SEO Manager, Veterinary (Remote, Fourways)

Blacksmith Agency; Randburg; Remote; ZAR 1,163,000 - 1,828,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an experienced SEO Manager to own search strategies for veterinary clients across multi-location practices. You will steer technical roadmaps, prioritise content, and drive ranking stories with writers and AI.

You will work remotely with U.S./Canada-based clients, coordinate across agencies, and report results in GA4 and Search Console, shaping quarterly roadmaps and measurable growth.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead technical SEO including crawl, indexation, speed, schema, architecture.
• Define keyword strategy and on-page optimization with content writers/AI.
• Get clients found in AI search and traditional results for veterinary clients.
• Manage links, local search, and multi-location SEO as needed.
• Prepare GA4 and Search Console reports and quarterly roadmaps.

Skills

SEO experience

Client communication

Agency experience

Tools

Search Console

GA4

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.