SEO & AEO Strategist (Remote) - AI-First

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 1,148,000 - 1,969,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency, an AI-first digital agency, seeks an SEO and AEO Strategist to 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.

You will lead technical SEO, keyword strategy, content priorities with writers and AI, optimize for AI search and traditional results, manage links and local/multi-location SEO, and report via

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on SEO with audits and fixes performed by you.
• Fluency with Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog and Ahrefs or Semrush.
• Agency experience handling multiple clients concurrently.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.

Responsibilities

• Own technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and architecture.
• Develop keyword strategy and content priorities with writers and AI.
• Improve visibility in AI search plus traditional organic results.
• Handle links, local search and multi-location SEO as needed.
• Create reports in GA4 and Search Console and plan quarterly roadmaps.
• Collaborate with clients to define strategies and results.

Skills

SEO

Client communication

Agency experience

US client calls

Tools

Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs/Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency, an AI-first digital agency, seeks an SEO and AEO Strategist to 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.

You will lead technical SEO, keyword strategy, content priorities with writers and AI, optimize for AI search and traditional results, manage links and local/multi-location SEO, and report via