Source: https://deftridge.com/job/on-page-optimisation-sprint-durham-dt-7834595/ Title: On-Page Optimisation Sprint, hybrid in Durham | Deftridge Summary: On-Page Optimisation Sprint for a senior SEO Specialist, hybrid in Durham. $84-$107 an hour, 8 to 16 hours a month. Starts within 2 weeks. Bundle Posted Nov 2 · DT-7834595 # On-Page Optimisation Sprint · Consumer goods Senior · SEO Specialist · Hybrid · Durham **$84–$107** / hour About $760–$1,530 a month. 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** Personal-care brand selling in 20 countries · 5,000+ employeesCL-82286 · based in The Hague - **Where** Hybrid · Durham - **Format** Task bundle - **Time needed** 8–16 h a month - **Start** Starts within 2 weeks - **Level** Senior · 5-10 years - **When you work** Two set slots a week **805** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This Personal-care brand selling in 20 countries (5,000+ employees) is looking for a senior SEO Specialist for a monthly bundle of recurring tasks, 8–16 h a month. Updates titles, headings, internal links and copy on key pages. The same kind of work comes back every month, so the company prefers one person with an hours cap over ad-hoc requests. It sells consumer goods through retailers, so planning cycles run to a fixed monthly calendar. The team sits in Durham. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. The work runs in two set slots a week, agreed with the team at the start. ## What you deliver - Optimise the 25 pages with the highest impression-to-click gap and report results after 50 days. - A named list of items moved to next month, so nothing is lost - A month-end summary with hours used against the cap - The monthly list of items completed, each with a link to the result ## What a month looks like - Start of month: the company shares the items and the priorities - Mid-month: progress check of 15 minutes - Month end: hours used against the cap, results and open items **Duration:** 12 weeks, with a monthly hours cap. 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 Ahrefs WordPress Search Console ## Who fits - 5-10 years of hands-on work as an SEO Specialist, or the equivalent mix of roles - Comfortable working in Ahrefs, WordPress and Search Console - Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate ### Nice to have - Experience in a similar industry - Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader ## Not included - Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so - Managing other contractors or employees - Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately ## 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 USD 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** Senior SEO Specialist - **Experience** 5-10 years in marketing & content - **Tools** Ahrefs, WordPress, Search Console - **Offers** 12 hours a month, weekday evenings - **Rate** $96 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, $96 an hour, is **above** the median senior SEO Specialist rate in North Carolina ($75). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median $75 This task $96 $51 $113 [All SEO Specialist jobs in United States](https://deftridge.com/jobs/seo-specialist/united-states/) · [SEO Specialist rates in North Carolina](https://deftridge.com/rates/seo-specialist/north-carolina/) · [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-82286 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, On-Page Optimisation Sprint · Consumer goods is noted. 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