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.

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