Junior SEO Specialist (Contract)

Job title: Junior SEO Specialist (Contract)

About the Role We're building a small execution pod inside Growth Marketing to ship SEO and content experiments at high cadence for a specific product line. This is an execution role focused on shipping results, not slide decks or audits. You'll work directly with our SEO lead and growth director, alongside an ABM/Paid specialist and a GEO/AI visibility specialist. If you love getting pages live and seeing real movement in rankings, you'll thrive here.

What You'll Do

• Ship and refresh content at pace
• Rewrite and refresh existing pages based on what's working — title tags, headers, intros, internal links, schema
• Publish new pages targeting specific keyword clusters we've already prioritized
• Optimize pages against the patterns of competitors who outrank us, including ones who do so with fewer backlinks
• Ship two pieces of work per day on average — refreshes, new pages, or optimization passes
• Build backlinks and authority
• Outreach for backlinks on priority pages — listicles, guest posts, resource pages, partner placements
• Identify content gaps where competitors are getting links and we're not
• Manage and grow our backlink profile with tools like PressWhizz, BuzzStream, or similar
• Track and report what's working
• Monitor keyword rankings weekly for the pages you've shipped
• Log every experiment in the team tracker — hypothesis, change made, result
• Write short async recaps on what moved, what didn't, and why

What We're Looking For

• You ship one to three years of hands-on SEO or content execution experience — agency, in-house, or freelance
• You've personally edited pages, published content, and managed outreach — not just briefed someone else
• You move fast. A 'refresh and ship' takes you hours, not days
• You know your way around the tools
• Comfortable with at least one major SEO tool — Ahrefs, Semrush, or similar — for keyword research and competitive analysis
• Familiar with a CMS — WordPress, Webflow, or similar
• Can read Google Search Console data and turn it into action
• Bonus: experience with structured data, schema markup, or technical SEO basics
• You write clearly
• Strong written English
• You can produce or substantially edit a 1,500-word page that doesn't need heavy reworking
• Direct, clear, and brief in writing
• We don't reward long emails
• Comfortable working asynchronously across time zones
• You want to be measured on output
• You'd rather ship and learn than plan and wait
• You want a role with clear weekly targets and visible outcomes
• You're comfortable with feedback loops that are fast and direct

Nice to Have

• Experience with structured data, schema markup, or technical SEO basics