Job
Backlink Outreach / Link-Building Specialist
Assist World
At a glance
- Deadline
- Open. No closing date published.
- Fee
- No fee to apply
- Who may apply
- Hiring in South Africa (also open to United Kingdom), remote
- Strong background in backlink outreach, link building, digital PR or earned media placements
- Where
- Remote, hiring in South Africa and United Kingdom
Remote role securing editorial backlinks and growing referring domains through HARO, podcasts and guest posts, tracked in Semrush. It pays and builds digital PR and link-building skills.
The facts
- What you get
- Not stated on posting; role lists a 50 dollar birthday bonus and a 200 dollar testimonial bonus
- Where
- Remote, hiring in South Africa and United Kingdom
- How long
- Full-time
Where you stand
This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.
What they ask for
- Hiring in South Africa (also open to United Kingdom), remote
- Strong background in backlink outreach, link building, digital PR or earned media placements
Get ready to apply
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The application takes real work, by our reading.
1. What to get ready
An online form; it names no documents. Some forms do not save as you go, so set aside time to do it in one sitting.
In their words: “Application through the Lever apply form.”
2. Dates
- No closing date is stated.
- Openings with no closing date can close once they have enough people, so sooner is safer. Our advice
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- Match your CV to this job: put the experience closest to what it asks for first, and use the same words the listing uses for the same things.
- For each thing the listing asks for, have one real example ready: where you did it, what you did, and what changed because of it.
- Informal work counts. Selling, tutoring, running a family shop, volunteering and caring for relatives all built real skills; say what you did plainly.
- If a cover letter is asked for, keep it to three short paragraphs: why this job, what you have done that fits, and when you can start.
If there is an interview or a test
- Read the listing again the day before, and the organisation's own about page.
- Prepare two or three short stories: a problem you solved, a time you learned something quickly, a time you worked with others.
- Have one or two questions ready for them, for example what the first three months in the role look like.
- For a call or video interview, test your data, battery and a quiet place beforehand. If your connection drops, call or write straight away.
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How to apply
You apply on Assist World's own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.
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How we checked this
This was opened and verified at Assist World's own website on 19 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.