Paid Media Manager (Remote, San Diego)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; California; Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking a Paid Media Manager to own paid media for a portfolio of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will set strategy, manage budgets, and narrate the numbers on client calls as the strategic voice at the table.

You will oversee campaigns across Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn and Microsoft Ads, optimize bids and testing, and ensure robust conversion tracking with GA4, Tag Manager and platform pixels, driving long‑term ROAS and client partnerships.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in Google Ads and Meta
• Proven ROAS/CPA/pipeline improvements
• Agency experience across several clients
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls

Responsibilities

• Own paid media across Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn and Microsoft Ads for client 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

Skills

Google Ads

Meta Ads

Campaign optimization

Client communication

Tools

GA4

Tag Manager

Pixels

Job description

Blacksmith Agency

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

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 Manager 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.