Demand Generation Manager (Remote, Cape Town)

Blacksmith Agency; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 1,478,000 - 2,135,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a Demand Generation Manager to own paid media for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will guide targeting, budgeting, and narrative decisions, acting as the strategic voice at the table.

You will oversee campaigns across Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, and Microsoft Ads, and shape 90-day roadmaps with a focus on retention and growth. This is a remote, international role with US client exposure.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in Google Ads and Meta campaigns.
• Proven ROAS/CPA/pipeline improvements with client walkthrough.
• Experience managing multiple clients in an agency setting.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.

Responsibilities

• Own paid media across Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn and Microsoft Ads.
• Budget allocation, bidding, targeting and creative testing.
• Conversion tracking with GA4, Tag Manager and platform pixels.
• Develop 90-day and quarterly client roadmaps and explain numbers on calls.
• Grow accounts through retention, upsell and long-term relationships.

Skills

Google Ads

Meta Ads

Agency experience

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 Demand Generation 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.