Senior Performance Creative Lead - Marketing Agency

Milwaukee, WI (Hybrid)

$105K/yr – $130K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive omnichannel performance creative by leading DCO and scalable production to optimize ROAS across paid social, video, display, and CTV.

  • Own end-to-end creative production and testing strategy
  • Must-have: Proven ability to produce and optimize high-performing short-form paid ads
  • Standout: Experience with DCO, creative automation, and AI-enabled workflows

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Architect and execute omnichannel dynamic creative campaigns across paid social, video, display, and CTV
  • Develop and implement DCO frameworks, creative automation, and scalable personalization strategies
  • Translate performance data into actionable creative direction and testing strategies
  • Lead structured creative testing (hooks, formats, messaging, pacing, variations)
  • Partner with digital and social teams to analyze performance metrics (CTR, ROAS, CPA, hook rate, hold rate) and continuously optimize output
  • Own creative performance reporting and storytelling for clients and internal teams
  • Oversee end-to-end production of performance-focused creative
  • Develop UGC-style, short-form, and high-volume ad variations for testing
  • Collaborate with designers, editors, copywriters, and developers to scale production
  • Support studio shoots and help shape stronger outputs across content teams

Requirements

  • Strong background in performance marketing and creative production
  • Experience with DCO, creative automation, or scalable ad personalization
  • Proven ability to produce and optimize high-performing short-form paid ads
  • Deep understanding of paid media metrics and creative testing methodology
  • Experience working cross-functionally with media, analytics, strategy, and production teams
  • Proficiency with tools like Premiere, CapCut, After Effects, or similar
  • Experience using AI tools to support creative workflows is a strong plus
  • Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on execution

Preferred

  • Experience using AI tools to support creative workflows is a strong plus

Benefits

  • Flexible PTO
  • Medical insurance after 60 days with employer contributions
  • HSA with employer contribution
  • Flexible work arrangements when possible
  • Parental leave
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Margle Media

Margle Media is a digital-only agency that excels in social media strategy, content creation, management, and measuring success across paid and organic activities on all social platforms.We are experts in vertical video and deliver "high quality, high cadence" video content that leverages cultural moments. Every single day, we find relevant trends and timely events to integrate content into.We understand the social landscape and how customers uniquely engage on each platform.We believe in actively engaging with followers and audiences to bring a personality to marketing.We’re a video-first partner.We’re fast - we catch trends on the same day.We’re entertainers - our point of view is that content should be entertaining enough to build brand fans for life (#BFFL) instead of one-time customers who redeem a coupon and never return.We believe in real-time content production and planned content strategies tied to seasonal and product-related business priorities.

Founded in 2017
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
19 employees (10 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.4%
Direct
51.7%
Referral
5%
Social
10.7%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~19

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
5 (26% of company)
Median Career Experience
13.5 years
Median Tenure
1.4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1