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Freelance Meta Ads Specialist - Full Remote

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Solid experience managing and optimizing Meta Ads campaigns
  • Excellent command of Meta Ads Manager and Facebook/Instagram advertising
  • Strong understanding of lead generation, conversion and retargeting strategies
  • Good knowledge of Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager

Responsibilities

  • Audit existing advertising accounts and identify optimization opportunities
  • Create, configure and manage Facebook Ads and Instagram Ads campaigns
  • Manage campaign budgets and bidding strategies
  • Monitor key KPIs and analyze campaign performance

About the company

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BlackRidge Group

Staffing & Recruiting

We are experts in the global search and selection industry - we work with professional and managerial talent worldwide. Every day, we help businesses to find the talent that they need in order to drive their growth, profits and long-term success.Utilising an extensive international network to carry out cross border work allows us to bring a truly unique approach to the recruitment sector. We do this with accountable experts over 4 countries globally. Over the past 5 years, we have continuously improved and refined our internal processes, training and methodologies in order to reflect the business needs of our clients, and market changes in general. We firmly believe that our deep market expertise can benefit organisations that seek a knowledgeable and professional business partner, with scale and global reach.We share information, knowledge and experience for the benefit of our colleagues, clients and candidates – and we do this better than anyone in the world.We can save you time, worry and money. Most importantly, we remove the risk of running a business that lacks the talented staff to make it succeed.Due to our scale and reach, we are equally able to deliver on one-off projects, or cater for your large-scale recruitment....GET IN TOUCH!

Company details

Company typeStartup
IndustryStaffing & Recruiting
Company size11 - 50

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Job description

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Freelance Meta Ads Specialist to manage and optimize digital acquisition campaigns for our clients, primarily SMEs and small businesses.

The role covers the entire Meta Ads lifecycle, from account audits and strategy definition to campaign creation, launch, management and continuous optimization across Facebook and Instagram, with a strong focus on performance, conversions and profitability.

Your Responsibilities

Meta Ads Strategy & Audits

  • Audit existing advertising accounts and quickly identify optimization opportunities.
  • Define acquisition strategies based on each client's objectives, market and budget.
  • Structure accounts and campaigns to maximize efficiency and performance.
  • Define the most relevant audiences, campaign objectives and conversion journeys.

Campaign Creation & Management

  • Create, configure and manage Facebook Ads and Instagram Ads campaigns through Meta Ads Manager.
  • Manage lead generation, traffic, conversion, sales and retargeting campaigns.
  • Build and optimize audiences, including Custom Audiences, Lookalike Audiences and retargeting.
  • Structure campaigns, ad sets and ads.
  • Define advertising angles and creative recommendations tailored to different audiences.
  • Test different formats, messages, visuals, videos and calls to action.

Budget & Optimization

  • Manage campaign budgets and bidding strategies.
  • Identify the best-performing campaigns, audiences, placements and creatives.
  • Implement A/B tests and experiments to continuously improve results.
  • Monitor frequency, acquisition costs and creative fatigue.
  • Adjust budget allocation based on performance and profitability objectives.

Tracking & Analytics

  • Implement, verify and optimize the Meta Pixel.
  • Understand and manage Conversions API (CAPI) and server-side tracking requirements.
  • Use Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager to complement performance analysis.
  • Ensure the accuracy and reliability of event and conversion tracking.
  • Understand attribution challenges between Meta and other acquisition channels.

Performance & ROI

  • Monitor key KPIs including CPM, CTR, CPC, CPL, CPA, conversion rate and ROAS.
  • Analyze campaign performance and translate data into concrete optimization actions.
  • Identify the audiences, campaigns and creatives generating the strongest results.
  • Build clear reports focused on performance, conversions and ROI.
  • Provide actionable and prioritized recommendations for each client.
  • Stay up to date with Meta Ads developments, platform changes and new features.

Candidate Profile

  • Experience: Solid and demonstrable experience managing and optimizing Meta Ads campaigns, ideally across multiple industries.
  • Meta Ads: Excellent command of Meta Ads Manager and Facebook and Instagram advertising campaigns.
  • Digital Acquisition: Strong understanding of lead generation, conversion and retargeting strategies.
  • Tracking: Strong working knowledge of Meta Pixel, conversion events and a good understanding of the Conversions API.
  • Analytics: Good knowledge of Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager.
  • Creative Strategy: Ability to analyze creative performance and provide recommendations on advertising angles, messaging, formats and content to test.
  • Performance: Strong ROI and profitability mindset, going beyond basic visibility and engagement metrics.
  • Analytical Skills: Ability to interpret data and quickly translate insights into concrete optimization actions.
  • Organization: Excellent ability to manage multiple accounts and projects simultaneously and work independently.
  • Personal Skills: Autonomous, rigorous, proactive and comfortable providing strategic recommendations.
  • Track Record: The ability to present concrete examples of campaigns managed, advertising budgets handled and results achieved will be highly valued.

Collaboration Details

  • Status: Freelance / Independent Contractor
  • Location: 100% Remote
  • Start Date: As soon as possible
  • Clients: Primarily SMEs and small businesses
  • Collaboration Model: Fixed-price projects or day-rate assignments depending on the project

Application

Please send your CV to cv@blackridgegroup.com.

For any additional information, please contact us at +352 20 61 04.



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