SEO Expert

SEO Specialist, Auto Repair Niche (Local SEO / GBP / Multi Client Portfolio) FREEDOM Media is a digital marketing agency that runs as the outsourced CMO and full marketing department for our clients. We are hiring a contract SEO specialist to own organic growth across a portfolio of auto repair shops. This is a large, ongoing project, not a one off audit. You will be measured on movement in the map pack, organic traffic to money pages, and booked jobs in the bay. We want someone who already knows this niche cold: how repair shops win city and service keywords, how Google Business Profile behaves for multi location and service area shops, and how to break into markets where the same three competitors have owned the top spots for years. If your background is general local SEO and you are hoping auto repair is close enough, this is not the right fit. Your hours must overlap standard business hours in US Central time for daily communication and client calls. What you will own Full SEO strategy and execution for multiple auto repair clients at once, each with its own market and competitive set Google Business Profile: category and service strategy, photos, posts, Q and A, review velocity, spam fighting and redressal, suspension recovery, multi location management Local page architecture that scales: city and service pages, make and model pages, cost and comparison pages Technical SEO: site structure, internal linking, schema (LocalBusiness, AutoRepair, Service, FAQ), Core Web Vitals, crawl and indexation cleanup Link acquisition that holds up: local sponsorships, parts and supplier relationships, community placements, digital PR. No PBNs, no spam Content briefs and editing for writers, so pages read like a shop owner wrote them and still rank AI search visibility: showing up in AI Overviews, AI Mode, and assistant answers for "near me" repair queries Monthly reporting we can put in front of a client, tied to calls, forms, and booked appointments, not vanity rankings What you must bring (non negotiable) Verifiable auto repair or adjacent automotive service SEO experience: general repair, collision, tire, transmission, fleet, or dealership service. Bring at least two examples with before and after data Proven map pack results in competitive metros, shown with grid based tracking, not one screenshot from your own laptop Fluency in GA4, Google Search Console, and a grid rank tracker such as Local Falcon or BrightLocal Call tracking and attribution back to revenue (CallRail or equivalent) Familiarity with how shop software and online booking affect the site, such as Tekmetric, Shopmonkey, or Mitchell 1 Ability to run several accounts independently and hit deadlines without being chased Clear written English and the confidence to walk a client through your plan on a call Overlap with CST business hours, roughly 9am to 5pm Central Nice to have Multi location rollouts, franchise or group ownership structures Paid search awareness so SEO and ads do not fight each other WordPress comfort, GBP API or automation, or light scripting to speed up reporting How to apply Do not send a template. Start your reply with the word TORQUE so we know you read this Send two auto repair case studies with the metric that mattered and the timeline it took Tell us the first thing you would check on a repair shop site stuck on page two Include your rate, weekly availability, and your time zone Strong performers here grow into a long term retained role across our book of business.