SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Manager (Remote, East London)

Blacksmith Agency; East London; Remote; ZAR 400,000 - 650,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Work with AI tools

Job summary

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. You will lead technical SEO, keyword strategy with writers and AI, and ensure clients appear in both AI search and traditional results, with local and multi-location SEO when

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on SEO, with audits and fixes executed personally.
• Fluency in using Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog, and at least one of Ahrefs/Semrush.
• Agency experience managing multiple clients simultaneously.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.

Responsibilities

• Own technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and site architecture.
• Drive keyword strategy and content priorities with writers and AI.
• Get clients found in AI search alongside classic organic results.
• Manage links, local search and multi-location SEO where needed.
• Produce reporting in GA4 and Search Console, plus quarterly client roadmaps.

Skills

SEO experience

English communication

Tools

Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

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.