About Klook
We are a leading pan-regional experiences platform in Asia Pacific, purpose built to digitalize experiences and make them accessible to every traveler.
Our mission is to build the digital infrastructure for the global experience economy empowering merchants to share their passions and travelers to discover the heartbeat of each destination.
We operate a mobile-first, curated platform featuring diverse experiences across global destinations.
Do you share our belief in the wonders of travel Global citizens ourselves, Klookers are not only curating memorable experiences for others but co-creating our world of joy within Klook.
We work hard and play hard, upkeeping our high-performing culture as we are guided daily by our 6 core values:
- Customer First
- Push Boundaries
- Critical Thinking
- Build for Scale
- Less is More
- Win as One
We never settle, and together, we believe in achieving greater heights and realizing endless possibilities ahead of us in the dynamic new era of travel. Care to be a part of this revolution Join us!
Role Overview
Role Title: Associate Director/Director, SEO/GEO
Function: Marketing
Seniority Level: Director
Employment Type: Full time
We have built a market-leading global platform connecting millions of travelers to experiences worldwide. But we are just getting started. As we pivot from high-growth startup to global industry titan, the complexity of our decisions has compounded.
The Mission: The era of 10 blue links is ending. We are hiring for the future of Search. You will safeguard our organic dominance while preparing Klook for the AI revolution. You will lead the charge in optimizing for LLMs (Large Language Models) like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Search Generative Experience (SGE). You are half-marketer, half-data scientist.
Key Responsibilities
- Entity Authority: Shift our strategy from keywords to entities. Ensure Klook is the authoritative source for travel data in the Knowledge Graph.
- Technical Excellence: Manage crawl budgets for a site with millions of dynamic pages. Fix Core Web Vitals at scale.
- Schema & Knowledge Graph: Implement advanced Schema.org structured data (Event, Ticket, aggregateRating) to qualify for rich snippets and feed data into LLMs (Large Language Models).
- Server-Side Rendering (SSR) Strategy: Guide the engineering team on the SEO implications of Single Page Applications (SPA). Ensure pre-rendering or Dynamic Rendering is correctly implemented for search bots.
- GEO Strategy: Experiment with structured data and content formats that get picked up by AI answers/snapshots. You will define what ranking looks like in a chat-based search world.
- Technical Audit Mastery: Expert user of DeepCrawl (Lumar), Botify, or Screaming Frog. You can handle crawls of 5M+ URLs without crashing the software.
- Web Performance: Deep understanding of the Critical Rendering Path. You know how to minify JS/CSS and defer non-critical assets to boost PageSpeed scores.
- LLM Optimization: Familiarity with RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) conceptsunderstanding how to structure content so it is easily retrievable by AI search agents.
The Must-Haves (SME Criteria):
- Proven success managing SEO for a site with 1M+ indexed pages (Programmatic SEO experience is a huge plus).
- Future-Ready: You can articulate a strategy for Generative AI optimizationyou aren't just reacting to it.
- Strong technical background (Python for SEO, Log File Analysis, SQL).
The Ideal Candidate
The Background (Hard Skills & Tech Stack)
- Programmatic Scale: 10+ years in SEO, specifically managing Programmatic SEO for sites with 1M+ dynamic pages (Aggregators, Marketplaces, Directories).
- Future-Proof: Demonstrated strategy for SGE (Search Generative Experience) and LLM optimization. You are already optimizing for ChatGPT and Perplexity, not just Google.
- Technical Depth: Proficiency in Python (Pandas/Advertools) for automation and Log File Analysis (Splunk/Kibana) for crawl budget optimization.
- Rendering Strategy: Deep understanding of SSR (Server Side Rendering) vs. CSR vs. Dynamic Rendering and how it impacts indexation.
The DNA (Mindset & Culture)
- The Evangelist: You can explain Crawl Budget to a C-level executive and Business Value to a Junior Developer. You know how to get SEO tickets prioritized.
- Data-Driven, Not Voodoo: You don't believe in SEO magic. You believe in hypothesis, test, measure, and iterate.
- Global Mindset: You understand the nuances of international SEO (ccTLDs, Hreflang) and search engines beyond Google (Naver, Yahoo! Japan).
Why Join Us
- Architect the Future: Search is undergoing its biggest shift in 20 years with AI. At Klook, you will be the one figuring out how travel is discovered in the AI era.
- Massive Canvas: You get to play with millions of pages, thousands of destinations, and endless content opportunities.
- Organic is King: SEO is a primary growth engine for us, not an afterthought. You will have the resources and visibility to make big moves.
Klook is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire talented and passionate people of all backgrounds. We believe that a joyful workplace is an inclusive workplace, one where employees from all walks of life have an equal opportunity to thrive. We're dedicated to creating a welcoming and supportive culture where everyone belongs.
Klook does not accept unsolicited resumes from any temporary staffing agency, placement service or professional recruiter (Agency). Klook will not be responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions or other payments related to such unsolicited resumes.
An Agency must obtain advance written approval from Klook's Talent Acquisition Team to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed agreement for service and in response to a specific job opening for which the Agency has been requested to submit resumes for. Klook will not be responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions or other payments to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place or does not comply with the foregoing. 
