Search Marketing Manager (Remote, Rosebank)

Blacksmith Agency; Rosebank; Remote; ZAR 1,478,000 - 2,463,000; Full time

Job summary

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, steering targeting, budgets, roadmap and client storytelling.

You bring 3+ years hands-on in Google Ads and Meta, plus agency experience across multiple clients and clear English for live US client calls.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in Google Ads and Meta campaigns.
• Experience moving ROAS, CPA or pipeline numbers.
• Agency experience across multiple clients.

Responsibilities

• Own paid media for client accounts across Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn? and Microsoft Ads.
• Manage budgets, bidding, targeting, and creative testing.
• Set conversion tracking and attribution with GA4, tag manager, and platform pixels.
• Develop 90-day and quarterly client roadmaps and narrate numbers on calls.
• Drive account growth through retention and upsell.

Skills

Google Ads

Meta Ads

Campaign management

Analytics basics

Tools

GA4

Tag Manager

Pixels

Microsoft Ads

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.