Strategic SEO Account Lead — Remote (US/CA/ZA)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Ballito; Remote; ZAR 995,000 - 1,493,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an SEO Account Strategist to own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will shape the technical roadmap, content priorities, and ranking narrative, acting as the strategic voice at client meetings.

You will drive technical SEO, keyword strategy, and content coordination with writers and AI to deliver measurable visibility gains. You will coordinate local and multi-location SEO, analyze performance in GA4 and Search

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on SEO with audits and fixes
• Fluency with Search Console, GA4, Screaming Frog and Ahrefs or Semrush
• Agency experience across multiple clients concurrently

Responsibilities

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

Skills

SEO

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs/ Semrush

English communication

Agency experience

Tools

Google Search Console

GA4

Screaming Frog

Ahrefs/ Semrush

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking an SEO Account Strategist to own search for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will shape the technical roadmap, content priorities, and ranking narrative, acting as the strategic voice at client meetings.

You will drive technical SEO, keyword strategy, and content coordination with writers and AI to deliver measurable visibility gains. You will coordinate local and multi-location SEO, analyze performance in GA4 and Search