Senior SEO Strategist — Remote, AI-First Agency

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Pretoria; Remote; ZAR 997,000 - 1,495,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an SEO Account Strategist to own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients, guiding technical roadmaps, content priorities and the ranking story when clients ask what moved. You are the strategic voice at the table and you make the calls.

You will manage technical SEO, keyword strategy, AI-assisted content, and local/multi-location SEO, with GA4 and Search Console reporting to define quarterly roadmaps for each client.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO.
• 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

SEO expertise

English communication

Agency experience

Tools

Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs or Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an SEO Account Strategist to own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients, guiding technical roadmaps, content priorities and the ranking story when clients ask what moved. You are the strategic voice at the table and you make the calls.

You will manage technical SEO, keyword strategy, AI-assisted content, and local/multi-location SEO, with GA4 and Search Console reporting to define quarterly roadmaps for each client.