SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Manager (Remote, Durban)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Durban; Remote; ZAR 1,506,000 - 2,176,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking an SEO Manager to own the search strategy for a portfolio of B2B clients. You will lead technical SEO initiatives, define keyword priorities, and oversee content direction in collaboration with writers and AI tools.

You will coordinate with US clients on live calls, ensure high-quality on-page optimization, and manage multi-location SEO. This role is remote, with the opportunity to influence strategic decisions across accounts.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO and audits.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.
• Experience working in an agency setting with multiple clients.

Responsibilities

• Own technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema, site architecture.
• Drive keyword strategy, on-page optimization and content priorities with content teams.
• Improve visibility in AI search and traditional results for clients.
• Manage local and multi-location SEO where needed.
• Provide GA4 and Search Console reporting and quarterly client roadmaps.

Skills

SEO expertise

Client communication

Agency experience

Tools

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Search Console

GA4

Job description

Blacksmith Agency

• Remote (USA, Canada, Latin America or South Africa)

• Marketing
• Full time
• Remote (USA, Canada, Latin America or South Africa)

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 (Search Engine Optimization) Manager you 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.

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.