Responsibilities
- Ensure all creative strategy outputs meet a high bar for clarity, insight, and performance alignment
- Review, refine, and QA creative strategy work across channels and formats before production
- Manage and coach Creative Strategists to sharpen their thinking around hooks, angles, personas, and testing frameworks
- Provide direct, actionable feedback to improve quality and speed of work
- Build individual development plans focused on craft, strategic thinking, and performance ownership
- Own the connection between creative strategy decisions and outcomes such as nCAC, FO volume, and efficiency
- Ensure learnings are documented, shared, and applied across future tests
- Push for tighter feedback loops and faster iteration cycles
- Establish standards for what “good” creative strategy looks like
- Build repeatable frameworks for briefing, angle development, persona definition, and testing roadmaps
- Partner closely with Design, Video, and Creative Ops to improve brief quality and creative throughput
- Absorb day-to-day management, prioritization, and QA responsibilities to support the Director of Creative Strategy
Requirements
- 3–5+ years in performance creative or creative strategy roles within DTC, growth marketing, or paid media environments
- 1–2+ years managing or leading creative strategists, copywriters, or performance creatives
- Strong writing and briefing skills across static, UGC, and video formats
- Proven ability to coach, develop, and elevate others
- Deep understanding of how creative strategy drives performance outcomes
- Comfortable balancing creative ambition with real performance constraints
Approach to the Role
- Obsessed with clarity and allergic to vague briefs
- Gives direct, thoughtful feedback that makes work better fast
- Treats performance data as a creative input, not a postmortem
- Leads calmly and decisively in fast-moving, high-output environments
- Cares deeply about building systems, not just shipping one-off wins