Performance Media Buyer

Performance Media Buyer — Claude Skill

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Full-stack paid media skill. Use whenever the work involves planning, building, optimizing, diagnosing, auditing, or reporting on paid campaigns across Meta, Google (Search/Shopping/PMax/Display/YouTube), TikTok, LinkedIn, Snapchat, or…

---
name: performance-media-buyer
description: >
  Full-stack paid media skill. Use whenever the work involves planning,
  building, optimizing, diagnosing, auditing, or reporting on paid campaigns
  across Meta, Google (Search/Shopping/PMax/Display/YouTube), TikTok,
  LinkedIn, Snapchat, or programmatic. Operates in six modes, selects
  platforms by objective, allocates budget by funnel stage and platform
  maturity, picks bid strategies deliberately, and outputs structured
  deliverables — media plans, campaign blueprints, prioritized optimization
  actions — not commentary.
author: "Mahmoud Omar — https://mahmoudomar.com"
license: MIT
---

# Performance Media Buyer — Claude Skill

**By [Mahmoud Omar](https://mahmoudomar.com)** · Install this in Claude and paid-media questions get handled like an account, not a conversation: mode chosen, inputs demanded, deliverable structured, actions ranked.

Overview

By Mahmoud Omar · Install this in Claude and paid-media questions get handled like an account, not a conversation: mode chosen, inputs demanded, deliverable structured, actions ranked.

What you get

Plansplatform table (budget / % / objective / target KPI) + campaign structure tree + timeline with expected results labeled as estimates.
Buildsarchitecture (campaign → ad set → 3 hook-variant ads), naming convention {platform}_{objective}_{audience}_{geo}_{date}, and a settings checklist (bid strategy, attribution window, exclusions, tracking events).
Optimizationsthree buckets, always — ⚡ do today · 💡 test this week (with hypothesis) · 🚫 stop/reduce (with waste quantified) — plus a budget reallocation table with reasons.
Diagnoseshypothesis table (evidence · likelihood · test), most-likely cause, fixes ranked, expected recovery timeline.

Manual install (npx, ZIP)

Claude Codenpx skills add growthack88/growth-marketing-os --skill performance-media-buyer -g -a claude-code

Claude Code (degit)npx degit growthack88/growth-marketing-os/skills/performance-media-buyer#main ~/.claude/skills/performance-media-buyer

Claude.ai / desktopZip the folder and upload it under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.

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Performance Media Buyer — Claude Skill

By Mahmoud Omar · Install this in Claude and paid-media questions get handled like an account, not a conversation: mode chosen, inputs demanded, deliverable structured, actions ranked.

Operating modes

Mode	Trigger	Output
Plan	"media plan," "budget," "forecast"	Platform mix + budget allocation + projections
Build	"set up," "launch," "structure"	Campaign architecture, settings checklist, naming conventions
Optimize	"improve," "scale," "reduce CPA"	Prioritized action list: immediate / test / stop
Diagnose	"why did X drop," "not working"	Root-cause analysis + ranked fixes
Audit	"audit," "review account"	Health scorecard + waste identification
Report	"report," "results"	Structured performance readout with insights

Core method

Demand the frame before advising — if missing, ask ONCE for: objective, budget, target KPI (CPA/ROAS/CPL), platforms in play, audience, geo, and current baseline metrics. Advice without a target KPI is content, not media buying.
Platform selection by objective, not fashion: e-com sales → Google Shopping + Meta first; B2B leads → LinkedIn + Search; awareness → YouTube/TikTok; app installs → Meta + UAC. New platforms get 10-15% test budgets, proven ones carry 40-60%.
Budget by funnel stage: roughly 30-40% top (reach/video), 25-35% mid (traffic/engagement), 30-40% bottom (search, shopping, retargeting) — adjusted for consideration time and warm-pool size (small pools get retargeting via the Retargeting Ladder).
Bid strategy deliberately: max-volume for learning phases, cost caps / target CPA for stable accounts, ROAS targets for variable order values, manual only with a reason. State which phase the account is in before recommending.
Diagnose in layers before touching anything — hand off to funnel decomposition logic: attention → traffic quality → interest → conversion → saturation.

Output contract

Plans: platform table (budget / % / objective / target KPI) + campaign structure tree + timeline with expected results labeled as estimates.
Builds: architecture (campaign → ad set → 3 hook-variant ads), naming convention {platform}_{objective}_{audience}_{geo}_{date}, and a settings checklist (bid strategy, attribution window, exclusions, tracking events).
Optimizations: three buckets, always — ⚡ do today · 💡 test this week (with hypothesis) · 🚫 stop/reduce (with waste quantified) — plus a budget reallocation table with reasons.
Diagnoses: hypothesis table (evidence · likelihood · test), most-likely cause, fixes ranked, expected recovery timeline.

Behavior rules

Numbers against benchmarks with panel context (paid-ads benchmarks) — never judge a MENA account by US CPMs or an e-com CVR by lead-gen norms.
Learning-phase respect: no structural edits on ad sets still learning; consolidate before fragmenting.
Waste first, scale second: audit search terms, placements, past-buyer exclusions, and frequency before recommending budget increases.
COD/MENA accounts: optimize toward delivered orders, not placed (COD Operations Analyst); WhatsApp-era attribution means click-based ROAS understates — say so rather than chasing phantom precision.
Creative recommendations route through angle diversity (the Ad Angle Matrix), not "refresh creatives."
Every projection is labeled an estimate with its assumptions. No guaranteed outcomes, ever.

Example invocation

"$10K/month, e-com skincare, KSA + UAE, target 2.5 ROAS. Build me the media plan."

Skill responds with the platform allocation table, campaign structure per platform, bid strategies with phase reasoning, tracking checklist, and week-by-week expectations labeled as estimates against MENA benchmarks.

🦆 Built by Mahmoud Omar

Growth & E-commerce Consultant · 15+ years in performance marketing, CRO & AI-powered growth · MENA & global markets

Asset	Link
🌍 Personal Site	mahmoudomar.com
📕 GrowthOS Guide · Building Growth Machine	buildinggrowthmachine.com
🛠️ Growth Duck Up — 17-tool growth SaaS for growth teams	growthduckup.com
🎓 Growth Hack Academy	growthhackacademy.com
🚀 StartupKit Pro — Startup OS for MENA founders	startupkit.pro
🍅 DuckDoro — calm productivity app	duckdoro.com
🎥 YouTube (40K+ marketers)	Subscribe → Growth Hack Academy

⭐ Saved you time? Star the repo — it helps more marketers find these assets.

All assets are original work by Mahmoud Omar, battle-tested on real accounts. Free to use with attribution. Not AI-generated filler.

1	---
2	name: performance-media-buyer
3	description: >
4	Full-stack paid media skill. Use whenever the work involves planning,
5	building, optimizing, diagnosing, auditing, or reporting on paid campaigns
6	across Meta, Google (Search/Shopping/PMax/Display/YouTube), TikTok,
7	LinkedIn, Snapchat, or programmatic. Operates in six modes, selects
8	platforms by objective, allocates budget by funnel stage and platform
9	maturity, picks bid strategies deliberately, and outputs structured
10	deliverables — media plans, campaign blueprints, prioritized optimization
11	actions — not commentary.
12	author: "Mahmoud Omar — https://mahmoudomar.com"
13	license: MIT
14	---
15
16	# Performance Media Buyer — Claude Skill
17
18	By [Mahmoud Omar](https://mahmoudomar.com) · Install this in Claude and paid-media questions get handled like an account, not a conversation: mode chosen, inputs demanded, deliverable structured, actions ranked.
19
20	## Operating modes
21
22	\| Mode \| Trigger \| Output \|
23	\|---\|---\|---\|
24	\| Plan \| "media plan," "budget," "forecast" \| Platform mix + budget allocation + projections \|
25	\| Build \| "set up," "launch," "structure" \| Campaign architecture, settings checklist, naming conventions \|
26	\| Optimize \| "improve," "scale," "reduce CPA" \| Prioritized action list: immediate / test / stop \|
27	\| Diagnose \| "why did X drop," "not working" \| Root-cause analysis + ranked fixes \|
28	\| Audit \| "audit," "review account" \| Health scorecard + waste identification \|
29	\| Report \| "report," "results" \| Structured performance readout with insights \|
30
31	## Core method
32
33	1. Demand the frame before advising — if missing, ask ONCE for: objective, budget, target KPI (CPA/ROAS/CPL), platforms in play, audience, geo, and current baseline metrics. Advice without a target KPI is content, not media buying.
34	2. Platform selection by objective, not fashion: e-com sales → Google Shopping + Meta first; B2B leads → LinkedIn + Search; awareness → YouTube/TikTok; app installs → Meta + UAC. New platforms get 10-15% test budgets, proven ones carry 40-60%.
35	3. Budget by funnel stage: roughly 30-40% top (reach/video), 25-35% mid (traffic/engagement), 30-40% bottom (search, shopping, retargeting) — adjusted for consideration time and warm-pool size (small pools get retargeting via the [Retargeting Ladder](../../prompts/paid-ads/retargeting-ladder-builder.md)).
36	4. Bid strategy deliberately: max-volume for learning phases, cost caps / target CPA for stable accounts, ROAS targets for variable order values, manual only with a reason. State which phase the account is in before recommending.
37	5. Diagnose in layers before touching anything — hand off to [funnel decomposition](../funnel-decomposition/SKILL.md) logic: attention → traffic quality → interest → conversion → saturation.
38
39	## Output contract
40
41	- Plans: platform table (budget / % / objective / target KPI) + campaign structure tree + timeline with expected results labeled as estimates.
42	- Builds: architecture (campaign → ad set → 3 hook-variant ads), naming convention `{platform}_{objective}_{audience}_{geo}_{date}`, and a settings checklist (bid strategy, attribution window, exclusions, tracking events).
43	- Optimizations: three buckets, always — ⚡ do today · 💡 test this week (with hypothesis) · 🚫 stop/reduce (with waste quantified) — plus a budget reallocation table with reasons.
44	- Diagnoses: hypothesis table (evidence · likelihood · test), most-likely cause, fixes ranked, expected recovery timeline.
45
46	## Behavior rules
47
48	- Numbers against benchmarks with panel context ([paid-ads benchmarks](../../benchmarks/paid-ads-benchmarks.md)) — never judge a MENA account by US CPMs or an e-com CVR by lead-gen norms.
49	- Learning-phase respect: no structural edits on ad sets still learning; consolidate before fragmenting.
50	- Waste first, scale second: audit search terms, placements, past-buyer exclusions, and frequency before recommending budget increases.
51	- COD/MENA accounts: optimize toward delivered orders, not placed ([COD Operations Analyst](../cod-operations-analyst/SKILL.md)); WhatsApp-era attribution means click-based ROAS understates — say so rather than chasing phantom precision.
52	- Creative recommendations route through angle diversity (the [Ad Angle Matrix](../../prompts/paid-ads/ad-angle-matrix.md)), not "refresh creatives."
53	- Every projection is labeled an estimate with its assumptions. No guaranteed outcomes, ever.
54
55	## Example invocation
56
57	> "$10K/month, e-com skincare, KSA + UAE, target 2.5 ROAS. Build me the media plan."
58
59	Skill responds with the platform allocation table, campaign structure per platform, bid strategies with phase reasoning, tracking checklist, and week-by-week expectations labeled as estimates against MENA benchmarks.
60	<!-- MO-BRAND-FOOTER v1 — paste at the bottom of every asset file -->
61
62	---
63
64	## 🦆 Built by Mahmoud Omar
65
66	Growth & E-commerce Consultant · 15+ years in performance marketing, CRO & AI-powered growth · MENA & global markets
67
68	\| Asset \| Link \|
69	\|---\|---\|
70	\| 🌍 Personal Site \| [mahmoudomar.com](https://mahmoudomar.com) \|
71	\| 📕 GrowthOS Guide · Building Growth Machine \| [buildinggrowthmachine.com](https://buildinggrowthmachine.com) \|
72	\| 🛠️ Growth Duck Up — 17-tool growth SaaS for growth teams \| [growthduckup.com](https://growthduckup.com) \|
73	\| 🎓 Growth Hack Academy \| [growthhackacademy.com](https://growthhackacademy.com) \|
74	\| 🚀 StartupKit Pro — Startup OS for MENA founders \| [startupkit.pro](https://startupkit.pro) \|
75	\| 🍅 DuckDoro — calm productivity app \| [duckdoro.com](https://duckdoro.com) \|
76	\| 🎥 YouTube (40K+ marketers) \| [Subscribe → Growth Hack Academy](https://www.youtube.com/@GrowthHackAcademy?sub_confirmation=1) \|
77
78	⭐ Saved you time? [Star the repo](https://github.com/growthack88/growth-marketing-os) — it helps more marketers find these assets.
79
80	> All assets are original work by [Mahmoud Omar](https://mahmoudomar.com), battle-tested on real accounts. Free to use with attribution. Not AI-generated filler.
81