Lead, Organic Search & AI Content Strategy

Who we are

Gildan is a leading manufacturer of everyday basic apparel, with a strong portfolio of brands, including Gildan®, Hanes®, Comfort Colors®, American Apparel®, ALLPRO™, GOLDTOE®, Peds®, Bali®, Playtex®, Maidenform®, Bonds®, as well as Champion® which is under an exclusive licensing agreement for the printwear channel in the U.S. and Canada.

Gildan owns and operates vertically integrated, large-scale manufacturing facilities which are primarily located in Central America, the Caribbean, North America, and Asia. Gildan operates with a strong commitment to industry-leading labour, environmental and governance practices throughout its supply chain in accordance with its comprehensive ESG program embedded in Gildan's long-term business strategy. Together with our global team of dedicated employees, Gildan is united in its vision of Making Apparel Better®. Discover the full scale of Gildan and prepare to be surprised at gildancorp.com.

The opportunity

The Manager, Organic Search & AI Content Strategy leads how the brand is discovered, understood, and recommended across search engines, answer engines, and AI-powered discovery platforms. This role sets organic visibility strategy across SEO, AEO, and GEO, then executes it through AI-assisted content production: designing prompts, directing AI agents, and building the workflows that turn strategy into scaled, on-brand copy.

This is a strategist-first role. The Manager owns the discovery playbook, decides what content to create and why, and uses AI tooling to produce it faster and at higher quality than traditional manual workflows allow. Hands-on copywriting experience is essential, precisely because directing and quality-controlling an AI writer requires having done the writing well yourself. The Manager applies the brand voice set by the Brand team, maintains copy quality and retailer content standards, and tweaks copy where necessary, but the day-to-day output is increasingly generated and refined through prompt engineering and agent direction rather than written by hand.

Working with E-Commerce, Brand Marketing, Creative, UX, Analytics, and Product Management, the Manager ensures digital content is optimized for how customers actually search today: keywords, conversational questions, and AI-generated recommendations.

The role

Organic Search, AEO & GEO Strategy

• Own the organic discovery strategy across search engines, answer engines, and AI-driven platforms, targeting visibility, traffic, and share of recommendation.
• Drive on-page strategy: keyword architecture, content structure, internal linking, metadata, and content refresh programs.
• Build content structured for answer visibility inside AI assistants and answer engines.
• Lead AEO strategy that aligns content with customer questions, conversational search behavior, and intent-based journeys.
• Implement GEO practices that improve brand presence in generative AI platforms, LLM search experiences, and AI-generated recommendations.
• Track emerging shifts in search and AI discovery and adapt strategy proactively.

AI Content Production & Prompt Engineering

• Design, test, and maintain the prompt libraries and templates that generate PDP, landing page, and campaign copy at scale.
• Direct and quality-control AI agents and tools across the content workflow, from drafting through optimization.
• Build and own the AI-assisted copy workflow: intake, generation, human review, and publishing.
• Establish guardrails, evaluation criteria, and QA processes so AI output meets brand, accuracy, and compliance standards.
• Continuously evaluate new AI tools and models and integrate the ones that improve speed or quality.

Content Standards & Retailer Guidelines

• Apply the brand voice and messaging standards owned by the Brand team, adapting copy for digital and retailer contexts only where necessary.
• Maintain content guidelines continuously across key retail accounts (Amazon, Walmart, Target, and others), DTC sites, and TikTok Shop, and keep a current library of gold-star examples.
• Refresh SEO, AEO, and GEO best practices at least quarterly and fold them into standards, guidelines, and prompts.
• Encode brand and retailer standards into prompts, guidelines, and review criteria so AI output holds to spec.
• Set the copy quality bar and serve as final review on AI-drafted content.
• Ensure consistency across websites, product pages, landing pages, emails, and campaigns.
• Translate business objectives and customer insight into messaging that converts.

Measurement, Performance & Reporting

• Partner with the digital shelf lead to evaluate measurement partners and tools, and set the measurement and report-out strategy across organic, AI-search, and content performance.
• Set KPIs and measurement frameworks for organic visibility, AI-search visibility, and content performance.
• Apply customer insight, behavioral data, and test results to improve content effectiveness, including A/B testing across copy and content structures.
• Analyze traffic, rankings, engagement, conversion, and revenue to guide content investment.
• Deliver regular reporting and clear, actionable recommendations to leadership.

The requirements

• 5+ years in organic search, SEO/content strategy, or e-commerce content, with demonstrated ownership of discovery strategy.
• Strong command of SEO and organic search performance measurement, plus working knowledge of AEO and GEO.
• Hands-on prompt engineering experience: building prompts, directing AI tools and agents, and producing quality content through AI workflows.
• Hands-on copywriting and editorial experience. You need to have written and edited strong copy yourself to effectively direct and quality-control AI-generated content.
• Sound editorial judgment and the ability to apply brand voice and enforce copy quality and retailer standards.
• Ability to translate complex product features into clear customer benefits.
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, English, or related field, or equivalent experience.

Preferred

• Apparel, consumer goods, retail, or e-commerce experience.
• Experience building or scaling an AI-assisted content workflow.
• Experience maintaining retailer content guidelines across major accounts.
• Familiarity with customer journey mapping, UX writing, and conversion rate optimization.
• Experience with PIM/syndication platforms or PDP content operations.

Key Competencies

• SEO / AEO / GEO Strategy
• Prompt Engineering & AI Agent Direction
• AI Content Workflow Design
• Copywriting & Editorial Judgment
• Retailer Content Standards
• Customer-Centric Thinking
• Conversion Optimization
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Collaboration & Influence
• Team Development

Success Metrics

• Growth in organic traffic and non-paid customer acquisition.
• Improved keyword rankings and share of organic search visibility.
• Increased AI-search and answer-engine visibility, and share of recommendation.
• Faster copy development cycles through AI-assisted workflows.
• Higher engagement and conversion across digital experiences.
• Consistent adherence to brand voice and retailer content standards across AI-generated copy.
• Retailer guidelines maintained and current across key accounts.
• Improved product page and landing page performance.
• Team capability and employee development.

What’s in it for you?

• Join a publicly traded company dual-listed on NYSE and TSX with great potential
• Be part of a workplace where meaningful connections and teamwork are celebrated
• From local to international, be ready to work alongside a diverse group of colleagues
• Benefit from mentorship and continuous development opportunities
• Take advantage of our attractive benefits packages

We want to get to know you better! Please include your transferrable skills and unique experience in your application to help us learn more about you.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

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