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What a Performance Marketer does

They run your paid acquisition across channels and treat every dollar like it has to earn its way back. Day to day that means:

Managing campaigns across Meta, Google, LinkedIn, TikTok, or wherever your buyers are

Setting up tracking, attribution, and conversion measurement properly so you actually know what's working

Running creative tests at the pace each channel demands and feeding learnings back into the next round

Watching CAC, LTV, ROAS, and contribution margin closely and adjusting before performance erodes

Working with the creative team or briefing creators when new assets are needed

A strong performance marketing specialist runs the whole funnel in their head: spend, click, conversion, revenue, margin. They can tell you what's worth scaling, what's worth killing, and what's worth testing next. Most companies hire one when their paid spend has crossed the threshold where a half-decent specialist pays for themselves several times over each month.

Illustration of the tools a performance marketer uses

What to look for in a Performance Marketer

The tell is how they talk about a campaign they killed. A strong one tells you what they spent before pulling the plug, what they learned, and how that informed the next test. When you interview, look for:

Specific account work with budget, CAC, ROAS, or contribution margin attached

Comfort across multiple channels. Single-channel experts are useful but limited

Honesty about attribution. Anyone telling you Meta's reported ROAS is the truth is behind on iOS 14 reality

Avoid anyone whose answers stay at the 'we ran ads' level without specifics.

Tools a strong one should know:

Meta Ads ManagerGoogle AdsLinkedIn Campaign ManagerGA4Google Tag ManagerTriple Whale or NorthbeamKlaviyo for retention overlaya landing page tool like Unbounce or Instapage

What a Performance Marketer costs

One flat $1,999 placement fee when you hire, whatever the rate. No percentage of salary.

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How hiring works

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Scout OS vs the alternatives

Hiring locallyJob boardsTraditional recruiterScout OS
Cost$90k–$130k/yr salaryFree to post, costly in time15–30% of salary, $15k–$30k on a $100k hire
Time to shortlistWeeksDays of sorting1–4 weeks
Who vetsYouNobodyThe recruiter
Who picksYouYouThe agency
If it failsYou eat itStart overSometimes a replacement
Lock-inFull salaryNoneRetainer or contract

A recruiter's fee scales with the salary, so the better the hire, the more it costs you. On Scout OS it's flat. $1,999 is $1,999 whether the person earns $40,000 or $120,000.

Common questions

Because you see the actual person, their work, and their rate before you talk to anyone — no blind trust in a recruiter's shortlist.

Every profile goes through skills verification and reference checks before it’s searchable. Roughly 1 in 300 applicants makes it onto the platform.

LATAM, Africa, South Asia, and Europe are all searchable and filterable right on the platform.

Your next placement is free — no separate agency fee, no starting the search over from zero.

Everything you need to onboard and pay your hire compliantly is included once you place them.

$100/mo for full access to profiles and messaging, plus a flat $1,999 placement fee when you hire — no percentage of salary.

Search and get matched in under a minute. Most teams shortlist and interview within a week.