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

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

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

You will handle technical SEO, crawl/indexation, site speed, schema and site architecture, plus keyword strategy, on-page optimization, and content priorities with writers and AI.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO with audits and fixes.
• Fluent English for live calls with US clients.
• Experience handling multiple clients in agency settings.

Responsibilities

• Own technical SEO roadmap and priorities.
• Coordinate with writers and AI for drafts.
• Report in GA4 and Search Console, roadmap updates.

Skills

SEO audits

Technical SEO

Content optimization

Agency experience

English communication

Tools

Screaming Frog

GA4

Ahrefs or Semrush

Search Console

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.