Associate Director - Creative Strategy

USA (On-site)

$119K/yr - $135K/yr (Est.)Senior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 12 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Lead and own creative strategy and performance for a multi-account portfolio, shaping testing roadmaps and translating insights into scalable concepts while mentoring a small team and collaborating with paid media and design to drive results.

  • Oversee multiple client accounts and craft performance-driven creative programs.
  • Define and test creative roadmaps based on data, psychology, and platform trends.
  • Mentor strategists and align strategic work with broader department goals.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own creative strategy and performance across a portfolio of approximately four client accounts.
  • Build structured creative testing roadmaps rooted in performance data, consumer psychology, competitive research, and platform trends.
  • Translate performance insights into actionable concepts, messaging strategies, and scalable creative learnings.
  • Lead client strategy, roadmap discussions, brainstorms, and key feedback conversations.
  • Directly manage and mentor 1–2 Creative Strategists across strategy, execution, client communication, and professional development.
  • Maintain a high standard across creative briefs, research, messaging, strategic recommendations, and client deliverables.
  • Identify new creative opportunities, emerging trends, AI capabilities, and testing methodologies.
  • Share learnings and best practices across the broader Creative Strategy team.
  • Own and contribute to department initiatives, including strategic frameworks, SOPs, training, onboarding, and process improvements.
  • Partner closely with Paid Media, Design, and leadership to ensure creative strategy translates into measurable client performance.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in creative strategy, performance creative, growth marketing, or a related field, preferably in an agency environment.
  • Strong understanding of performance creative across Meta, TikTok, and other paid social platforms.
  • Proven ability to use performance data, consumer research, and creative insights to develop effective testing strategies.
  • Strong client-facing presence and ability to communicate strategic recommendations clearly.
  • Experience mentoring, managing, or developing other strategists.
  • Deep understanding of messaging, consumer psychology, creative testing, and DTC/eCommerce marketing.
  • High ownership mindset with strong strategic judgment, attention to detail, and proactive problem-solving skills.
  • Passion for staying ahead of creative trends, platform changes, emerging technology, and AI.
  • Comfortable balancing hands-on client work with people leadership and broader department initiatives.

Benefits

  • Benefits: Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, HSA/FSA, 401k, Health and Wellness Stipend, Unlimited PTO
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The HYPE10 team has been successful in launching, establishing, and scaling digitally native brands for years. We’re confident in our ability to acquire customers for your brand in a cost efficient manner, because we’ve done it for so many others.

Founded in 2020
New York, NY, US
22 employees (18 in marketing)

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