Remote SEO Strategist - AI-First Agency, Multi-Client

Blacksmith Agency LLC; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 1,161,000 - 1,990,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency hiring a dedicated SEO Strategist to own search for B2B and growing-brand clients. You will shape the technical roadmap, set content priorities, and direct the ranking narrative when clients ask what moved.

You are the strategic voice at the table, making calls that drive visibility. Responsibilities include technical SEO, keyword strategy, AI search integration, multi-location SEO, and quarterly client roadmaps with reporting in GA4 and Search

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

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

SEO strategy

English communication

Tools

Google Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs or Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency hiring a dedicated SEO Strategist to own search for B2B and growing-brand clients. You will shape the technical roadmap, set content priorities, and direct the ranking narrative when clients ask what moved.

You are the strategic voice at the table, making calls that drive visibility. Responsibilities include technical SEO, keyword strategy, AI search integration, multi-location SEO, and quarterly client roadmaps with reporting in GA4 and Search