About this role
Own the numbers. Scale what works. Kill what doesn't. We're not looking for someone to "support campaigns." We're looking for someone to run performance marketing end to end: strategy, execution, and the numbers that prove it's working. Freelancer Limited is an ASX-listed company behind some of the most recognised marketplaces on the internet: Freelancer.com, the world's largest freelancing and crowdsourcing platform, with 90+ million users and fourteen Webby Awards Escrow.com, the global payments platform that's safeguarded over US$8 billion in transactions LoadShift, Australia's largest heavy-haulage freight marketplace, moving more freight than the distance to the moon every weekday, and 1 billion km to date You'll plug into a genuinely global team, with daily contact across Sydney, Vancouver, London, Manila, San Francisco, and Bangalore, inside a flat, fast, feedback-rich culture where the work speaks louder than the org chart. What you'll actually do Own performance across the funnel. Awareness through activation through retention, with a relentless focus on the numbers driving each stage. Where performance is leaking, you find it and you fix it. Run real budgets and defend every dollar. You'll manage significant paid media spend across search ($100k+/mo Google Ads tROAS) and social (up to $500k+/mo across channels), and you'll be measured on outcomes, not impressions. You speak CAC, ROAS, payback, and LTV fluently, and you optimise toward them relentlessly. Live where the audience lives. Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Reddit, X. You understand how each platform actually behaves in 2026, what "native" means on each, and how creators, short-form video, and paid social work together. You brief, t...