SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Manager (Remote, Chicago)

Blacksmith Agency; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an SEO Manager to own search strategy for a portfolio of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will define the technical roadmap, set content priorities, and articulate the ranking story to clients and internal teams.

You will handle technical SEO, keyword strategy, content priorities with writers and AI, and manage local/multi-location SEO. Expect reporting in GA4 and Search Console, with quarterly roadmaps for each client.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Own technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and site architecture.
• Lead keyword strategy and on-page optimization with writers and AI.
• Improve visibility in AI search and traditional organic results.
• Oversee links, local search and multi-location SEO as needed.
• Provide GA4/Search Console reporting and quarterly client roadmaps.

Skills

SEO experience 3+ yrs

Agency experience

Fluent English

Tools

Screaming Frog

GA4

Search Console

Ahrefs

Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency

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

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 (Search Engine Optimization) 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.