AEO Specialist (Answer Engine Optimization) (Remote, Fourways)

Blacksmith Agency; Randburg; A distancia; ZAR 985.000 - 1.478.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking an AEO Specialist to own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients: the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking story when clients ask what moved.

You will lead technical SEO (crawl, indexation, site speed, schema, site architecture), set keyword strategy, and coordinate with writers and AI to produce drafts, targeting AI search and traditional results.

Formación

• 3+ years hands-on SEO with audits and fixes.
• Proficient in Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog and Ahrefs or Semrush.
• Agency experience across multiple clients.

Responsabilidades

• Lead technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and site architecture.
• Define keyword strategy and on-page optimization with writers and AI tools.
• Improve visibility in AI search (Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity) and traditional results.
• Manage links, local search and multi-location SEO as needed.
• Report in GA4 and Search Console; deliver quarterly client roadmaps.

Conocimientos

SEO fundamentals

Audit & fixes

Agency experience

English fluency

Herramientas

Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Descripción del empleo

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 AEO Specialist (Answer Engine Optimization) 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.