SEO Strategy Lead (Remote) – AI-First Agency

Blacksmith Agency LLC

Randburg

Remote

ZAR 1,314,000 - 1,971,000

Full time

45 hours ago

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Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an SEO Manager to own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will direct the technical roadmap, content priorities and the ranking story when clients ask what moved.

You will work remotely with US/Canada/South Africa clients, handling technical audits, keyword strategy, and reporting in GA4 and Search Console. This role requires hands-on SEO expertise and strong English communication on live calls.

Qualifications

3+ years hands-on SEO experience with audits and fixes.
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.

Responsibilities

Technical SEO: crawl, indexation, site speed, schema and site architecture.
Keyword strategy, on-page optimization and content priorities, with writers and AI producing 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.