Search Marketing Manager (Remote, Fourways)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency seeking a Search Marketing Manager to own paid media for B2B and growing-brand clients. You guide budget calls, roadmaps, and client narratives on why campaigns perform as they do.

You will manage paid media across Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, and Microsoft Ads, deliver 90-day plans, track conversions with GA4 and tag manager, and drive account growth and long-term relationships with US clients.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in Google Ads and Meta: you have built, run and optimized campaigns yourself.
• Proven track record of moving ROAS, CPA or pipeline metrics in campaigns.
• Agency experience managing multiple clients simultaneously.
• Clear spoken English with US clients on live calls.

Responsibilities

• Own paid media for Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn and Microsoft Ads across client accounts.
• Handle budget allocation, bidding, targeting and creative testing; decide when to kill a campaign.
• Set up and maintain conversion tracking with GA4, Tag Manager and platform pixels.
• Develop the 90-day and quarterly roadmaps for each client and explain the numbers behind results.
• Drive account growth through retention, upsell and long-term client relationships.

Skills

Google Ads

Meta Ads

Agency Experience

English (US clients)

Tools

GA4

Tag Manager

Pixels

Job description

Blacksmith Agency

• Marketing
• Full time
• Remote (Canada, South Africa or USA)

Paid media only. SEO is a separate seat with its own strategist, so you are never split across both.

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency is an AI-first digital agency. As Search Marketing Manager you own paid media for a book of B2B and growing-brand clients: the 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.

What You Will Own

• 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.

What You Bring

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