Meta Ads specialist in Sydney. Facebook and Instagram ads, creative included.

A Meta Ads specialist runs your Facebook and Instagram advertising: the tracking, the campaign structure, the audiences and, most of all, the creative. Most specialists stop at the ad account. I set the creative strategy as well, and my studio Content Department shoots and edits to it, so the person reading the numbers is the person deciding what gets made next.

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Franchise leads from Meta

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Average cost per lead

$0M+

Ticket revenue for Little Ravers

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Paid subscribers for Zero Co in 4 weeks

Results from accounts I run

Accounts where Facebook and Instagram did the heavy lifting.

What a Meta Ads specialist does

Runs your advertising across Facebook, Instagram and the rest of Meta’s placements, and answers for what it makes you. That covers the pixel and the Conversions API so the account learns from real customers, a campaign structure the algorithm can work with, audiences and retargeting that match how people buy, placements chosen on purpose, and reporting on leads and revenue rather than reach.

Meta is where people are not searching for you yet. The ad has to stop the scroll, earn the attention and give a reason to act, which is why the creative decides most of the result.

How I run Meta Ads

The structure follows the sale. For Little Builders, every franchise territory ran as its own campaign on A$20 to A$30 a day, so each city told us on its own terms whether there was demand. Budget then followed cost per lead: Canada and New Zealand came in under A$8 a lead, so they got more of it, and cities that did not respond were switched off early.

For Little Ravers, each city ran the same three-step launch: an announcement to build a warm audience, a presale to the people who engaged, then a countdown with real urgency. TikTok creative that took off became the Meta retargeting ad, and lookalikes built from ticket buyers seeded the next launch.

For Arbor Building, Instagram traffic campaigns build the profile audience, lead campaigns split by renovations and bathrooms sit in the middle, and a retargeting layer catches people who came close. Meta instant forms or a landing page, depending on whether volume or lead quality matters more.

Meta Ads specialist, freelancer or agency?

On Meta the gap between the options is mostly about creative: who decides what the ads say, and who makes them.

Who decides the creativeHow it is paidWatch for
Meta Ads specialist (me)Me, from the ad data, produced by Content DepartmentFlat monthly fee, production quoted separatelyCapacity: a small number of accounts at a time
Freelance media buyerYou, or whoever supplies the adsHourly or per taskThe same few ads running for months
AgencyA creative team, often separate from the buyersFee, often a percentage of spendBriefs written far from the numbers
Do it yourselfYouYour timeAdvantage+ defaults placing ads everywhere Meta owns

What Meta Ads management costs

My fee is a flat monthly retainer, from $1,500 a month, not a percentage of your ad spend. The ad budget is separate and is paid straight to the platform, so the fee does not climb when the budget does.

Video and photo production through Content Department is quoted separately once the creative plan is set, so you only pay for shoots the plan calls for.

Spend depends on what you are selling. Little Builders produced 3,047 leads from A$35.7k over nine months, testing cities at A$20 to A$30 a day. A local service business usually needs enough budget to get several leads a week, so the account can learn.

Meta, Facebook or Instagram ads?

One platform. Meta owns Facebook and Instagram and runs both from one ad account, along with Messenger, Threads and the Audience Network. If you are looking for a Facebook Ads specialist, an Instagram ads expert or a Meta Ads consultant in Sydney, it is the same job.

Creative strategy and production, in-house

Media buying only goes as far as the creative going into it. So I set the creative strategy as well as the budget: which angles we run, the hooks, the briefs and what we test next. My studio Content Department shoots and edits to that plan, and the ad data decides what we shoot next month.

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Angles and hooks

Pulled from customer calls, reviews and what the ad account says is working.

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Briefs and shoot plans

Scripts, shot lists and formats for video, photo and UGC, sized for each placement.

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Test, read, reshoot

Creative runs as a monthly cycle. Winners get more variations and losers get cut.

Arbor Building: creative strategy and direction by me, filmed and edited with Content Department.See the Arbor case studyContent Department ↗

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Who this is for

A good fit if

  • People need to see your product or service to want it
  • You spend on Meta and the ads have not changed in months
  • You want the ads, the creative and the results run by one person

Not a fit if

  • You want reach reports with no link to sales
  • You only need someone to press buttons in Ads Manager

What I own, end to end

From the pixel to the monthly reshoot.

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Pixel and Conversions API

Leads and sales sent back to Meta so the account learns from buyers.

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Campaign structure

Built around the sale: by city, offer or launch phase.

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Audiences and retargeting

Prospecting, engaged audiences and lookalikes from real customers.

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Creative strategy

Angles, hooks and briefs from customer research and the ad data.

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Production

Video, photo and UGC through Content Department or your creators.

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Lead forms and landing pages

Instant forms for volume, landing pages for quality.

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Creative testing

One change at a time; winners get variations, losers get cut.

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Reporting

Cost per lead, hook rate and revenue by angle, every month.

How it starts

  1. 01

    Audit

    Two weeks in your ad account, tracking and creative history.

  2. 02

    Angle map

    A ranked list of angles and hooks to test first.

  3. 03

    Launch

    Structure, audiences and the first round of creative live.

  4. 04

    Monthly cycle

    Test, read, reshoot. The budget follows what works.

How we'll work together

Fractional CMO and Head of Growth are the job titles. Copilot and Captain are how the role runs day to day. You get a senior marketing leader either way. The only question is who's driving.

You fly · I'm by your side

Copilot

For teams that already execute and need senior judgement on tap.

What you get

  • A weekly strategy session
  • Reviews of campaigns, copy and creative within one business day
  • A quarterly plan and budget
  • A direct line on Slack or WhatsApp

Best fit: An in-house marketer or agency already doing the work.

I fly · you're my crew

Captain

For founders without a marketing leader who want a system installed and run.

What you get

  • A 30-day diagnostic and plan
  • Ownership of the funnel and roadmap
  • Creative strategy and briefs for every shoot and campaign
  • A weekly cadence with your team
  • A monthly board-ready report
  • Management of any agencies or hires

Best fit: Businesses between roughly $1M and $20M revenue.

From $1,500 a month. One retainer, either seat, a fraction of what a full-time CMO costs. The exact number depends on scope, and you get it on the first call.

Both seats, first 30 days. Audit, plan, and the first quick wins shipped.

Month one is a paid trial. If the plan and the first changes are not live within 30 days, walk away and I refund the retainer.

Questions

What does a Meta Ads specialist do?

Runs your Facebook and Instagram advertising: tracking, campaign structure, audiences, retargeting, creative testing and reporting on leads and revenue.

Is a Meta Ads specialist the same as a Facebook Ads specialist?

Yes. Meta owns Facebook and Instagram, and both run from one ad account. Facebook Ads specialist, Instagram ads expert and Meta Ads consultant all describe the same job.

How much does a Meta Ads specialist cost?

My fee is a flat monthly retainer from $1,500, not a percentage of spend. Ad spend goes straight to Meta, and production through Content Department is quoted separately.

How much should I spend on Meta Ads?

Enough for the account to see several conversions a week. Little Builders tested each city on A$20 to A$30 a day; a single-location service business can often start in a similar range.

How long do Meta Ads take to work?

New campaigns need a learning period of a week or two, and a couple of months of data to reach a stable cost per lead. Anyone promising results in week one is reading Meta’s numbers, not yours.

Do you make the ads as well?

Yes. I write the creative strategy and briefs, and my studio Content Department films and edits to them. If you have your own team or creators, I brief and direct them instead.

Instant forms or a landing page?

Instant forms give more leads at a lower cost; a landing page gives fewer, better-qualified ones. Franchise sales at Little Builders ran on instant forms; renovation leads at Arbor run through landing pages.

Do you run TikTok ads too?

Yes, where the audience is there. For Little Ravers, TikTok found parents Meta could not, and the two platforms fed each other.

Should I run Meta Ads or Google Ads?

Meta reaches people before they search; Google catches them when they do. Most businesses I work with run both once the budget allows.

Let's work out which seat fits.

Tell me what you sell, roughly where revenue sits, and what's stuck. I'll reply within a business day with an honest view on whether I can help and what I'd do first.

Or reach me directly at ben@compoundgrowth.au