SEO + AI Search Specialist (Contract/Part-Time)
Headquarters: Remote
URL: https://sketchdeck.com/
The Role
AI-driven discovery is reshaping how audiences find brands, and we are helping our clients lead the way — across AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and beyond. We are looking for a senior SEO and AI search specialist contractor to help our clients show up where their audiences are searching now. Approximately 10 hours per week, ongoing, across a mix of B2B and B2C projects.
What You Will Do
Audit and strategy: Conduct technical and content SEO audits, identify AI search visibility gaps, and recommend prioritized roadmaps.
AI search optimization: Improve client visibility in Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini through structured data, entity optimization, citation strategy, and answer-first content.
Keyword and content strategy: Lead keyword research, search intent mapping, and content briefs for both traditional SERPs and AI surfaces.
Technical SEO: Review crawlability, indexation, schema, Core Web Vitals, and rendering. Partner with client or internal dev teams on fixes.
Measurement and reporting: Set up and interpret performance data across GA4, Google Search Console, Ahrefs/SEMrush, and AI visibility tools (Profound, Otterly, Peec AI).
Tool exploration: Help us evaluate new AI search tools as they emerge. Curiosity matters.
Cross-functional collaboration: Brief our writers and designers on SEO/AEO requirements and join client calls as the SEO subject matter expert.
Who You Are
5–10+ years of hands-on SEO experience across technical, on-page, and content optimization. Agency or enterprise background preferred.
Active work in AI search optimization — AEO, GEO, and AIO. We know this space is new; we want someone experimenting with real results to point to, not someone claiming a decade of expertise that doesn't exist yet.
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. You understand how editorial quality, entity clarity, and answer-first structure drive both rankings and AI citations.
Clear communicator. You can translate technical concepts for non-technical clients and write recommendations creative teams can act on.
Comfortable with ambiguity. You test, measure, and adjust rather than wait for settled best practices.
Mix of B2B and B2C experience, ideally including technical/enterprise B2B and consumer brands.
Nice to Have
International or multi-region SEO experience.
Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript as they relate to SEO.
Familiarity with Webflow, WordPress, or HubSpot CMS.
Published thought leadership or community presence in SEO/AI search.
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
How to Apply
Send a short note about your background, resume with links to relevant work (especially AI search visibility examples), and your hourly rate, to careers@sketchdeck.com .
We are most interested in concrete results — a client whose AI Overview presence you grew, a schema implementation that moved the needle, an audit that surfaced something non-obvious.
To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/sketchdeck-seo-ai-search-specialist-contract-part-time