AI-First SEO & AEO Strategist — Remote

Blacksmith Agency LLC; KwaZulu-Natal; Remote; ZAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an experienced SEO and AEO Strategist to own search for B2B clients. You will shape the technical roadmap, set content priorities, and craft the ranking story when clients ask what moved.

You’ll drive technical SEO, keyword strategy, content prioritization with writers and AI, and manage multi-location and local search, reporting in GA4 and Search Console for quarterly client roadmaps.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Manage technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema, architecture
• Develop keyword strategy and on-page optimization with writers and AI
• 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 strategy

Technical SEO

On-page optimization

Keyword research

Agency experience

Fluent English

Client calls (US)

Tools

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

GA4

Search Console

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an experienced SEO and AEO Strategist to own search for B2B clients. You will shape the technical roadmap, set content priorities, and craft the ranking story when clients ask what moved.

You’ll drive technical SEO, keyword strategy, content prioritization with writers and AI, and manage multi-location and local search, reporting in GA4 and Search Console for quarterly client roadmaps.