Paid Media Account Strategist (Remote, Chicago)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC is an AI-first digital agency seeking a Paid Media Account Strategist to own paid media for B2B and growing-brand clients. You lead targeting, budget calls, roadmap and narrative during client conversations.

You will manage campaigns across Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn and Microsoft Ads, allocate budgets, test creatives, and build 90-day and quarterly client roadmaps, reporting on performance and growth.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in Google Ads and Meta: you have built, run and optimized the campaigns yourself.
• Proven track record of improving ROAS, CPA or pipeline metrics for multiple clients.
• Experience across several clients in an agency setting and strong English communication.

Responsibilities

• Own paid media across Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn and Microsoft Ads for your accounts.
• Lead budget allocation, bidding, targeting and creative testing and know when to kill a campaign.
• Implement conversion tracking and attribution with GA4, Tag Manager and platform pixels.
• Develop 90-day and quarterly client roadmaps and articulate the numbers on calls.
• Drive account growth through retention, upsell and long-term client relationships.

Skills

Google Ads

Meta Ads

Agency experience

Budget allocation

Tools

GA4

Tag Manager

Pixels

Job description

• Remote (USA, Canada, Latin America or South Africa)

Blacksmith Agency

• Marketing
• Full time
• Remote (USA, Canada, Latin America or South Africa)

Paid media only. SEO 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 Paid Media Account Strategist you own paid media for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients: the targeting, the budget calls, the roadmap and the narrative when the client asks why. You are the strategic voice at the table, and you make the calls.

What You Will Own

• Paid media across Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn and Microsoft Ads for your accounts.
• Budget allocation, bidding, targeting and creative testing, and when to kill a campaign.
• Conversion tracking and attribution you can trust: GA4, tag manager and platform pixels.
• The 90 day and quarterly roadmap for each client, and the story behind the numbers on the call.
• Account growth: retention, upsell and the long-term relationship.

What You Bring

• 3+ years hands-on in Google Ads and Meta: you have built, run and optimized the campaigns yourself.
• A record of moving ROAS, CPA or pipeline numbers you can walk us through.
• Agency experience across several clients at once.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.