SEO Project Manager (Remote, Sandton)

Blacksmith Agency; Sandton; Remote; ZAR 985,000 - 1,478,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency, a US-focused digital marketing partner, seeks an SEO Project Manager to own delivery of campaign launches, SEO roadmaps, reporting and client relationships. You will keep projects on time and on budget while guiding internal teams.

You will coordinate PPC and SEO strategists, writers and designers, manage client communications and status updates, and proactively flag risks to drive tasks to completion in a fast-paced agency environment.

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 familiarity

English communication

PM tooling

Calm under deadlines

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.