Collier.Simon

Creative Strategy & Account Lead

California, MO (Remote)

$145K/yr – $165K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the cross-brand creative direction and story-building, translating briefs into actionable creative strategies while partnering with account leadership to deliver client-ready campaigns grounded in insights and performance context.

Strategic Storytelling: Build briefs and narratives that connect objectives, audience insight, and market data to creative direction and measurable impact.
Client Collaboration & Presentation: Shape and present compelling, insight-driven recommendations to senior stakeholders and field teams, ensuring alignment and buy-in.
Execution Oversight: Guide end-to-end project delivery from concept through delivery, maintaining strategic soundness and cross-functional coordination across multiple concurrent programs.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Lead creative strategy across brand, campaign, and production initiatives, owning the strategic direction from project brief through final delivery
Translate project briefs into strong creative briefs, grounding the work in client objectives, audience insight, and a clear strategic narrative
Provide substantive creative feedback that sharpens the work, in close partnership with Creative Director and creative team leadership
Ensure every project has a clear story when it’s time to present, connecting creative rationale to performance data, cultural insights, and business context
Drive projects like brand strategy, campaign concepting, and production from initiation to completion, not by writing the work, but by ensuring it’s strategically sound and client-ready
Proactively search for insights (category, cultural, etc) to make work better
Build and refine client-facing presentations that frame creative recommendations within a narrative of insight, strategy, and measurable impact
Oversee and inform creative briefs to ensure they are built on strong, actionable insights that elevate the creative output.
Read and interpret media performance reports, partnering with media teams to identify performance challenges and solve them through creative strategy adjustments
Champion a culture of continuous improvement where creative is measured, iterated, and optimized, not just launched and forgotten

Requirements

10+ years of experience in an advertising or marketing agency environment, with a strong track record in creative strategy, account leadership, or integrated campaign management
Proven ability to build creative briefs, provide strategic creative feedback, and drive projects from concept through client-ready presentation
Experience managing complex, concurrent projects with the operational discipline to keep multiple workstreams on track
Exceptional presentation skills. Comfortable building and delivering strategic narratives to senior client stakeholders
Strong relationship-building instincts with a track record of earning trust with clients who are operationally focused, not just marketing-minded
The ability to read and respond to media performance data, partnering with media teams to improve creative effectiveness
Confidence to lead conversations, influence decision-making, and sell in creative direction without relying on formal authority

Preferred

While Tier 3 automotive experience is a plus, we’re ultimately looking for someone who understands distributed businesses: franchise, multi-location, or regionally activated brands where corporate goals and local market needs don’t always perfectly align. This person should be comfortable managing multiple stakeholders, building consensus, and turning many voices into one clear path forward.
Experience working within inter-agency or holding company team structures
Background in cluster or multi-location retail marketing

Benefits

Benefits including healthcare, 401K, vacation/PTO policy to be shared in greater detail during the interview process.

Collier.Simon

Collier.Simon is an independent idea company. We provide transformational creative strategy and execution for international brands, market leaders, and new ventures.Based in Los Angeles, we collaborate with clients and partners around the world to launch ideas that change business forever.

Founded in 2008

Los Angeles, California, USA

56 employees (35 in marketing)

www.colliersimon.com

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors

6.2K

Traffic Source Mix

47.7%

Direct

31.9%

Referral

5.6%

Social

13.3%

Paid

1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~56

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size

10 (18% of company)

Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)

Responsibilities

Lead creative strategy across brand, campaign, and production initiatives, owning the strategic direction from project brief through final delivery
Translate project briefs into strong creative briefs, grounding the work in client objectives, audience insight, and a clear strategic narrative
Provide substantive creative feedback that sharpens the work, in close partnership with Creative Director and creative team leadership
Ensure every project has a clear story when it’s time to present, connecting creative rationale to performance data, cultural insights, and business context
Drive projects like brand strategy, campaign concepting, and production from initiation to completion, not by writing the work, but by ensuring it’s strategically sound and client-ready
Proactively search for insights (category, cultural, etc) to make work better
Build and refine client-facing presentations that frame creative recommendations within a narrative of insight, strategy, and measurable impact
Oversee and inform creative briefs to ensure they are built on strong, actionable insights that elevate the creative output.
Read and interpret media performance reports, partnering with media teams to identify performance challenges and solve them through creative strategy adjustments
Champion a culture of continuous improvement where creative is measured, iterated, and optimized, not just launched and forgotten

Requirements

10+ years of experience in an advertising or marketing agency environment, with a strong track record in creative strategy, account leadership, or integrated campaign management
Proven ability to build creative briefs, provide strategic creative feedback, and drive projects from concept through client-ready presentation
Experience managing complex, concurrent projects with the operational discipline to keep multiple workstreams on track
Exceptional presentation skills. Comfortable building and delivering strategic narratives to senior client stakeholders
Strong relationship-building instincts with a track record of earning trust with clients who are operationally focused, not just marketing-minded
The ability to read and respond to media performance data, partnering with media teams to improve creative effectiveness
Confidence to lead conversations, influence decision-making, and sell in creative direction without relying on formal authority

Preferred

While Tier 3 automotive experience is a plus, we’re ultimately looking for someone who understands distributed businesses: franchise, multi-location, or regionally activated brands where corporate goals and local market needs don’t always perfectly align. This person should be comfortable managing multiple stakeholders, building consensus, and turning many voices into one clear path forward.
Experience working within inter-agency or holding company team structures
Background in cluster or multi-location retail marketing

Benefits

Benefits including healthcare, 401K, vacation/PTO policy to be shared in greater detail during the interview process.