Director, Paid Creative Strategy (INTERNAL ONLY)

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the paid creative strategy for a high volume DTC brand, turning platform dynamics and data into a structured testing program that improves ROAS and asset efficiency across Meta, TikTok, Google/PMax, and programmatic.

  • Design and own a structured creative testing framework with a hypothesis bank, a variable matrix, and defined thresholds before scaling winners.
  • Translate business priorities into channel briefs and align creative direction with media investment decisions and cross functional teams.
  • Stay ahead of platform best practices, fatigue cycles, and AI driven production trends to keep creative fresh and on brand.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the paid creative strategy across all DTC paid channels — Meta, TikTok, Google/PMax, programmatic, and affiliates. Set a clear creative direction per platform based on audience stage, algorithm dynamics, and spend efficiency
  • Translate business objectives and trading priorities into channel-level creative briefs with precision. Definie hook type, format, offer framing, talent vs. product approach, and messaging hierarchy
  • Build and maintain a deep understanding of platform creative best practices, creative fatigue cycles, and format innovation across all paid channels
  • Act as the creative authority within DTC paid media. Ensure creative decisions are grounded in both commercial data and brand integrity
  • Design and own a structured creative testing framework including a hypothesis bank tied to audience segments and funnel stage, a variable matrix, and defined statistical confidence thresholds before scaling winners
  • Set the creative testing roadmap and priorities, briefing the Performance Content Producer to execute tests against a clear plan
  • Run a regular creative performance review with the Acquisition team and media buying partners, translating performance signals (CTR, CVR, ROAS, creative fatigue rate) into a rolling brief for production
  • Ensure insights compound across campaigns building a living knowledge base of what works by channel, audience, and product category
  • Own the creative brief into and feedback loop out of any external creative agency or media buying partner
  • Work closely with the Director of Acquisition to align creative strategy to media investment decisions and channel budget allocation
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Funko

Funko (NASDAQ: FNKO) is a leading pop culture lifestyle brand. We provide connection to pop culture with a product line that includes vinyl figures, action toys, plush, apparel, board games, housewares, NFTs and accessories. As the world’s largest proprietor of licenses, entertainment enthusiasts display their fandom through the lens of Funko products.The company also powers the Loungefly, Mondo, Funko Games and Digital Pop! brands, while offering a large selection of lifestyle goods through Funko.com, Loungefly.com and FunkoEurope.com as well as at our retail locations in Everett, Washington and Hollywood, California. Learn more at https://funko.com/, and follow us on Twitter (@OriginalFunko) and Instagram (@OriginalFunko).

Founded in 1998
Everett, Washington, USA
1.4K employees (214 in marketing)