Strategic SEO Lead for AI-First Agencies (Remote)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Minneapolis (MN); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work (Canada, South Africa or 2

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is a AI-first digital agency seeking an Organic Growth Manager to own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will guide the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking story when clients ask what moved.

You are the strategic voice at the table and you make the calls. You will manage technical SEO, keyword strategy, AI-assisted drafts with writers, and drive AI search visibility alongside classic organic results.

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 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 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.

Skills

Technical SEO

Agency experience

Client communication

Fluent English

Tools

Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is a AI-first digital agency seeking an Organic Growth Manager to own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will guide the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking story when clients ask what moved.

You are the strategic voice at the table and you make the calls. You will manage technical SEO, keyword strategy, AI-assisted drafts with writers, and drive AI search visibility alongside classic organic results.