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

Blacksmith Agency; Pretoria; A distancia; ZAR 985.000 - 1.642.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Remote work

International clients

Descripción de la vacante

Blacksmith Agency, an AI-first digital agency, seeks an AEO Specialist (Answer Engine Optimization). You own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients: the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking story when the client asks what moved.

You are the strategic voice at the table. You will own technical SEO (crawl, indexation, site speed, schema), keyword strategy and content priorities with writers and AI.

Formación

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO with audits and fixes.
• Proficient with GA4, Search Console and industry tools.
• Experience managing multiple clients in an agency.

Responsabilidades

• Own technical SEO roadmap for client book, including crawl, indexation and site speed.
• Define keyword strategy and coordinate on-page optimization with writers/AI.
• Improve visibility in AI search and traditional results across clients.
• Lead local and multi-location SEO and report progress in GA4/Search Console.

Conocimientos

SEO experience

English fluency

Agency experience

Herramientas

GA4

Search Console

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs or 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.