Creative Strategist

USA (Remote)

$6K/mo – $10K/moSenior LevelFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive a complete performance creative engine for Guard, owning strategy, team, and a growing Meta budget.

  • Must-have: 3+ years in creative strategy or performance marketing with team ownership.
  • Standout: Budget control (up to $250k/mo, growing to $1M) with AI-enabled workflows.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build a performance creative engine: scripted concepts, structured testing, iteration cycles, creative learnings, the full engine.
  • Own the entire creative function. Build your team, your systems, your playbook. No committees, no layers, direct line to the founder.
  • Manage budget: $250k/month Meta spend and growing toward $1M/month. You won't be scraping together budget for tests. The money is there.
  • You'll build yours from the ground up, with a real budget behind it and a founder who's ready to get out of your way.
  • You'll own creative strategy and testing. Develop the creative testing roadmap: what angles to test, in what order, and why. Run structured testing frameworks (hook tests, angle tests, format tests, CTA tests) and build a documented learnings system.
  • Conceive and script writing. Generate 5-10 new creative concepts per week. Write scripts that hook attention, communicate value, and drive action. Purpose-built for Meta, not repurposed organic content.
  • Source, vet, and manage freelance editors and UGC creators. You'll start with 1-2 editors and scale to 3-4 as spend grows. You write the briefs, they execute your vision.
  • Performance analytics. Analyze ad performance weekly. Identify what's working, why it's working, and how to do more of it. Translate data into actionable creative briefs.
  • Iterate on winning ads before they fatigue. New hooks on proven angles, format variations, mashups. Keep winners running longer.
  • AI integration. Leverage AI tools (ChatGPT, Midjourney, Runway, ElevenLabs) to accelerate ideation, scripting, storyboarding, and production. Experiment with new workflows to increase output without sacrificing quality.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in creative strategy, content production, or performance marketing in DTC, e-commerce, or a growth-focused agency.
  • Proven track record of creating ads that scaled. We'll ask for specifics: what was the spend, what was the ROAS, what was your hit rate.
  • Experience managing creators, editors, or small creative teams.
  • Comfortable reading Meta Ads Manager data and pulling insights from ROAS, CPA, CTR, hook rate, and other performance metrics.
  • Hands-on experience using AI tools for ideation, copywriting, or content production.
  • A systems thinker who naturally builds processes, templates, and feedback loops.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with creative analytics platforms (Motion, Foreplay, Minea).
  • Background in direct response or performance creative.
  • You've built a creative learnings database or wiki before.
  • Portfolio showcasing ads you've concepted that drove measurable results.
  • Experience with DTC brands in the home, sleep, or wellness space.

Benefits

  • Remote and flexible.