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MAX GOLDBERG

CV / 12 YEARS / IN-HOUSE + AGENCY

RESUME.

12+

YEARS

$40M+

BUDGETS MANAGED

200%

ROAS LIFT

SECTION 01

EXPERIENCE.

2025Present

Los Angeles, CA

Independent Performance Marketing Consultant

Independent Consulting

  • Lead Google Ads and Meta Ads audits, restructures, and bid strategy resets for legal and ecommerce brands
  • Manage budget pacing and performance reporting, translating data into weekly decisions and scale plans
  • Implement offline conversion loops to optimize toward signed case outcomes and higher value conversions
  • Run experimentation across keywords, audiences, creative, landing pages, and CRO to improve CPA and ROAS

20252025

Los Angeles, CA

[ROLE ELIMINATED IN REORG]

Associate Director, Performance Marketing

Wilshire Law Firm

  • Recruited to execute a rapid performance turnaround for a major personal injury firm managing $4M/month in spend
  • Reduced personal injury case CPA from $9,200 to $5,104
  • Reduced employment case CPA from $23.3K to $3.6K in 3 months on a $1M monthly budget
  • Delivered 12:1 ROAS by restructuring employment law campaigns
  • Improved landing page conversion rate by 34% through CRO overhaul
  • Built value-based bidding automation, optimizing toward signed cases using offline conversions

20232024

Los Angeles, CA

Associate Director, Paid Media

West Coast Trial Lawyers

  • Directed all PPC lead generation, scaling monthly ad budgets from $600K to $1M and driving the first PPC expansion outside California
  • Delivered $4,924 CPA in Nevada, increasing total case volume by 10% and supporting hiring of 40 employees including 6 attorneys
  • Improved ROAS by 200% and reduced CPA by 39% by restructuring Google Ads for granular targeting by high-value counties
  • Increased signed case volume by 14% and supported expansion from 11 to 15 California offices
  • Trained junior buyers on account builds, QA, and bid strategy selection

20182023

Los Angeles, CA

[ROLE ELIMINATED POST ACQUISITION INTEGRATION]

Associate Director (Functional Head of Paid Media)

DotDash Meredith

  • Increased incremental revenue by $90K per week by optimizing Google Ads TROAS bid strategies
  • Generated $140K+ per week in revenue across 20MM ecommerce SKUs and 80+ media brands
  • Improved CPA by 30% while managing a $40M annual paid search budget
  • Led 6 direct reports across SEM managers, specialists, and analysts
  • Led creative testing that increased conversion rate from 1% to 6% on targeted campaigns
  • Scaled affiliate revenue by converting high-traffic content pages into paid acquisition landing assets

20172018

Burbank, CA

Associate Director — Paid Search / Performance Marketing

Merkle, Inc.

  • Improved FYC campaign engagement by 56% through A/B testing and data targeting
  • Managed $5M+ annual paid media budgets across paid search and paid social
  • Led a team of 5 across planning, execution, and reporting for awards season films
  • Drove an 18% quarter-over-quarter lift in ticket and home entertainment revenue

20172017

Los Angeles, CA

[ACCOUNT TRANSITIONED OFF AGENCY]

Associate Director, Paid Search

Horizon Media Group

  • Improved CPA by 30% while optimizing a $40M annual paid search program
  • Managed a team of 13 across paid search, paid social, and analytics roles
  • Supported acquisition readiness for Yellow Pages during the Dex Media deal

20152017

Santa Monica, CA

Associate Director, Performance Marketing

Palisades Media Group

  • Drove a 243% revenue increase for Lenovo on Amazon Ads and improved acquisition efficiency across key accounts
  • Expanded channel mix with Microsoft Ads and X Ads, increasing monthly acquisition by 21%
  • Managed enterprise client relationships for accounts including Netflix and Paramount Pictures

EARLY CAREER

  • SEM and SEO Manager · City Loan · 2014–2015
  • Search and Social Marketing Manager · Deluxe Corporation · 2014
  • Director of Social · The Woo Agency · 2012–2014

SECTION 02

SKILLS.

ADS PLATFORMS

  • GOOGLE ADS
  • META ADS
  • MICROSOFT ADS
  • AMAZON ADS
  • PINTEREST ADS
  • X ADS
  • REDDIT ADS
  • TABOOLA
  • OUTBRAIN
  • SEARCH ADS 360
  • SKAI

ANALYTICS & OPS

  • GOOGLE ANALYTICS
  • LOOKER
  • TABLEAU
  • HUBSPOT
  • ZAPIER
  • AIRTABLE
  • ASANA
  • MONDAY.COM
  • JIRA

SPECIALTIES

  • LEGAL LEAD GENERATION
  • VALUE-BASED BIDDING
  • OFFLINE CONVERSIONS
  • CRO & LANDING PAGE OPTIMIZATION
  • E-COMMERCE & TROAS
  • TEAM LEADERSHIP

SECTION 03

CERTIFICATIONS.

GOOGLE ADS · GOOGLE ANALYTICS · MICROSOFT ADS · META ADS · SKAI

SECTION 04

EDUCATION.

INSTITUTION

Emerson College

Bachelor of Arts in Theater & Entrepreneurial Studies

Boston, MA