Paid Media Creative Strategist

Accountabilities:

- Research and understand target audiences, including their pain points, desired outcomes, objections, purchasing motivations, and decision-making behaviors.

- Identify new creative angles, messaging opportunities, and testing strategies to improve paid media campaign performance.

- Develop compelling advertising hooks, headlines, concepts, and messaging directions tailored to different audiences and brand objectives.

- Create clear, actionable creative briefs for static advertisements, video campaigns, and other paid media formats.

- Ensure every creative brief communicates the target audience, core message, creative concept, and intended visual direction effectively.

- Monitor and analyze advertising performance to identify patterns and insights across creative angles, formats, audience segments, and messaging approaches.

- Evaluate why specific creatives are performing well or underperforming and translate performance insights into actionable recommendations.

- Recommend creative iterations, new concepts, and future testing opportunities based on campaign results and audience behavior.

- Maintain organized records of previously tested concepts, creative variations, and campaign learnings to prevent repetitive ideas and encourage continuous innovation.

- Manage multiple brands, creative briefs, revisions, and project deadlines while ensuring consistent quality and timely delivery.

- Collaborate closely with designers, video editors, copywriters, media buyers, and account managers to ensure smooth creative production and campaign execution.

- Stay informed about emerging paid advertising trends, creative formats, and industry developments while ensuring that new ideas remain relevant to each brand's identity and objectives.

Requirements:

- At least 5 years of professional experience in strategic marketing, brand development, marketing management, or a related field.

- Strong understanding of paid media creative strategy, audience research, advertising messaging, and performance-driven marketing.

- Excellent copywriting and editing skills, with the ability to develop persuasive hooks, headlines, advertising concepts, and clear creative briefs.

- Strong project management and organizational abilities, with experience coordinating multiple projects, stakeholders, and deadlines simultaneously.

- Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining high-quality deliverables.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and communicate strategic recommendations.

- C-level English proficiency, with outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

- Highly dependable, proactive, and self-motivated, with a strong sense of ownership and the ability to communicate progress, challenges, and priorities effectively.

- Ability to work full-time in alignment with Pacific Standard Time (PST) business hours. Eastern Standard Time (EST) alignment is also acceptable.

- Nice to have: Previous experience working with e-commerce businesses and consumer brands, particularly in performance marketing or paid social advertising.

- Nice to have: Experience working with creative production teams and developing advertising strategies across multiple brands and industries.

Benefits:

- Fully remote opportunity: Work remotely from Africa or Europe while collaborating with an international team.

- Full-time position: Enjoy a dedicated role with the opportunity to take ownership of creative strategy and contribute to multiple client accounts.

- Diverse brand exposure: Work across several brands, industries, and advertising campaigns, gaining valuable experience in different markets.

- Creative ownership: Take an active role in shaping advertising concepts, messaging strategies, and creative testing initiatives.

- Data-driven environment: Use real campaign performance insights to influence creative decisions and continuously improve advertising results.

- Cross-functional collaboration: Work alongside designers, editors, copywriters, media buyers, and account managers in a collaborative professional environment.

- Professional development: Strengthen your expertise in paid media strategy, brand development, creative performance analysis, and digital advertising.

- Strategic impact: Directly contribute to campaign effectiveness, creative innovation, and measurable marketing outcomes.

How Jobgether works:
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
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