AEO Specialist (Answer Engine Optimization) (Remote, Rio de Janeiro)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Rio de Janeiro; Remote; BRL 331,000 - 496,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an AEO Specialist to own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients in our AI-first digital agency. You will own the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking story when clients ask what moved.

You bring 3+ years hands-on SEO, fluency with GA4, Search Console, Screaming Frog and Ahrefs or Semrush, and agency experience managing multiple clients. This is a remote, full-time role with US client interactions on live calls.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on SEO and audits.
• Fluency with GA4, Search Console and SEO tools.
• Agency experience across multiple clients.

Responsibilities

• Technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and site architecture.
• Keyword strategy, on-page optimization and content priorities with writers and AI.
• Getting clients found in AI search: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity.
• Links, local search and multi-location SEO where needed.
• Reporting in GA4 and Search Console, and quarterly roadmaps for each client.

Skills

SEO

Agency experience

English communication

Tools

GA4

Search Console

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs or Semrush

Job description

• Remote (USA, Canada, Latin America or South Africa)

Blacksmith Agency

• Marketing
• Full time
• Remote (USA, Canada, Latin America or South Africa)

Search only. Paid media is a separate seat with its own strategist, so you are never split across both.

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency. As AEO Specialist (Answer Engine Optimization) you own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients: the technical roadmap, the content priorities and the ranking story when the client asks what moved. You are the strategic voice at the table, and you make the calls.

What You Will Own

• Technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and site architecture.
• Keyword strategy, on-page optimization and content priorities, with writers and AI producing the drafts.
• Getting clients found in AI search: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity, alongside classic organic results.
• Links, local search and multi-location SEO where the client needs it.
• Reporting in GA4 and Search Console, and the quarterly roadmap for each client.

What You Bring

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO: you have run the audits and made the fixes yourself.
• Fluency with Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog and Ahrefs or Semrush.
• Agency experience across several clients at once.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.