Senior SEO Lead – AI-First Agency, Remote

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Pretoria; Remote; ZAR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an experienced SEO Manager, Senior Living. You will own search strategy for a portfolio of multi-location senior living clients, guiding technical roadmaps and content priorities, and serving as the strategic voice in client discussions.

Responsibilities include technical SEO, on-page optimization with writers and AI, AI-enabled search strategies, local and multi-location SEO, and GA4/Search Console reporting with quarterly client roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on SEO experience and ability to run audits and fixes independently.
• Fluent spoken English with US clients on live calls.
• Agency experience handling multiple clients concurrently.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

SEO experience

Agency experience

English fluency

Tools

Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an experienced SEO Manager, Senior Living. You will own search strategy for a portfolio of multi-location senior living clients, guiding technical roadmaps and content priorities, and serving as the strategic voice in client discussions.

Responsibilities include technical SEO, on-page optimization with writers and AI, AI-enabled search strategies, local and multi-location SEO, and GA4/Search Console reporting with quarterly client roadmaps.