Tonny Yao in an open Australian landscapeOUTSIDE THE DASHBOARD

About Tonny

I connect media investment, business growth and the systems that make both scalable.

I’m a Sydney-based Performance Marketing Manager and Paid Media Lead with 7+ years of experience across enterprise B2B and B2C growth in APAC, Europe and North America.

How I think · How I lead · What I build

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Start with the decision.

A useful dashboard, campaign or automation should make a real decision easier—not simply create more output.

02

Make judgement scalable.

Good operations preserve expert judgement while making context, standards and risk visible to more people.

03

Build what the team needs.

I use APIs, automation and AI-assisted logic to turn recurring operating friction into practical internal products.

Career progression

From channel execution to portfolio, team and operating-system leadership.

Cross-functional marketing leaders reviewing global performance evidenceSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA · GLOBAL MARKETING OPERATING CONTEXT
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Senior Project Lead

30+ enterprise clients · 60+ advertising accounts · $70M+ annual investment · 30+ professionals led

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Project Lead

$30M+ managed investment · 5+ enterprise launches · 300%+ budget growth · 20 professionals led

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Senior Paid Media Manager

12 markets · 140M+ reach · 8M+ engagements · 13 professionals led

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Paid Media Manager

6+ industries · 20+ client portfolio · 95%+ satisfaction · 10 professionals led

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Marketing & Commercial Foundations

8+ consumer brands · 14+ campaigns · 30+ investment sites · 400+ active users

Education

Master of Professional Accounting

University of Wollongong · 2016—2017

Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing)

Australian National University · 2013—2015

Selected platforms

Google Ads · Meta · TikTok · LinkedIn · The Trade Desk · Teads · Netflix Ads · Criteo · GA4 · GTM

Languages & location

English

Full professional proficiency

Mandarin Chinese

Native or bilingual proficiency

Sydney, Australia