Victor Cândido Strategist

Senior Media BuyerData Analytics|Growth Strategist

Victor Cândido

9+ years turning ad spend into measurable growth. I run multi-brand paid media operations end to end: strategy, execution, tracking infrastructure and the reporting layer that proves what actually worked. Comfortable owning six-figure USD monthly budgets across a dozen concurrent accounts.

Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Any time zone, US hours included Full-time, fully remote

By the numbers

Scale & experience

US$196K+R$1M+

Peak monthly ad spend managed on a single account

US$1.7M+R$9M+

Revenue generated for a single client in one month

9+years

In paid media, analytics and growth strategy

Return on ad spend, by business model

40x+ROAS

B2B e-commerce, sustained over time

6x+ROAS

B2C e-commerce at scale

7x+ROAS

High-ticket digital products

Breadth of operation

12+concurrent

Ad accounts managed simultaneously at peak

US$59K+R$300K+

Sustained monthly ad spend under management, outside peak periods

68%in 4 months

CPL reduction on an always-on funnel, with lead quality held

All figures reflect accounts under my direct management. BRL amounts converted at USD/BRL 5.10 (August 2026); the original BRL value is shown alongside each converted figure.

Selected work

Roles where I owned the paid media outcome, not just the execution. At every company below, I was promoted into a leadership or key-account role within three to four months.

Aloud

Media Buyer Lead | Senior Performance Manager

Sep 2024 – Present

High-scale digital education business (@mathjerke, 5M+ Instagram followers) running simultaneous launches and always-on growth initiatives.

  • Lead the paid media team and own end-to-end performance, sustaining 7+ ROAS on six-figure monthly ad budgets at multi-seven-figure monthly revenue scale, with peaks above R$1M (~US$196K) in a single month.
  • Doubled ROAS year over year, from ~3 to 6+, in a high-ticket Black Friday operation with revenue approaching eight figures.
  • Reduced CPL by 68% in four months of continuous optimization on the always-on funnel, with lead qualification rates maintained.
  • Drove implementation of persistent-ID funnel tracking (cookie-resilient attribution) and built proprietary BigQuery + Meta API dashboards, making company-wide analysis faster and better grounded.
  • Promoted to Media Buyer Lead within three months of joining the team full time.

V4 Company

Senior Paid Media Manager | Key Accounts

Dec 2022 – Oct 2023

V4 Exclusive Experts, the network's elite program reserved for key accounts. Served at Colli & Co., the top-performing unit among hundreds of V4 franchises in Brazil.

  • Scaled a B2C e-commerce's monthly ad investment 15x in nine months, sustaining 6+ ROAS and unlocking the operation's first seven-figure revenue month.
  • Sustained 40x ROAS on consistent five-figure monthly ad spend in a B2B e-commerce operation.
  • Simultaneously ran paid media for a major pharmaceutical company, operating under stricter compliance, tracking and performance constraints.
  • Promoted into V4's key accounts program within three months.

Consulting Blue

Performance Marketing & Client Solutions Manager

Oct 2022 – Oct 2025

Earned full ownership of the agency's largest key account, a high-volume retail operation in a highly competitive local market.

  • Recurring digital launches added six-figure incremental monthly revenue to the operation.
  • Built promotional-day campaigns that represented ~30% of the client's total monthly revenue, demonstrating strong media-to-revenue leverage.
  • Managed a portfolio of 10+ client accounts simultaneously, advising founders and senior stakeholders on strategy, budget allocation and growth prioritization.
  • Sustained brand growth and customer preference across a three-year partnership.

Grupo ECX

Head of Paid Media

Jul 2022 – Jan 2023

Led and supported the paid media team across the company's full client portfolio.

  • Managed a portfolio of 12+ concurrent SMB and mid-market client accounts, balancing acquisition, conversion and revenue-driven campaigns across different business models.
  • Mentored paid media managers across multiple client accounts and acted as escalation point for strategic decisions, troubleshooting and performance reviews.
  • Defined best practices, optimization standards and performance guidelines for the team.
  • Promoted to Head of Paid Media within four months, taking over leadership of the paid media team.

Brands I have run paid media for

Math Jerke

Math Jerke

Digital launches

Philips Lighting

Philips Lighting

E-commerce & branding

Woly

Woly

Homeware e-commerce

Giovanna Baby

Giovanna Baby

Cosmetics e-commerce

Lyor

Lyor

Homeware e-commerce

Wolff

Wolff

Homeware e-commerce

Supermercado Maná

Supermercado Maná

Retail, branding & regional sales

Apsen

Apsen

Pharmaceutical branding

Amandine

Amandine

Fashion e-commerce

Artelassê

Artelassê

Home textiles e-commerce

Sofia Bauer

Sofia Bauer

Digital launches

Espaço VIVA

Espaço VIVA

Live local events

Capabilities

Ad platforms

  • Meta Ads (Facebook / Instagram)
  • Google Ads: Search, Display, Shopping, Performance Max, Discovery
  • YouTube Ads
  • TikTok Ads
  • LinkedIn Ads
  • Amazon Ads
  • Microsoft Ads (Bing)

Tracking & measurement

  • Meta Pixel & Conversions API (CAPI)
  • Server-side tracking
  • Persistent-ID funnel tracking (cookie-resilient attribution)
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Google Analytics 4
  • Conversion mapping & attribution QA
  • AI-assisted tracking audits: scripted checks across pixel, CAPI and server-side events

Data & reporting

  • BigQuery
  • Looker Studio
  • N8N automation
  • Meta Marketing API
  • Advanced spreadsheet modeling
  • AI-driven analysis with Claude Code: custom agents that interrogate full-funnel data and answer specific performance questions in depth

Strategy

  • Structured creative testing frameworks
  • Full-funnel analysis & bottleneck diagnosis
  • Budget allocation & scaling decisions
  • Blended ROAS / MER-based optimization
  • Multi-brand portfolio management

Industries

E-commerce / DTC Wellness & health Digital products & courses B2B Retail & wholesale Pharmaceutical SaaS Lead generation Local businesses Live events

Certifications

  • Meta Certified Media Buying Professional (410-101)
  • Meta Certified Media Planning Professional (400-101)
  • Meta Certified Digital Marketing Associate (100-101)
  • Google Ads Search Certification
  • Advanced Google Tag Manager

Let’s talk

Open to full-time remote roles in any time zone. Tell me what you are trying to scale and I will tell you how I would approach it.