Search Engine Optimization Specialist

Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced SEO Specialist to join our embedded contractor team supporting a global pharmaceutical client. This role will focus primarily on their flagship website (pharma products with some involvement in global affiliate sites as they launch throughout 2026. You will work closely with internal SEO leads and cross-functional teams to optimize site performance, implement technical SEO best practices, and ensure a unified, patient-focused experience across all web properties.

Location: Remote 
Start Date: Mid/Late January 2026
Duration: Full-time, 40 hours/week through December 31, 2026 with potential to extend

Key Responsibilities

• Website Optimization & Technical SEO
  • Conduct regular technical audits to identify and resolve issues (404 errors, broken links, crawlability).
  • Implement and enhance schema markup for improved visibility and rich results.
  • Review and optimize XML sitemaps, robots.txt, and canonical tags.
  • Ensure compliance with Core Web Vitals and site performance standards.
• Content & Metadata
  • Partner with brand teams to optimize on-page elements (titles, meta descriptions, FAQs, snippets).
  • Support foundational SEO for new and updated site launches, aligning with unified experience goals.
  • Drive keyword research and search behavior analysis to inform URL structures and metadata.
• Strategic SEO Initiatives
  • Collaborate on product roadmap timing and workload orchestration across multiple sites.
  • Assist in backlog cleanup and discovery projects for technical housekeeping.
  • Explore Generative AI Optimization (GenAI, GEO, AEO) strategies to improve visibility in AI-driven search experiences.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Work with development, brand, and compliance teams to ensure SEO changes pass MLR review and QA.
  • Communicate with 1520 stakeholders daily across multiple projects.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on SEO experience with large-scale websites (enterprise or global brands preferred).
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Strong technical SEO foundation, including:
  • Schema markup creation and implementation.
  • XML sitemap and robots.txt evaluation.
  • Tagging (Hreflang, canonical, header tags).

Nice-to-Have Skills: 

• Experience optimizing for regulated environments (pharma or healthcare a plus).
• Familiarity with Generative AI search trends and strategies for AI Overviews and ChatGPT visibility.
• Global/international SEO experience.
• People management or team coordination experience.
• Tools: Lumar, Screaming Frog, Google Search Console, Google Analytics, SEMrush, Conductor.

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data, including medical data.

Benefits

Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.

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Trevor Wood - Lead Recruiter

For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.



This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 12/08/2025 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you'll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements. United Healthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Creative Circle.

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