Growth & Performance Marketing · Portugal

Performance Marketing
Built to Scale.

I help brands build acquisition systems that connect paid media, creative testing, tracking, landing pages and reporting — turning campaigns into measurable growth.

10+
Years Digital Mkt
6+
Years Paid Media
15+
Brands Scaled
Artur Mesquita
Brands & Projects
Rodger
Dreambooks
Doutor Finanças
Imosucesso
Compramos
Injoy
Professores do Futuro
Flipped
Rodger
Dreambooks
Doutor Finanças
Imosucesso
Compramos
Injoy
Professores do Futuro
Flipped
Educa-te
Twofold
Stoco
Cories
Quinta D’Alem Eventos
Valpi Bus
Valpi Rent
Valpi Travel
Educa-te
Twofold
Stoco
Cories
Quinta D’Alem Eventos
Valpi Bus
Valpi Rent
Valpi Travel
Selected Impact

Growth outcomes across paid media, ecommerce and education.

+20%
Average Annual Sales Growth

Helped an ecommerce brand achieve consistent year-over-year growth through paid acquisition across Portugal and Spain.

15K+
Customers in 6 Months

Launched and scaled customer acquisition for a new digital financial education service from day one.

€850K+
Ad Spend Managed

Driving measurable revenue growth across multiple brands through Meta Ads, Google Ads and LinkedIn Ads.

Performance marketing is not just about running ads. It's about building systems that connect strategy, psychology, creative and data.
Services

What I Help Brands Build

Paid media is only one part of growth. The real value comes from connecting strategy, creative, tracking, landing pages and reporting into one acquisition system.

Paid Media
01

Paid Media Management

Meta Ads, Google Ads and LinkedIn Ads campaigns built around acquisition goals, testing priorities and business economics.

Acquisition Strategy
02

Acquisition Strategy

Channel planning, audience logic, offer positioning, budget allocation and funnel prioritization for brands that need clearer growth direction.

Funnel CRO
03

Funnel & CRO Analysis

Landing page, message and conversion journey analysis to identify where users drop, hesitate or fail to convert.

Tracking Reporting
04

Tracking & Reporting

GA4, GTM, conversion events, UTMs and reporting structures that make decision-making clearer and less dependent on platform noise.

Creative Testing
05

Creative Testing Systems

Structured testing frameworks for hooks, angles, formats and offers — so creative decisions are based on learning, not guessing.

Performance Audit
06

Performance Audits

A practical diagnosis of campaigns, tracking, funnels and creative assets, with clear priorities and next actions.

Approach

How I Think About Growth

Full-funnel thinking

Paid media should not operate in isolation. Performance scales when acquisition, landing pages, tracking and creative work together.

Structured experimentation

I believe in testing systems, fast learning loops and clear hypotheses instead of random campaign changes.

Performance with context

Every business has different buying behavior, emotional triggers and acquisition economics. Strategy should adapt accordingly.

Clarity before scale

Before increasing investment, tracking, attribution and reporting need to be solid enough to support confident decisions.

Selected Cases

Growth, Acquisition & Performance Systems

A few examples of how I approach different business models — from DTC e-commerce and digital education to lead generation and service-based acquisition.

Dreambooks Portugal
DTC E-commerce
Dreambooks Portugal Personalized Photo Products · Meta & Google Ads
~20%Avg. Annual Sales Growth
5yContinuous Growth
Challenge

Scale acquisition in a competitive DTC market with highly seasonal demand and emotionally driven purchases.

Strategy

Full-funnel campaigns combining creative testing, seasonal structures, retargeting flows and product-focused acquisition across Meta & Google Ads.

Dreambooks Spain
Market Expansion
Dreambooks Spain New Market Launch · Meta & Google Ads
1K+New Customers Month 1
ESMarket Launched from Zero
Challenge

Launch customer acquisition in a new market while building trust and encouraging experimentation with personalized products.

Strategy

Acquisition funnels tailored to different product motivations, with emotional positioning, product experimentation and creative localization for the Spanish market.

Academia Doutor Finanças
Digital Education · Fintech
Academia Doutor Finanças Financial Literacy Platform · Meta & Google Ads · Shopify
15K+Customers in 6 Months
🏆Euronext Lisbon Award
Challenge

Launch and scale customer acquisition for a new digital education platform focused on financial literacy and online courses.

Strategy

Full-funnel acquisition across Meta & Google Ads, combining landing page optimization, remarketing flows, audience segmentation and conversion-focused messaging.

Academia Professores do Futuro
Webinar Funnel · EdTech
Academia Professores do Futuro Digital Education Launch · Meta & Google Ads
10K+Teachers Registered
4K+Live Webinar Participants
200+Paid Subs — Week 1
Challenge

Launch a new digital education platform for teachers and generate large-scale engagement while converting webinar participants into paying subscribers.

Strategy

Webinar funnels, Meta & Google Ads, audience segmentation, conversion-focused messaging and event-driven campaigns for the platform launch.

Compramos.pt
Lead Generation · Real Estate
Compramos.pt Real Estate Acquisition · Meta Ads · CRO
↑ LQLead Quality Improved
CROFunnel Restructured
Challenge

Improve lead quality and build a clearer acquisition structure for real estate, segmented by customer pain points.

Strategy

Performance acquisition centered on emotional intent and real estate pain segmentation, with Meta Ads, CRO recommendations, tracking fixes and funnel restructuring.

Process

From Diagnosis to Scale

01

Audit & Diagnosis

Understand the current acquisition setup, campaigns, tracking, funnel, offer and conversion blockers.

02

Strategy & Priorities

Define channels, audiences, creative angles, budget logic and the highest-impact opportunities.

03

Implementation

Launch or restructure campaigns, tracking, landing page recommendations and reporting foundations.

04

Testing & Learning

Run structured experiments across creative, messaging, funnels and acquisition routes.

05

Optimization & Scale

Use learnings to improve efficiency, increase investment where justified and build repeatable growth.

Artur Mesquita

Paid Media Specialist with over a decade of experience in digital marketing, including 6+ years dedicated to performance-driven acquisition.

My work sits at the intersection of media buying, growth strategy, creative testing, and business performance. I focus on building scalable acquisition systems that connect campaign decisions with real commercial outcomes — from revenue growth and customer acquisition to funnel efficiency and long-term profitability.

Experience spans DTC e-commerce, digital education, fintech, and multi-brand environments, managing five-figure monthly budgets across Meta Ads, Google Ads, and LinkedIn Ads in Portugal and Spain.

Beyond launching campaigns, I work through structured experimentation: testing creative angles, improving conversion paths, reading performance beyond platform metrics, and identifying where growth is actually being won or lost. The goal is always the same — turn data, creativity, and execution into measurable business impact.

DTC E-commerce Digital Education Fintech Full-Funnel Strategy ROAS Optimization Multi-Market (PT & ES) Creative Testing

Let’s Build a Better Acquisition System

Always open to meaningful projects, remote roles and collaborations where performance marketing can create real business impact. Send me a message and tell me what you are trying to improve.