Performance Marketing (Google Ads)

Job Responsibilities:

Plan, launch, and optimize Meta (Facebook & Instagram) and Google Ads campaigns.

Monitor campaign performance and improve ROAS, CPA, CTR, and conversions.

Manage campaign budgets and perform A/B testing for creatives and audiences.

Track performance using Google Analytics, Meta Ads Manager, and Google Ads.

Collaborate with the creative team to develop high-performing ad creatives and landing pages.

Prepare weekly and monthly performance reports with actionable insights.

Requirements:

1–3 years of experience in Meta and Google Ads.

Internship experience preferred

Strong understanding of performance marketing, conversion tracking, and analytics.

Experience with Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Meta Pixel is preferred.

Analytical mindset with excellent problem-solving skills.

Key Skills: Meta Ads, Google Ads, Performance Marketing, ROAS Optimization, Google Analytics, A/B Testing, Campaign Management.

About Kontrah Labs

Kontrah Labs is a performance marketing agency that works with premium D2C and ecommerce brands across India. We help brands scale profitably through data-driven advertising, creative testing, and conversion-focused growth strategies.

We're looking for a Performance Marketing Specialist who can independently manage and optimize Meta and Google Ads accounts while collaborating closely with clients, creatives, and strategy teams. This role is for someone who enjoys solving performance challenges, thrives in fast-paced agency environments, and takes ownership of results.

What You'll Actually Do

This is not a coordination role. You'll be inside ad accounts every day making decisions that directly impact client growth.

Campaign Strategy & Execution

• Build, launch, and manage Meta Ads and Google Ads campaigns end-to-end
• Manage ecommerce, lead generation, and conversion-focused campaigns
• Create scalable account structures across Meta and Google
• Set up audiences, placements, bidding strategies, budgets, and creative testing frameworks
• Plan and execute testing roadmaps for accounts under management

Optimization & Performance Management

• Monitor account performance daily
• Analyze CTR, CPM, CPC, CPA, ROAS, MER, Frequency, Conversion Rate, and other key metrics
• Identify winning opportunities and scale them profitably
• Diagnose performance drops and recommend corrective actions
• Manage budgets efficiently across multiple client accounts
• Continuously improve campaign performance through data-backed experimentation

Creative Strategy Collaboration

• Work closely with designers and content teams to develop high-performing creatives
• Translate performance insights into actionable creative briefs
• Analyze competitor ads, market trends, and consumer behavior
• Identify creative fatigue and recommend fresh testing angles
• Understand what makes winning ad creatives work and how to replicate success

Client Communication

This role is client-facing.

• Join weekly client review calls
• Present campaign performance confidently and clearly
• Explain strategies, results, and recommendations without jargon
• Respond professionally to client communications
• Manage expectations and proactively flag risks or opportunities
• Build trust through transparency and data-driven decision making

AI-First Workflow

At Kontrah Labs, AI is part of how we work.

You'll be expected to:

• Use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or similar tools daily
• Use AI for research, reporting, copywriting, analysis, and ideation
• Build prompt workflows that improve efficiency and quality
• Use AI creative tools to accelerate testing and production
• Stay updated on emerging AI tools and bring useful ideas to the team

If a task can be completed better and faster with AI, we expect you to know how.

Must-Have Requirements

Experience

• 2–3 years of hands-on paid media experience
• Minimum 2 years of agency-side experience managing multiple client accounts
• Proven experience managing Meta Ads and Google Ads accounts independently
• Experience handling monthly ad spends across multiple accounts

Platform Expertise

• Strong expertise in Meta Ads Manager
• Strong expertise in Google Ads (Search, Shopping, Performance Max)
• Understanding of audience strategy, attribution, bidding, scaling, and conversion optimization
• Familiarity with GA4, Meta Pixel, Conversion API, and tracking fundamentals

Skills

• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Excellent problem-solving mindset
• Strong analytical thinking and decision-making ability
• Understanding of ad creatives and creative testing frameworks
• Comfortable interpreting data and translating it into action
• Good Google Sheets / Excel skills

AI Adoption

• Active daily user of AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Midjourney, Gemini, Perplexity, or similar
• Able to demonstrate real AI workflows used in daily work

Nice to Have

• Experience working with D2C or ecommerce brands
• Experience with Shopify brands
• Familiarity with landing page optimization and CRO principles
• Exposure to creative strategy and copywriting
• Experience managing premium or high-AOV brands

What We Don't Care About

• Marketing degrees
• Big agency names on your resume
• Certifications without practical experience

We're more interested in what you've actually done.

Who You Are

• You take ownership instead of waiting for instructions
• You're curious and naturally investigate problems
• You communicate proactively
• You think in systems, not just tasks
• You care about details and execution quality
• You enjoy learning and improving continuously

What You'll Get

• Direct ownership of real client accounts
• Exposure to premium D2C and ecommerce brands
• Direct mentorship from experienced performance marketers
• Hands-on experience across strategy, creative, reporting, and client management
• Remote-first work environment
• Fast growth opportunities as the agency scales
• Small team with high ownership and zero politics

About the role

We're a lean, fast-moving startup building consumer mobile apps across matrimonial, health, and dating verticals. We're looking for a hands-on performance marketer to own and scale our Google Ads channels, drive quality installs and in-app conversions, and squeeze maximum efficiency from every rupee spent.

What you'll do

• Plan, launch, and optimize App campaigns (UAC/AC) across Google Ads to hit install/purchase volume and CPI/CPA targets
• Own budget allocation, bidding strategy (tCPA, tROAS, maximize conversions), and daily performance monitoring
• Drive down cost-per-install and cost-per-quality-user while scaling spend profitably
• Set up and optimize conversion tracking, deep events, and value-based bidding
• Run creative testing at scale — feed the algorithm fresh video, image, and text assets and iterate on winners
• Analyze funnel performance from install → activation → retention → monetization, and feed insights back into targeting and creative
• Report on key metrics and make data-backed scaling decisions

Must-have skills

• Google Ads (App campaigns / UAC), Google Ads Editor
• Mobile app performance marketing (iOS + Android)
• Conversion tracking & event optimization (Firebase, Google Analytics 4)
• Bidding strategies: tCPA, tROAS, maximize conversions
• Strong analytics — Excel/Sheets, cohort and funnel analysis
• Creative brief writing and creative-performance testing

Good-to-have

• ASO fundamentals
• MMP experience — AppsFlyer, Adjust, or Branch
• SKAN / iOS 14+ measurement
• Experience with vernacular / Tier 2+ India audiences
• SQL or dashboarding (Looker Studio, etc.)

You'll thrive here if

• You're numbers-obsessed and let data drive decisions
• You move fast, test relentlessly, and own outcomes end-to-end
• You've scaled app-first campaigns at meaningful budgets

Mandatory Skills: Google Ads, Meta Ads and LinkedIn Ads

Key Qualification Criteria

Qualifications

• Minimum 2–3 years of experience in paid ad marketing across digital channels: Meta, LinkedIn, and Google Ads.
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience managing and optimizing Google Ads.
• Strong domain expertise in paid media, including strategy, execution, and analytics.
• Skilled in leveraging AI tools (e.g., Claude and ChatGPT) to enhance campaign efficiency and decision-making.
• Strong analytical skills with advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets for data analysis and performance tracking.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Bachelor’s degree in any field; a Master’s degree is a plus.

Hands-on Experience With

• Google Ads, Meta Ads, LinkedIn Ads, Bing/Microsoft Ads.
• Google Tag Manager (GTM), GA4, Looker Studio.
• Strong understanding of performance marketing principles, bidding strategies, and attribution models.
• Familiarity with SEO, email marketing, and other digital marketing channels.
• Certifications in tools such as Google Ads, GA4, or Meta Ads are preferred.
• Proven track record in driving successful Performance Campaigns utilizing AI tools like ChatGPT.
• Effective communication and reporting skills.
• Good experience in managing medium to large-sized budgets.
• Should have a data-driven approach to work.

Scope of Work

Strategy & Execution

• Lead paid media initiatives to drive conversions and revenue using omnichannel strategies, capitalizing on AI for optimization.
• Optimize campaigns on platforms like Google Ads, Bing Ads, and LinkedIn Ads.
• Take ownership of campaigns end-to-end to ensure KPIs and goals are met.
• Continuously refine team processes and automate repetitive tasks to drive efficiency and scalability.
• Research & Analysis
• Stay ahead of platform updates and trends; integrate innovations into strategy.
• Drive keyword strategy and restructure accounts to unlock scalable growth.
• Lead cross-channel campaign optimization using platforms like Google Ads, Bing Ads, and GA4 to improve ROI.
• Analyze and interpret conversion and attribution data to derive actionable strategic insights.
• Ability to create strategies and budget forecasts.
• Communication
• Collaborate with Client Success Managers to design growth-focused strategies that leverage AI capabilities.
• Partner with internal teams to address performance challenges.
• Timely deliver projects on time, meeting weekly and monthly deadlines.

Reporting

• Create performance reports using Google Slides/other dashboards, and review them with clients.
• Present key strategies and insights to Client Success Managers and clients.
• Consider key performance metrics such as CPC, CTR, CPA, and ROAS for creating and conveying detailed inferences in monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports.

Preferred Attributes

• Certifications in digital marketing tools like GA4, Google Ads, Meta Ads, etc.
• Must be residing in/willing to relocate to Pune.
• Experience with delivery management or people management.
• Understanding of SEO, email marketing, and other digital marketing channels.
• Experience with GA4, Google Tag Manager (GTM), Google Ads, Looker Studio, and Bing Ads.
• Familiarity with automated or AI-driven optimization tools for search ads and other channels.
• Experience in dealing directly with B2B clients.

Mandatory Skills: Google Ads, Meta Ads and LinkedIn Ads

• Minimum 2–3 years of experience in paid ad marketing across digital channels: Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn.
• Hands-on experience in paid marketing, client communication, campaign planning, execution, and strategy.
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience managing and optimizing Google Ads.
• Strong domain expertise in paid media, including strategy, execution, and analytics.
• Skilled in leveraging AI tools (e.g., Claude and ChatGPT) to enhance campaign efficiency and decision-making.
• Strong analytical skills with advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets for data analysis and performance tracking.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Bachelor’s degree in any field; a Master’s degree is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, launch, and optimize campaigns across Meta and Google platforms.
• Manage budgets and daily campaign performance.
• Scale profitable campaigns while maintaining efficiency targets.
• Build acquisition and retargeting audiences.
• Create lookalike audiences.
• Develop testing frameworks for campaign scaling.
• Work closely with designers and content teams.
• Recommend creative improvements based on campaign data.
• Drive testing of creatives and messaging.
• Maintain campaign dashboards.
• Analyze campaign performance.
• Present recommendations and insights to leadership.
• Ensure accurate tracking implementation.
• Monitor attribution and conversion reporting.
• Performance Optimization (Improve):

● ROAS

● CAC

● CPA

● Conversion Rate

● Customer Acquisition Volume

Requirements:

• Minimum 1 year of hands-on experience with Meta Ads & Google Ads
• Strong understanding of performance marketing & campaign optimization
• Ability to work closely with designers and the content team
• Experience with E-commerce & D2C brands is preferred
• Data-driven mindset with a focus on leads, sales & ROAS

Responsibilities:

● Budget Handled on Google AdWords, Facebook Ads, Instagram Ads.

● Proven track results of Ad creation, execution and monitoring.

● Well aware of Meta ads, Instagram Ads, Google Ads, LinkedIn Ads, Facebook business manager.

● Create and manage content marketing strategies.

● Forecast marketing campaign growth and ROI for marketing campaigns

● Keep abreast of new social media sites, web technologies, and digital marketing trends; implement these new technologies in developing campaigns and update current campaigns to include new information.

● Drive traffic, generate leads to company pages.

● Adhering closely to deadlines & to budget, developing and revising ideas, and implementing projects.

Performance Marketing & Growth Manager

Brand + Growth ·Onsite · Full-time

Own growth and brand for our product — not just performance metrics. We need someone who can run high-performing paid campaigns and make sure that growth builds a real brand, not just short-term clicks.

What You'll Do

•  Run paid campaigns across Meta, Google, YouTube, TikTok — full funnel, awareness to retention

•  Optimize against ROAS, CAC, CTR, CVR, LTV; kill underperformers fast, scale what works

•  Own budget allocation across channels and hit hard growth targets

•  Shape brand positioning, voice, and creative consistency across every channel

•  Partner with product on growth loops, retention, and lifetime value

•  Brief creative teams with data-backed insights; report performance to leadership

What You Need

•  3–5 years in performance marketing, growth marketing, or a hybrid growth + brand role

•  Hands-on experience running paid campaigns on Meta and Google Ads (non-negotiable)

•  Startup, D2C, e-commerce, or consumer brand background preferred

•  Data-driven mindset — comfortable owning a budget and being accountable for targets

•  Genuine interest in brand-building, not just performance metrics

Nice to Have

•  Experience across multiple international markets

•  Experience building a brand from 0→1, not just scaling an established one

•  Basic design or copywriting sensibility

Why Join Us: Full ownership of both growth and brand — rare to get both in one seat. Direct access to founders, fast execution, real impact.

1. Plan, launch, and manage digital marketing campaigns across Google, Meta, and LinkedIn.
2. Conduct keyword research, Keyword expansion, and optimization for Google Ads campaigns.
3. Build and manage relevant audiences, custom audiences, lookalike audiences, and targeting segments across LinkedIn and Meta.
4. Develop and implement retargeting strategies to improve conversions and re-engage potential customers.
5. Monitor campaign performance and continuously optimize campaigns based on CPC, CTR, CPM, CPL, CPA, ROAS, conversion rates, and other relevant KPIs.
6. Identify campaign performance trends and make data-driven recommendations for campaign rate and performance optimization.
7. Prepare regular campaign reports and performance summaries, highlighting key insights, challenges, and recommendations.
8. Monitor advertising spends, campaign budgets, and account balances, including regular coordination for loading funds to ensure campaigns run without interruption. Recommend budget reallocations based on campaign performance, efficiency, and business priorities. Identify underperforming campaigns, audiences, keywords, and creatives and take corrective action.
9. Drive organic growth through SEO, AIO (AI Optimization), and AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) initiatives.
10. Conduct ongoing research into search behavior, keyword trends, competitor activity, and emerging digital marketing opportunities.
11. Collaborate with creative and content teams to develop performance-focused ad creatives, messaging, and landing-page recommendations

Responsibilities:

● Budget Handled on Google AdWords, Facebook Ads, Instagram Ads.

● Proven track results of Ad creation, execution and monitoring.

● Well aware of Meta ads, Instagram Ads, Google Ads, LinkedIn Ads, Facebook business manager.

● Create and manage content marketing strategies.

● Forecast marketing campaign growth and ROI for marketing campaigns

● Keep abreast of new social media sites, web technologies, and digital marketing trends; implement these new technologies in developing campaigns and update current campaigns to include new information.

● Drive traffic, generate leads to company pages.

● Adhering closely to deadlines & to budget, developing and revising ideas, and implementing projects.