SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Specialist (Remote, Durbanville)

Blacksmith Agency; Durbanville; Remote; ZAR 739,000 - 1,232,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an SEO Specialist who owns 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 work with writers and AI to produce drafts, optimize on-page content, and lead technical SEO initiatives across multi-location clients.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in SEO.
• Fluency with Google Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog and Ahrefs or Semrush.
• Agency experience across several clients simultaneously.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.

Responsibilities

• Technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema, site architecture.
• Keyword strategy, on-page optimization and content priorities with writers/AI.
• Getting clients found in AI search, including Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT.
• Links, local search and multi-location SEO as needed.
• Reporting in GA4 and Search Console; quarterly roadmaps for each client.

Skills

SEO

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Tools

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

Semrush

Google Search Console

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 (Search Engine Optimization) Specialist 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.