Experienced SEO Professional Needed (Hands-On, No Fluff)

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January 13, 2026
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Job Description

Job Details

  • Company Name : Upwork
  • Employment type : Full Time
  • Experience : 1-2 years
  • Salary : $18 to $20 Hourly
  • Location : Remote Option Available
  • Work Schedule : 5 Days a Week

EdgeDigital is hiring a part-time SEO contractor. Before you get excited, let’s make something perfectly clear: if your experience is limited to reading blogs, watching tutorials, repeating what some Twitter “expert” said, what some Google shill has blurted out or even what ChatGPT tells you (much as we LOVE ChatGPT), this is not your job. Don’t waste your time or ours.

We want someone who has actually DONE the work. Who has taken businesses in competitive markets and pushed them to the top because they actually understand how search works. Someone who knows how to fix over-optimized disasters (we have ’em), rebuild site structures (we have those disasters too), audit content like a surgeon, and get measurable results without guesswork.

If you’ve never ranked a real business for a real local keyword, you’re automatically out.

If your idea of a “strategy” is plugging a domain into an SEO tool and reciting whatever it spits out, you’re out.

If you think “SEO manager” is your next career step because actually doing SEO feels beneath you, you’re out twice.

This job is for a technician. A problem-solver. A person who knows the difference between theory and execution. Someone who knows what will “move the needle” vs. do it because Neil Patel said so (no offense to Neil…)

We work with LOCAL service businesses: medical practices, med spas, cleaners, trades, and similar competitive verticals. If you haven’t ranked sites like that before, this isn’t the gig for you. Note that this is plural – “sites” – no one hit SEO wonders.

We start at 10–15 hours per week. If you deliver, the hours go up. If you don’t, it ends quickly and cleanly.

You must be able to:

• Break down a site and spot issues instantly

• Fix those issues without supervision

• Build and adjust Local SEO strategies

• Work confidently in WordPress (bonus if you know Divi)

• Communicate during East Coast hours like a grown adult

• Prove your results with specific, verifiable examples

We aren’t impressed by certificates. We’re impressed by performance.

If you can show real, hard-won SEO wins and want a long-term role where results actually matter, send your experience and your proofs – and we can make it worth your while. If not, keep scrolling.