SEO Intern, Backlink Building

About the Role

Seattle New Media is hiring two motivated interns to support our SEO team in building high-quality backlinks. Working directly with our SEO Lead, you will help grow the search authority and visibility of our brands across Google and AI-driven answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews). This is a hands-on role built for someone who wants to apply what they have learned in a digital-marketing or SEO program to real, live campaigns. While your core focus will be backlink building, you will also get exposure to on-page optimization, content, keyword research, and technical basics.

Key Responsibilities

• Research and identify relevant, high-authority websites, blogs, directories, and communities for backlink opportunities.
• Execute outreach to prospects via email and other channels, follow up consistently, and maintain professional communication.
• Build backlinks through guest posting, business listings, directory submissions, resource pages, forums, Q&A sites, and profile creation.
• Support AEO efforts by earning mentions and citations on the sources that AI answer engines reference.
• Track every prospect and link in a shared tracker—status, domain authority, anchor text, and live URL.
• Verify that placed links are live, indexed, and follow campaign guidelines; flag toxic or low-quality sites.
• Assist the SEO team with related tasks such as on-page optimization, content support, and keyword research as needed.
• Report progress weekly against agreed targets and share learnings with the team.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Currently enrolled in or recently completed a digital marketing course, with a focus on SEO and AEO, from a recognized training institution.
• Working understanding of what backlinks are and why they matter for rankings.
• Strong written English for outreach and clear, professional communication.
• Comfortable with spreadsheets and organized record keeping.
• Reliable internet connection and a personal computer for remote work.
• Familiarity with tools such as Ahrefs, SEMrush, Google Search Console, or similar (nice to have).
• Exposure to email outreach or link-building tools (nice to have).
• Basic understanding of AEO/GEO and how AI search engines cite sources (nice to have).

Qualifications

• Self-driven attitude, attention to detail, and willingness to learn (nice to have).

Terms

• This is a 6-month, full-time remote internship.
• Monthly stipend of Rs 8,000.
• Two positions are open.
• Performance will be formally reviewed at the 3-month mark.
• Strong performers may have the internship extended or be offered a full-time position at the end of the term.
• Working hours: 5:00 PM to 2:00 AM.