Remote AI-First SEO Strategist: Technical & Content Strategy

Blacksmith Agency LLC; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 1,161,000 - 1,658,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an experienced SEO Strategist to own search for a B2B and growing-brand client roster. You will shape the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking story when clients ask what moved.

You are the strategic voice at the table and will make the calls. You will lead technical SEO, keyword strategy, on-page optimization, and local/multi-location SEO with writers and AI, while reporting in GA4 and Search Console to drive quarterly

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO with audits and fixes.
• Fluency with Google Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog, and Ahrefs or Semrush.
• Agency experience across multiple clients.

Responsibilities

• Own technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and site architecture.
• Define keyword strategy, on-page optimization and content priorities with writers and AI.
• Improve client visibility in AI search and traditional results, including local SEO.
• Provide reporting in GA4 and Search Console, and plan quarterly roadmaps for clients.

Skills

Technical SEO

3+ years SEO

Agency experience

English communication

SEO strategy

Tools

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs or Semrush

Google Search Console

GA4

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an experienced SEO Strategist to own search for a B2B and growing-brand client roster. You will shape the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking story when clients ask what moved.

You are the strategic voice at the table and will make the calls. You will lead technical SEO, keyword strategy, on-page optimization, and local/multi-location SEO with writers and AI, while reporting in GA4 and Search Console to drive quarterly