Lead Creative Strategist

Leeds, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale a high-velocity performance creative function for an ecommerce agency, shaping strategy, multi-account leadership, and AI-enabled production to drive measurable campaign outcomes.

  • Own end-to-end creative strategy and multi-account leadership with direct client engagement.
  • Drive rapid testing, data-informed creative decisions, and high-volume output across Meta and TikTok.
  • Lead workshops and present strategic recommendations to senior stakeholders to align on direction and growth.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the creative strategy across your squad's client portfolio, from brief to delivery.
  • Lead personally on several key client accounts, acting as the most senior creative voice on those relationships.
  • Develop compelling ad concepts across paid media channels, with Meta and TikTok as the primary focus.
  • Write detailed creative briefs that draw on brand guidelines, client tone of voice, buyer personas, and AI avatar direction, producing work that creators can act on without ambiguity.
  • Launch, manage, and optimise paid media campaigns at pace, using performance data to drive creative decisions rather than instinct alone.
  • Build and manage testing frameworks: hypothesis, execution, analysis, and rapid iteration.
  • Analyse on and off-platform performance data to identify what is working, what is not, and what to do next.
  • Brief and direct AI-powered and human creators clearly and at volume.
  • Design and lead workshops or structured sessions with senior client stakeholders to align on creative direction and strategy.
  • Present creative performance and strategic recommendations to clients in collaboration with the Success Manager.

Requirements

  • Demonstrable experience in performance creative or paid social creative strategy, with a track record that speaks for itself.
  • Proven ability to produce high-volume creative output across paid media channels, particularly Meta and TikTok.
  • Strong grasp of paid social performance and the relationship between creative decisions and commercial outcomes.
  • Proven hands-on experience with AI-assisted production tools, including Creatify, Arcads, ElevenLabs, CapCut Pro, or equivalents.
  • Confident working knowledge of Meta Ads Manager and TikTok Ads Manager, including campaign setup, optimisation, and analysis.
  • Experience working directly with DTC ecommerce brands.
  • Ability to run multiple client accounts simultaneously without losing quality or pace.
  • Clear, structured written communication. You write briefs that creators can act on without a follow-up call.
  • Strong presentation and communication skills. You can walk a senior client through a creative strategy and make it land.

Preferred

  • Experience managing or mentoring junior creatives.
  • Knowledge of Motion, Foreplay, or similar creative analytics tools.
  • Agency background with exposure to a range of brand categories.
  • Understanding of how creative strategy connects to media buying, offer development, and wider growth objectives.
  • Experience running client workshops or structured creative sessions.