AI-First AEO Specialist — Strategic Technical SEO (Remote)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Ballito; Remote; ZAR 1,150,000 - 1,642,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an AEO Specialist to own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will steer 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. As part of the role, you will own technical SEO, keyword strategy, on-page optimization and content priorities, coordinating with writers and AI to produce drafts.

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

• 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

Content strategy

SEO audits

Client communication

Google Analytics 4

Tools

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Google Search Console

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an AEO Specialist to own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will steer 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. As part of the role, you will own technical SEO, keyword strategy, on-page optimization and content priorities, coordinating with writers and AI to produce drafts.