AI Search Optimization Strategist - Remote

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Gqeberha; Remote; ZAR 991,000 - 1,486,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an AI Search Optimization Specialist to own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will steer 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 own technical SEO, keyword strategy, AI-assisted search visibility, and reporting across multiple client sites, collaborating with writers and AI to deliver drafts and optimize performance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO with audits and fixes.
• Fluency with GA4, Search Console and crawl tools.
• Agency experience across multiple clients.

Responsibilities

• Own technical SEO for client book: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema, architecture.
• Drive keyword strategy, on-page optimization and content priorities with writers/AI.
• Improve AI search visibility: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity alongside organic results.
• Manage links, local search and multi-location SEO as needed by clients.
• Produce quarterly client roadmap and GA4/Search Console reporting.

Skills

SEO audits

GA4

Search Console

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs or Semrush

US client calls

Tools

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs/SEMrush

Search Console

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an AI Search Optimization Specialist to own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will steer 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 own technical SEO, keyword strategy, AI-assisted search visibility, and reporting across multiple client sites, collaborating with writers and AI to deliver drafts and optimize performance.