Senior SEO Specialist

Senior SEO Specialist

Remote | Marketing / SEO | Full-Time or Contract | 9 AM–5 PM Central Time

About Us

Geek Powered Studios is an award-winning digital marketing agency in Austin, TX. We specialize in Home Services and Healthcare — industries like HVAC, plumbing, roofing, dentists, LASIK centers, and medical clinics. We are ROI-obsessed, focusing on revenue and leads, not vanity metrics. Our SEO approach is holistic: local, technical, on-page, off-page, and content — adapted to each client, never one-size-fits-all.

What You Will Do

• Run full SEO audits for client websites — find problems, build solutions, track results.
• Do keyword research and build content strategies based on search intent, competition, and SERP behavior.
• Implement on-page SEO: title tags, meta descriptions, headers, internal linking, and content optimization.
• Handle technical SEO: site speed, schema markup, structured data, XML sitemaps, 301 redirects, crawl errors, and indexing issues.
• Build and manage local SEO strategies: Google Business Profile optimization, citation management, NAP consistency, and location pages.
• Execute link building campaigns: outreach, link auditing, and building high-quality backlinks.
• Write or optimize SEO content: blog posts, landing pages, and service pages that rank and convert.
• Use AI tools (ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.) to improve SEO workflows — from content ideation to keyword clustering to technical audits.
• Monitor rankings, traffic, and conversions using Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Semrush, or Ahrefs.
• Deliver clear performance reports to account managers and participate in client communication when needed.
• Stay ahead of Google algorithm updates, AI search trends, and emerging SEO tools and methods.
• Optimize for AI and LLM visibility (ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc.) as part of evolving search strategy.

What You Need

5+ years of hands-on SEO experience with proven results (traffic growth, ranking improvements, lead generation).

Local SEO (Required – Must Be Advanced)

You must have hands-on experience ranking local service businesses in the map pack. This includes:

• Building and optimizing Google Business Profiles (including service-area businesses).
• Managing and scaling local citation campaigns (Whitespark, BrightLocal, etc.).
• Creating and interlinking location + service page structures.
• Understanding proximity, relevance, and prominence factors.
• Troubleshooting ranking drops, suspensions, and duplicate listings.

If your experience is mostly content or general SEO, this role is not a fit.

• Technical SEO skills — site speed, schema, crawl audits, indexing, URL structure. You know your way around Screaming Frog.
• On-page SEO — keyword optimization, content structure, meta tags, internal linking. Second nature to you.
• Link building — experience with outreach, link auditing, and building quality backlinks that actually move rankings.
• SEO tools — Semrush, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, Google Analytics, Google Search Console. You use these daily.
• AI-powered SEO — you actively use AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, or similar to speed up keyword research, content optimization, and technical audits.
• Content optimization — you can write or improve SEO content that ranks. Blog posts, service pages, landing pages.
• HTML/CSS basics — enough to make on-page changes, troubleshoot code issues, and work with developers.
• Analytical thinking — you make decisions based on data, not guesses. You can read reports and spot opportunities.
• Good English communication — you can write clearly, explain your strategy, and present results to the team.

Benefits

• 100% remote work.
• Uncapped PTO.
• Paid holidays.
• Flexible start times after 90 days.
• 401(k) or Roth with company match.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Opportunities for learning, growth, and team-building.

Nice to Have

• Agency experience (managing multiple client accounts at once).
• Experience in Home Services or Healthcare SEO.
• Knowledge of JavaScript, PHP, or WordPress development.
• Experience with heatmap tools (Hotjar, Microsoft Clarity) for user behavior analysis.
• CRO (Conversion Rate Optimization) experience.
• Experience optimizing for AI/LLM search platforms (Perplexity, SearchGPT, etc.).

Who This Is NOT For

• SEOs who rely heavily on AI to generate audits or strategies without understanding the “why”.
• Candidates without recent Local SEO experience (past 2–3 years).
• SEOs who primarily worked in content, ecommerce, or national SEO without map pack experience.

Schedule & Pay

• Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM U.S. Central Time. This is required.
• Pay: Competitive, based on experience. Discussed during screening.
• Time Off: 2 weeks paid time off + paid U.S. holidays.
• Tools: Slack, Loom, Google Meet.
• Equipment: You provide your own computer and internet.
• Type: Contract or full-time depending on your location.

90-Day Success Plan

Days 1–30: Onboarding

• Goal: Learn our SEO process, tools, reporting structure, and client industries (Home Services & Healthcare).
• What Success Looks Like:
  • Complete a full SEO audit on one assigned client account.
  • Identify top technical issues and present a prioritized action plan.
  • Begin keyword research and content gap analysis for assigned accounts.

Days 31–60: Execution

• Goal: Independently manage 3–5 client SEO accounts.
• What Success Looks Like:
  • Implement on-page optimizations, technical fixes, and content updates across accounts.
  • Launch or improve local SEO for at least one client (GBP optimization, citations, location pages).
  • Deliver your first round of performance reports with actionable insights.

Days 61–90: Ownership

• Goal: Fully own your client accounts — strategy, execution, and reporting with minimal oversight.
• What Success Looks Like:
  • Show measurable progress: ranking improvements, traffic growth, or lead increases on at least one account.
  • Proactively identify new opportunities (content gaps, link building targets, technical improvements) without being asked.
  • Contribute to team knowledge — share a new tool, tactic, or AI workflow that improves our SEO process.

How to Apply

Send us:

• Your resume.
• 2–3 Local SEO case studies (REQUIRED) including:
  • Business type (HVAC, plumbing, etc.).
  • What you did (GBP, citations, pages, links).
  • Results (rankings, calls, traffic).
• List of SEO tools you use daily.
• Confirm you can work 9 AM–5 PM Central Time, Monday–Friday.

Pay: $75,000.00 per year

Application Question(s):

How many SEO accounts have you managed at a time?

Experience: SEO: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote