Remote SEO Lead for AI-First Digital Agency

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Calgary; Remote; CAD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency, an AI-first digital agency, is seeking an SEO Manager to own search strategies for urgent care clients. You’ll shape the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking story when clients ask what moved.

You will lead audits, optimize on-page elements, and coordinate with writers and AI to produce drafts. Strong English, experience with multi-location sites, and reporting in GA4 and Search Console are essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on SEO with audits and fixes.
• Fluency with GA4, Search Console, Screaming Frog, and Ahrefs/Semrush.
• Agency experience across several clients at once.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.
• SEO for urgent care or similar multi-location businesses is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Own technical SEO roadmap, crawl/index, site speed, schema.
• Lead keyword strategy and on-page optimization with writers/AI.
• Get clients found in AI search: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, plus organic results.
• Manage local and multi-location SEO for client sites.
• Report in GA4 and Search Console; deliver quarterly client roadmaps.

Skills

Technical SEO

On-page optimization

Keyword strategy

Local/multi-location SEO

Agency experience

Tools

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Job description

Blacksmith Agency, an AI-first digital agency, is seeking an SEO Manager to own search strategies for urgent care clients. You’ll shape the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking story when clients ask what moved.

You will lead audits, optimize on-page elements, and coordinate with writers and AI to produce drafts. Strong English, experience with multi-location sites, and reporting in GA4 and Search Console are essential.