Remote AI-First SEO & Search Strategy Manager

Blacksmith Agency LLC; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote (Canada, South Africa or USA)

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an SEO and AI Search Manager to own search strategies for B2B and growing-brand clients. You will define the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking narrative when clients ask what moved.

As the strategic voice, you will lead technical SEO, keyword strategy, content coordination with writers and AI, and oversee local and multi-location SEO, GA4 and Search Console reporting, delivering quarterly roadmaps for each client.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

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

Audit & fixes

Clear communication

Agency experience

Tools

Screaming Frog

GA4

Search Console

Ahrefs or Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an SEO and AI Search Manager to own search strategies for B2B and growing-brand clients. You will define the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking narrative when clients ask what moved.

As the strategic voice, you will lead technical SEO, keyword strategy, content coordination with writers and AI, and oversee local and multi-location SEO, GA4 and Search Console reporting, delivering quarterly roadmaps for each client.