About Silverback Strategies
What is Silverback Strategies?
Silverback Strategies is an independent performance marketing agency based in Leesburg, Virginia, in the Washington, DC metro area. Its about page describes it as "a performance marketing agency for mid-sized companies who need to outthink, outmaneuver, and outperform competitors with bigger teams and fatter budgets", and the home page sums up the offer as "Media, Measurement, and SEO For $100M+ B2C Brands."
The work is split into three practices: paid media (paid search, paid social, programmatic and performance creative), organic search (SEO, AI search and content marketing) and measurement (media mix modeling, incrementality testing and conversion rate optimization). Clients come from financial services, healthcare, higher education, home services, legal services and senior living. The about page cites "500 Million in managed media spend" and "19 Years of Media, SEO, Creative, and Measurement". Neil Welsh is the founder and CEO, and the careers page stresses that the agency is independent: "No holding company = fewer layers, faster decisions, and room for your ideas to actually shape our business."
Where will I work?
Silverback is a fully remote employer. Four of its six adverts say: "We’re a fully remote agency with employees working across the continental United States." The careers page adds: "We trust our people to work from wherever they do their best work." The company's listed office address is 25 Catoctin Cir SE in Leesburg, VA, but all six roles open on 12 November 2026 are advertised as remote. No page says Silverback hires outside the continental United States.
What is the Silverback Strategies team like?
The team page describes "a tight-knit team of real people who care about your growth as much as you do". The leadership team includes Neil Welsh (Founder and CEO), Allyson Cochran (Chief Revenue Officer), Jordan Crawford (Senior Director of Client Services) and Mat Ingham (Senior Director, SEO). On 12 November 2026 the Lever board listed six roles in three departments: Media & Creative (Paid Media Manager, Senior Paid Media Manager and Senior Motion & Graphic Designer), SEO & Content (SEO Manager and Senior SEO Manager) and Revenue & Client Services (Associate Director, Client Services). The Associate Director advert adds: "Salary band is $120k-$160k with legit bonus and benefits."
The adverts are blunt about who fits in: "Silverback isn’t for everybody." Four of the six adverts describe a culture of collaboration and empathy with a "work hard, play hard" mentality.
Work-Life Balance
Silverback's stated time-off policy is unlimited PTO. The careers page benefits list starts with "Unlimited PTO", and the same words appear in the "Benefits & Perks" list of all six live adverts. The adverts also list "Summer Fridays" as a perk, but neither they nor the careers page say how it works (which Fridays, or whether it is a full or half day), so it is not counted here as a reduced summer schedule. Working hours and core hours are not stated. Because the agency is fully remote, there is no commute, and the careers page says that return-to-office "won’t ever be a thing". The adverts also list 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
Perks and Benefits
- Unlimited PTO (careers page and all six adverts)
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision plans
- 401(k) with employer match
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- Company-paid ClassPass membership
- Learning and development budget
- Work-from-anywhere flexibility (careers page; the adverts say employees work across the continental United States)
- Virtual team events (one advert says "Monthly Team Events")
- "Summer Fridays" listed in the adverts (terms not stated)