[Hiring] Growth Marketing Creative Strategist @Linkby

Role Description

We’re looking for a Creative Copywriter who knows how to create ads that stop people scrolling in their tracks. From punchy headlines to thumb-stopping visuals, you’ll concept and craft ad creative that performs - helping turn publisher content into high-converting campaigns. This role requires a journalist’s instinct for what captures attention who thrives in a commercial, results-driven environment.

You will combine sharp editorial judgment with a strong understanding of audience behavior, crafting and determining performance-first copy and image combinations that feels native, engaging, and impossible to scroll past. You’re not afraid to kick off a conversation with one of our hundreds of global publishers to troubleshoot when existing image and headline combinations aren’t measuring up.

You likely have a journalism or editorial background (or think like someone who does). You know a good hook when you see one. You have opinions on headlines. You understand that the difference between “ok” or a conversion can usually be a tweak in creative. You can see the bigger picture too: you’ll be managing smart audience monetisation which doesn’t just drive performance, it helps publishers generate the revenue that funds quality journalism, supports editorial teams, and keeps great reporting alive.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of experience in copywriting, journalism, editorial, or anything that proves you can write something people don’t skip.
• An instinct for what makes someone stop scrolling and the ability to do it more than once.
• Comfort using performance data to make your work better, not blander.
• Curiosity, taste, and a low tolerance for boring.
• Ability to move fast, think in ideas (not just deliverables), and adapt your voice without losing it.
• A clever wit and great sense of humor.
• Experience with paid media is a major bonus. Knowing how to write is non-negotiable.

Requirements

• Write copy that doesn’t feel like advertising while also leveraging publisher copy and editorial instincts to build high-performing creative; refining and adapting where needed.
• Turn brand messages into stories people might actually choose to engage with, using strong angles, cultural awareness, and a clear point of view.
• Bring a newsroom mindset to everything: What’s the hook? Why now? Why should anyone care?
• Develop multiple concepts quickly, while continuously testing and iterating publisher creative templates to identify the formats that perform best.
• Determine copy that can be leveraged across channels from paid social, native, video, and more - with equal parts taste and intent.
• Work closely with performance teams to understand what’s landing, what’s flopping, and why.
• Iterate constantly. Kill your darlings (and have the right instinct for which ideas might be dead in the water). Write better ones.
• Balance creative instinct with data - knowing when to trust each.
• Partner with publishers, designers, and marketers to build ideas that work as a whole and ultimately drive conversions.
• Shape campaign narratives, not just individual assets.
• Constantly push for smarter, fresher, less “seen-it-before” creative.
• Help define what “good” looks like and constantly raise the bar.
• Build and contribute to a library of creative that actually worked (not just what looked nice in a deck).
• Have a point of view. Change it when the data proves you wrong.
• Establish a TOV that fits where it lives - whether that’s a premium publisher, TikTok, or somewhere in between.
• Develop editorial-style integrations that feel seamless, not forced.
• Stay plugged into culture, trends, and shifts in how people consume content (and what they ignore).

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