Senior SEO Strategist (Remote)

About the role

Rock City Digital is looking for a full-time Senior SEO Strategist to run data-driven SEO strategies that scale local business visibility. The role is remote, anywhere, and sits within a team that values honest, long-term client relationships. Pay is USD 1,300 to 2,500 per month.

Key responsibilities

• Own the SEO strategy across several local and service-based business clients.
• Audit accounts and set priorities independently, without relying on a prebuilt checklist.
• Build data-driven strategies using Google Search Console, GA4, rankings, competitor research, site performance, local visibility and conversion data.
• Lead local SEO, including Google Business Profile, service and location pages, citations, reviews and local organic visibility.
• Handle technical SEO: crawling and indexing issues, redirects, canonicals, schema, internal linking, site architecture, duplicate or thin content, and diagnosing ranking or traffic drops.
• Develop on-page and content strategies based on search intent and business goals, measuring qualified traffic, leads and calls rather than rankings alone.
• Review and quality-assure SEO work, give clear feedback to teammates, and explain strategy to internal teams and clients in plain language.
• Stay ahead of AI search and generative engine optimization.

Required profile

• Fluent English, written and spoken.
• Ability to work independently and make strategic recommendations without constant direction.
• Preferred: five or more years of hands-on SEO experience, three or more years of agency SEO experience, and strong local SEO experience for U.S. service-area businesses.
• Preferred: action-oriented, growth-minded, organized, detail-focused and a sharp problem solver.

Required skills

• SEO, Local SEO, Technical SEO and SEO campaigns
• Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and Google Search Console
• WordPress development
• On-page optimization
• Preferred: SE Ranking, Semrush, Ahrefs; advanced GA4 and Search Console