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.

You report to the founder (Lead SEO).

What you’ll do

  • 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, and what needs a founder decision

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”

Reading check

  • If you’re actually reading this, put the word “banana” in the first line of your email, right after hello. Applications that skip it get skipped.

Details

  • 40 hours/week, fully remote, overlap with Pacific Time
  • Salary: CAD $78,000
  • Benefits: 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 info@smallworld.ca with the subject line “SEO Strategist”. The first line of your email intro must include the word “banana” right after hello.