AEO Specialist (Answer Engine Optimization) (Remote, Montreal)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Montreal; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote (Canada, South Africa or USA)

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC in Montreal is seeking an AEO Specialist to own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients: the technical roadmap, content priorities and the ranking story when the client asks what moved.

You will lead technical SEO, keyword strategy, and on-page optimization with writers and AI. You will also ensure visibility in AI search and traditional results, and provide GA4 and Search Console reporting.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO with audits and fixes.
• Fluency with GA4, Search Console, Screaming Frog and SEO tools.
• Agency experience across multiple clients.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical SEO roadmap, audits, and site architecture.
• Set content priorities with writers and AI for top results.
• Improve visibility in AI search and traditional organic results.
• Manage links, local SEO, and multi-location strategies.
• Provide quarterly client reporting in GA4 and Search Console.

Skills

SEO

Audits & fixes

Agency experience

English communication

Tools

Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency

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

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.