SEO Manager - Remote, Multi-Location & AI-Driven Strategy

Blacksmith Agency LLC; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency, an AI-first digital agency, seeks an SEO Manager for Roofing to own search across multiple markets. You will guide the technical roadmap, content priorities and the ranking story for client projects.

Lead audits, on-page optimization, local and multi-location SEO, and GA4/Search Console reporting to shape quarterly client roadmaps. Strong English on live calls with US clients is essential.

Qualifications

• 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.
• SEO for roofing 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

SEO expertise

Search Console & GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs or Semrush

Agency experience

English on calls

Multi-location SEO

Job description

Blacksmith Agency, an AI-first digital agency, seeks an SEO Manager for Roofing to own search across multiple markets. You will guide the technical roadmap, content priorities and the ranking story for client projects.

Lead audits, on-page optimization, local and multi-location SEO, and GA4/Search Console reporting to shape quarterly client roadmaps. Strong English on live calls with US clients is essential.