
Andrés Felipe Solano
Senior Paid Media Specialist | CRO & Adtech
Salary / Daily rate
Valencia, Spain
Freelance
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Performance Marketing Strategist with 5+ years of experience driving ROI through strategic paid media campaigns across Google, Facebook, and programmatic platforms. As Head of Paid Media at Grupodot, I've optimized user experiences, implemented data-driven strategies, and led high-performing teams for major brands including LVMH and Dior. I deliver exceptional results through conversion optimization, audience segmentation, and cross-channel expertise to fuel your business growth.
Work experience
Senior Campaign Manager
UProfitFreelance
Apr 2024 - Present
2 years 7 months
Remote, OR 97458, USA
Strategic Planning: Optimize comprehensive paid media strategies across multiple platforms, including Meta (Facebook and Instagram), and Google Analytics 4. Analytics and Reporting: Expertly analyze campaign and account performance using Google Analytics and other relevant tools. Generate in-depth reports that highlight key metrics, trends, and actionable insights to drive client success. Cross-Platform Expertise: Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices across all paid media platforms. Team Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams to ensure cohesive and effective execution of paid media campaigns. Provide mentorship and guidance to junior team members. Performance Optimization: Continuously analyze account performance to achieve client revenue goals.
Head of Paid Media and Service Design
Grupodot
Jun 2021 - Present
5 years 5 months
Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia
- Leading Grupodot media projects and interaction design offering base on data, a key capability alongside our Customer Engagement, Creative and Platform capabilities. - Connecting consumers across digital experiences via a range of talent, tools and intelligence and breaking down Digital’s walled gardens by using these assets. - Unlocking the power of digital media to drive insight to fuel Creative, On-site and 1P Data. - Building and engendering a culture of trust, collaboration and authenticity and connecting human experience to deliver of great work. - Run campaign performance audits (audiences & assets) - Create data-driven applicable recommendations for the media traders to improve performance - Follow-up with media traders on campaign performance - Monitor platform, tech tools, and industry changes - Test out new technologies, and help design the specs of new features for our proprietary tech tool - Provide data-driven forecasts and pricing in collaboration with the data team.
Media Specialist
BukzFreelance
Nov 2021 - Oct 2024
3 years
Medellín, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia
On the daily pacing/reporting process on Google Search for the assigned verticals, ensuring campaigns are pacing to meet daily/monthly/quarterly projections, with opportunity for growth into additional Google channels (Display, Discovery, Video, Performance Max), Meta, Waze, and Pinterest. Performing routine health checks and in-flight optimizations to drive higher CTR, resulting in lower CPAs, and a higher return on ad spend Own an ongoing test log to document tests, wins, and losses over time, sharing results with the board member. Collaborate with broader internal teams (performance, account management, paid media) to provide performance and optimization updates, identifying head/tailwinds that could impact delivery Over time, expand Google's expertise to fully own campaigns and platforms from end-to-end (campaign creation, asset building, launch, optimization, etc.) Growing your Google ad buying skillset and staying up to date with platform best practices
Paid Media Specialist
MavityFreelance
Sep 2023 - Jul 2024
11 months
Colombia · Remote
Develop and execute innovative paid media strategies to meet client goals across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Google ads, and Google Analytics 4. Manage budgets and campaigns, overseeing the bidding process and performance analytics. Conduct A/B testing to identify high-performing ads and scale successful campaigns. Collaborate with the creative team to tailor ad content for targeted audiences. Monitor trends and advancements in social media to leverage new tools and platforms. Prepare detailed reports on campaign performance and provide insights and recommendations for future strategies.
Senior Manager, Business Partnership
Labelium
Sep 2022 - Mar 2023
7 months
Miami, FL, USA
Leads overall day-to-day client relationship and execution, Oversees the performance of several paid media accounts, Drives digital advertising performance for various clients within the Company’s Beauty, Fashion, Hospitality, and Luxury brands portfolio: LVMH, Dior, Oscar de la Renta, and Dream Hotel Group. Key responsibilities include: - Oversee / Manage paid search and paid social acquisition & and remarketing campaigns for the Company’s clients across all major platforms (Facebook, Google), - Monitor, track, and optimize paid campaign performances based on client's objectives on a daily and weekly basis, - Analyze & and report on campaign performances to generate actionable insights, - Communicate, inform, and build a strong relationship on behalf of the Company with the Company’s clients, leading strategic conversations that are built on data-based performance results, - Build and maintain trust and transparency with the Company’s clients and the Company’s teams, - Work closely with various experts on the team on tactical implementation and automation, - Audit performance and pull the insights and learnings, - Manage the Company’s client satisfaction audits, working closely with the Director and MD to assure delivery of organic growth YoY.
Digital Marketing Consultant
La Hechicera - Fine Aged Rum from Colombia
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
6 months
London, UK
Establish a short to mid-term digital marketing roadmap per brand, aimed at elevating the consumer journey across multiple consumer touchpoints Drive digital marketing initiatives from creation to execution by collaborating with the Digital Manager, and brand marketing teams. Ensure synergies across digital 360 and all other marketing initiatives, to contribute to a comprehensive and strategic marketing plan
Aug 2018 - Jul 2021
3 years
On-site
Digital Marketing Transformation Consultants at Google
Aug 2020 - Jul 2021
1 year
On-site
Lead all Digital Maturity strategic conversations, objectives, plans and initiatives for a portfolio of Clients and Agencies. Support our portfolio’s signal activation efforts and digital marketing transformation framework troubleshooting. Manage the different resources and tools available to accelerate digital marketing transformation. Work closely with x-functional teams like (but not limited to) Cloud, Gtech, Platforms and Android to develops ad-hoc digitalization plans besides Ads
Education go to market Lead at Google
Aug 2019 - Jul 2021
2 years
On-site
Development of digital content: advertising and data at scale through partner universities. Manage and share course structures, teachers and themes based on the needs of the industry. Position Google as a reference in the market and as business partners of the Agencies to solve one of its key strategic problems (talent acquisition)
Account Strategist, Large Customer Sales (Momento Google) at Google
Aug 2018 - Jul 2021
3 years
On-site
Search Optimization Framework, works on the 5 pillars of search starting with basic concepts such as the structure to then work on the efficient adoption of more advanced products such as smart bidding and audiences. I have a set of advertising accounts focused on education in best product practices and optimization ways for your accounts to have the best performance and results aligned to customer objectives Customer Facing (30%): Pitch optimizations directly with clients, give training, manage the relationships with the Agency Optimizers. Owner of the relationship with the Pods: Manage the workflow of tasks between the dupla and the pod. Proactive (70%): Perform live optimizations with clients, proactively set and monitor performance targets and identify optimizations for the account optimizer to perform.
Education Mentor
Arukay
Aug 2020 - Jan 2021
6 months
Colombia · Remote
Develop courses for Coursera, focused on digital skills from Google Docs to Google Analytics, generating the process of accompaniment and satisfaction to students in their learning processes.
Account Executive and Co-founder
Yadko Digital Agency
May 2017 - Jul 2018
1 year 3 months
Bogotá D.C., Colombia · On-site
Independent digital agency, with e-commerce solutions, development and digital strategy. We develop solutions based on interdisciplinary teams between development, design and administration for different industries. 4X growth in clients from small businesses to le Coq Sportif, as the agency's main client. Achievement of the quota for a year at 120% of the objectives set.
Staff Assistant
Off Bound Adventures SAS
Feb 2015 - Aug 2015
7 months
65000 Colombia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Through trips to different parts of Colombia and the world, OBA provides students with learning opportunities that generate understanding of reality, respect for diversity and empathy with different communities.
Especialista en ventas
Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro de Bogotá
Apr 2010 - May 2010
2 months
65000 Colombia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Management and responsible for official points of sale of festival products. In its special edition Homage to Fanny Mikey
Education
Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Esp. Gerencia de Diseño
2017 - 2017
1 month
Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Diseñador Industrial
2013 - 2017
4 years 1 month
Licenses & certifications
Intro to Generative AI Course
Issued: Nov 2024
Conversion Optimization Certification
Issued: Nov 2024
Privacy for Agencies and Partners Certification
Issued: Oct 2024
Google Analytics Certification
Issued: Oct 2024
LinkedIn Marketing Strategy
Issued: May 2023
Brand Building
Issued: May 2023
Google Analytics Certification
Issued: Aug 2022
Display & Video 360 Certification Exam
Issued: Aug 2022
Amazon Advertising Foundations Certification
Issued: Aug 2022
Service Design
Issued: Jul 2022
Business Model Canvas
Issued: Jul 2022
Leadership for work teams
Issued: Jun 2022
Certification on Google Ads Video Campaigns _ Google
Issued: Jun 2022
Reservation
Issued: May 2022
Measurement
Issued: May 2022
Brand Safety
Issued: May 2022
Auction
Issued: May 2022
Ads Manager 101
Issued: May 2022
How to give feedback
Issued: Apr 2022
Business Strategy
Issued: Apr 2022