Remote SEO Manager (AI-Driven Agencies)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Randburg; Remote; ZAR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an SEO Manager to own the search strategy for a portfolio of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will steer the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking narrative on client asks, acting as the strategic voice in client conversations.

You will own technical SEO, keyword strategy, AI-assisted content workflows, local SEO, and reporting in GA4 and Search Console, delivering quarterly roadmaps for each client.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and site architecture.
• Keyword strategy, on-page optimization and content priorities with writers and AI.
• Getting clients found in AI search: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity plus classic results.
• Links, local search and multi-location SEO for clients.
• Reporting in GA4 and Search Console, plus quarterly client roadmaps.

Skills

Hands-on SEO

GA4

Search Console

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs or Semrush

Agency experience

Tools

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

GA4

Search Console

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an SEO Manager to own the search strategy for a portfolio of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will steer the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking narrative on client asks, acting as the strategic voice in client conversations.

You will own technical SEO, keyword strategy, AI-assisted content workflows, local SEO, and reporting in GA4 and Search Console, delivering quarterly roadmaps for each client.