SEO Strategist (Remote, Ballito)

Blacksmith Agency; Ballito; Remote; ZAR 903,000 - 1,314,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking an SEO Strategist to own search for a portfolio of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will steer the technical roadmap, content priorities, and the ranking story when clients ask what moved, acting as the strategic voice at the table.

You will manage technical SEO tasks, keyword strategy, content priorities, and AI-assisted drafting in collaboration with writers. Remote role with US/Canada/South Africa coverage and ongoing client interaction.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on SEO experience.
• Has run audits and fixes themselves.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.
• Agency experience managing multiple clients simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and site architecture.
• Keyword strategy and on-page optimization, with writers and AI support.
• Improve discoverability in AI search and traditional organic results.
• Manage links, local and multi-location SEO as needed for clients.
• Provide GA4 and Search Console reporting and quarterly roadmaps per client.

Skills

SEO strategy

Technical SEO

Content optimization

Client communication

Tools

Google Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs

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 Strategist 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.