SEO Specialist - AI-Enabled SEO (018-1313)

Hunt St Pty Ltd; Hinoba-an; Hybrid; PHP 857,000 - 1,159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% remote

Job summary

Hunt St Pty Ltd is seeking an experienced SEO Specialist based in the Philippines to join as an independent contractor. You will own on-page and technical SEO for client WordPress sites, conduct AI-enabled optimization, and deliver monthly reporting from Looker Studio.

You will work with Australian clients, align with AU business hours, and maintain a high standard of written English across client-facing copy and reports. This is a 100% remote, contractor engagement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in SEO, including agency experience managing multiple clients.
• Daily use of AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) in real delivery.
• Editorial judgement to ensure human-written, high-quality content.
• Understanding of AI search and content sources for Overviews/LLMs.
• Technical SEO ability to read crawl reports and fix issues.
• Strong WordPress experience with Yoast/RankMath and page builders.
• Familiarity with GSC, GA4, Looker Studio for reporting.
• Daily use of Screaming Frog and SEMrush/Ahrefs.
• Excellent written English for client-facing copy and reports.
• Independent work style with strong prioritisation and home-office setup.

Responsibilities

• Own on-page and technical SEO across 10–20 WordPress sites.
• Run technical audits: crawl issues, indexation, redirects, Core Web Vitals.
• Optimise for AI search and structure content for AI Overviews.
• Use AI to scale tasks with human QA before shipping.
• Build repeatable AI workflows to speed up delivery.
• Conduct keyword research and map content briefs to services.
• Write and optimise page copy and meta data to human-sounding quality.
• Perform Google Business Profile local SEO for WA service area.
• Create monthly client reports in Looker Studio explaining changes.
• Monitor rankings/traffic/conversions and flag drops early.
• Migration QA: pre-launch checks and post-launch validation.
• Collaborate with developers on implementation and QA live changes.
• Advise Head of SEO and Perth team with proactive recommendations.

Skills

SEO Strategy

Technical SEO

WordPress

AI in SEO

Looker Studio

Screaming Frog

SEMrush/Ahrefs

Written English

Independence

Client communication

Tools

Yoast/Rank Math

Page builders

Looker Studio

GSC/GA4

Job description

Looking for Philippines-based candidates

Job Role: SEO Specialist

Compensation range: $2,000 AUD / Monthly

Engagement type: Independent Contractor Agreement

Work Schedule: This role is expected to align with the AU business hours (approx. 9 AM - 5 PM, Monday to Friday) for collaboration, but as a contractor, you’ll have flexibility in how you manage your time.

Who We Are: At Hunt St, we help Australian companies hire top remote talent in the Philippines. For this role, you will be engaged directly by the client as an independent contractor. We are not an outsourcing agency. All of our roles are 100% remote so you'll be able to work from home.

Who The Client Is: Our client is an established Australian digital marketing agency supporting businesses with end-to-end digital solutions designed to improve their online presence, generate leads, and achieve measurable business outcomes.

The agency works across a broad range of digital services, combining creative, technical, and performance-focused expertise to deliver tailored solutions for its clients. Their team takes a results-driven approach, with a strong focus on transparency, quality, collaboration, and long-term client relationships.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own on page and technical SEO across a portfolio of roughly 10 to 20 client WordPress sites
• Run technical audits and fix what you find: crawl issues, indexation, redirects, site structure, Core Web Vitals, schema
• Optimise for AI search as well as Google. Structure content and schema so clients get cited in AI Overviews and LLM answers, and track where they are appearing
• Use AI to scale the work: research, clustering, brief generation, first draft copy, bulk meta data, audit summarisation, report commentary, with a human check before anything ships
• Build and improve repeatable AI workflows for the team, so a task done well once gets done fast every time after
• Keyword research and content briefs mapped to client services and commercial intent
• Write and optimise page copy, meta data and blog content to a standard that reads human, never generic
• Google Business Profile optimisation and local SEO for WA service area businesses
• Build monthly client reports in Looker Studio that explain what changed and why, not just charts
• Monitor rankings, traffic and conversions, and flag drops before the client does
• Migration QA: pre launch SEO checks, redirect maps, post launch verification
• Work with our developers on implementation, and QA it once it is live
• Bring recommendations to the Head of SEO and the Perth team proactively. We want a second brain, not a pair of hands

• 5+ years in SEO, with at least 2 in an agency managing multiple client accounts at once
• Demonstrable daily use of AI tools in real SEO delivery (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or similar). They can show us workflows they have built, not just tools they have tried
• Editorial judgement over AI output. They know what AI generated content sounds like and they do not let it out the door. Clients get work that reads like a person wrote it, because they rewrote it
• Working understanding of AI search: how AI Overviews and LLM answers pick sources, and what to change on a site to be one of them
• Genuine technical SEO capability. They can read a crawl report, diagnose the cause and specify the fix
• Strong WordPress experience: Yoast or RankMath, page builders, plugin level troubleshooting
• Google Search Console, GA4 and Looker Studio to a reporting ready standard
• Screaming Frog or equivalent, and SEMrush or Ahrefs, used daily rather than occasionally
• Excellent written English. They will write client facing copy and reports that go out with our name on them
• Able to work independently across a portfolio and manage their own priorities
• Reliable home office setup and stable internet, available 8:00am to 4:00pm AWST

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS

• Automation platforms such as n8n, Make or Zapier, for connecting SEO tasks, data and reporting
• Custom GPTs, Claude Projects, or their own prompt library built for repeat client work
• Light scripting in Python or Apps Script, including AI assisted, for bulk data work and API pulls
• HTML and CSS literacy, enough to diagnose and make small front end fixes themselves
• Cloudflare, GTM or Zaraz, or server side tagging exposure WooCommerce or e-commerce SEO
• Google Ads familiarity, enough to see where paid and organic overlap
• Experience mentoring or QA'ing junior SEO work
• Australian market experience, or a track record with English speaking Western clients

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Someone senior enough to be trusted with client outcomes and steady enough to still be here in three years.
• AI native, not AI dependent. Uses AI to move faster on everything, and still owns every word that ships
• Independent. Runs their own week, chases their own loose ends, escalates early when something is off
• Diagnostic. Does not just report that traffic dropped. Finds out why and proposes the fix
• Curious about the shift. Search is being rebuilt right now and we want someone who finds that interesting rather than threatening
• Communicative. Writes clearly, updates without being asked, comfortable saying "that recommendation will not work, here is why"
• Long term. We are building a role, not filling a gap. Growth into leading SEO delivery alongside the Head of SEO as the client base grows is on the table

Work Arrangement & Expectations:

This is a remote role that will be set up as an independent contractor engagement.

To ensure alignment and transparency, successful candidates will be expected to:

• Disclose any existing ongoing roles or client work
• Reflect this engagement on their LinkedIn profile (clearly marked as “Independent Contractor”)