SEO Strategist Freelancer

Description: **ABOUT US:** Optidge is a home\-grown remote\-first digital marketing agency supporting small and medium businesses with SEO, paid media, and web development services. We’re a team of \~40 spread through the US and internationally, aligning to values of Mentorship, Stewardship, Excellence, and Communication. **THE ROLE:** This is a full time role for an Independent Contractor or Freelancer who would like consistent work at an award\-winning agency. We are offering a rate between $30\-35 per hour, with up to 35 hours per week for the contract. If this meets your needs, read on! As an SEO Strategist, your main job is to help clients websites show up higher in search results and AI overviews so more people can find them naturally. This is a client\-facing role that has you doing hands\-on SEO strategy that drives results. You’ll spend your time preparing data\-driven reports using your knowledge of Google Analytics and Google Search Console, creating monthly briefs that are AISEO\-driven for B2B and B2C clients. A high level of data analytics skills, experience with SEO content brief creation, and enjoyment of client engagement is a must\-have. This role is perfect for someone with client\-facing experience, intermediate level SEO skills, who is looking to do award\-winning work and grow their career and skills with us over the years. Requirements: **Day To Day and Year 1:** * Owning SEO research and keyword audits in support of client work * Conducting competitive and market analysis to identify opportunities for ranking and performance * Participating in and leading client meetings and daily meetings with team members across Paid Media, SEO, and Account Management teams to develop strategy and content for clients * Help us identify areas of opportunity for internal or external growth with the evolving SEO landscape **Within 1 month you’ll…** * Have completed onboarding, understand our client operations, and begin work on your first projects. * Be autonomous in regular SEO tasks and able to execute day\-to\-day work without supervision. * Begin owning your book of business, producing client reports, leading conversations, and delivering presentations directly to clients. * Act as a team player who jumps in to help when others call on you or you see the opportunity, and solving problems for others. **By 3 months you’ll…** * Be seen as a reliable team member who can completely own and run with tasks like SEO research briefs, technical audits and content audits. * Be developing your own SEO strategies for your clients in partnership with senior team members, identifying opportunities for client accounts and supporting business growth. * Have taken over a full book of business, acting as the client\-facing lead for the SEO strategy and deliverables * Be supporting AI agent research for SEO task automation. **At 6\+ months you’ll…** * Fully own SEO tasks for your client accounts, and provide support to Leads and Seniors