SEO Manager, Veterinary (Remote, Bryanston)

Blacksmith Agency; Randburg; Remote; ZAR 1,067,000 - 1,560,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an SEO Manager (Veterinary) to own search strategy for a portfolio of veterinary clients. You will shape the technical roadmap, prioritize content with writers/AI, and drive rankings across multi-location clinics.

You will report on GA4, Search Console, and performance, while collaborating with clients on live calls. This is a remote, globally oriented role within an AI-first agency.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO with audits and fixes.
• Fluency with Google GA4 and Search Console.
• Agency experience across several clients.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.

Responsibilities

• Own technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and site architecture.
• Define keyword strategy and on-page optimization with writers and AI.
• Drive visibility in AI search: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and traditional results.
• Manage local and multi-location SEO where needed.
• Provide GA4 and Search Console reporting and quarterly client roadmaps.

Skills

SEO

English communication

Agency experience

Tools

GA4

Search Console

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs or 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 Manager, Veterinary you own search for a book of veterinary clients (veterinary groups and multi-clinic practices): 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.
• SEO for veterinary or similar multi-location businesses is a strong plus.