Paid Social Creative Strategist

Greater London, Kensington and Chelsea, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level4+ years expTemporary

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end creative program that combines brand storytelling with performance testing, delivering rapid, hypothesis-driven asset iterations while optimizing media environments and audience signals.

  • Creative strategy ownership: define audience-centric hypotheses and Meta-first hooks to drive both brand equity and short-term conversions.
  • Production leadership: orchestrate in-house and external creators to sustain high-volume, fast iteration cycles while aligning with cross-functional teams.
  • Testing & analytics: implement a fast feedback loop to measure creative efficiency, inform forecasts, and improve bidding and placements.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and own the Performance Creative Roadmap, ensuring every asset has a clear hypothesis based on our target audience and personas.
  • Bridge the gap between Brand and Performance, ensuring our creative output builds long-term brand equity while driving immediate conversion.
  • Production: Direct our in house video editor, photographer and designers and external creators to produce sufficient volume of creative iterations per week.
  • UGC & Influencers: Source, brief, and manage a roster of UGC creators and influencers to provide a constant stream of authentic footage.
  • Creative Directing: Storyboard hooks, transitions, and "the middle" for Meta-first content to be developed through internal or external resource.
  • Testing Framework: Implement an effective testing methodology to identify winning combinations quickly.
  • Data Analysis: Dive into data to report on creative efficiency, signal and audience quality, integrating with attribution modeling and forecasts.
  • Media Buying: Manage and oversee the Meta account structure to ensure creative is given the best environment to scale.
  • Manage relationships with creative agencies and platform partners
  • Work cross functionally within marketing to integrate thinking with owned and earned channels.
  • Establish close working relationships with dependent departments including finance and technical teams.

Requirements

  • Experience: 4-6 years in Performance Marketing or Creative Strategy (D2C/Subscription background preferred).
  • The "Meta Native": Deep understanding of the Meta auction, Advantage+, and creative-led growth.
  • Analytical Mind: You enjoy spreadsheets as much as storyboards. You know that a 1% lift in Thumb-Stop Rate can save thousands in spend.
  • Process Driven: Experience with Frame.io, MotionApp, or Trello/Asana to manage high-volume creative workflows.

Preferred

Benefits

  • A competitive package that rewards your skills and dedication.
  • Hybrid working from our office based in Wandsworth.
  • Be part of a Better Business (B-Corp), making a positive impact on profit, people, and planet.
  • Join an award-winning startup backed by the largest food and beverage company globally.
  • Experience a workplace that feels like home, complete with free meals, a gym, a vertical farm, and pet-friendly policies.
  • Prioritise your well-being with perks like Vitality health insurance, access to learning resources, mental health support, and a generous holiday package (30 days + bank holidays).
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning, Better Up (AI Coaching Assistant) and yearly learning budget.
  • Enjoy a 50% discount on all Mindful Chef products.
  • Enhanced policy of up to 6 months full pay primary parental leave and up to 6 weeks full pay secondary parental leave.

Mindful Chef

Founded with a vision to elevate the well-being of others through incredible food by thinking differently. Developed a distributed meal preparation approach driven by excess capacity, founded on algorithmic menu & recipe curation, and capable of accommodating personalization based on behavior & preferences. *Mindful Chef merged with Power Supply in June 2013.

Founded in 2012
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