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

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Washington; Remote; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an AEO Specialist to own search for a B2B book of clients, shaping the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking story. You are the strategic voice at the table and you make the calls.

As AEO Specialist you will lead technical SEO, keyword strategy and AI-enabled content, collaborating with writers and tools to deliver robust search programs across multiple brands.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and site architecture.
• Keyword strategy, on-page optimization and content priorities, with writers and AI producing 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.

Skills

SEO Audits

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs / Semrush

Agency Experience

English Communication

Tools

Google Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency

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

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.