PPC Project Manager (Remote, Pietermaritzburg)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Pietermaritzburg; Remote; ZAR 1,154,000 - 1,814,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency, a US-focused digital marketing partner, is seeking a PPC Project Manager to own delivery of paid media programs, including PPC, SEO roadmaps, reporting, and client relationships. You will keep projects on time and on budget, inform clients, and unblock internal teams.

This delivery role suits a strong communicator who stays organized and pushes work to completion, coordinating with strategists, writers and designers to meet milestones and expectations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years managing marketing projects or accounts 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).

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

Client communication

Team coordination

English proficiency

Tools

ClickUp

Asana

Jira

Google Ads

Meta Ads

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.