Performance Marketing Leader

Anna
Bandura

Head of Performance Marketing — The Setters Agency

Twelve years turning the first three seconds of attention into double‑digit revenue.

I build and run paid media, lifecycle, and content programs for e‑commerce, healthcare, and tech brands — from media plan to P&L, $500K+ in monthly spend at a time.

Anna Bandura
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About

A media buyer who reads the data and a strategist who reads the room.

I'm a digital marketing leader with 12+ years scaling paid media, performance, social, search, and programmatic channels for B2C and B2B businesses — across e‑commerce, healthcare, medical aesthetics, FMCG, technology, and automotive.

Most of that time has been spent building and running high‑output media teams: media buyers, social managers, email marketers, designers, and web developers working off one shared scoreboard. I've overseen $500K+ in monthly ad spend and delivered double‑digit revenue growth by pairing data‑driven targeting with creative that actually earns the click.

I hold an MSc in Marketing from the University of London and an MSc in Finance from HSE Moscow — the finance side shows up every time a budget conversation needs to talk P&L, not just CPM.

Every campaign is a small experiment in human attention. The data tells you what worked — the creative tells you why. ANNA'S APPROACH TO MEDIA
Track Record

Twelve years, four chapters.

From reputation monitoring to running a full performance department — each role compounding into the next.

AUG 2018 — PRESENT Current
Head of Performance Marketing
The Setters Agency · New York, USA (Remote) — full‑service digital agency serving SMBs across industries
  • 32% YoY client revenue growth through integrated paid media and performance strategy across e‑commerce and service verticals.
  • ROAS ranging 6.55×–16× with average CPA cut by 41% across Google, Meta, TikTok, and programmatic.
  • Scaled lead volume by an average of 217% across multiple service‑based markets via search, paid social, and display.
  • Built, supervised, and mentored an international team of 10+ specialists across paid media, social, email, creative, and web.
  • Held 92% client retention while managing close to $1M in agency ARR, with full ownership of $500K+/month in spend pacing and allocation.
MAY 2016 — JUL 2018
Social Media Manager
Light In The Box Holding Co., Ltd. · Singapore (Remote) — multinational e‑commerce platform
  • Owned the brand's full social presence across Facebook, Instagram, and X — content, growth, influencer partnerships, and social commerce.
  • Drove 300% follower growth across three platforms within two years through platform‑specific content strategy.
  • Produced 4,000+ pieces of content generating over 200 million impressions via a high‑volume influencer program.
  • Delivered a 2.3% follower‑to‑buyer conversion rate at a social CAC of just $0.03.
MAR 2014 — MAY 2016
Online Reputation Manager
Light In The Box Holding Co., Ltd. · Singapore (Remote)
  • Monitored and analysed online mentions and reviews at scale, enabling proactive risk mitigation and trend identification.
  • Used sentiment analysis to inform social outreach and content decisions that improved brand perception over time.
  • Turned organic user‑generated content and positive reviews into marketing assets, lowering content production costs.
2009 — 2014
Career break

Relocated internationally following marriage, building a life across cultures — then returned to the workforce with a broadened perspective and a sharper instinct for what travels across markets.

Core Competencies

Strategy on top, execution underneath.

Strategic Marketing

Integrated Marketing StrategyBrand Strategy & PositioningValue Proposition DevelopmentGo‑to‑Market StrategyLuxury Brand ManagementCreative Strategy

Customer Relationship Management

Customer Journey & LifecycleCX OptimisationRetention & LTVCRM & Marketing AutomationEmail & SMS LifecycleSegmentation & Personalisation

Demand Generation & Growth

Paid Search · Social · ProgrammaticMulti‑Channel CampaignsLead Gen & CROSEO & AEOInfluencer & Creator‑LedAcquisition Mix Optimisation

Budget & Commercial Management

Budget Planning & AllocationMedia Investment StrategyForecasting & Financial PlanningP&L Ownership

Analytics & Insights

Campaign Performance AnalysisROI AnalysisAttribution ModellingDashboarding & Data VizConsumer & Market Research

Leadership & Team Management

Team Leadership & DevelopmentCross‑Functional CollaborationAgency & Stakeholder ManagementProgram Management
Tools & Platforms

The stack behind the strategy

Advertising

Google AdsMeta AdsTikTok AdsBing AdsPinterestReddit AdsDV360Yandex Direct

Analytics & Research

GA4Yandex MetricaTableauSTATASPSSQualtricsHotjar

CRM & Automation

HubSpotSalesforceActiveCampaignGoHighLevelMailchimpOmnisend

Web & E‑commerce

WordPressWooCommerceShopifyWix

Creative & AI

CanvaPhotoshopGIMPCeltraElevenLabsKling AIHeyGen

Project Management

AsanaBasecampBitrix24
Education

Marketing on top of a finance foundation.

MSc Marketing
University of London
London, UK
With Distinction

SEPT 2023 — OCT 2025
MSc Finance
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Moscow, Russia
With Distinction

SEPT 2003 — JUL 2008
Writing

On why anyone stops scrolling at all.

Scroll-Stopping Video Hooks book cover
Published 2026

Scroll‑Stopping Video Hooks: A Systematic Approach to Creating Social Media Content That Earns Attention

A practical framework for the first three seconds of short‑form video, built on cognitive psychology, behavioural economics, and attention science — turning "why people stop scrolling" from a gut feeling into a repeatable system.

ISBN 979‑8196231964

Digital AdvertisingHubSpot Academy — Jun 2026
Digital MarketingHubSpot Academy — Jun 2026
Creative StrategyMotion — Jun 2026
Let's talk

Got a budget that
needs a better story?

Whether it's a performance audit, a team to build, or a launch to scale — I'd like to hear about it.