Ilya Khodin
Ilya Khodin

User Acquisition Manager

Open to offers · Member since 12 Sep 2026
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Location
Moscow, Russia
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Unspecified
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Remote Only / Full Time, Part Time, Contract
Experience level
Senior

About

Professional summary

I’m a User Acquisition Manager with over four years of experience in paid acquisition and performance marketing, with Meta Ads as my main channel. I’ve managed over $10M in advertising spend throughout my career, scaled products from launch to $350K+ in monthly spend, and managed combined monthly budgets exceeding $700K across multiple projects.

My experience covers both web and mobile products, including subscriptions, in-app purchases, and ad-based monetization. I’ve worked across Health & Fitness, utilities, FinTech, e-commerce, astrology, entertainment, and other categories, with a recent focus on the US and Tier 1 markets.

I own the full UA cycle, from planning launches and testing hypotheses across creatives, campaign setups, and funnels to implementing and scaling successful approaches. I’ve launched acquisition from scratch, taken over established campaigns, and worked through performance and tracking challenges. My decisions draw on actual results, cohort analysis, and predictive metrics, connecting acquisition performance with retention, LTV, and payback.

Alongside Meta, I have hands-on experience with TikTok, Pinterest, VK Ads, Bigo Ads, Mintegral, AppNext, ironSource, and Moloco. My analytics toolkit includes AppsFlyer, Adjust, AppMetrica, Keitaro, and Tableau.

I’m looking to bring this experience to an in-house product team, with direct ownership of acquisition and close collaboration with creative, analytics, and product teams to drive sustainable growth.

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Experience

Career history

User Acquisition Manager AdQuantum

I launch, analyze, optimize, and scale Facebook advertising campaigns for clients across multiple industries. My work includes identifying effective ad combinations, testing hypotheses, preparing creative briefs, processing large data volumes, and conducting competitor and market analysis.

I managed more than $5 million in personal ad spend during the last year and over $700K in monthly spend across projects. I scaled a Health & Fitness web-to-app product from launch to $350K monthly spend, improved an Astrology account's CPA by approximately 20% while reaching a $250K monthly run rate, and supported FinTech campaigns at approximately $200K monthly spend while meeting cohort ROAS targets.

Media Buyer Rocket10

I launched, analyzed, optimized, and scaled acquisition campaigns for mobile applications across multiple clients and verticals. I tested advertising hypotheses, created technical tasks for creatives, participated in shoots, prepared reports, and assisted with fraud audits.

I managed more than $2.2 million in personal spend during my tenure and achieved monthly spend above $230K in the final six months. I managed traffic sources including VK Ads, Facebook, Bigo Ads, Mintegral, TikTok, AppNext, IronSource, and Moloco across RU, MENA, EU, and CIS markets.

Affiliate Manager Liknot

I worked with webmasters and affiliate partners in a CPA network environment. My responsibilities included traffic analytics, webmaster recruitment, partner negotiations, and ongoing partner support.

This role developed my understanding of affiliate traffic operations, partner communication, and performance evaluation for web-based acquisition channels.

Media Buyer Nova Team

I tested and identified effective Facebook campaign combinations, optimized active campaigns, and supported campaign scaling. I also created advertising creatives and landing pages for traffic acquisition activities.

My work focused on hands-on media buying, creative experimentation, and performance-driven optimization of Facebook advertising funnels.

Facebook Media Buyer Assistant LIDERA.agency

I created ad creatives and launched, analyzed, and scaled campaign combinations provided by the media buyer. I also used spy tools to research competitors and identify creative and campaign approaches.

This position provided practical experience in Facebook media buying workflows, campaign analysis, competitor research, and creative production.

Targeting Specialist Cernos

I ran targeted advertising campaigns in VK Ads and developed promotion strategies for client campaigns. My responsibilities included campaign analytics, competitor and audience research, and creative development.

I gained experience in audience targeting, VK advertising operations, campaign planning, and measuring advertising performance.

Social Media Promotion Specialist FitFrogs

I supported social media promotion through influencer marketing activities. I purchased advertising posts from influencers and managed communication around promotional integrations.

I negotiated and closed integration deals, helping coordinate influencer placements and social-media-based acquisition activity.

Education

Learning history

Moscow City Pedagogical University

Bachelor's, Humanities and Pedagogy

Bachelor's degree studies at the Institute of Humanities and Pedagogy.

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