SEO Performance Contractor (Performance Contract) - Remote

SEO Performance Contractor OpportunityOrganic traffic is the most durable customer acquisition channel a workforce strategy firm can own. The Wilkinson Firm has three sites with growing intent. We need an SEO performance contractor who can build the keyword strategy, audit and fix on-page, ship content briefs, track rankings, and translate traffic into pipeline. This is a performance role with a clear climb. Modest retainer at start. Real upside as the math compounds.What You Would DoFull SEO audit across the three TWF sitesKeyword strategy by vertical: workforce strategy, behavioral health workforce, hospitality staffing, MBE professional services, government contracting workforceOn-page optimization: title tags, meta descriptions, schema, internal linkingTechnical SEO: Core Web Vitals, crawl, sitemap, robots, structured dataContent brief authorship for blog and resource hub pagesMonthly ranking and traffic reportingPipeline attribution: which organic visits convert to inbound conversationsCompensation - Climbing LadderStage 1 (first 90 days, mission-aligned starter): $500/month retainer for ~10 hours of strategic SEO workTraffic milestone bonus: $250 at 2x organic baseline by Day 90Stage 2 (organic traffic 3x baseline + 5 keywords on page 1): $1,000/month retainer for ~15 hours$500 milestone bonus per additional page-1 keyword2% of organic-sourced revenueStage 3 (organic traffic 10x baseline + 20 keywords on page 1): $2,000/month retainer$1,000 milestone bonus per page-1 keyword5% of organic-sourced revenueSenior advisor track opensWho We Want3-7 years B2B SEO experienceTool fluency: Ahrefs, SEMrush, Search Console, Screaming Frog, GA4Schema markup, structured data, technical SEO depthContent brief authorship - you can hand a writer a brief that ranksDocumented traffic growth stories on prior client sitesBonus: Vertical SEO depth in workforce, healthcare, professional services, or hospitality.Who We Are Not ForSEO consultants whose only deliverable is a 100-page audit PDFAnyone who has never shipped content briefs that rankedGeneralist digital marketers without dedicated SEO portfolioBefore Our Conversation - Take a Look at the FirmMain firm: thewilkinsonfirm.comHR Advisory practice: hr.thewilkinsonfirm.comPremium Hospitality + Event Staffing: hospitality.thewilkinsonfirm.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/thewilkinsonfirmHow to Start the ConversationEmail: daryan@thewilkinsonfirm.com Subject line: SEO Performance Contractor - [Your Name]In your note, send:Sites you have run SEO for (before/after traffic numbers)Your tool stackThe first 5 keywords you would target for TWF in 30 daysYour weekly capacityWe respond within 48 hours. We do not ghost.