Strategic SEO Analyst - AI-Driven, Remote Role

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Portland (ME); Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

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. You will own technical SEO, keyword strategy, on-page optimization with writers and AI producing drafts, and getting clients found in AI search and traditional results.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO and audits
• 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

Responsibilities

• Technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and site architecture.
• Keyword strategy, on-page optimization and content priorities, with writers and AI producing 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.

Skills

SEO

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Agency experience

English communication

Tools

Google Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Job description

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. You will own technical SEO, keyword strategy, on-page optimization with writers and AI producing drafts, and getting clients found in AI search and traditional results.