Source: https://deftridge.com/job/local-seo-setup-ontario-dt-3937895/ Title: Local SEO Setup, remote, Ontario | Deftridge Summary: Local SEO Setup (Google Business Profile) for a manager SEO Specialist, remote in Ontario. CA$83-CA$98 an hour, about 6 hours in total. Starts next week. One-off Shortlisting · 4 candidates Posted Oct 22 · DT-3937895 # Local SEO Setup (Google Business Profile) Manager · SEO Specialist · Remote · Ontario only **CA$83–CA$98** / hour About CA$360–CA$720 in total. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so **nothing comes out of your rate**. - **Company** Clinical-stage biotech in rare diseases · 501–1,000 employeesCL-25190 · based in Thunder Bay - **Where** Remote · Ontario only - **Format** One-off task - **Time needed** about 6 h in total - **Start** Starts next week - **Level** Manager · 7-12 years - **When you work** Weekday evenings The company is already looking at 4 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides. **7** professionals have asked about this task **305** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This Clinical-stage biotech in rare diseases (501–1,000 employees) is looking for a manager SEO Specialist for a single piece of work with a fixed scope and a fixed price. Business profiles, citations and local pages. It is a self-contained job: scope, checklist and price are agreed before you start. It works in life sciences, where documents are versioned and reviewed in a fixed order. The work is fully remote, but the company can only contract people who live in Ontario, so this one is for residents there. Most people do this on weekday evenings; replies inside the working day are not expected. ## What you deliver - Set up and optimise Google Business Profiles for six locations and build local landing pages. - A final note stating what was checked and what was left out of scope - The finished deliverable in the agreed file format, with sources and assumptions listed - A 20-minute walkthrough call, or a recorded screen share if you prefer ## How the work runs - Day 1: scope confirmed in writing, files shared - Middle of the period: draft shared for early feedback - Last day: final version and handover note **Duration:** 2 to 3 weeks. Accepted on the company's written OK. If something is missed, you fix it in the same week at no extra charge to either side. ## Tools Google Business Profile BrightLocal ## Who fits - 7-12 years of hands-on work as an SEO Specialist, or the equivalent mix of roles - Comfortable working in Google Business Profile and BrightLocal - Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate ### Nice to have - A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late - Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader ## Not included - Managing other contractors or employees - Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so - On-call availability outside the agreed window ## How you get paid - The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice. - Deftridge pays you in CAD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement. - You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs. - You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge. ## What happens after you say you're interested 1. **Within one working day** A recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want. 1. **You agree the rate** You and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead. 1. **With your written OK** The company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days. 1. **Start** You sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above. ## What the company sees about you First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details. Your profile **Alex** Manager SEO Specialist - **Experience** 7-12 years in marketing & content - **Tools** Google Business Profile, BrightLocal - **Offers** 6 hours in total, weekday evenings - **Rate** CA$90 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, CA$90 an hour, is **in line with** the median manager SEO Specialist rate in Ontario (CA$90). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median CA$90 This task CA$90 CA$60 CA$122 [All SEO Specialist jobs in Canada](https://deftridge.com/jobs/seo-specialist/canada/) · [SEO Specialist rates in Ontario](https://deftridge.com/rates/seo-specialist/ontario/) · [Marketing & Content jobs](https://deftridge.com/jobs/marketing-and-content/) ## Questions about pay and privacy The rules are the same for every task. [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job. CL-25190 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead. ## Interested in this task? Leave your first name and e-mail. You hear back from a recruiter inside one working day, and nothing reaches the company without your written OK. - You see and agree the rate before the company hears about you - Your employer and surname stay private - E-mail only, no phone calls Thank you, Local SEO Setup (Google Business Profile) is noted. 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