Remote Paid Media Manager - Search & Growth

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Durbanville; Remote; ZAR 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking a Search Marketing Manager to own paid media for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will set 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. You will manage campaigns across Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn and Microsoft Ads, with GA4 and Tag Manager for measurement and reporting.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in Google Ads and Meta: built, run and optimized campaigns.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Google Ads

Meta ads

LinkedIn Ads

Microsoft Ads

GA4

Tag Manager

Agency Experience

US Clients

Tools

Google Ads

Meta

LinkedIn

Microsoft Ads

GA4

Tag Manager

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking a Search Marketing Manager to own paid media for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients. You will set 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. You will manage campaigns across Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn and Microsoft Ads, with GA4 and Tag Manager for measurement and reporting.