SEO Project Manager (Remote, East London)

Blacksmith Agency; East London; Remote; ZAR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency, a US-focused marketing agency, seeks an SEO Project Manager to own delivery of client campaigns, SEO roadmaps, and reporting. You will coordinate cross-functional teams and manage timelines and budgets to keep projects on track while maintaining strong client relationships.

Required: 3+ years managing marketing projects in a digital agency, hands-on PPC or SEO experience, strong English communication, and familiarity with PM tools like ClickUp, Asana, or Jira.

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).
• 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

Project management

English communication

Deadline oriented

Client relationship management

Team coordination

Tools

ClickUp

Asana

Jira

Job description

About The Role

Blacksmith Agency runs PPC, SEO and paid media programs for clients across the US. As SEO 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)

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.