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Hire an SEO Executive

A hands-on executor for day-to-day SEO tasks, from on-page fixes to reporting, working under your strategy or ours.

What An SEO Executive Reports On
Tasks Closed
60+
per month
Pages Optimized
24
per month
Backlinks Placed
15
per month
Avg. Turnaround
48 Hrs
task to QA'd

Illustrative task board — real output scales with your roadmap and site size.

The Daily Loop

The execution loop your executive runs

01

Task List

Pulled from your roadmap or ours, prioritized for the day.

02

On-Page Fixes

Titles, headers, internal links, and content updates implemented directly.

03

Outreach

Prospecting and link outreach execution against the plan already in motion.

04

QA & Publish

Every change checked against spec before it's marked done and shipped live.

05

Reporting

Task trackers and dashboards kept current so progress is always visible.

Who It's For

Teams with a strategy that needs execution capacity

If your strategy is set but you lack hands to implement it, an SEO executive fills that gap under your direction or ours. It's the individual-contributor layer of SEO hiring — for teams that need a strategist instead, see Hire an SEO Consultant.

What They Handle

Day-to-day execution, done right

On-Page Optimization

Title tags, headers, internal links, and content updates implemented against your roadmap.

Content Publishing

Uploading, formatting, and optimizing content so it goes live correctly the first time.

Link Outreach

Prospecting and outreach execution that runs the link building plan strategy sets in motion.

Technical Fixes

Resolving crawl errors, broken redirects, and indexation issues flagged in audits.

Reporting & Tracking

Keeping rankings, traffic, and task trackers current so progress is always visible.

QA & Testing

Checking that every change was implemented correctly before it's marked done.

Skillset

Capabilities and what you'll actually receive

Execution speed

Comfortable working through a dense task backlog without sacrificing QA on any individual item.

Tool & CMS fluency

Works inside WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, and enterprise CMS platforms without a ramp-up period.

✓Weekly task completion report
✓Before/after change log
✓Outreach & placement tracker
✓QA checklist sign-off per task
✓Updated rankings & traffic tracker
✓Monthly execution summary
How Collaboration Works

Set to work fast, checked in on often

Day 1

Access & Briefing

CMS, analytics, and task tracker access granted, plus a walkthrough of your current roadmap.

Week 1

Task Board Setup

Your backlog is loaded into a shared board with priorities and owners agreed upfront.

Ongoing

Daily Standups & QA

A brief daily check-in surfaces blockers, and every task is QA'd before it's marked complete.

Monthly

Reporting & Reprioritization

Output and results reviewed together, with the task list reprioritized for the month ahead.

Engagement Models

Choose who sets the direction

Under Your Strategy

Your team sets priorities; the executive executes against your existing roadmap and tools.

Under Our Strategy

the search.digital sets the roadmap and the executive implements it end-to-end.

Hybrid Direction

Your internal lead and our strategists jointly prioritize what the executive works on next.

Explore More

Other ways to build out your team

Hire an SEO Expert Hire an SEO Team Hire an SEO Consultant SEO Consulting Service View SEO Package Pricing
FAQ

Common questions

Do we need our own SEO strategy already?

It helps, but it's not required. An executive can also work from a plan the search.digital builds for you.

How is this different from hiring an SEO expert?

An expert owns strategy and decisions. An executive focuses on implementing a plan that's already been set.

Can they work inside our existing tools and CMS?

Yes. They plug into your CMS, project tracker, and reporting tools rather than requiring their own setup.

How quickly can they start?

Most engagements begin within one to two weeks of aligning on scope and access.

Who reviews the work before it goes live?

Every task goes through a QA checklist before publish, and you can require your own sign-off on top of that.

Ready to bring on an executive?

Tell us about your current strategy, we will follow up with next steps.