Creative Strategist (Background in Design Required)

USA (Remote)

$70K/yr – $90K/yrMid Level3+ years expContract

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end paid social creative workstreams, from briefs and approvals to client updates, using data insights and AI tools to shape hooks, UGC briefs, and creative direction.

  • Lead creative briefs and ad approvals to deliver data-driven creative direction
  • Collaborate with designers, creators, and clients across weekly calls and status updates

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Write creative briefs every sprint using performance data from AdNova
  • Manage the ad approvals workflow daily — feedback, status, QA before anything goes to the client
  • Write UGC briefs and review creator scripts for clients on the UGC package
  • Join weekly client calls and keep internal status docs current
  • Use Claude (AI) as part of your daily workflow for briefs, hooks, and brand context

Requirements

  • 3–5 years in paid social creative strategy, ideally in direct response or performance marketing
  • Strong grasp of Meta and TikTok best practices — formats, hooks, rapid iteration
  • Can write a brief a designer or creator can execute without follow-up questions
  • Comfortable in performance data and knows how to turn it into a creative direction
  • Process-disciplined — can hold a creative opinion and still move work forward
  • Design background helpful for creative judgment, but you won't be making the ads
  • Comfortable with AI tools as a real part of your workflow

Preferred

  • Agency background, especially performance or growth
  • Health or wellness client experience
  • UGC or creator workflow familiarity
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Matchnode

Matchnode is an ROI-focused internet marketing company that serves its clients in the areas of digital strategy, traffic generation, and conversion optimization. We create, audit, and implement your digital marketing campaigns to produce real, trackable dollars. Areas of expertise include PPC, Google Adwords, Google Analytics, Facebook advertising, conversion tracking, and strategy creation and implementation. For more information you can email us at info@matchnode.com or follow @matchnode on Twitter! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU2YV8LvPB0

Founded in 2012
Chicago, IL, US
12 employees (8 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.9%
Direct
45.8%
Referral
7.9%
Social
12.5%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~15

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
5 (33% of company)
Median Career Experience
10.5 years
Median Tenure
2 years
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