About me

The fuller story.

How I work, what I love and what I do.

About

Hey, I'm Carmen!

I build paid campaigns that actually pay back, and I care just as much about the people and the budgets behind them.

I'm a digital marketing executive with a foot in two camps: the performance side that lives in spreadsheets and bid strategies, and the creative side that cares how an ad actually lands.

  • You want campaigns that earn their budget.
  • You want reporting you can actually read.
  • And yes, you want results.

My happiest work sits where structure meets story — restructuring an account so the data finally makes sense, then giving the creative room to do its job. I'm looking for a team that wants both.

Creative and analytics aren't separate lanes to me — the numbers tell you which creative is actually working, and the creative decides whether the numbers move at all. I read a dashboard and a mood board with the same attention.

Marketing that respects the budget and the data
and still makes people feel something.

See my work
P.S. Fuelled by mocha & pivot tables.
Paid media nerd Runs on mocha Jimny road-tripper
Carmen Robbertse Carmen sitting on stone steps Carmen in a vineyard Carmen in a tulip garden Hands making a heart around a tree
40+Clients managedB2B, DTC & hospitality brands
12CertificationsMeta, Google & LinkedIn

A few of my favorite things:

Coffee:

Mocha, latte, and anything Bootleggers

Drink:

Gin + tonic, Aperol, German or Belgian beer, or MCC — who doesn't love Champers

Show:

Friends, Emily in Paris, Hart of Dixie and The Big Bang Theory

Source of insp:

My brain in the shower at 10pm

Places I've lived:

Johannesburg, Cape Town & the Netherlands

Weekend:

Camera, coffee, somewhere new — and of course, driving our Jimny: Jimmy

What I do

Three disciplines, one funnel.

From first impression to final conversion — and the reporting that proves it worked.

01

Paid Media

  • Google Ads — Search, PMax & Display
  • Meta Ads — prospecting & retargeting
  • Budget pacing & optimisation
02

Analytics & Reporting

  • GA4 setup & event design
  • GTM, UTMs & conversion tracking
  • Dashboards & monthly reporting
03

Creative Production

  • Adobe Suite — Ai, Ps & Firefly
  • Canva templates & brand kits
  • Ad creative — static & motion