SEO/AEO Intern

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We’re an employee-owned, vertically-integrated builder of some of America’s most popular health & wellness brands. With over 1,000 team members across multiple companies, we create best-in-class products that help make the world healthier and happier. Our creative content educates the world on making smarter health choices, while the brands we own generate over $600 million of revenue annually. Learn more about our brands.

We’re Looking For A: SEO/AEO Intern

Location: Hybrid (Woodland Hills, CA)

Program Dates:

• Start Date: September 14th
• End Date: December 10th

Workload: Part-time, 25-29 hours/week

What You’ll Be Doing: The SEO/AEO Intern will assist in implementing cutting-edge, organic visibility strategies designed to capture market share across both traditional search engines and generative AI answer engines (Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini). By executing data-driven optimization workflows and auditing AI brand mentions, the intern will develop a dual-threat foundation in advanced SEO & Answer Engine Optimization (AEO). This critical role ensures our brand properties remain highly discoverable, authoritative, and cited during leadership's planned absence.

• Conversational Keyword & Intent Research: Move beyond flat keyword volume to analyze conversational, multi-layered user queries and extract natural, question-based search intent.
• Syntactic Restructuring for AEO: Optimize content using an "answer-first" architecture, crafting concise, high-density direct answers (40–60 words), explicit tables, and structured FAQ sections that AI LLMs can easily parse and ingest.
• Advanced Schema & Technical Optimization: Assist in deploying machine-readable technical elements, including structured data (FAQPage, HowTo, and Product Schema) to drive rich snippets and direct AI engine citations.
• AI Visibility & Citation Tracking: Monitor and analyze brand presence, citation share, and entity authority across major generative search summaries and traditional SERPs using Ahrefs Brand Radar or other similar tools (i.e. Profound).
• AI-Assisted Content Strategy: Utilize AI tools to scale content discovery and identify optimization gaps while strictly maintaining human oversight for quality control, E-E-A-T (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness), and brand voice.
• Backlinking Authority Building: Support efforts to build entity authority and consistency across third-party databases, knowledge graphs, and industry citation, primarily through backlinking opportunities.
• Core Web Vitals: Support our brand websites Core Web Vitals scores and show consistent improvement Month-over-Month (MoM).
• Optimize Site Health: Using Ahrefs, ensure our brand websites are 95% or higher site health per Site Audit Tool within Ahrefs. 

Qualifications (Note: We strongly encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick ALL of these boxes.):

• Analytical & Strategic Mindset: Exceptional ability to interpret multi-platform data sets (search patterns, click-less impressions, AI citations) and translate them into actionable optimizations.
• AEO & Format Savvy: Clear understanding of how LLMs and information retrieval systems weigh factors like "information gain," factual density, and semantic structure.
• AI Tool Literate: Familiarity with leveraging GenAI platforms (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or Perplexity) for research, optimization, or basic prompt engineering.
• Strong Communication & Collaboration: Ability to seamlessly communicate insights across content and development workflows.
• Platform Experience: Experience navigating WordPress (preferred) alongside industry-standard tools like JIRA, Google Search Console, Google Analytics, and SEO suites (Ahrefs, Semrush).
• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent related experience
• SEO / Marketing experience (preferred)

Golden Perks & Benefits: 

• Through our charity sponsorships, you can make a positive impact on communities worldwide. We’ve donated over $6.1 million to date. 
• Professional development opportunities with mentorship, continuous learning programs, empowering you to progress and excel in your career. 
• For those coming into our Woodland Hills, CA office, you’ll find a fully stocked kitchen and a free on-site gym. 
• Virtual and in-person company events, like our annual holiday party, happy hours, and virtual cooking nights, designed to cultivate connections and enhance work-life balance.

To read more about our Perks & Benefits, click here.

The base hourly range is $18 - $20

The posted hourly range in this job posting reflects data based on California's cost of labor analysis. This salary range is subject to change per state; please click here to find the pay differential in your state of residence if the role is remote”

Salary is based on a wide range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geographical location.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and make employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable law. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.

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