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Hire an SEO Specialist.

Research, content and on-page fixes that grow search traffic.

Also called: SEO Consultant, On-Page SEO Specialist, SEO Executive

From US$6 an hourUS$6-27.50/hr

  • E-commerce
  • SaaS & tech
  • Agencies
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  • Works your hours
  • Colombia hub, on New York time or an hour behind
  • Month to month
What your SEO Specialist gets doneSample day
  • Runs keyword research and clustering in Ahrefs or SemrushResearch and planning
  • Writes SEO content briefs covering intent, SERP analysisContent
  • Optimizes titles, meta descriptions, headings, FAQs and image alt textOn-page optimization
  • Runs white-hat link building and digital PR outreachAuthority and localDoing
In your tools
  • Google Search Console
  • Google Analytics 4
  • Looker Studio
  • Semrush
  • Google Keyword Planner
  • Yoast SEO

Pick the level. See the price.

US$10.50an hourFull time, 38 hours a week, all-in

Level 2 of 4, also called mid-level.Recommended
Even a local mid-level admin costsUS$22.86/hr
A tested Intermediate SEO SpecialistUS$10.50/hr
At least 54% lessBasis: a Seat's hourly price against the hourly wage of a comparable local hire at the same level. Benefits and payroll taxes would add to the local cost.

Owns SEO for a small to mid-sized site end to end with light review.

  • Clustered keyword research and topical map
  • Content briefs
  • On-page optimization of priority pages

2-4 years delivering SEO for sites or agency clients.

How the Intermediate level works

Per hour, all-in: recruiting, testing and management.

What you hand to your SEO Specialist

Tasks

  • Research and planning

    • Runs keyword research and clustering in Ahrefs or Semrush
    • Builds topical maps and competitor content gap analyses
    • Prioritizes opportunities

  • Content

    • Writes SEO content briefs covering intent, SERP analysis
    • Reviews and edits writer drafts for search intent
    • Runs a content refresh program for decaying pages identified

  • On-page optimization

    • Optimizes titles, meta descriptions, headings, FAQs and image alt text
    • Plans and implements internal linking
    • Optimizes e-commerce category and product pages in Shopify or WooCommerce

  • Authority and local

    • Runs white-hat link building and digital PR outreach
    • Optimizes Google Business Profile and local citations

  • AI search visibility

    • Tracks brand mentions and citations
    • Structures content for answer extraction

  • Reporting

    • Tracks rankings and reports monthly
    • Produces white-label client reports for agency partners

Tested before you meet them

  1. SEO writing and editing testAll levels45 min
  2. Search tools practicalIntern to Expert45 min
  3. On-page audit speed testAll levels30 min
  4. Keyword research and content briefAll levels1.5 hrs
  5. 90-day SEO strategyExpert and Specialist3 hrs
  6. Traffic drop client callIntermediate and up30 min
  7. AI workflow test: Brief to publish with AI60 min

One score on every profileSample shown

87%

Three checks before your shortlist

  • Skills tested: A skills test for the role, marked by a senior
  • English and comms: written English tested, spoken English checked on a call
  • ID, work history and references: photo ID, past roles and two referees

From booked call to day one

  1. Step 1: Book a demo

    Tell us the role, your hours and your tools.

  2. Step 2: Meet your shortlist

    Their level and hourly price, tested before you meet.

  3. Step 3: Pick your person

    Month to month. We handle the contract, the equipment and the onboarding, and make sure it all runs.

  4. Step 4: They start work

    In your tools, within 12 to 48 hours of a successful interview.

Questions answered

An Intern SEO Specialist is US$6 an hour, Intermediate US$10.50, Expert US$16.50 and Specialist US$27.50, full time (38 hours a week). That is all-in: recruiting, testing and management, month to month.

Research and planning, content, on-page optimization and authority and local, run to your priorities. You choose what they own first.

Seven practical tests, marked by a senior, including SEO writing and editing test, search tools practical and on-page audit speed test. You see the score before you meet.

Tell us and we replace them free, with a new shortlist of tested people to meet. Seats are month to month with 30 days' notice.

More questions

Within 12 to 48 hours of a successful interview. First you meet your shortlist, interview the people you like and pick your person.

Yes. Your SEO Specialist works your business hours in your time zone and joins your Teams or Slack like anyone else. The hub matched to United States clients is in Colombia, on New York time or an hour behind.

Yes, where it helps. This role's skills test includes an AI task, including spotting when the AI gets it wrong. They use AI for first drafts and routine work, check every output, and follow your AI policy. You can ask for no AI on any task.

An Intermediate SEO Specialist owns SEO for a small to mid-sized site end to end with light review. An Expert SEO Specialist owns organic growth outcomes, builds the 6-12 month SEO strategy and forecasts impact. We usually recommend Intermediate.

It stays under your rules: your admin settings and AI policy apply. Our talent rules ban client data in personal or free AI accounts, and passwords, card numbers, health details and ID numbers never go into any AI tool.

You direct the work day to day. We handle recruiting, equipment and quality checks.

Yes. Every SEO Specialist is tested live in the tools on your job description, such as Google Search Console and Google Analytics 4, before you meet them.

In week one: full-user access to Google Search Console and GA4, CMS editor or admin role; seat in the SEO toolset and rank tracking project set up for priority keywords; and brand and content guidelines, writer roster and approval process handed over. You agree the first priorities with them on day one.

Yes. It's also called SEO Consultant, On-Page SEO Specialist and SEO Executive. Same tasks, tests and prices, whatever the name.

Their written English, with a scored test, and their spoken English, on a call with us. We also check their ID, work history and references.

Yes. You meet your shortlist on a short call and pick the person you want. Nobody joins without your yes.

In our talent hubs in the Philippines, Vietnam, Kenya, Nigeria, Brazil and Colombia, and we hire from 60+ countries. Wherever they are, they work your hours.

Pay only for the hours they work. All your Seats are on one bill, and Studio plans are billed monthly.

It can, at most once a year. Your person's hourly rate may rise by up to 5% a year, from the first anniversary of the Seat's start, with 60 days' notice and the right to end the Seat before it applies.

Only when you and your person both agree to it in advance. Otherwise they work the hours you set, and you pay for the hours they log.

You aren't charged for hours your person doesn't work, apart from paid leave. After their third month, your person earns 8 hours of paid leave a month. Paid leave hours are charged at their usual rate.

Your person logs their hours each day in the Get Hands client app, where you can see them. Your next invoice is adjusted to those hours.

Yes, with no minimum hours. From 20 to 37 hours a week, the hourly rate is 10% higher than full-time. Under 20 hours, it's 20% higher.

Yes. Tell us the roles on a call and we shortlist tested people for each.

Yes. You give them access in your own systems, and you can change or remove it at any time.

They get their own login in each of your systems, never a shared one. Any password that has to be shared goes through your own password manager, never email, chat, code or prompts.

A tested shortlist within 72 hours of your call, or your first week is free. That's part of The Right Hands Guarantee.

Yes. Book a 15-minute demo any time, or choose Talk now on the booking form for a Microsoft Teams link straight away. You can also message us on WhatsApp on +61 485 061 086, or email hello@gethands.com.au.

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Meet the people who fit your work.

A 15‑minute call on Teams. You leave knowing the level you need and its hourly price.

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