Senior Creative Strategist (Paid Ads)

Costa Mesa, CA (Remote)

$130K/yr – $155K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Own the creative strategy, testing framework, and data-driven iteration to scale paid social campaigns, while leading high-volume creative pipelines and direct-response optimization.

  • Owns the end-to-end creative system for paid ads across Meta, TikTok, and YouTube.
  • Drives data-informed iteration and competitive trend analysis to maximize performance.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • 1. High-Level Creative Strategy & Growth Analytics Strategy & Testing Frameworks: Architect monthly ad creative roadmaps, hook variation matrices, and positioning angles based on audience pain points and consumer psychology. All backed by data not just throwing out volume hoping something sticks. Data-Driven Iteration: Partner directly with Growth Marketers/team members to analyze ad performance (CTR, Hook Rate, Hold Rate, CPA, ROAS) and turn metrics into actionable creative iterations. Competitor & Trend Analysis: Conduct teardowns of top-performing DTC and fintech/marketplace ads to identify thumb-stopping trends, angles, and formats.

Requirements

  • 5+ Years of Experience in direct-response video production, paid social creative strategy, or UGC ad production for scaling performance brands or high-growth marketing agencies.
  • Track Record of Scaling Ads: Proven ability to conceive, execute, and scale high-budget paid social campaigns across Meta, TikTok, and YouTube.
  • Hands-On Editing Proficiency: Comfortable opening timeline editors to trim cuts, stitch multiple hook variations together, sync audio, and build working ad drafts without waiting on a full-time editor for minor tweaks.
  • Deep Creator Platform Knowledge: Expert-level familiarity with creator sourcing platforms (Billo, Insense, Backstage, etc.) and direct creator outreach workflows.
  • Direct-Response Mastery: Deep, instinctual understanding of direct-response psychology, you know what makes a thumb-stopping hook, a smooth transition, and a persuasive call-to-action. You live and breath hooks.
  • Data-Fluent & Analytical: Comfortable reading ad platform dashboards and translating metric drops into concrete creative fixes.
  • High-Volume Agility: Thrives in a fast-paced environment managing high-volume creative pipelines with tight deadlines, tight turnaround times, and constant iteration.

Preferred

  • DTC agency experience is a plus.
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Bidbus

AI-First Marketplace for Dealerships to Buy Used Cars Directly From Consumers.Bidbus sources consumer-owned used cars and connects them to dealerships through an online auction held twice a week. Dealerships pay sellers directly and pick up the cars.Consumers receive higher offers due to dealer competition, and dealerships gain access to a better selection of cars than traditional sourcing methods—all while scaling efficiently with our AI-first approach.

Founded in 2022
Los Angeles, California, USA
15 employees (2 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
47.7K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$51.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.9%
Direct
54.8%
Referral
3.8%
Social
4.7%
Paid
1.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~15

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2 (13% of company)
Median Tenure
3.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$18.3M
Last Raise
$15M
Series A

Funding History

  • Jul 2026
    Series A • $15M
  • Jul 2025
    Seed • $3.3M