Artur Komka

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent
Russian
Fluent

Work Experience

Performance Marketing Manager at Whitbread PLC
June 1, 2023 - Present
Paid Search & Social Media Specialist at Wagada Digital
November 1, 2022 - March 1, 2023
Managed PPC and paid social for clients across equipment supply, hospitality and international technology sectors (£30k/month, multi-geo). Launched new accounts from scratch across Search, Performance Max, Discovery, LinkedIn and Meta. Coached a small team of 4.
Paid Search & Social Media Specialist at BSH Home Appliances Ltd
March 1, 2021 - November 1, 2022
Managed paid media for four premium home appliance brands across B2B and B2C channels. Built Adobe Analytics dashboards, led A/B testing and competitor analysis.
Senior Paid Media Manager at Goodman Associates Ltd
August 1, 2018 - March 1, 2021
Automotive sales client: built all campaigns from scratch, delivered CTR +40% and CPC -40%. Car finance client: grew daily spend from £100 to £1.5-2k over two years against strict CPA targets. Price comparison client: full tracking setup and performance reporting. Coached a small team of 4; led new business pitch strategy.
Paid Search Manager at Threepipe Ltd
August 1, 2017 - April 1, 2018
Built full Google Ads and Bing structures from scratch for a home appliance retail client (multi-million £ B2C). Managed daily optimisation across luxury fashion, beauty, EV, app-download and charity clients.
Paid Search Manager at RAPP UK
January 1, 2015 - July 1, 2017
Online education (university) client: ran paid media across the UK, Ireland and 13 other EU countries, multi-million-pound budget, Paid Search/Display/Gmail Ads, reduced CPA by 30% year on year. Beauty client: UK/EU/South Africa, £100k/month, local language targeting. Charity client: awareness and donations campaigns.
Operations Executive (International PPC) at Starcom MediaVest Group
July 1, 2014 - November 1, 2014
Managed international PPC for an automotive rental client across Google, Bing and Yandex.
Junior Operations Executive (PPC / Affiliate support) at Threepipe Ltd
June 1, 2013 - June 1, 2014
Supported PPC execution and affiliate programme growth.
E-commerce Marketplace Trader at Freelance (eBay & Amazon Marketplace)
May 1, 2012 - August 1, 2013
End-to-end e-commerce operations.

Education

BSc Mathematics and Information Systems at Kingston University
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2011

Qualifications

Google Ads Advanced
July 31, 2026 - July 31, 2026
Bing Ads Certificate
July 31, 2026 - July 31, 2026
Google AI Professional Certificate
July 31, 2026 - July 31, 2026
Claude / Anthropic Certificate
July 31, 2026 - July 31, 2026
Marketing Communications in the Digital Age
July 31, 2026 - July 31, 2026
Adobe Analytics
July 31, 2026 - July 31, 2026
Google Analytics (GA4) Certified
July 31, 2026 - July 31, 2026
Google SA360 Certified
July 31, 2026 - July 31, 2026
Google Ads Certification
January 11, 2030 - July 31, 2026
GA4 Certification
January 11, 2030 - July 31, 2026
SA360 Certification
January 11, 2030 - July 31, 2026
Bing Ads Certification
January 11, 2030 - July 31, 2026
Adobe Analytics
January 11, 2030 - July 31, 2026
Google AI Professional Certificate
January 11, 2030 - July 31, 2026
Claude / Anthropic Certificate
January 11, 2030 - July 31, 2026

Industry Experience

Education, Consumer Goods, Financial Services, Media & Entertainment, Non-Profit Organization, Retail, Transportation & Logistics, Travel & Hospitality, Professional Services, Other