Job Title
Performance Specialist (AU, Digital / Paid Media) Onsite
Work Set-Up
Onsite
Working Hours
Monday - Friday
Job Overview
We are hiring on behalf of an independent, Melbourne-based creative and strategic agency that bridges the gap between brand building and performance marketing. They don't view brand and performance as separate disciplines—they build brands for long-term growth while delivering measurable results today.
As a Performance Specialist, you will be the hands-on engine of the performance team. You will be responsible for the accurate build, day-to-day management, and ongoing optimization of client campaigns across paid search, paid social, and programmatic platforms. Working alongside a PH-based Performance Manager and Melbourne Directors, this is an ideal role for an ambitious media specialist early in their career who loves platform-level detail and wants to elevate their skills in a supportive, fast-growing agency environment
Key Responsibilities
- Campaign Set-up & Trafficking: Build, structure, and traffic campaigns across Google Ads (Search, PMax, Display, YouTube, Shopping), Meta Ads (Facebook/Instagram), LinkedIn Ads, TikTok Ads, and programmatic DSPs (e.g., DV360, StackAdapt). Implement audiences, ad copy, creative tags, and tracking (UTMs, URLs).
- Daily Management & Budget Pacing: Perform daily checks across accounts for disapprovals, spend anomalies, delivery issues, or tracking errors. Monitor budget pacing and maintain strict account organization and naming conventions.
- Optimization & Split Testing: Execute routine campaign optimizations including search term reviews, negative keywords, bid adjustments, placement exclusions, and A/B creative testing. Log all account changes in agency tracking logs.
- Tracking & Analytics Support: Assist in setting up and verifying conversion tracking, including Google Tag Manager (GTM), GA4, Meta Pixel & Conversions API (CAPI), LinkedIn Insight Tag, and TikTok Pixel.
- Reporting & Dashboards: Extract and prepare platform data for weekly and monthly reports using Looker Studio, DataBox, and internal templates. Provide initial observations on campaign trends to support performance insights.
- Quality Assurance (QA): Perform thorough self-QA on all campaign builds using agency checklists prior to submitting work to the Performance Manager for final sign-off
Role Requirements
- Experience: 1–3 years of hands-on experience building and managing paid campaigns in Google Ads and/or Meta Ads Manager, ideally within a digital agency setting.
- Platform Exposure: Familiarity with or eagerness to quickly learn LinkedIn Campaign Manager, TikTok Ads Manager, and programmatic demand-side platforms (DSPs).
- Technical Fundamentals: Solid understanding of digital campaign structures, targeting options, bidding models, and custom/lookalike audience setups.
- Data & Tooling: Proficient in data analysis using Google Sheets/Excel. Familiarity with GA4, GTM, and Looker Studio is a plus.
- Attention to Detail: Detail-obsessed with a methodical approach to campaign setup, self-QA, and account hygiene.
- Communication: Excellent written and spoken English skills with the confidence to collaborate daily with team members in Australia.
Join the awesome team and enjoy these benefits & perks
- Medical, Dental Coverage and Life insurance from day 1 of employment.
- Vacation and Sick Leave
- Financial Assistance Program
- Mandatory Government Benefits and 13th Month Pay
- Regular Company Events, Work Life Balance, and Career growth opportunities
- mployee-wellbeing Office Facilities (Gym, Wellness Room, Childcare Facility, Entertainment Room, World-class Training Rooms)
- Cafeteria with affordable food concessionaire partners.
- Complimentary coffee and ice cream every day.
- Sleeping Quarters and Shower rooms for comfort and convenience.
Equal Employment Statement
Employment decisions at ConnectOS will be conducted without consideration of factors such as age', race, color, religion, gender, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, and marital status. ConnectOS ensures the full confidentiality of the data it processes.