SEO + AI Search Specialist (Contract/Part-Time)

A senior SEO and AI search specialist contractor role focused on AI-driven discovery, helping clients improve visibility across AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and other AI surfaces. The role involves technical SEO, content strategy, and AI search optimization for both B2B and B2C projects.

Location: Remote (global)

Salary: $100–$150 per hour

Responsibilities

• Conduct technical and content SEO audits, identify AI search visibility gaps, and recommend prioritized roadmaps.
• Improve client visibility in Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini through structured data, entity optimization, citation strategy, and answer-first content.
• Lead keyword research, search intent mapping, and content briefs for both traditional SERPs and AI surfaces.
• Review crawlability, indexation, schema, Core Web Vitals, and rendering; partner with client or internal dev teams on fixes.
• Set up and interpret performance data across GA4, Google Search Console, Ahrefs/SEMrush, and AI visibility tools (Profound, Otterly, Peec AI).
• Help evaluate new AI search tools as they emerge.
• Brief writers and designers on SEO/AEO requirements and join client calls as the SEO subject matter expert.

Requirements

• 5–10+ years of hands-on SEO experience across technical, on-page, and content optimization.
• Active work in AI search optimization — AEO, GEO, and AIO.
• Fluent in the modern tool stack: Ahrefs or SEMrush, Google Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog, Schema.org, and at least one AI visibility tracker.
• Strong content instincts and understanding of editorial quality, entity clarity, and answer-first structure.
• Clear communication skills for translating technical concepts and writing actionable recommendations.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, testing, measuring, and adjusting.
• Experience with B2B and B2C, including technical/enterprise B2B and consumer brands.

Benefits

• Hours: ~5-10 hours per week, with flexibility to scale for project needs.
• Rate: $100–$150 per hour, commensurate with experience.
• Location: Remote (global).
• Start: Immediate, with an initial 90-day evaluation period.