Senior Creative Strategist

Santa Ana, CA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive paid social creative strategy and testing to fuel direct-response growth for a DTC brand.

  • Must-have: 5+ years in performance-driven creative strategy with strong cross-functional impact.
  • Standout: Leads a creative pod and contributes to scalable playbooks and best practices.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the end-to-end creative strategy for paid social campaigns across Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram
  • Develop high-converting angles, hooks, narratives, and concepts rooted in customer insights, product benefits, and performance data
  • Set creative direction that balances brand consistency with direct-response effectiveness
  • Act as the strategic lead for a pod consisting of video editors, graphic designers, and copywriters
  • Provide clear creative briefs, examples, and feedback that elevate execution quality and speed
  • Collaborate closely with a Project Manager to prioritize initiatives, manage timelines, and maintain creative velocity
  • Partner with freelance creatives as needed to scale production
  • Analyze creative performance using Meta, TikTok, and Google Ads to identify winning patterns and areas for optimization
  • Translate performance insights into actionable creative iterations — messaging, structure, pacing, visuals, and formats
  • Own the creative testing roadmap and continuously push new hypotheses into market

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in performance-driven creative strategy, ideally in DTC or growth marketing environments
  • Proven track record of developing paid social creative that scales
  • Deep understanding of direct-response marketing principles and creative testing
  • Strong ability to connect performance data to creative decisions
  • Experience leading or heavily influencing cross-functional creative teams

Preferred

  • Experience in health, wellness, or supplement brands
  • Familiarity with UGC-style ads, testimonials, and creator-led content
  • Copywriting or scripting experience
  • Experience working with freelance creative talent

Benefits

  • Health, Dental & Vision
  • 401k Plan
  • Quarterly Performance Bonus
  • Team Outings & Events
  • Amazing, pet-friendly, office environment
  • Paid time off and company holidays
  • High-ownership role with direct impact on growth and creative direction

Ejam Inc

3.5 Glassdoor

Ejam is a performance-based online advertising and marketing leader. Our approach combines decades of Online Marketing experience with the technical know-how to market products at scale. We are located in sunny Newport Beach and consist of energetic team members ready to make the next move in online marketing.

Founded in 2017
Newport Beach, California, USA
85 employees (38 in marketing)
55% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.8%
Direct
52%
Referral
6%
Social
7.1%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~85

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
26 (31% of company)
Median Career Experience
9 years
Median Tenure
2.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2