Remote Organic Search Lead — AI-First Agency

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Pretoria; Remote; ZAR 1,150,000 - 1,971,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency. As Organic Search Manager you own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients: the technical roadmap, content priorities and the ranking story when the client asks what moved.

You are the strategic voice at the table, and you make the calls. You will own technical SEO, keyword strategy and content priorities with writers and AI, getting clients found in Google AI Overviews and traditional results, plus links, local search and reporting in

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.

Responsibilities

• Technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and site architecture.
• Keyword strategy, on-page optimization and content priorities, with writers and AI producing 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

Agency experience

Client communication on live calls

Tools

Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs or Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency. As Organic Search Manager you own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients: the technical roadmap, content priorities and the ranking story when the client asks what moved.

You are the strategic voice at the table, and you make the calls. You will own technical SEO, keyword strategy and content priorities with writers and AI, getting clients found in Google AI Overviews and traditional results, plus links, local search and reporting in