Alex Mayes

Performance Marketing Leader | Multi-Million Paid Media Ownership | Nine-Figure Revenue Impact | Financial Services

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

About

I lead revenue-driven paid media strategy within regulated financial services. At National Debt Relief, I manage multi-million-dollar paid social investment across Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and PMAX. In 2025, I directed $14M in paid social spend, generating approximately $156M in enrolled debt. I also led Paid Social to the largest single month in company history, driving approximately $24M in enrolled debt in January 2026. My work centers on aligning media performance with true business outcomes. I optimize toward enrolled debt and downstream revenue impact rather than surface-level lead volume. I partner closely with BI, Engineering, Compliance, and Creative to ensure performance scales responsibly within a highly regulated category. Previously, I scaled YouTube investment from approximately $200K per month to $1M per month while maintaining efficiency targets, establishing the channel as a durable growth lever at scale. I believe performance marketing should drive enterprise value, not just platform metrics.

Experience

  • Senior Social Media Strategist at National Debt Relief, LLC
    Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Paid Social and Programmatic Media Manager at Audigent
    Oct 2021 - Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    - Executed campaigns across multiple DSPs including MediaMath, Dv360, Meta, and TikTok for clients of Audigent. - Optimized live campaigns using a "data-first" approach. - Provided weekly performance insights and updates to share with clients by leveraging comprehensive Excel pacing documents. - Troubleshot underperforming campaigns and collaborate with team members to address campaign hurdles. - Built and executed a client's Q4 '22 Holiday Activation, which drove a 3.0X ROAS across multiple digital storefronts.

  • Marketing Specialist- Social at Rent-A-Center
    Feb 2021 - Oct 2021 · 9 mos

  • Paid Social Planner at Stripes Agency
    Jan 2020 - Apr 2020 · 4 mos

    - Created and implemented full-funnel media plans for clients of Stripes Agency - Managed paid campaigns across social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Reddit, Twitter and YouTube. - Implemented campaign optimizations for a SAAS client that lead to a 54% increase in LPVs , with a 94% decrease in CPLPV - Provided creative performance analysis to aid in the creation of future assets and copy - Updated weekly and monthly reports and shared insights with clients through regular status update calls

  • Paid Social Account Manager at Southwest Media Group
    Oct 2018 - Jan 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

    - Manage and Oversee Paid Social Campaigns for clients of Southwest Media Group. - Intern Program Lead, responsible for building and insuring the success of SMG's intern team. - Create, optimize, and execute social strategies for clients. - Educate clients on emerging social trends and how to implement them. - Create yearly paid social budget plans for clients. - Attend top industry conferences to learn about the latest trends in social media marketing. - Pitch ideas for creative assets and strategy.