SEO Analyst (Remote, Houston)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an SEO Analyst to own search strategy for a portfolio of B2B and growing brands. You will shape the technical roadmap, prioritize content with writers and AI, and drive ranking storytelling for clients during live discussions.

You will own technical SEO, keyword strategy, AI-assisted content, local/multi-location SEO, and GA4/Google Search Console reporting, all while collaborating with an experience-focused team.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on SEO; you run audits and fixes yourself.
• Fluency with Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog, Ahrefs or Semrush.
• Agency experience across several clients at once.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.

Responsibilities

• Technical SEO ownership: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema, architecture.
• Keyword strategy, on-page optimization with writers/AI drafts.
• Get clients found in AI search and traditional results.
• Links, local search and multi-location SEO as needed.
• Reporting in GA4 and Search Console; quarterly client roadmaps.

Skills

3+ years SEO experience

English on live calls (US clients)

Agency experience (multi-client)

Fluency with SEO tools

Tools

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

GA4 / Search Console

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 SEO Analyst 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.