Remote SEO Strategist — AI-First, B2B (Canada/US/SA)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Durbanville; Remote; ZAR 1,150,000 - 1,807,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an SEO Analyst who will own search strategies for a roster of B2B and growing-brand clients. You’ll steer technical roadmaps, content priorities, and the ranking story, acting as the strategic voice in client discussions.

You will manage technical SEO, keyword strategy, AI-assisted content workflows, and multi-location/local SEO, while reporting KPIs in GA4 and Search Console for quarterly client roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO; you have run the audits and fixes yourself.
• 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

• 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

Technical SEO

Google Analytics GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs or Semrush

Agency experience

English (US clients)

Tools

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs or Semrush

Google Search Console

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an SEO Analyst who will own search strategies for a roster of B2B and growing-brand clients. You’ll steer technical roadmaps, content priorities, and the ranking story, acting as the strategic voice in client discussions.

You will manage technical SEO, keyword strategy, AI-assisted content workflows, and multi-location/local SEO, while reporting KPIs in GA4 and Search Console for quarterly client roadmaps.