Performance Marketing Expert

Driving measurable results at scale.

Performance marketer with 10+ years managing seven-figure budgets across paid search, programmatic, and paid social — consistently outperforming KPIs in competitive financial verticals.

120%
Avg. Return on Ad Spend
$4M+
Monthly Budget Managed
15%
Cost Per Conversion Reduction
Griffin Barkley
10+ Years
Paid Media Experience
A foundation built
for business and brand.
Master of Business Administration
University of Colorado Boulder – Leeds School of Business
Entrepreneurship & Marketing Focus
B.S. in Advertising
Xavier University – College of Arts & Sciences
Business Minor in Entrepreneurial Studies
Built for performance.
Fluent in every channel.
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Paid Search

End-to-end Google & Bing Ads strategy — keyword expansion, bid optimization, ad copy testing, and campaign architecture for high-volume financial verticals.

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Programmatic & Paid Social

Full-funnel execution across Reddit, X, Snapchat, and programmatic display. Audience-first thinking with creative testing baked into every launch.

AI-Powered Workflows

Early adopter of AI tooling to automate repetitive analysis, surface insights faster, and free up team bandwidth for higher-leverage work.

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Budget Management

Proven track record managing $1M+/month budgets with disciplined pacing, channel-level forecasting, and consistent ROAS outperformance.

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CRO & Testing

Collaborative landing page and ad copy experimentation with product, compliance, and analytics teams — translating test wins into scalable revenue lifts.

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Analytics & Reporting

Deep experience with Google Analytics and internal BI tools, building reporting systems that surface wins quickly and make optimization decisions obvious.

200%
YoY Revenue Growth
5x
ROAS Improved
60%
Account Revenue Increase
8%
CVR Lift from CRO Tests
Where I've built,
led, and delivered.
Envisionit
Sep 2025 – Present
Associate Media Director
  • Lead strategy and execution across paid search, programmatic, and paid social (Reddit, X, Snapchat)
  • Manage six-figure daily media budgets with consistent KPI attainment through Q3 and Q4 2025
  • Drove 15% campaign efficiency improvement in Q4 2025 through structured optimization and testing
  • Cross-functional partner to strategy, creative, account, and data & analytics teams
CompareCredit
Jan 2021 – Sep 2025
Sr. Paid Search Manager → Director of Search Marketing
  • Owned full paid search strategy for 7-figure monthly budgets at 120% positive ROAS
  • Increased account revenue over 60% from 2021–2022 with ROAS exceeding 125%
  • Implemented AI workflows to increase team productivity and reduce repetitive workloads
  • Partnered with product and compliance to run landing page, ad copy, and UX tests — driving 8% CVR lift
  • Hired, trained, and managed direct reports; oversaw billing and reporting across the portfolio
Sovereign LLC
Feb 2020 – Jan 2021
Paid Search Manager
  • Managed $8M+ annual PPC budgets across multiple industries
  • Grew YoY revenue by over 200% and improved ROAS from 4x to 5x
  • Scaled display campaigns to deliver 100%+ revenue growth
Work hard.
Live fuller.

The same drive that moves campaign metrics is what gets me on a trail or into the mountains. Outside of work, I'm fully present with the people and places that matter most.

🏔️ Hiking 🚵 Mountain Biking 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Time 📚 Reading 🎬 Movies ✈️ Traveling
Griffin outdoors
Open to the right
opportunity.

Whether you're building a performance marketing team or looking for a data-driven leader to take a program to the next level — I'd love to talk.

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Certifications
Google Ads Certified Bing Advertising Certified Google Analytics