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

Blacksmith Agency; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an AEO Specialist (Answer Engine Optimization) to own search for a roster of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will steer the technical roadmap, prioritize content with writers and AI, and drive visibility in both AI-driven and classic organic search.

You are the strategic voice at the table, overseeing crawl, indexation, schema, and site speed, while coordinating across local SEO and multi-location needs. Strong English on live calls is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO with audits and fixes.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Own technical SEO roadmap: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and architecture.
• Lead keyword strategy, on-page optimization, and content priorities with writers and AI.
• Get clients found in AI search: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity, alongside classic organic results.
• Manage links, local search and multi-location SEO as needed.
• Provide GA4 and Search Console reporting, and quarterly client roadmaps.

Skills

SEO

Client communication

English (US)

Tools

Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

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.