Senior Creative Strategist

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$115K/yr – $135K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive strategic proposal design and client storytelling for Semafor’s advertising partnerships, coordinating cross‑functional teams to win C‑suite pitches.

  • Must-have: 4–6 years in advertiser marketing or sales with proven revenue generation.
  • Standout: Leads multi‑team proposals and pre-to-post-sale transitions with direct leadership.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Create and visually design thoughtful, strategic, and engaging proposals, typically in visual presentation format, that clearly and concisely communicate ideas/concepts that map back to key advertiser objectives and KPIs.
  • Be a subject matter expert on Semafor’s brand and products. Understand and build on Semafor’s brand story on behalf of clients.
  • Engage with genuine curiosity and interest in deeply understanding clients’ brand challenges, priorities, and objectives.
  • Utilize research and data to articulate and support strategies and creative ideas.
  • Take a lead role, driving processes and operationalizing the organization with sales leads and post-sale teams, ensuring consistency in pre-to post-sale transition.
  • Show a clear and convincing connection between a client’s brand challenge and proposed partnership solutions.
  • Leverage a solid understanding of the media landscape, including expertise in new and emerging media platforms as well as off-platform opportunities, to elevate the ideas we present to clients.
  • Lead brainstorms both internally with cross-functional teams, client partnership leads, agencies, and clients to clarify asks, gather critical intel, and craft winning proposals.
  • Work directly with Semafor leadership on high-profile C-Suite pitches and presentations.
  • Demonstrate strong presentation skills in both internal and external client meetings — articulating strategic ideas with clarity and confidence, and representing the Semafor brand with polish and authority.
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Founded in 2022
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
147 employees (69 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
20.6%
Direct
49.9%
Referral
22.5%
Social
6.3%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~147

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
62 (42% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$74M
Last Raise
$30M
Series Unknown, 2 months ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2026
    Series Unknown • $30M
  • May 2023
    Seed • $19M
  • Jun 2022
    Pre Seed • $25M

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