Performance Marketing Manager (Remote, Chicago)

Blacksmith Agency; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC is an AI-first digital agency seeking a Performance Marketing Manager to own paid media for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will guide targeting, budgets, roadmaps, and the narrative when clients ask why.

You are the strategic voice at the table, making the calls, and you will own campaigns across Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, and Microsoft Ads, with a focus on ROAS and pipeline growth in a remote setting.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in Google Ads and Meta campaigns.
• Proven ROAS, CPA or pipeline improvements with examples.
• Agency experience handling multiple clients simultaneously.
• Excellent spoken English with US clients on live calls.

Responsibilities

• Own paid media for B2B and growing-brand clients across Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn and Microsoft Ads.
• Manage budget allocation, bidding, targeting, testing and campaign pruning.
• Set up reliable conversion tracking with GA4, Tag Manager and platform pixels.
• Develop 90-day and quarterly client roadmaps and present performance narratives.
• Drive account growth through retention, upsell and long-term relationships.

Tools

Google Ads

Meta Ads

LinkedIn Ads

Microsoft Ads

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 Performance Marketing 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.