Senior SEO Manager – AI-First Agency (Remote)

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

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an SEO Manager to own search for urgent care clients across multiple sites, shaping the technical roadmap, content priorities, and ranking narrative.

You will lead audits, optimize on-page and local SEO, coordinate with writers and AI, and report in GA4 and Search Console. Strong English on US calls is required; remote role with Canada, SA, or USA clients.

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 at once
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls
• SEO for urgent care or similar multi-location businesses is a strong plus

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

Hands-on SEO

Agency experience

Clear spoken English

Multi-location SEO

AI search / modern tactics

Tools

Google Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an SEO Manager to own search for urgent care clients across multiple sites, shaping the technical roadmap, content priorities, and ranking narrative.

You will lead audits, optimize on-page and local SEO, coordinate with writers and AI, and report in GA4 and Search Console. Strong English on US calls is required; remote role with Canada, SA, or USA clients.