SEO and AI Search Manager (Remote, Houston)

Blacksmith Agency; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an SEO and AI Search Manager to own search for a portfolio of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will shape the technical roadmap, set content priorities, and articulate the ranking story for clients on demand.

You will lead technical audits, collaborate with writers and AI to produce drafts, and drive initiatives across Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and traditional organic results. Strong English communication with US clients is essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO, including audits and fixes.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.
• Agency experience managing multiple clients simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Own technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema, and site architecture.
• Develop keyword strategy and on-page optimization with writers and AI drafts.
• Lead AI-assisted search initiatives including Google AI Overviews and related tools.
• Handle local search and multi-location SEO as needed.
• Provide GA4 and Search Console reporting and quarterly roadmaps per client.

Skills

Technical SEO

SEO strategy

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Client communication

Tools

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency

Search only. Paid media is a separate seat with its own strategist, so you are never split across both.

• Marketing
• Full time
• Remote (Canada, South Africa or USA)

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency. As SEO and AI Search Manager 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.