Senior Creative Strategist

Manchester, UK (Remote)

£50K/yr – £60K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own strategic creative leadership across multiple brands, turning data and market insight into testable, performance-driven creative and messaging.

  • Creative Strategy Ownership: define testing roadmaps and creative priorities to drive client growth.
  • Translate data into action: turn performance, audience, and market signals into clear creative plans and testing opportunities.
  • Team and client leadership: mentor strategists, align with founders and senior leaders, and push for high-impact production and briefs.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own creative strategy across a portfolio of key client accounts, acting as the senior strategic lead and trusted advisor.
  • Define and lead creative testing frameworks, experimentation roadmaps, and strategic priorities aligned to client growth objectives.
  • Conduct quarterly strategic planning sessions and creative reviews with clients and internal stakeholders.
  • Translate performance data, customer insights, and market intelligence into actionable creative strategies.
  • Identify opportunities to unlock growth through new creative angles, messaging strategies, offers, and positioning.
  • Lead the development of performance-driven creative strategies across Meta, TikTok, and emerging platforms.
  • Analyse creative performance data and transform insights into clear recommendations, testing plans, and optimisation opportunities.
  • Oversee the ideation, scripting, briefing, and development of UGC, creator content, high-production campaigns, motion, and design assets.
  • Develop scalable creative frameworks that improve efficiency while maintaining creative quality and performance.
  • Ensure all creative output is strategically aligned, performance-led, and reflective of client objectives.

Requirements

  • 5+ years' experience in creative strategy, performance marketing, paid social, or a related discipline.
  • A proven track record of leading creative strategy across multiple high-growth brands.
  • Strong experience developing high-performing creative for Meta, TikTok, and other performance channels.
  • Demonstrated experience mentoring or managing strategists, editors, designers, or creative teams.
  • Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to connect creative decisions directly to performance outcomes.
  • Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of what drives profitable growth for DTC and e-commerce brands.
  • Excellent presentation and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience presenting strategic recommendations to founders, senior leadership teams, and key decision-makers.
  • Deep understanding of consumer psychology, behavioural drivers, and conversion principles.
  • A proactive, ownership-led mindset with a desire to continuously improve both your work and those around you.

Preferred

  • 5+ years' experience in creative strategy, performance marketing, paid social, or a related discipline.
  • A proven track record of leading creative strategy across multiple high-growth brands.
  • Strong experience developing high-performing creative for Meta, TikTok, and other performance channels.
  • Demonstrated experience mentoring or managing strategists, editors, designers, or creative teams.
  • Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to connect creative decisions directly to performance outcomes.
  • Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of what drives profitable growth for DTC and e-commerce brands.
  • Excellent presentation and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience presenting strategic recommendations to founders, senior leadership teams, and key decision-makers.
  • Deep understanding of consumer psychology, behavioural drivers, and conversion principles.
  • A proactive, ownership-led mindset with a desire to continuously improve both your work and those around you.
  • A passion for innovation, AI, and the future of performance creative.

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid working with access to premium central London co-working facilities.
  • Comprehensive time off: 26 days annual leave plus birthday holiday.
  • Private pension scheme with company contributions.
  • Performance-based rewards: Monthly team incentives and annual Christmas bonus.
  • Recognition programme: Kudos system for dining, shopping, and lifestyle rewards.
  • Structured career progression with transparent advancement criteria and annual reviews.
  • Opportunities to shape agency strategy and contribute to leadership initiatives.
  • Access to industry-leading tools, training, and AI-powered workflows.
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