Digital Marketing / SEO Specialist
Your Team, Your Way
Performance marketingDedicated, not shared

SEO Specialist

Conduct keyword research, on-page optimisation and technical SEO health checks that move rankings in the right direction.

This role · right now Screenshot Monitor
On shift · investigating ranking drop #SEO-88
Active today6h 50m of 8h
SEMrush/Ahrefs
40%
Google Search Console
28%
CMS
22%
Microsoft 365
10%
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Illustrative sample — actual report via screenshotmonitor.com
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Why Virtual Team

Five reasons clients stay past the first hire

Dedicated

One resource, only yours

No shared queue, no rotating cast. Your dedicated resource works exclusively for you and stays.

Leadership

25 years of Australian market experience

Founder Rohit Sahdev's 25 years in the Australian market, including senior leadership at Telstra, shape how every dedicated team is managed.

Transparent

You always know what your team is doing

Every dedicated resource works behind Screenshot Monitor — auditable activity and reporting, not a black box.

Flexible

No more "That's not my job."

Your dedicated outsourced resource adapts to what your business needs, takes ownership and grows their career by stepping up to new challenges.

Built for now

Capacity without the hiring squeeze

Skilled and reliable operational talent is harder to hire locally right now. A dedicated resource adds capacity without adding to that pressure.

The outcome this role is built for

Steadier ranking performance — because technical issues and optimisation opportunities are caught proactively, not after traffic drops.

Role scope

What this role owns day to day

Core responsibilities

  • Conduct keyword research and on-page optimisation
  • Monitor rankings and technical SEO health
  • Prepare SEO reports and recommendations
  • Implement approved SEO changes in the CMS

Works inside

SEMrushAhrefsGoogle Search ConsoleCMS

Reported on weekly

Ranking movementTarget keyword ranking trend
Technical SEO healthSite health score and issues resolved
Task completionOptimisation tasks closed on schedule
Reporting turnaroundTime to deliver SEO reports
Flexibility

Works your hours. Picks up the work.

Australian business hours

Aligned to your primary time zone and holiday calendar for day-to-day coverage.

9am–5pm style coverage, matched to your roster

Extended coverage

Stretch shift start/end times around campaign launches and reporting deadlines.

Early-start or late-finish shifts, by agreement

Peak-demand scaling

Additional dedicated resources during launch periods and peak campaign season.

Scale up seats for peak periods, scale back down after

What "no that's not my job" looks like in practice: a ranking drop doesn't have an obvious cause — it still gets investigated thoroughly instead of being attributed to "algorithm changes" and left alone.

What stays with your authorised staff

Major site architecture changes remain with authorised technical leads. This role optimises within the existing structure — it doesn't rebuild it.

Why this role is hard to scale locally

The market backdrop for SEO specialist hires

46% rising costs

of Australian businesses reported rising operating expenses in June 2026 — 65% citing overheads, 40% citing staffing costs.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, June 2026
3.3% wage growth

Australian wage growth over the year to the March quarter 2026 (3.2% in the private sector), raising the cost of hiring locally.

Source: ABS Wage Price Index, March quarter 2026
329,500 vacancies

job vacancies were recorded across Australia in May 2026 — 293,800 of them in the private sector.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, May 2026

Statistics checked in July 2026 from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and ServiceNow. See our Challenges We Solve page for full sourcing and context.

Not exclusive to marketing agencies

The same skillset, wherever content and campaigns need executing

Strip away the agency-specific platforms and this role is a recognisable shape: execute against a brief, optimise against data, and report on results.

Common today

Doing this in-house with stretched staff, or paying a third party

  • SEO work competes with other priorities
  • Technical issues surface after traffic drops
  • Optimisation is inconsistent between updates
The alternative

A dedicated SEO specialist, outsourced to us

  • One resource whose only job is SEO performance
  • Reports to your own marketing lead, not a third party
  • Same Screenshot Monitor transparency, direct to you
Where this shape of role also fits

Retail & E-commerce

Storefront campaign execution mirrors performance marketing closely.

Ad platforms · GA4

Recruitment & Staffing

Targeted candidate sourcing follows a similar search-and-optimise discipline.

LinkedIn Recruiter

Real Estate & Property Management

Listing campaign performance tracking mirrors this role's data discipline.

CRM · listing portals

MSPs & IT Resellers

Lead-generation campaign execution transfers this skillset directly.

Ad platforms
Transparent reporting, on this role too
Screenshot Monitor active
Daily
Activity & app-usage log
Weekly
Reviewed with your team lead

No guessing what this role worked on. Full sample report on the Digital Marketing page →

How it works

Discovery, role design, and a candidate you interview yourself.

You define outcomes, tools and work hours. We source, screen and put forward candidates you interview and approve. Once live, your resource follows your systems, escalation model and reporting cadence — reviewed together on a schedule you set.

See the full onboarding model
Common questions

Questions about hiring a dedicated SEO Specialist

Cost depends on experience level, working hours and specific responsibilities. Tell us your requirements and we'll put together a proposal for a dedicated SEO Specialist.
Yes — working hours are agreed during setup to align with your operational needs, whether that's standard Australian business hours or extended coverage.
A dedicated SEO Specialist works exclusively for your business, inside your own systems, reporting to your nominated manager — not a shared resource split across an agency's other clients.
We shortlist candidates against your actual role requirements, you interview and approve before anyone starts, and your dedicated resource is trained on your specific systems and processes from day one.
Your Team, Your Way

Ready to add this role to your team?

Tell us your site size and current SEO tools — we'll shortlist candidates against your actual task list.

Start team design Back to Digital Marketing or call 0405 550 999

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