Your Partner in Smarter, Profitable Advertising Growth
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Hi, I'm Akvile DeFazio — but most call me Ak.
As someone who lives for connecting people, from pairing consumers with brands to introducing friends who've gone on to get married (four couples and counting!), it's what I do best.
That same passion drives my work as the President of AKvertise, an award-winning social media advertising agency. As a four-time founder with nearly 20 years of experience scaling brands both in-house and through my agency, I also share my expertise as an international speaker and author, helping brands, freelancers, and agency owners grow smarter. You can check out my full career journey on LinkedIn.
I partner with you in the way you need most
Whether you're a brand, agency owner, or marketer, we'll choose the right level of support—hands-on execution, coaching, or training—to get you profitable results faster.
Agency owners
Streamline delivery, retain clients longer, and scale paid social profitably without burning out your team.
Advertisers & marketers
Level up your skills with coaching and playbooks that simplify targeting, creative, and measurement.
Brands & founders
Build campaigns that drive bookings and revenue, with strategies sized to your goals and budget.
Ready to align?
Pick your path and let's get moving
We’ll choose the right mix of strategy, execution, and coaching to hit your targets.
Ways to work together
Choose the engagement that matches your pace—done-with-you coaching, done-for-you campaign execution, or deep-dive workshops for your team.
Done-for-you ads
Full campaign build, creative guidance, and weekly optimization to hit ROAS and booking targets.
- •Strategy, build, and launch
- •Creative and copy direction
- •Reporting you can act on
Coaching & advisory
Hands-on guidance for you or your team to sharpen targeting, creative testing, and measurement.
- •Live working sessions
- •Playbooks and checklists
- •Slack/email support between calls
Team workshops
Interactive sessions to upskill your team on creative, targeting, and analytics across Meta.
- •Custom agendas by role
- •Live build/critique with your assets
- •Follow-up Q&A to lock in learnings
Next step
Tell me your goal, I'll map the path
Share a few details and I'll recommend the fastest way to work together.
Where You'll Find Me
Podcasts, conferences, press mentions, and articles where I share practical advertising strategies and real-world lessons.
Bring a practitioner to your audience.
I speak on paid social, creative testing, and building resilient agency systems. Expect actionable takeaways, live examples, and frameworks teams can use the same day.
60+
Talks & trainings
15k+
Attendees reached
Global
Virtual & in-person
Podcasts
Curated playlist of guest interviews
Listen to conversations on creative testing, profitable scaling, and running a modern agency.
Play on SpotifyFeatured Articles
Recent bylines & interviews
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Cross-Platform Ad Creative: Meta, TikTok, Pinterest →Search Engine Land
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Meta Ads Targeting Strategies →Optmyzr
What Clients Say About My Work
Hear from teams and leaders who've used these strategies to scale profitably.
"We hired Akvile for her thought leadership and impressive knowledge of various systems. It's been great to both entrust her with fully handling our campaigns and to work collaboratively on challenging, high energy projects. Both have provided strong results and a clear ROI."
Kristina Damschen
Director of Marketing, Indow Windows
"Akvile did a great job helping audit our social media advertising efforts at Postmates, then rolled up her sleeves and helped re-set and manage our retargeting programs on an interim basis. She is super skilled at research and targeting strategies. I'd work with her again any day."
George Revutsky
VP of Growth, Postmates
"Akvile has been a valuable asset to our company's continued growth in paid media. She's a pleasure to work with and her insights have helped shape our strategies. The results speak to her expertise!"
Hannah Moyer
Head of Paid Media, Blue Light Media
Get in touch
Let's Talk About Growing Your Business
Ready to take your advertising, agency, or business to the next level? Fill out the form below, and I'll personally get back to you soon. I look forward to connecting.