PPC Project Manager (Remote, Cape Town)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 993,000 - 1,489,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking a PPC Project Manager to own delivery of marketing work for US clients. You will manage campaign launches, SEO roadmaps, reporting, and the client relationship, ensuring projects stay on time and budget.

A strong communicator who stays organized will thrive in this role. The position emphasizes coordinating PPC and SEO teams, maintaining client communications, and driving work to completion in a fast-paced agency setting.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience 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 such as ClickUp, Asana, Jira or similar.

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

PPC management

SEO coordination

Client relationship management

English communication

Project planning

Tools

ClickUp

Asana

Jira

Job description

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency runs PPC, SEO and paid media programs for clients across the US. As PPC 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.

Blacksmith Agency

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

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency runs PPC, SEO and paid media programs for clients across the US. As PPC 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.

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.