Creative Strategist, Consumer Growth Marketing (Remote US)

USA (Remote)

$90K/yr – $120K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own creative direction and testing across formats for performance and brand while balancing AI speed with human craft.

  • Own end-to-end creative direction and testing calendars across paid, app store, and social formats.
  • Collaborate with Brand, Creative, Product, and external partners to brief, review, and iterate assets.
  • Bridge data and storytelling to optimize impact and stay ahead of platform trends.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead creative development across static, dynamic, video, and emerging formats for performance marketing and brand awareness campaigns
  • Develop a deep understanding of our product, our audience, and what makes a piece of creative land, not just look good
  • Partner closely with internal teams (Brand, Creative, Product, etc.) and external agencies/vendors to brief, review, and iterate on assets. You hold the bar high at every stage
  • Leverage AI tools to accelerate workflows — research, ideation, scripting, competitive analysis, data dashboards - while ensuring final output is crafted by real people.
  • Be the creative thought partner people actually want in the room: opinionated, collaborative, and grounded in what the data says.
  • Monitor creative performance, analyze results, and iterate quickly to optimize creative direction
  • Build and maintain a testing calendar and creative playbook that scales. Ensure the team doesn't reinvent the wheel every month
  • Own a reporting framework that clearly surfaces the good, bad, and what to do next
  • Work with our ASO team to evaluate new creative, review store content, and build a steady pipeline of experiments across app store placements
  • Partner with our Social and Content teams to cross-pollinate ideas. You'll test what works organically in paid, and vice versa
  • Stay sharp on platform trends, algorithm shifts, and competitor activity so we're never lagging behind the industry

Requirements

  • 2 - 3+ years running creative strategy and performance optimization/testing at scale - ideally for a mid-to-large consumer brand or agency
  • Hands-on experience with paid channels (Meta, Google UAC/App Campaigns, Apple Search Ads, or similar)
  • Familiarity with ASO and how experimentation works in that environment (store screenshots, feature graphics, preview video, etc.)
  • Creative and analytical in equal measure
  • A communicator who can align external partners, cross-functional teams, and senior stakeholders without losing momentum
  • Highly organized to run multiple workstreams at once, scrappy enough to move when the situation calls for it
  • Comfortable using AI to speed up workflows (Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft CoPilot)
  • Someone who genuinely loves this craft. You've got big ideas and that energy spills through Slack and Zoom meetings.

Preferred

  • Experience in consumer cybersecurity, privacy, or adjacent tech categories
  • Background working with performance creative studios or freelance networks at scale
  • Strong presentation skills and ability to sell creative ideas internally
  • Familiarity with tools like AppsFlyer, Adjust, Looker, Google Analytics, or similar measurement/analytics platforms

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
  • Employee Referral Bonus Program
  • Wellness programs
  • 401k and employer matching for (US Employees)
  • Comprehensive Time Off policy
  • An opportunity to do something great for yourself and the world!
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