Search Engine Optimization Specialist (Mid-Level)

Company

Stock Solutions — Digital Marketing Agency (NJ)

Location

Remote (US-based only)

Schedule

Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm EST

We are a digital marketing agency based in New Jersey specializing in local SEO and web design for home service contractors, electricians, builders, roofers, carpenters, and similar trades. We've maintained 95%+ client retention over 3 years by doing work that actually moves the needle, not churning out fluff reports. We're a small, lean team where your work directly impacts real businesses.

The Role

This is a hands-on SEO position, both strategy and execution. You'll own the SEO process alongside our other Senior SEO across approximately 13-15 active clients, from keyword research and content creation to on-page optimization and Google Business Profile management.

What You'll Be Doing

• Developing and executing local SEO strategies for home service businesses across New Jersey
• Writing service pages, town/location pages, and blog content that ranks, in your own words, not copy-pasted AI output
• Managing and optimizing Google Business Profiles including posts, categories, and NAP consistency
• Conducting keyword research, site audits, and competitor analysis using SEMrush
• Building and maintaining hub-and-spoke content architecture (town hub pages linked to service pages and location pages)
• Monitoring performance through Google Search Console, Google Analytics & SEM
• Working in WordPress with Elementor to create and edit pages
• GBP Posts
• Communicating directly with the agency owner on client priorities and strategy

What We're Looking For

• 2+ years of hands-on SEO experience, local SEO experience is required, not optional
• You can write clean, natural English content without relying on AI to do it for you. AI tools are fine for efficiency but you need to be able to write, edit, and think independently
• Very comfortable in WordPress and Elementor
• Proficient with SEMrush or Ahrefs, Google Search Console, and Google Analytics
• You understand Google Business Profiles, categories, posts, attributes, reviews, map pack ranking factors
• Experience with hub-and-spoke or pillar/cluster content architecture
• Self-directed. You'll get priorities and SOPs, but you need to own execution without constant oversight
• Strong attention to detail, if a phone number is wrong on a page, you catch it before it goes live
• Responsive and reliable during working hours

What We're Not Looking For

• Someone who pastes every task into ChatGPT and submits whatever comes out. We'll test for this during the hiring process
• Someone who needs to be walked through basic WordPress tasks
• Agencies or teams, this is a single individual hire

Why Work Here

• Fully remote, you can work from anywhere in the US
• We are a small team, no corporate bureaucracy
• Your work has direct, visible impact on real local businesses
• Stable client base with long-term retention, you're not constantly onboarding and churning.
• Agency owner is hands-on and accessible, not a layer of middle management

How to Apply

Send your resume along with

• A brief intro, your SEO background, what types of clients or industries you've worked with
• A specific example of a local SEO win you've driven — rankings, traffic, leads, whatever you're proud of.
• One thing you'd check first if a client's page dropped out of the map pack

Pay: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00 per month

Benefits

• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off

Work Location: Remote