SEO Manager — AI-Driven Agency (Remote)

Blacksmith Agency LLC

Johannesburg

Remote

ZAR 420,000 - 600,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an SEO Manager, Senior Living. You own the search strategy for a portfolio of senior living operators and home care agencies, guiding the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking narrative when clients ask what moved the needle.

You will be the strategic voice at the table, making calls on audits, prioritization, and performance metrics, while collaborating with writers and AI to produce drafts and drive multi-location success

Qualifications

3+ years hands-on SEO with audits and fixes.
Fluency with Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog and Ahrefs or Semrush.
Agency experience across several clients simultaneously.
Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.
SEO for senior living or multi-location businesses is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

Technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and site architecture.
Keyword strategy and on-page optimization with writers and AI producing drafts.
Getting clients found in AI search: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity alongside classic 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.