SEO & AI Search Manager — Remote (US/CA/LatAm/SA)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Arkansas; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an experienced SEO and AI Search Manager to own search for a portfolio of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will steer the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking narrative when clients ask what moved.

You are the strategic voice at the table and you make the calls. You will own technical SEO, keyword strategy and content priorities, coordinating with writers and AI to produce drafts.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Own Technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and site architecture.
• Develop keyword strategy, on-page optimization and content priorities with writers and AI.
• Get clients found in AI search: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity, plus classic organic results.
• Handle links, local search and multi-location SEO as needed by the client.
• Produce reporting in GA4 and Search Console, and plan quarterly roadmaps for each client.

Skills

SEO

Agency experience

US client calls

Communication

Tools

Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs or Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an experienced SEO and AI Search Manager to own search for a portfolio of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will steer the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking narrative when clients ask what moved.

You are the strategic voice at the table and you make the calls. You will own technical SEO, keyword strategy and content priorities, coordinating with writers and AI to produce drafts.