Creative Lead - Performance Marketing

District of Columbia, USA (Remote)

$115K/yr – $145K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end performance creative strategy and testing framework across major social channels, translating insights into future creative direction and scalable playbooks while collaborating with media, analytics, localization, and creator teams.

  • Define learning agendas and hypotheses for A/B and multivariate tests
  • Develop modular asset templates and scalable performance creative systems

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Performance creative strategy: Define paid media creative frameworks across Meta, YouTube, TikTok and other priority channels; codify hooks, formats, messaging, pacing, and platform-native best practices.
  • Creative testing: Build the learning agenda with media and analytics teams; set hypotheses, variants, audience logic, success metrics, and readout plans for A/B and multivariate tests.
  • Insight-to-action loop: Translate historical and in-market performance into future creative direction, templates, and standards that improve CTR, CVR, CPA, ROAS, and LTV signals.
  • Execution support: Rapidly concept, storyboard, provide art direction, create and adapt templates, select and/or capture gameplay footage, and support lightweight static and video asset iteration as needed.
  • Cross-functional partnership: Partner with media, analytics, localization/regional, and influencer/creator teams to connect creative strategy to media plans, measurement, market nuance, and creator amplification.
  • Systems and playbooks: Maintain performance marketing creative playbooks, test libraries, and modular asset guidance that scales across global campaigns and growth initiatives.

Requirements

  • 6+ years experience in performance marketing creative, paid social and/or digital creative strategy, growth marketing, or related experience.
  • Proven experience as a personal content creator or hands-on publisher on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Twitch, or similar platforms.
  • Proven hands-on experience designing and iterating paid social and video assets, with demonstrated proficiency in static design, template development, resizing/versioning, and lightweight video editing workflows.
  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud specifically Photoshop and Illustrator; comfortable creating, adapting, resizing, and versioning static assets and templates.
  • Ability to support lightweight video/asset workflows, including concepting, rough cuts, gameplay capture and/or selection, reference development, and creative direction for art or templates.
  • Fluency with performance metrics and learning agendas, including CTR, CVR, CPA, ROAS, LTV signals, audience/placement reads, and test interpretation.
  • Proven ability to partner with media, analytics, localization/regional, creative, and influencer teams in fast-moving campaign environments.
  • Animation or motion design capabilities, such as After Effects or similar tools, to support short-form video and performance asset iteration.
  • Proven understanding of native engagement patterns from direct practice.
  • Familiarity with modern measurement and marketing technology foundations such as MMM, CAPI, tagging/event signals, and attribution constraints.

Preferred

  • Highly motivated with a passion for innovation and drive to exceed personal goals and client expectations.
  • Highly adaptable to produce a range of visual styles, and tasks within a project.
  • Exceptional attention to detail, internal quality control, and excellent craftsmanship.
  • Ability to describe technical concepts to clients and stakeholders in relatable terms and convey, persuade and sell an artistic vision.
  • Highly organized – able to independently build, track, and execute tasks from start to finish.
  • Strong time management abilities to self-manage and adjust to rapidly changing priorities.
  • A successful track record of creative problem solving for technical and design challenges.
  • Ability to gracefully lead and work on multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadline pressure with a positive and helpful attitude.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, basic life/AD&D, long-term disability, and employee assistance programs
  • Additional voluntary benefits like short-term disability plans and health coverage for dependents
  • 401(k) & HSA
  • Competitive PTO plan
  • 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, plus additional floating holidays

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