Remote AI-First SEO & AEO Strategist

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Pretoria; Remote; ZAR 1,493,000 - 2,156,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an experienced SEO and AEO Strategist to own search for B2B and growing-brand clients. You will define the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking story during client discussions, acting as the strategic voice at the table.

In this remote, full-time role, you will manage technical SEO, keyword strategy, and reporting in GA4 and Search Console, collaborating with writers, AI tools, and US-based clients on live calls.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO; you have run audits and fixes yourself.
• Fluency with Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog and Ahrefs or Semrush.
• Agency experience across several 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

SEO

Agency experience

English on calls

Tools

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

GA4

Google Search Console

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an experienced SEO and AEO Strategist to own search for B2B and growing-brand clients. You will define the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking story during client discussions, acting as the strategic voice at the table.

In this remote, full-time role, you will manage technical SEO, keyword strategy, and reporting in GA4 and Search Console, collaborating with writers, AI tools, and US-based clients on live calls.