SEO Account Strategist (Remote, Ballito)

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

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an SEO Account Strategist to own search for a portfolio of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will shape the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the overall ranking story, acting as the strategic voice in client discussions.

You will lead technical SEO audits, develop keyword strategies, and coordinate with writers and AI to produce drafts. Experience with multiple clients and strong English for US calls is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO, with audits and fixes performed independently.
• 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.
• Getting clients found in AI search: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity, plus classic results.
• Links, local search and multi-location SEO where needed.
• Reporting in GA4 and Search Console, and quarterly client roadmaps.

Skills

SEO

Agency experience

English communication

Tools

GA4

Google Search Console

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency

• Marketing
• Full time
• Remote (Canada, South Africa or USA)

Search only. Paid media is a separate seat with its own strategist, so you are never split across both.

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency. As SEO Account Strategist you own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients: the technical roadmap, the content priorities and the ranking story when the client asks what moved. You are the strategic voice at the table, and you make the calls.

What You Will 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.

What You Bring

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO: you have run the audits and made the 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.