic within a few percent of baseline through a [number]-page migration." Our [SEO specialist resume](/career-guides/seo-specialist-resume/) page has more on confidential results.

## How long should an SEO manager resume be?

One page if you have under about ten years of experience, two if you have more programs worth showing. Our guide to [how long a resume should be](/career-guides/how-long-should-a-resume-be/) has the detail.

## Tailor it to each posting

Find the site type, the size of the team and the main result the posting asks for, then move your closest program to the top. Prepare for the interview with our [SEO manager interview questions](/interview-questions/seo-manager/). Recon can tailor your resume to a specific posting line by line, using only facts already on your resume, and leaves a [placeholder] where a number is missing rather than guessing one.

## FAQ

### What's the difference between an SEO specialist resume and an SEO manager resume?

A specialist resume shows skilled work: audits, optimizations, content. A manager resume shows ownership: the roadmap, getting work shipped through other teams, and leading people or an agency.

### Should an SEO manager resume include rankings?

Only alongside business results. "Ranked #1 for [term]" means more with "which brought [X] sign-ups a month."

### What if I haven't managed people yet?

Show leadership another way: running an agency, leading a project across teams, or mentoring a junior specialist.

### Should I mention AI search on an SEO manager resume?

Yes, if you've done real work on it, such as tracking visibility in AI answers or changing content to be cited. Many SEO manager postings now ask about it.

### Is a CV different from a resume for SEO jobs?

In the US, a resume is the standard for SEO roles. "SEO CV" is the common term in the UK and elsewhere for the same document.

## More on SEO

- [SEO specialist](https://knowtheroom.ai/career-guides/how-to-become-an-seo-specialist.md)
- [SEO specialist job description](https://knowtheroom.ai/career-guides/seo-specialist-job-description.md)
- [SEO specialist resume](https://knowtheroom.ai/career-guides/seo-specialist-resume.md)
- [SEO manager interview questions](https://knowtheroom.ai/interview-questions/seo-manager.md)
- [SEO specialist salary](https://knowtheroom.ai/career-salaries/seo-specialist.md)
- [Share of search](https://knowtheroom.ai/guides/share-of-search.md)
- [AEO specialist](https://knowtheroom.ai/career-guides/aeo-specialist.md)
- [SEO specialist cover letter](https://knowtheroom.ai/cover-letters/seo-specialist.md)
- [SEO specialist interview questions](https://knowtheroom.ai/interview-questions/seo-specialist.md)
- [SEO manager](https://knowtheroom.ai/career-guides/seo-manager.md)
- [SEO manager job description](https://knowtheroom.ai/career-guides/seo-manager-job-description.md)