Creative Strategist
$70 K-$90 K
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L7
$70 K-$90 K
Occupations
Market Research Analysts and Marketing SpecialistsMarketing ManagersAdvertising and Promotions Managers- Lead creative strategy across a portfolio of client accounts within an assigned vertical
- Develop a deep understanding of each client’s business, audience, competitive landscape, and growth objectives
- Translate client business goals into actionable creative strategies
- Analyze creative performance data to understand what is working, what is underperforming, and why
- Navigate platforms such as Meta Ads Manager and other paid-media environments to evaluate creative-level performance
- Use performance insights to develop new creative concepts, messaging directions, hypotheses, and testing roadmaps
- Conduct audience, persona, and ideal customer profile research
- Research competitors and evaluate the creative they are running across platforms such as Meta, TikTok, Google, and other paid channels
- Identify emerging visual trends, messaging patterns, emotional hooks, offers, formats, and creative opportunities
- Develop campaign concepts that can extend across multiple channels, platforms, audiences, and formats
- Build structured creative testing plans designed to identify what is driving performance
- Develop and interpret A/B and multivariate creative tests
- Translate testing results into the next round of creative recommendations
- Write and develop hooks, scripts, messaging frameworks, direct-response concepts, and creative briefs
- Translate strategy into clear direction that designers, editors, creators, and production teams can execute
- Review creative work and provide specific, actionable feedback
- Partner closely with media, analytics, account management, production, and other creative teams
- Present creative strategies, findings, and recommendations to clients
- Manage multiple accounts, priorities, and deliverables in a fast-moving agency environment
- Provide strategic pushback when a client’s initial request does not align with the underlying business or performance objective
- Use AI and internal technology where appropriate to improve research, ideation, analysis, and workflow efficiency
- Experience in creative strategy within an agency environment
- Strong understanding of performance creative and direct-response marketing
- Demonstrated ability to connect performance data to creative decisions
- Strong creative concepting skills and the ability to develop original campaign ideas
- Experience developing creative strategies based on audience, competitive, and performance insights
- Working proficiency with Meta Ads Manager and/or similar paid-media platforms
- Ability to understand and interpret metrics such as CTR, CPA, ROAS, conversion performance, and other creative KPIsExperience developing structured creative testing plans and roadmaps
- Understanding of A/B and multivariate testing principles
- Experience conducting audience, persona, ICP, and competitive research
- Strong understanding of consumer behavior, messaging, positioning, hooks, and visual storytelling
- Ability to translate strategy into clear creative briefs and direction
- Experience partnering with designers, editors, production teams, and other creative disciplines
- Strong client-facing communication and presentation skills
- Ability to confidently explain the reasoning behind creative recommendations
- Ability to manage multiple client accounts and competing priorities
- Strong problem-solving skills and business acumen
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced agency environment where priorities and client needs can shift quickly
- Vertical Experience
- Each Creative Strategist will be aligned to a specific area of the business.
- Fashion--Experience with apparel, footwear, accessories, jewelry, or other fashion-oriented brands. Candidates should understand trend-driven creative, seasonal campaigns, visual storytelling, audience identity, and the role of paid social in driving consumer demand.
- Lifestyle--Experience with consumer brands across areas such as home, wellness, outdoor, recreation, pet, and general lifestyle categories. Candidates should understand how brand affinity, audience identity, and lifestyle positioning influence creative performance.
Level
ManagerL7
Salary
$70 K-$90 K
Location
Dallas, TX
Occupation
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Industry
Advertising Agencies
Posted
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