OPTIMIERUNG MARKETING

Javier Español, Google Ads and performance marketing consultant
Optimierung Marketing

Javier Español, senior PPC consultant for ecommerce and agencies.

More than 13 years in performance marketing, in-house and agency-side. Today I work independently under my own brand, Optimierung Marketing, for clients in Spain, the DACH region and worldwide.

About me

I specialise in complex Google Ads and Microsoft Ads accounts: multiple countries, large catalogues, feeds and price comparison sites.

I lived in Berlin for more than 11 years. That is where I learned the trade at Peak Ace, going from trainee to SEA Manager and becoming the agency’s Google Shopping specialist. Then I moved in-house: at Rakuten Germany I ran the in-house performance agency of one of the country’s major marketplaces, and at asgoodasnew I led an SEA team with accounts in five European countries.

That dual perspective, agency and in-house, is the basis of how I work: I know how an account is run inside an agency and what the eCommerce manager paying for it needs. Since 2020 I have also worked as a freelancer with agencies such as Digital Menta, Curlad, Lunar Strategy and Optimanova, and with eCommerce brands in Spain and the DACH region.

My full profile, with client recommendations, is on LinkedIn.

The experience behind it

  • More than 120 Google Ads accounts managed
  • Monthly budgets from €1,000 to €1M
  • Shopping structures with millions of products at Rakuten
  • International campaigns
  • Leading, mentoring and training SEA teams
Optimierung Marketing

What I work on.

How I work

With ecommerce brands: independent audits, Shopping and feed projects, or ongoing account management. I work directly in your accounts, with no middlemen and no junior team.

With agencies: I work as an external senior PPC specialist and sparring partner for your team. I review complex accounts with your account managers, challenge strategies, improve processes and build automation. I know agency work from the inside. How I work with agencies.

In both cases: profitability over volume, tracking that measures correctly comes first, and the accounts are yours, with clear reporting and no lock-in.

Career

  1. 2011
    University of ValladolidLicenciatura in Advertising and PR
  2. 2013–2014
    Únika
    Únika · Interhomes AG (Bremen)First steps in SEO and SEA

    SEO and SEM at Únika from July 2013. Then my first SEA role and first Google AdWords campaigns at Interhomes AG, already in the German market.

  3. 2014–2017
    Peak Ace
    Peak Ace · BerlinFrom trainee to SEA Manager

    The agency’s Google Shopping specialist, with international accounts spending over €1M a month and feeds and price comparison sites across Europe.

    Accounts I managed at the agency
    a&o HostelsAirbnbSchmidt FreizeitM-WayDer PalmenmanneKomiNational PenUniCarriersSupermauroApoVia
  4. 2017–2019
    asgoodasnewwirkaufens (an asgoodasnew brand)locompramos (an asgoodasnew brand)
    asgoodasnew · BerlinSenior Performance Marketing Manager

    eCommerce in Germany, Austria, France and Spain: Shopping, price comparison sites and feeds for all of Europe.

  5. 2019–2020
    Rakuten
    Rakuten GermanySenior Performance Marketing Manager

    Head of operations at the marketplace’s in-house agency: Shopping and Search campaigns for its merchants in Germany and Austria.

  6. 2020–2022
    Optimierung Marketing
    Optimierung Marketing · freelanceSenior SEA for agencies and eCommerce

    Senior support for agencies such as Digital Menta, Curlad, Lunar Strategy and NICOKUCH, and Team Lead SEA at Pets Deli: Shopping, feeds with Productsup and accounts in several EMEA countries.

    Agencies
    Digital MentaCurladLunar StrategyNICOKUCH
    Clients
    McAfeePets DeliCapmoANROPurpleBottilleryMassagesessel-Zentrum DeutschlandMaxisillasM. ValentinaBodenschutz24Tischdecke-OnlineTischschutzUn Mundo a GranelWachstuch
  7. 2022–2025
    asgoodasnewwirkaufens (an asgoodasnew brand)locompramos (an asgoodasnew brand)
    asgoodasnew · BerlinLead Performance Marketing

    Leading a team of three specialists, with accounts in five European countries and feeds for search engines and price comparison sites.

  8. Today
    Optimierung Marketing
    Optimierung Marketing · freelanceSenior PPC for eCommerce and agencies

    Remote from Navarre, for agencies and eCommerce brands in Spain and the DACH region.

    Agencies
    OptimanovaMindset Digital
    Clients
    KoRoStapelsteinANROTischschutzTischdecke-OnlineWachstuch

Shall we talk about your account?