Matthew Stanley
Matthew Stanley

Partnerships and Growth Marketing Professional

Open to offers · Member since 26 Jul 2026
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Location
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Desired salary
from 60k GBP/yearly
Work preference
Hybrid / Full Time
Experience level
Senior

About

Professional summary

I am a partnerships, client success, and growth marketing professional with more than 16 years of experience across performance marketing, digital acquisition, account growth, and advertiser relationships.

I have worked on both the media buying and relationship-management sides of performance marketing. My experience includes building and scaling acquisition campaigns while working directly with advertisers, partners, clients, buyers, networks, and internal delivery teams.

I translate commercial objectives into practical acquisition strategies, using performance data, lead-quality feedback, sales outcomes, and profitability metrics to guide decisions. I am experienced in paid search, paid social, native advertising, affiliate marketing, feed-based marketing, and search arbitrage.

I have managed significant media budgets, including more than £250,000 per month personally and advertising budgets exceeding $700,000 per month. I have scaled campaigns from zero to more than £60,000 monthly spend, increased margins from approximately 10% to 30%, and reduced CPCs by 25% while maintaining traffic quality.

I am comfortable leading client calls, quarterly business reviews, partner discussions, and cross-functional initiatives with PPC, SEO, paid social, tracking, content, development, operations, product, and commercial teams. I focus on building trusted relationships and identifying opportunities that drive measurable client and business growth.

I have also led and mentored search marketing and media buying teams across international markets and time zones. My approach combines technical campaign management, commercial analysis, stakeholder management, and a strong focus on sustainable revenue growth.

Notice period: 6 weeks

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Client Success Manager Avante Media

Act as the main point of contact for a portfolio of clients, building relationships and shaping marketing strategy around business goals, commercial targets, sales performance, and acquisition priorities.

Lead client calls, performance reviews, and quarterly business reviews. Coordinate with PPC, paid social, SEO, tracking, content, and development teams; identify account-growth opportunities through new channels, improved tracking, CRO, landing-page reviews, and external partnerships.

Senior Google Growth Manager Perform[cb]

Built and scaled internal customer-acquisition campaigns across lead-generation verticals, including insurance and home services. Managed acquisition through Google Ads and Meta with attention to traffic costs, payouts, lead quality, conversion performance, and profitability.

Worked with Growth Managers, Partner Managers, Account Managers, advertisers, buyers, and networks to align campaign strategy with commercial goals. Used partner feedback, performance data, tracking insights, and lead-quality analysis to improve scalability and campaign results.

Media Buyer Team Manager Media.net

Managed more than £250,000 in monthly media spend across search, native, and feed-based campaigns. Improved profitability through testing of bidding, targeting, landing pages, campaign structures, traffic sources, and monetisation approaches.

Reduced CPCs by 25% while maintaining traffic quality and managed testing across messaging, audiences, landing pages, and acquisition channels. Supported and mentored junior media buyers and collaborated with tracking, compliance, operations, and account teams to resolve performance issues.

Head of Search Marketing, Acquisition & Growth Clicksco Marketing & Optimisation

Led search acquisition strategy across multiple business units using Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising. Managed media investment, budget decisions, market analysis, campaign performance, and growth initiatives aligned with revenue and commercial goals.

Increased Bing Search traffic by 300% while improving efficiency and commercial performance. Managed and mentored search marketing specialists and worked with Product, Operations, and Commercial teams to identify new markets, keywords, campaigns, and acquisition opportunities.

SEM Specialist Clicksco

Managed acquisition campaigns across multiple markets and verticals, with responsibility for traffic quality, lead generation, ROI, keyword research, audience research, campaign structure, bidding, and landing-page testing.

Managed more than £100,000 per month across Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, and Pinterest. Developed search arbitrage and long-tail acquisition strategies and used website and campaign data to improve conversion rates, traffic, and revenue.

SEO & PPC Specialist Visualsoft

Managed SEO and PPC campaigns for a portfolio of eCommerce and lead-generation clients. Worked directly with clients to understand business goals and convert them into search marketing strategies, budgets, bidding plans, targeting, and optimisation activity.

Developed technical SEO, content, keyword research, and on-page optimisation strategies. Produced performance reports and recommendations, and worked with development, design, and content teams on website and conversion improvements.

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UK

Vocational Level 3, Hospitality Management

Vocational Level 3 qualification in Hospitality Management.

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