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9+
Years delivering results
420+
Campaigns launched
3.8×
Average client ROAS
94%
Client retention rate

Why we exist

Most agencies sell activity. We sell outcomes.

Reports full of impressions and reach feel productive, but they rarely answer the only question that matters to a founder or CMO: did this make us money? We built NorthStar to close that gap for good.

Every engagement starts with a number — a revenue target, a cost-per-acquisition ceiling, a payback window — and every channel we run is judged against it. When something works we scale it. When it doesn't, we say so fast and move the budget. No precious attachment to a campaign that isn't paying its way.

That discipline is why more than nine in ten of our clients are still with us a year later, and why over 70% of our growth comes from their referrals rather than ad spend of our own.

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The difference

Six reasons growth-focused brands choose us

We're not the cheapest agency in Kyiv, and we don't try to be. What we offer instead is senior expertise, full transparency and an obsessive focus on the numbers that decide whether your marketing is an investment or an expense.

Performance-first

Every decision starts with a revenue or cost-per-acquisition target, not a creative brief alone. Creativity serves the number — never the other way round.

Full-funnel coverage

We connect awareness, consideration and conversion so no part of your pipeline quietly leaks budget. One team owns the whole journey, not a single slice of it.

Radical transparency

You own your ad accounts and dashboards outright. We send weekly updates, welcome the hard questions and never hide a bad week inside a pretty slide.

Ukrainian market depth

Fluent in local search behaviour, platform nuance and the cultural context that actually drives clicks and conversions in this region — plus the EU markets next door.

Senior specialists only

The strategist who pitches your plan is the one who runs it. No bait-and-switch, no hand-offs to junior account managers learning on your budget.

Analytics you can trust

Clean GA4, server-side events and clear attribution mean every number we report reflects real business impact — not a platform's self-serving estimate.

What we do

Six disciplines. One direction — your growth.

Every service is connected to a measurable business outcome: traffic, qualified leads, revenue. We run them as one integrated system, so your search, social and email all pull in the same direction instead of competing for credit.

SEO keyword research and rankings dashboard
01 — SEO

Search Engine Optimisation

Technical audits, keyword strategy and authoritative content that move your site to page one and keep it there as competitors come and go.

  • Technical SEO & site health
  • Keyword research & mapping
  • Link building & authority growth
Google and Meta paid advertising campaign management
02 — Paid Media

PPC & Paid Advertising

Data-driven Google, Meta and programmatic campaigns that reach buyers at every stage of the funnel and turn budget into traceable revenue.

  • Google Ads & Shopping
  • Meta & Instagram Ads
  • Programmatic & display
Social media content calendar and community management
03 — Social

Social Media Marketing

We manage your brand on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and TikTok — building community, trust and consistent engagement that compounds.

  • Content planning & creation
  • Community management
  • Influencer sourcing & brief
Content strategy planning and editorial calendar
04 — Content

Content Strategy & Production

From brand messaging architecture to blogs, video scripts and landing-page copy — content engineered to rank, resonate and convert.

  • Messaging & editorial strategy
  • SEO blog & pillar content
  • Landing pages & ad creative
Email marketing automation workflow setup
05 — Email

Email & Marketing Automation

Segmented flows, newsletters and triggered sequences that nurture leads and bring customers back — running profitably on autopilot.

  • Lifecycle & nurture flows
  • Newsletter & broadcast strategy
  • CRM & automation setup
Analytics dashboard showing conversion rate data
06 — Analytics

Analytics & CRO

GA4 setup, event tracking, heatmaps and A/B tests that reveal exactly where you lose visitors — and a clear plan to win them back.

  • GA4 & server-side tracking
  • Dashboards & attribution
  • A/B testing & CRO sprints

Industries

Sectors where we do our best work

Nine years in, we've built deep, tested playbooks for the verticals below. We still take on any business where the maths of paid and organic growth makes sense — but in these sectors we start three steps ahead.

🛒

E-commerce & Retail

Shopping campaigns, feed optimisation and CRO for stores doing anywhere from ₴500K to ₴50M a year. We obsess over ROAS, AOV and contribution margin.

💻

SaaS & Technology

Demand generation, trial-to-paid funnels and content engines that lower CAC and feed a predictable pipeline for product-led and sales-led teams alike.

🤝

B2B & Professional Services

Long sales cycles, considered purchases. We build authority through SEO and content, then capture intent with precise, accountable paid search.

🏠

Real Estate & Construction

Lead-generation systems for developers and agencies — qualified enquiries at a known cost per lead, with full visibility into source and quality.

🩺

Healthcare & Wellness

Compliant, trust-led marketing for clinics and wellness brands. We balance careful messaging with the performance discipline the category usually lacks.

✈️

Hospitality & Travel

Direct-booking growth for hotels, restaurants and travel brands — reducing dependence on aggregators and rebuilding margin one channel at a time.

How we work

A clear path from brief to measurable results

No black boxes and no month-three surprises. From the first audit you'll always know what we're doing, why we're doing it, and exactly what it's returning. Here is the rhythm every engagement follows.

  1. 1

    Discover

    We audit your current channels, analyse competitors and map your customer journey end to end to find the gaps that are worth the budget to close.

  2. 2

    Strategise

    We design a channel mix and budget allocation tied to your specific revenue targets — built from your numbers, not a generic best-practice template.

  3. 3

    Execute

    Our specialists launch campaigns, publish content and build automations at speed, with senior quality control built into every step before anything ships.

  4. 4

    Optimise

    Weekly data reviews and structured monthly reporting keep every channel improving. We iterate relentlessly until your KPIs are consistently beaten.

Proof, not promises

Real clients. Measurable outcomes.

We let the numbers do the talking. Below are recent engagements with anonymised client details and verified performance data — the kind of results we're hired to repeat.

+214%Organic sessions in six months for a Kyiv home-goods retailerSEO
−42%Cost per lead via restructured Google Ads for a B2B SaaSPaid Media
7.1×ROAS on Meta Shopping campaigns for a fashion brandPaid Media
18KMonthly organic blog sessions grown from zero in a yearContent
+61%Checkout conversion rate after a focused CRO sprintCRO
3.4×Email-attributed revenue in a single quarterEmail

Accredited & certified

Partnerships that keep us at the front of the platform

Our partner statuses aren't badges for the website — they mean direct platform support, early access to betas, and a team whose certifications are kept current every single year.

Google Premier Partner
Top 3% of agencies
Meta Business Partner
Blueprint certified
GA4 Certified
Full analytics team
Looker Studio
Custom dashboards
HubSpot Partner
CRM & automation

Client voices

Results our clients tell their networks about

The numbers matter most, but the relationships are what keep clients with us for years. Here's what a few of them say about working with the NorthStar team.

NorthStar rebuilt our Google Ads from scratch and cut our cost per lead by 42% in three months. The reporting is clear and they always know exactly what's happening in the account.

Oleksandr V.Head of Growth · e-commerce, Kyiv

We'd worked with two agencies before and always felt kept in the dark. NorthStar gave us full access on day one and treated our budget like it was their own money. Refreshing.

Kateryna M.Marketing Director · SaaS, Warsaw

Organic traffic up three-fold, a content engine that finally runs itself, and a quarterly review I actually look forward to. They earned the retainer many times over.

Pavlo H.Founder · B2B services, Lviv

Engagements

Transparent pricing. No hidden fees.

Three levels to match where your business is today. Every plan includes a dedicated strategist, a monthly KPI review and full ownership of your accounts, data and creative. Move up a tier whenever the results justify it.

Starter

From ₴50,000/month

Best for SMEs entering digital channels

  • 1 managed channel (SEO or Paid Media)
  • Monthly strategy session (60 min)
  • GA4 dashboard access
  • Bi-weekly written performance report
  • Up to ₴150K ad spend managed
  • Content production
  • CRO audits
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Enterprise

Customquote

Best for large brands and international expansion

  • Full-service — all 6 channels
  • Weekly strategy calls
  • Dedicated senior strategist
  • Unlimited ad spend management
  • Full content & creative production
  • Monthly C-level reporting deck
  • A/B testing & landing page builds
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The people

The specialists behind your results

Each client has a dedicated strategist supported by senior channel leads. No junior account managers, no revolving door — the person who presents the strategy is the person who executes it, week in and week out.

MK

Maksym Kovalenko

Co-Founder & CEO

9 years in performance marketing; former head of digital at a FMCG group. Architects growth strategy for key accounts.

IS

Iryna Shevchuk

Co-Founder & Head of Strategy

Google-certified strategist. Leads client onboarding, funnel design and quarterly growth reviews.

OZ

Oleh Zaporozhets

Head of SEO

Technical SEO specialist with 7 years' experience. Led 30+ site migrations and manages a team of six specialists.

NK

Natalia Kravets

Head of Paid Media

Google Ads and Meta Blueprint certified. Manages over ₴2M in monthly ad spend across e-commerce and B2B accounts.

From the team

Notes on what's actually working right now

We publish what we learn running real budgets — no recycled listicles. A few recent pieces from the strategists and channel leads who do the work.

Paid MediaMay 2026

Why your ROAS target is quietly capping your growth

A high ROAS goal feels safe, but it often starves your best campaigns of volume. Here's how we set targets against contribution margin instead.

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SEOApr 2026

The technical SEO checklist we run before every migration

Site migrations sink rankings when teams skip the boring parts. This is the exact pre-flight list we've refined over 30+ migrations.

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AnalyticsMar 2026

Server-side tracking, explained without the jargon

As browser signals erode, server-side events are how you keep attribution honest. A plain-English guide for marketing leaders.

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Measured North team in the Kyiv office

Who we are

A Kyiv team obsessed with measurable impact

Founded in 2017 by marketers who believed every budget deserves accountability, Measured North has grown into a 26-person agency trusted by e-commerce brands, SaaS companies and B2B service firms across Ukraine and Central Europe.

We don't do vanity campaigns. We architect full-funnel marketing systems that generate real pipeline — and we prove it with transparent reporting every single month, in language your finance team can follow.

Our Kyiv office on Sportyvna Square remains our strategic heart, and more than 70% of our growth has come from client referrals rather than our own advertising.

Our story & values

Before you start

Questions clients ask first

Still weighing us up? These are the questions that come up most often in a first call. If yours isn't here, just ask — we'd rather over-explain than oversell.

What is your minimum engagement size?

Our retainer services start from a monthly budget of ₴50,000 for managed channels. Project-based work such as audits and strategy sprints has a fixed scope. We are transparent about whether your budget can produce meaningful results before we take you on.

Do you work with businesses outside Ukraine?

Yes. We serve clients across Central and Eastern Europe and English-speaking markets. Our team is bilingual, all reporting is available in English, and we are experienced in international paid media and multilingual SEO.

How long before we see results?

Paid media campaigns typically show measurable improvement within the first four to six weeks as we optimise. SEO is a longer game — meaningful organic traffic gains usually appear at three to six months, with compounding results thereafter.

Who owns the ad accounts and content?

You do, always. We work inside your Google, Meta and other accounts so there is no lock-in. All content and creative produced during the engagement is yours on delivery.

Do you offer one-time projects or only ongoing retainers?

Both. We run one-off audits, strategy workshops and launch sprints, as well as ongoing monthly retainers. Many clients start with a project to validate our approach and move to a retainer once they see results.

How do you measure and report on performance?

We set agreed KPIs at the start of every engagement — ROAS, CPL, organic traffic, conversion rate. You get access to a live dashboard and a structured monthly report with context, not just numbers. We schedule a call each month to review and plan next steps.

Ready to see what your marketing is really capable of?

Book a free 60-minute audit and walk away with a prioritised action list — whether we end up working together or not. No pitch deck, no pressure, just a clear view of where your next growth is hiding.

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