Remote SEO Lead for AI-First Agency

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Umhlanga Rocks; Remote; ZAR 821,000 - 1,478,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a seasoned SEO Specialist to own search strategy for B2B and growing-brand clients. You will drive the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking story when clients ask what moved.

You’ll be the strategic voice at the table, making calls that shape outcomes. You’ll manage technical SEO, keyword strategy, and content prioritization with writers and AI, while optimizing for Google AI Overviews and traditional results.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on SEO work including audits and fixes.
• Fluency with Google Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog and SEO tools.
• Agency experience across multiple clients.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.

Responsibilities

• Own technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema.
• Lead keyword strategy and on-page optimization with writers/AI.
• Get clients found in AI search: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and classical results.
• Links, local search and multi-location SEO where the client needs it.
• Reporting in GA4 and Search Console, and quarterly roadmaps for each client.

Skills

SEO experience

English communication

Agency experience

Tools

Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a seasoned SEO Specialist to own search strategy for B2B and growing-brand clients. You will drive the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking story when clients ask what moved.

You’ll be the strategic voice at the table, making calls that shape outcomes. You’ll manage technical SEO, keyword strategy, and content prioritization with writers and AI, while optimizing for Google AI Overviews and traditional results.