PPC Project Manager (Remote, Polokwane)

Blacksmith Agency; Polokwane; Remote; ZAR 550,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency LLC is seeking a PPC Project Manager to own delivery of client marketing programs, including campaign launches, SEO roadmaps, and reporting. You’ll manage timelines, budgets, and client relationships to keep projects on track.

You will coordinate PPC and SEO specialists, writers, and designers, ensuring milestones are met and stakeholders are informed with clear status updates. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential.

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 hands-on

English communication

Deadline management

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.