Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Mediterranean Dish is a fast-growing Mediterranean food and lifestyle brand reaching millions of home cooks each month. They are hiring an experienced SEO content editor on a contract basis to refresh and optimize their existing recipe library to maintain its ranking in Google and enhance visibility across AI search platforms.
Responsibilities
- Audit and refresh existing recipe content with a “reader-first” mentality— updating on-page SEO, structure, internal links, headings, metadata, and freshness signals to recover and defend organic traffic
- Optimize content for AI search / generative engines (GEO): clear answer formatting, structured data/schema, and authoritative, well-sourced copy that AI systems cite
- Prioritize refreshes by traffic opportunity using our SEO stack (Ahrefs, Google Search Console) — focusing on high-potential and declining URLs first
- Preserve and sharpen our brand voice — warm, culturally grounded, never generic — while improving search performance
- Track impact on pageviews and rankings for refreshed URLs and report on results
Skills
- 4+ years of SEO content editing/writing, for food, recipe, or high-traffic editorial sites
- Fluency with SEMrush or Ahrefs and Google Search Console; comfort with keyword research, content audits, and prioritization
- Working knowledge of how AI Overviews and LLM-based search select and cite content, and how to structure content to win those placements
- Experience with WordPress and recipe schema/structured data
- Strong editorial instincts — you can improve search performance without flattening voice
- Familiarity with the Mediterranean/food space
- Basic HTML
- Experience with recipe plugins (e.g., WP Recipe Maker)
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