SEO Strategist — Local SEO Agency
40 hours/week · Remote (Canada) · Full-time employee
Small World Marketing helps service businesses get found on Google, Google Maps, and AI search. We’re hiring an SEO Strategist to own strategy and delivery across a book of local clients — and to use our dashboards and AI tooling to ship fixes fast, not just write recommendations.
- Own SEO strategy and day-to-day execution for a portfolio of local service clients (on-page, technical, content briefs, GBP / map pack, and light off-page prioritization)
- - Turn Agency Metrics / Search Console / rank data into a short action list, then brief AI and teammates so the work actually ships
- - Spot stuck delivery early (missing access, thin content, Maps issues, technical blockers) and push it to done
- - Prepare clear client-facing notes and report commentary the founder can send with confidence
- - Keep a tight weekly pulse on wins, risks, aDetails
- - 40 hours/week, fully remote, overlap with Pacific Time
- - Salary: CAD $78,000
- - Advantages: medical, dental, and vision
- - Paid time off: 2 weeks vacation + BC statutory holidays
- - Full-time employee role with a standard 3-month introductory period and a scheduled 90-day review
- How to apply
- Send your resume and 2–3 work samples (before/after rankings, a technical fix, or a local SEO case) to
[email protected] with the subject line “SEO Strategist”.
- Career page: https://www.smallworld.ca/careers/seo-manager/
- Company address if needed: #3304, 8551 201 Street, Langley, BC, V2Y 3Y5, Canadand what needs a founder decision
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What we’re looking for
- Based in Canada and eligible to work here; strong written and spoken English
- - 3+ years hands-on SEO (agency experience strongly preferred), including local / Maps work
- - Comfortable in GA4, Google Search Console, and at least one rank / crawl stack (e.g. Ahrefs, Semrush, Screaming Frog)
- - Enough technical fluency to read a site issue and write a precise fix brief — you don’t need to be a developer
- - Already using AI as leverage for research, briefs, and QA, while owning the final call
- - Organized, calm under client pressure, and allergic to “strategy decks with no shipped work”
You report to the founder (Lead SEO).
What you’ll do
📌 SEO Strategist (Canada)
🏢 Small World Marketing
📍 Canada