Role Description
Develop Performance-Driven Creative Strategy:
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Build creative and messaging strategies that help brands grow across digital channels, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and display.
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Develop clear frameworks that guide concept development, ensuring creative work is grounded in performance insights and designed to resonate with target audiences.
Serve as the Creative Strategy Lead for Clients:
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Participate in client meetings as Donut Studiosβ in-house creative strategist for assigned accounts.
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Provide thoughtful guidance on creative direction, campaign opportunities, and platform-specific best practices.
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Help clients understand the strategic thinking behind recommendations.
Turn Audience Insights into Creative Direction:
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Analyze consumer mindsets, attitudes, and behaviors to inform compelling creative concepts.
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Translate these insights into actionable direction for internal teams, ensuring creative work connects with audiences and supports campaign objectives across the customer journey.
Partner with Media to Drive Creative Performance:
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Work closely with media counterparts to review campaign performance and identify opportunities to improve results.
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Use performance data, KPIs, and client feedback to refine creative strategies, optimize messaging, and guide future concept development.
Manage Creative Launch Pipelines:
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Coordinate closely with media partners to manage launch pipelines for assigned clients, ensuring deliverables are completed, reviewed, and shared on schedule.
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Maintain visibility into timelines and dependencies to keep campaigns moving forward efficiently.
Lead Creative Briefing and Project Management:
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Develop clear creative briefs and manage assignments for internal teams using tools like Asana and Slack.
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Ensure projects are well-scoped, expectations are clear, and teams have the context they need to produce high-quality creative work.
Ensure Quality and Brand Alignment:
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Review scripts, concepts, and final deliverables to ensure creative output meets client expectations, brand guidelines, and campaign goals.
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Maintain strong quality control across all deliverables before launch.
Strengthen Cross-Functional Collaboration:
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Build processes and workflows that support collaboration between creative, media, and client teams.
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Help ensure ideas, feedback, and performance insights move smoothly across teams so campaigns are executed efficiently and effectively.
Qualifications
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4+ years of experience in paid social creative strategy, ideally at a digital marketing agency or in-house at a DTC brand.
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Strong instincts for direct response creative and platform-specific storytelling.
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Proven track record of leading client strategy and improving creative performance.
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Deep understanding of Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and other digital channels.
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Excellent communicator and collaborator who thrives in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.
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Confident briefing partner and creative reviewer with high attention to detail.
Requirements
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Proficiency with Asana, Notion, Slack, and Google Suite (especially Sheets).
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Familiarity with Figma or Adobe Creative Suite is a plus.
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Bonus points for experience with creative testing frameworks or building UGC programs.
Benefits
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Medical, Dental, Vision, Short/Long-Term Disability, Life/AD&D.
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401k - Employer match.
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HSA - Employer contributes.
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Flexible Vacation & PTO plan.
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Paid Maternity / Paternity.
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Paid Holidays.
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Remote/Flex day schedule.
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Laid back office environment.
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The coolest team ;)
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Fun company events & off-sites.
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Salary Range: $70,000 - $80,000 USD annual.