Reference: paid social for a student platform

Paid social for students: the timebite campaigns.

timebite connects students with rewards, jobs and employers. OSTWERK plans, designs and optimises the Meta campaigns in the rhythm of the semester, separately for students and early-career professionals.

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A project by OSTWERK, digital agency in Vienna.

Smartphone and cards with the timebite campaign on a blue background

At a glance

The timebite campaigns at a glance.

Two audiences, one semester rhythm and creatives that fit the platform.

Client
Dotbite GmbH, platform timebite, Vienna
Industry
Platform for students, rewards and careers
Services
Campaign planning, creatives, Meta ads, optimisation, reporting
Channels
Instagram and Facebook
Period
ongoing since 2024
Audiences
students 18 to 30, early-career professionals 20 to 33

Starting point

Students scroll fast. How does an ad stick?

What we delivered.

  • Two goals: win students as users and connect employers with early-career professionals.Rhythm: monthly campaigns with semester planning.
  • The semester determines when students are receptive.Audiences: separate ad groups for students and careers.
  • The audience recognises advertising immediately.Creatives: static images, reels and variants with different calls to action.
  • Without a clear structure you cannot tell what works.Order: a naming system with month and audience for clean tracking.

Build

Four decisions behind the campaigns.

  1. Campaigns run monthly, with targeted reinforcement at the start and end of the semester. Topics are planned in advance.

  2. Students learn how to collect bites and receive rewards. Early-career professionals see career opportunities at employers.

  3. Instead of ten more ads every few months, a few fitting creatives emerge: images, reels and variants that can be tested against each other.

  4. For each audience the strongest creative is marked and becomes the template for the next variants. The naming system makes evaluation by month and audience possible.

Project timeline

How the collaboration works.

  1. Analysis

    Platform, audiences and campaign structure are captured together.

  2. Planning

    Monthly and quarterly planning along the semester, with topics and creatives per audience.

  3. Build

    Design of the creatives, placement on Meta and optimisation during live operation.

  4. Reporting

    Evaluation of the campaigns and recommendations for the next period.

Result

timebite has a campaign structure that follows the semester, separates two audiences cleanly and can be improved with every cycle.

  • Monthly campaigns on Meta
  • Two separate ad groups
  • Creatives for students and careers
  • In use since 2024

Client voice

With Ostwerk we have a partner we can rely on not only professionally, but who also simply fits on a human level. The collaboration is uncomplicated, direct and on an equal footing.
Lukas Otttimebite (Dotbite GmbH)
Portrait of Lukas Ott, timebite

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about the project.

What does OSTWERK do for timebite?

OSTWERK plans the paid social campaigns on Instagram and Facebook, designs the creatives, places and optimises the ads and evaluates them.

Why two ad groups?

Students and early-career professionals want to know different things. The groups have their own messages, creatives and goals.

What does semester rhythm mean?

The campaigns follow the academic year. There is reinforcement at the start and end of the semester, and topics are planned in advance.

Since when has OSTWERK worked for timebite?

Since 2024. The campaigns have been supported and developed continuously since then.

More references

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