Paid Media Project Manager (Remote, Alberton)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 991,000 - 1,570,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking a Paid Media Project Manager to own delivery of marketing work for US clients. You will manage campaign launches, SEO roadmaps, reporting, and client relationships, keeping projects on time and on budget.

This remote role requires strong communication, organization, and the ability to coordinate PPC and SEO teams across time zones. A calm approach to deadlines and proficiency with PM tools will help you drive projects to completion.

Qualifications

• 3+ years managing marketing projects or accounts, ideally in a digital agency.
• Hands-on familiarity with PPC (Google Ads, Meta Ads) or SEO programs.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.
• Comfort with PM tooling (ClickUp, Asana, Jira or similar).
• Calm under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Own project plans, timelines and budgets from kickoff to delivery.
• Coordinate PPC and SEO strategists, writers and designers to hit milestones.
• Run client communication, status updates and expectation setting.
• Track scope, flag risk early, and drive tasks to completion.

Skills

Marketing Project Management

PPC/SEO familiarity

English communication

PM tooling proficiency

Tools

ClickUp

Asana

Jira

Job description

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency runs PPC, SEO and paid media programs for clients across the US. As Paid Media Project Manager at Blacksmith, you own delivery of that marketing work: campaign launches, SEO roadmaps, reporting and the client relationship around them. You keep projects on time and on budget, keep clients informed, and keep internal teams unblocked and moving. This is a delivery seat for a strong communicator who stays organized and drives work to the finish.

Blacksmith Agency

• Marketing Project Management
• Full time
• Remote (Latin America or South Africa)

What You Will Own

• Own project plans, timelines and budgets from kickoff to delivery.
• Coordinate PPC and SEO strategists, writers and designers to hit milestones.
• Run client communication, status updates and expectation setting.
• Track scope, flag risk early, and drive tasks to completion.

What You Bring

• 3+ years managing marketing projects or accounts, ideally in a digital agency.
• Hands-on familiarity with PPC (Google Ads, Meta Ads) or SEO programs.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.
• Comfort with PM tooling (ClickUp, Asana, Jira or similar).
• Calm under tight deadlines.