Search Engine Optimization Specialist Non Paid Intern

CliquePrize is an iPhone mobile app focused on helping local brick & mortar small businesses grow through giveaways and promotions. They are seeking an SEO / AI SEO Intern to improve the organic search visibility of their website, blending traditional SEO with emerging AI search optimization techniques.

Responsibilities:

• Optimize existing and create new website content (articles, landing pages, images, videos, metadata)
• Conduct in-depth keyword research targeting “brick & mortar small business marketing.”
• Develop SEO-driven articles with strong internal linking structures
• Build authoritative off-page links to support search rankings
• Rewrite and optimize URLs where necessary
• Identify underperforming content and replace with updated, optimized content
• Understand and implement strategies for ranking in AI-driven search environments
• Research how AI search engines evaluate authority, context, and relevance
• Apply semantic SEO and Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) techniques
• Optimize content for structured data and entity recognition
• Collaborate with the web developer to improve Core Web Vitals (Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), Interaction to Next Paint (INP) and Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)
• Optimize page speed, page load performance, and overall UX
• Improve crawl budget efficiency and site architecture by working with web developer on reducing scripts and optimizing page load efficiency in Nuxt3
• Create and submit image and video sitemaps
• Build citations and secure listings in relevant directories and authoritative sources
• Develop a white-hat backlink portfolio strategy
• Conduct competitor backlink analysis
• Monitor and analyze by working with the Data Analyst
• Identify opportunities to capture more brick & mortar small business leads
• Recommend improvements to increase organic conversions and improve site experience with Web Developer
• Use SEO tools such as Moz, Ahrefs, and SEMrush (without paid subscriptions)

Requirements:

• MUST HAVE SEO experience
• Strong understanding of on-page and technical SEO fundamentals
• Experience with keyword research and competitive analysis
• Understanding of AI search ranking principles
• Knowledge of crawl budget management and LSI
• Familiarity with backlink building (white-hat techniques only)
• Ability to analyze SEO metrics and make data-driven recommendations
• Basic understanding of Core Web Vitals and performance optimization
• Strong writing and research skills