Performance Creative Strategist, Paid Social

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About the role

  • Performance Creative Strategist writing and optimizing direct response paid social ads for DTC eCommerce brands. Managing creative strategy, testing, performance analysis, and client delivery across Meta and TikTok.

Responsibilities

  • Own creative strategy for a portfolio of 4–7 DTC client accounts
  • Master each client’s brand voice, product positioning, customer psychology, and competitive landscape
  • Write direct response ad scripts, briefs, shot lists, and copy for UGC-style video, static, and hybrid formats optimized for Meta and TikTok acquisition campaigns
  • Develop and present creative testing frameworks, including testing variables and hypotheses
  • Conduct social listening, competitor audits, and trend analysis to identify content gaps and whitespace opportunities
  • Build monthly creative roadmaps and maintain ongoing account strategy
  • Analyze ad performance data weekly, reviewing hook rates, hold rates, thumbstop, CTR, CVR, CPA, and ROAS
  • Identify creative winners, diagnose underperformers, and build iteration roadmaps
  • Apply account-specific kill/scale thresholds and secondary metrics to prioritize tests
  • Translate performance learnings into new creative briefs
  • Collaborate with designers and editors by providing briefs and reviewing ad quality
  • Facilitate the creative loop from Account Manager priorities through production and client approval
  • Present creative updates to clients asynchronously and in live meetings
  • Manage client approvals and feedback loops while keeping projects on track
  • Identify missing assets and communicate needs to clients through shot lists or asset requests
  • Use AI tools daily for research, scripting, and creative iteration while applying human judgment and QA
  • Handle client data according to per-client NDAs

Requirements

  • 2+ years of hands-on experience writing direct response ad creative for DTC brands running paid social acquisition campaigns
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze ad creative performance data, including hook rate, thumbstop, CTR, ROAS, and CPA
  • Deep working knowledge of Meta Ads (Facebook and Instagram)
  • Strong understanding of direct response copywriting principles, including hooks, offers, CTAs, urgency, social proof, and storytelling frameworks
  • Experience writing UGC-style scripts and briefs, including talent direction and shot-by-shot breakdowns
  • Familiarity with TikTok ad creative and trends
  • Familiarity with Figma, Canva, and Adobe Creative Suite
  • Experience working agency-side with multiple DTC clients simultaneously
  • Hands-on experience using AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, or similar
  • Hands-on exposure to media buying or close collaboration with media buyers
  • Working knowledge of creative analytics tools such as Motion
  • Experience with project management and communication tools such as Asana and Slack
  • Ability to QA creative output against design best practices
  • Ability to work standard business hours (9:00am–5:00pm) in ET, CT, MT, or PT time zones

Benefits

  • Fully remote role
  • Standard business hours aligned with ET, CT, MT, or PT time zones
  • Affirmative action and equal opportunity employment
  • Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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