Remote AEO Specialist — AI-Driven B2B SEO

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

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an AEO Specialist (Answer Engine Optimization) to own search for B2B clients. You will define the technical roadmap, set content priorities, and guide the ranking narrative when clients inquire about progress. You will be the strategic voice in client discussions and make the calls.

You will manage technical SEO, keyword strategy, and AI-enabled content workflows with writers. Expect to work with multi-location SEO and provide clear reporting through GA4 and Search

Qualifications

• 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.

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

SEO

English communication

Agency experience

Audit & fixes

Tools

Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an AEO Specialist (Answer Engine Optimization) to own search for B2B clients. You will define the technical roadmap, set content priorities, and guide the ranking narrative when clients inquire about progress. You will be the strategic voice in client discussions and make the calls.

You will manage technical SEO, keyword strategy, and AI-enabled content workflows with writers. Expect to work with multi-location SEO and provide clear reporting through GA4 and Search