Remote SEO Manager - Technical and Content Strategy Lead

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Sandton; Remote; ZAR 991,000 - 1,486,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an SEO Manager to own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will shape the technical roadmap, define content priorities and craft the ranking story when the client asks what moved.

You serve as the strategic voice at the table and make the calls. You will own technical SEO (crawl, indexation, site speed, schema, site architecture), keyword strategy with writers and AI, and ensure visibility in Google AI Overviews and

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO: audits and fixes.
• Fluency with Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog and Ahrefs or Semrush.
• Agency experience across several clients at once.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.

Responsibilities

• Own technical SEO roadmap and site architecture.
• Develop keyword strategy and content priorities with writers/AI.
• Getting clients found in AI search: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity.
• 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 experience

English communication

Agency experience

US client calls

Tools

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Search Console

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an SEO Manager to own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will shape the technical roadmap, define content priorities and craft the ranking story when the client asks what moved.

You serve as the strategic voice at the table and make the calls. You will own technical SEO (crawl, indexation, site speed, schema, site architecture), keyword strategy with writers and AI, and ensure visibility in Google AI Overviews and