Technical SEO Specialist

About Elmford HQ:

Elmford HQ runs an online marketplace where homeowners book local handymen, cleaners and movers. Local news, classifieds and event listings for Iowa make up the core of the site. We started in 2013 and have grown to about 160 people.

About the role:

We're looking for a Technical SEO Specialist to join our team. This is a remote role. We are looking for someone who can explain a ranking drop with data instead of guesses. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. Most communication happens in Slack, with short video calls when needed.

What you'll do:

• Train writers and marketers on SEO basics.
• Investigate traffic drops after algorithm updates or site releases.
• Work with developers on Core Web Vitals, redirects, canonical tags and structured data.
• Optimize titles, meta descriptions, headers and internal links on existing pages.

What you bring:

• 5+ years of hands-on SEO work, in-house or at an agency.
• Comfortable in Excel or Google Sheets with large keyword lists.
• Able to show traffic results from past projects.

Also helpful:

• Looker Studio reporting.
• Python or SQL for working with crawl and log data.
• JavaScript SEO knowledge.

Perks and benefits:

Starting pay: $43.50-$53.00 per hour, depending on experience and certifications.

• Referral program.
• $1,000 home office setup budget.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Elmford HQ LLC.