Creative Strategist - Donut Studios

USA (Remote)

$60K/yr – $70K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Donut Studios is seeking a creative strategist to develop performance-driven digital campaigns and coordinate with media teams. The role requires 4+ years in direct response and social creative strategy, with strong collaboration and trend awareness. Responsibilities cover end-to-end launch management, cross-functional collaboration, and data-informed optimization, with a benefits package including health, retirement, and flexible work options.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop performance-driven creative and messaging strategies and frameworks for clients across digital channels (e.g., FB, IG, TikTok, YouTube, Display, etc.).
  • Participate in client meetings as Donut’s in-house creative expert for assigned accounts.
  • Advise external client teams on media best practices, strategies, and ideas.
  • Manage launch pipeline for assigned clients with your media counterpart, including the completion and transfer of deliverables to clients in a timely manner.
  • Apply full-funnel thinking to increase click-through rates and conversion rates on ads and landing pages.
  • Synthesize consumer target’s mindsets, attitudes, and behaviors to inform strong creative development.
  • Partner with media counterparts to review creative performance and formulate strategies based on KPIs and client feedback.
  • Effectively brief and project manage assignments to team members within Asana and Slack.
  • Quality control exports to ensure creative standards are up to client expectations, brand guidelines, and deadlines.
  • Develop processes to ensure cross-functional collaboration and intra-marketing team success.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of proven experience ideating and developing high-performing direct response and social media creative strategies, ideally at a creative and performance marketing agency.
  • Digitally savvy, creative, and knowledgeable about who and what is trending in the digital space on platforms including YouTube, Instagram/Facebook, TikTok, etc.
  • A growth mindset, always thinking about how our clients can develop resonant, insightful advertising and what makes content engaging across audiences.
  • Strong grasp on culture, with a keen understanding of what is relevant and an eye for upcoming digital trends.
  • Excellent performance marketing and creative instincts with a track record of driving new concepts and pioneering new approaches within your company.
  • Strong team player, with a passion for collaboration.
  • Entrepreneurial spirit with a self-starting attitude and an ability to persuasively communicate strategic insights to the department and to stakeholders.
  • Ability to navigate and influence within a fast-paced start-up organization.
  • A background in creating UGC to enhance engagement and reach is a plus.

Preferred

  • A background in creating UGC to enhance engagement and reach.
  • Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite or Figma is a plus.
  • Proficiency in Asana and Google Sheets experience is a plus.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Short/Long-Term Disability, Life/AD&D
  • 401k - Employer match
  • HSA - Employer contributes
  • Flexible Vacation & PTO plan
  • Paid Maternity / Paternity
  • Paid Holidays
  • Remote/Flex day schedule
  • Laid back office environment
  • The coolest team ;)
  • Fun company events & off-sites
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New Engen is a digital marketing agency driving impact for brands across every phase of the customer journey – maximizing it, measuring it, and repeating it. Through a genuine passion for building brands, a relentless desire to challenge the status quo, and deep digital expertise across hundreds of brands and verticals, we put our clients on the cutting edge of what’s possible in digital marketing.

Founded in 2016
Seattle, Washington, US
479 employees (204 in marketing)
74% recommend to a friend
97% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
33.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$53
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.6%
Direct
45.4%
Referral
15.4%
Social
6.9%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~471

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
184 (39% of company)
Median Career Experience
9 years
Median Tenure
3.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
27

Funding

Total Funding
$10.6M
Last Raise
$8.1M
Private Equity, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2021
    Private Equity
  • May 2017
    Series A • $8.1M
  • Sep 2016
    Seed • $2.5M

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