Technical SEO Freelancer

Job Description:

Technical SEO Freelancer

Location: Remote-Flexible

Type: Freelance

Hours Per Week: 15 – 20

Hourly Rate Target: $40 - $55

Experience: 10+ years, basic dev/coding experience required

🐸 Why Join Our Team?

When joining Leap Group, you're joining a team that is passionate, innovative, and connected. Some words we've heard our teammates use to describe our culture are welcoming, collaborative, flexible, and dog-friendly (warning: your interview may be accompanied by a wagging tail🐕)

We give our team the ability to make an impact with clients, while expanding their experience and depth of knowledge in the process. We like to show our appreciation for everything our teammates do by offering supportive and inclusive benefits that allow them to thrive. This includes things like:

💻 Remote work
🌻 Autonomy and flexibility
🌞 Unlimited PTO and Summer Fridays
🐣 Paid maternity and paternity leave
🧠 Company-paid access to coaching and therapy
💸 401k plan with match and 1:1 access to investment advisor
🩺 Health, dental, vision, and ancillary benefits
📚 Professional development opportunities

🌈 Diverse and Inclusive Marketing Comes from Diverse and Inclusive Teams

We recognize our teammates are our greatest assets in helping our clients market less and matter more. Diverse backgrounds, opinions and perspectives on our team allow us to expand our own perspectives and, in the process, create solutions that are innovative, creative, and strategic.

We're constantly working to transform our agencies and industry into spaces that are more diverse, equitable, and inclusive, and we welcome the addition of YOUR unique voice and perspective. Don't forget to ask us about our focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion during your interview.

🎧 Accommodation Requests

Leap Group complies with the ADA and ADAAA. If you need reasonable accommodation to apply, interview, or do the job, please include your accommodate request in the corresponding application question.

🌍 Where is This Role?

While we service clients nationally and internationally, Leap Group has a footprint in the Midwest, with offices in:

📍 Louisville, KY
📍 Cincinnati, OH
📍 Indianapolis, IN
📍 Chicago, IL

Our roles are typically open to remote candidates located and authorized to work in the U.S. However, priority will always be given to those located in our geographic footprint. This is because we've found the ability to seamlessly collaborate in-person when needed is very valuable to the nature of our work.

💻 Check Us Out

To learn more about our agencies and work, visit www.leapgroupnetwork.com

💎 Who is the Technical SEO Freelancer?

This role focuses on the technical side of SEO, working closely with our Integrated Marketing Manager and SEO Copywriter. You’ll handle site audits, schema markups, structured data, and other foundational SEO enhancements while ensuring websites are optimized for AI-driven search (LLMs).

You have strong development skills, hands-on experience optimizing website files, and a deep understanding of search engine algorithms.

Key responsibilities include:

• Conducting comprehensive technical SEO audits, identifying issues and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Optimizing website structure, metadata, schema markup, and structured data to enhance search visibility.
• Collaborating with web developers on site performance enhancements, including crawlability, indexability, and Core Web Vitals improvements.
• Implementing and troubleshooting technical SEO elements, including canonical tags, redirects, and robots.txt configurations.
• Ensuring technical compatibility with AI-driven search models (LLMs) and evolving search engine requirements.
• Supporting basic website development tasks, including minor coding and troubleshooting issues.
• Providing client-facing insights and recommendations, including presenting technical findings when necessary.
• Staying ahead of SEO trends, algorithm updates, and best practices to continuously refine strategies.

📚 What do You Need?

• A portfolio linked in your resume or otherwise attached to your application. This is required in order for us to review and consider your application. Please include technical audits you’ve conducted and how you addressed and identified issues.
• 10+ years of hands-on technical SEO experience, preferably in an agency or consulting role.
• Basic web development skills, including experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and structured data implementation.
• Proven experience with schema markup, JSON-LD, and other structured data formats.
• Expertise in SEO tools like Google Search Console, Screaming Frog, Ahrefs, SEMrush, and technical audit platforms.
• Solid understanding of site speed optimization, Core Web Vitals, and mobile-first indexing.
• Ability to communicate and present technical findings to clients in an accessible way.
• Freelance setup: Must have your own laptop, internet connection, and availability during daytime hours for collaboration.

Important note: if you think you have what it takes to be a great in this role but don't necessarily meet all of these qualifications, please still apply! While we work hard to eliminate unnecessary requirements from our job ads, our teams and needs are constantly evolving, and we'd always love the opportunity to connect and see what might be a fit.