Senior Local SEO Specialist

We are looking for a local SEO practitioner to step into an active performance problem. Organic lead volume is declining across a portfolio of home services brands including double-digit year-over-year drops at several locations and there is no external vendor currently in place to address it. This person comes in audits fast identifies the highest-impact gaps and starts fixing them. The work is urgent and the opportunity to move the needle quickly is real.

• Rate: $7585/hr
• Start: ASAP
• Contract length: 3 months
• Hours: 30-40 hrs/week
• Location: Remote EST hours

The Situation

Year-to-date organic performance across a portfolio of home services brands shows clear recoverable declines that are directly impacting lead volume and revenue. Key indicators include:

• A residential cleaning franchise network: organic website leads down 11.7% YoY; Google Business Profile interactions down 10%
• Two trades retail brands (electrical and plumbing): organic web leads down 24% and 44% YoY respectively
• A third trades brand (HVAC): organic web leads up 7% YoY proof that recovery is possible with the right execution

These gaps are recoverable. The discrepancies across brands point to execution and infrastructure issues not market conditions. This role exists to find and close them.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a full SEO audit across all priority retail locations and franchise markets schema markup indexation page speed mobile performance and GBP completeness identifying the highest-impact opportunities first
• Identify and fix critical technical issues in the first two weeks schema markup broken links GBP inaccuracies and mobile indexation problems
• Optimize Google Business Profiles across all priority locations categories photos services hours booking links and NAP consistency
• Align GBP profiles with Local Service Ad accounts to ensure local search signals support paid local ad performance
• Build location-specific service pages for priority markets to improve local search rankings for high-intent keywords
• Build Areas We Serve pages with structured FAQ content across priority markets
• Establish AEO foundations structured data FAQ formats and citation signals for visibility in AI-driven search including Gemini ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews
• Address mobile search performance mobile accounts for the majority of organic search across these brands and is underperforming
• Support navigation refactor and expansion of the corporate resource center as SEO work progresses
• Use tools like Local Falcon and GBP performance data to identify underperforming locations and track recovery progress
• Assess review volume and recency across all locations and make actionable recommendations

Qualifications :

Qualifications

• 58 years in local SEO with a track record of improving organic lead performance for multi-location or franchise brands
• Direct experience auditing and optimizing Google Business Profiles at scale 50 locations minimum
• Familiarity with AI-driven search and AEO fundamentals structured data FAQ schema citation signals
• Proficiency with local SEO tools such as Local Falcon BrightLocal WebPunch or equivalent
• Technical SEO competency schema markup Core Web Vitals mobile indexation page speed
• Detail-oriented and systematic able to manage multiple locations and workstreams simultaneously without dropping detail
• Able to identify critical issues and start addressing them in week one without being told where to look

Additional Information :

We Are Rosie casts exceptional marketers to solve real brand challengeswithout retainers unnecessary layers or wasted time. We activate our flexible model and 35000-strong community of experts to tailor every solution to the brand and brief. Trusted by 225 of the worlds most ambitious brands including 15 Fortune 100s were leading an industry revolution for marketers and brands who deserve better.

We Are Rosie is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion age national origin ancestry physical or mental disability medical condition pregnancy genetic information gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran status marital status or any other status protected under federal state or local law.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Contract