Opportunity overview
What you should know
We checked this opportunity from Hire Hangar. It is listed as South Africa.
The work location is Johannesburg. Employer-stated compensation: Salary not included in the job posting.
Job description
About this role
Job Title: SEO Manager (Local SEO & Google Business Profile) We’re hiring an experienced SEO Manager to help lead and scale SEO delivery for a portfolio of home-services clients across the US. This role is hands-on and performance-driven, with ownership across local SEO, Google Business Profile (GBP), content direction, technical SEO fundamentals, and link building coordination. You should be confident operating in modern local SEO (including service-area businesses), competitive metro markets, and multi-location/franchise environments. You’ll work closely with content, development, paid media/LSA teams, and account strategy to execute a clear SEO plan and drive measurable organic growth.
Responsibilities
- Own SEO strategy and execution for a portfolio of home-services clients (HVAC, plumbing, remodeling, junk removal, painting, etc.).
- Create and maintain SEO roadmaps covering technical improvements, content, local visibility, link building, and GBP optimization.
- Contribute to building scalable SEO processes, templates, QA checks, and reporting standards.
- Stay current on Google algorithm updates, AI-influenced search trends, E-E-A-T considerations, and local ranking factors.
- Local SEO & Google Business Profile (GBP)
- Improve GBP rankings across primary and surrounding service cities through repeatable optimizations.
- Optimize categories, attributes, service areas, citations, photos/videos, and local trust signals.
- Conduct city-level keyword research and local expansion planning for increased visibility.
- Support consistent map pack and local SERP performance in competitive markets.
- Build content plans for service pages, location pages, blogs, and topical authority clusters.
Qualifications and requirements
- 3–5 years of hands-on SEO experience, ideally in an agency or multi-client environment.
- Proven success improving local SEO performance for service-area businesses (map pack + organic results).
- Experience improving Google Business Profile rankings and local visibility in competitive markets.
- Familiarity with multi-location SEO structures (or strong experience supporting location-based expansion).
- Solid technical SEO foundation (auditing, indexation, site structure, internal linking, CWV awareness, basic schema).
- Strong proficiency in WordPress (on-page optimization, plugins, and implementing common technical updates).
- Ability to produce clear documentation, briefs, action plans, and performance reporting.
- Strong organization and time management with the ability to manage multiple client campaigns.
- Prior, professional remote work experience and be fluent with remote collaboration tools (e.g., Slack, Zoom, Google Workspace, Asana or similar). Ideally, you’ve supported US- or UK-based teams/clients. Applications without clear evidence of remote work experience and comfort operating in distributed teams will not be considered.
- Experience collaborating with paid media/LSA teams or supporting omnichannel strategies.
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How this listing was checked
- Source status
- Applicant-tracking source confirmed
- Employer or source
- Hire Hangar
- Source checked
- September 7, 2026
- Application destination
- Employer or official applicant-tracking website
- Work setup and location
- Remote · Johannesburg
- Who can apply
- South Africa · Confirmed by source
- Pay
- Not stated by employer
- Deadline
- Not stated by employer
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