SEO Specialist (Remote, South Africa)

IllTip; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

IllTip is hiring a hands-on SEO Specialist based in South Africa to strengthen organic search across multiple high-value sites. You will collaborate with writers and developers to turn search insights into traffic and conversion growth.

The role covers technical SEO, keyword strategy, on-page optimization, link building, and performance reporting, with a focus on delivering measurable results within US business hours.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional SEO experience.
• Hands-on with SEMrush, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, GA & GSC.
• Solid understanding of technical, on-page and off-page SEO.
• Experience with CMSs like WordPress/Webflow/Shopify.
• Strong written and verbal English; ability to work US business hours.

Responsibilities

• Conduct keyword research and map terms to search intent.
• Optimize titles, meta descriptions, headings, internal links, URLs, and schema markup.
• Perform technical audits and coordinate fixes with developers.
• Plan ethical link-building activities and monitor quality.
• Track rankings, traffic, and conversions; build dashboards in Looker Studio/Power BI.
• Prepare weekly/monthly reports with content/site redesign recommendations.

Skills

SEO

Keyword research

Technical SEO

Content optimization

Analytics

Tools

SEMrush

Ahrefs

Screaming Frog

Google Analytics

Google Search Console

Looker Studio

Power BI

Job description

Working hours follow U.S. business hours. A recruitment firm is hiring on behalf of a client to strengthen organic search performance across several high-value websites. The role is hands-on and execution-focused, covering technical SEO, keyword strategy, on-page optimization, link building and performance reporting. The successful candidate will work with writers and developers to turn search data into measurable traffic and conversion growth.

Responsibilities

• Run keyword research with SEMrush, Ahrefs and Google Keyword Planner, mapping terms to search intent and funnel stage.
• Optimize on-page elements such as titles, meta descriptions, heading structure, internal links, URLs and schema markup.
• Carry out technical audits with Screaming Frog and Sitebulb, and work with developers to fix crawl, indexing, redirect and canonicalization issues.
• Plan ethical link-building activity, including guest posting, PR outreach and partnerships, and monitor backlink quality.
• Track rankings, organic traffic and conversions in Google Analytics and Google Search Console, and build dashboards in Looker Studio or Power BI.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports with clear recommendations for content, site redesigns and migrations.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of professional SEO experience.
• Hands‑on experience with SEMrush, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, Google Analytics and Google Search Console.
• Solid understanding of technical, on-page and off-page SEO, search intent and link building.
• Experience with a CMS such as WordPress, Webflow or Shopify.
• Strong written and verbal English and comfort working U.S. business hours.
• Must be based in South Africa.

Applicants must be based in: South Africa.