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

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Portland (ME); Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking an SEO Manager to own search for a portfolio of B2B and brand clients in an AI-first environment. You will define the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking narrative when clients ask what moved.

You will own technical SEO, including crawl, indexation, site speed, schema, and site architecture, with writers and AI assisting drafts. This role requires clear English and experience with US-based clients in a remote setting.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Own technical SEO for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients.
• Define technical roadmap and content priorities with writers and AI.
• Oversee ranking growth and reporting in GA4 and Search Console.
• Manage local search, multi-location SEO where needed.

Skills

SEO Strategy

English communication (US clients)

Agency experience

Tools

Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency

• Remote (USA, Canada, Latin America or South Africa)

• 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 (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.