Performance Creative Strategist

New York, USA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive strategic creative briefs and testing for performance video ads in a DTC environment.

  • Must-have: 2–4 years in creative strategy or performance marketing with direct experience in DTC or agency work.
  • Standout: Ownership of weekly Creative Review and a proactive Swipe File with market-ready iterations.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Translate raw data and marketing goals into clear, actionable Creative Briefs for our video editors and graphic designers.
  • Support the creation of high-performing scripts, hooks, and headlines. You understand the difference between a "brand story" and a direct-response "hook" that stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds.
  • Partner with the Paid Social Lead to define the weekly Creative Testing Agenda.
  • Innovate on testing methodologies. You won\'t just test "Video A vs. Video B." You will design tests for specific variables: Visual Hooks, Value Props, Text Overlays, and CTAs.
  • Identify "Creative Fatigue" before it happens and have the next round of iterations ready to launch.
  • Lead the weekly "Creative Review" meeting. You will present a breakdown of creative metrics (Thumb-Stop Ratio, Hold Rate, Click-Through Rate, Conversion Rate).
  • Turn insights into action. If a video has a high hold rate but low clicks, you are the one who writes the brief to fix the CTA.
  • Build and maintain a "Swipe File" of competitor ads and trending formats on TikTok and Meta.

Requirements

  • 2-4 years in a creative strategy, copywriting, or performance marketing role within DTC Ecommerce or an Agency.
  • Comfortable looking at a spreadsheet in Excel to find the winner, but you are equally comfortable writing a storyboard for a video editor.
  • You understand the psychology of selling. You know frameworks like AIDA (Attention, Interest, Desire, Action) and PAS (Problem, Agitation, Solution).
  • You know the difference between a Reel, a Story, and a Feed post. You understand "safe zones" and native platform aesthetics.
  • You can manage high volumes of creative requests and keep the feedback loop between buyers and designers moving fast.

Preferred

  • Basic video editing skills (CapCut, Canva, Premiere) to create "Frankenstein" edits or mockups for the design team.
  • Experience using AI tools (ChatGPT, Gemini) to speed up ideation and storyboarding.

Benefits

  • Fully covered medical benefits + dependent contributions
  • Unlimited PTO
  • 401k with up to 4% match
  • “Work from Anywhere” bank
  • Wellness stipend for health & fitness
  • Commuter benefits
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Founded in 2017
London, England, GBR
322 employees (15 in marketing)
75% recommend to a friend
72% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
20.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
36%
Direct
50.5%
Referral
8.9%
Social
3.5%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~321

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
10 (3% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$19.7M
Last Raise
$19.1M
Series A, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2025
    Series A • $19.1M
  • Jan 2019
    Grant • $573.9K