Creative Strategist (Paid Social)
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Job details
Posted
1 April 2026
Salary
£40,000 – £60,000
per day
Location
London
Contract type
Permanent
Reference
133535
IR35
Job description
A fast-growing, digitally native consumer brand is looking for a Paid Social Creative Strategist to build and scale its performance creative engine across key acquisition channels.
Operating across multiple high-growth product categories, the business has established paid social as a core driver of growth. This role sits at the intersection of creativity and performance, focused on producing high-converting creative, testing at speed, and scaling what works.
You’ll work closely with the performance and acquisition teams, owning creative strategy end-to-end and directly impacting customer acquisition and revenue.
If you’re obsessed with what makes people stop scrolling, click, and convert, and want to operate in a fast-paced, high-growth environment- this is a brilliant opportunity.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and execute paid social creative strategy across Meta and TikTok
- Develop high-performing hooks, messaging angles and campaign concepts
- Build and run a high-velocity creative testing programme
- Analyse performance data and translate insights into new creative directions
- Write scripts, hooks, headlines and direct-response copy
- Brief and manage designers, editors and external creators
- Take concepts from ideation through to live campaigns
- Continuously iterate on creative to improve CAC, ROAS and overall performance
- Collaborate closely with Performance, Acquisition and Creative teams
Skills & Experience Required
- Experience creating paid social creative in a D2C, eCommerce or performance-driven environment
- Strong understanding of Meta and/or TikTok ad platforms
- Ability to turn data and insights into high-performing creative concepts
- Strong copywriting and scripting skills for direct-response advertising
- Experience running or contributing to creative testing frameworks
- Highly organised, proactive and comfortable working at pace
- Experience working with UGC and creator-led content
- Exposure to influencer marketing or creator partnerships
- Strong understanding of full-funnel performance metrics (CAC, ROAS, etc.)
Why Apply?
- Join a fast-growing consumer brand with paid social at the core of its growth strategy
- Take ownership of creative strategy and see direct impact on performance
- Work in a highly collaborative, creative and fast-paced environment
- Clear opportunity to develop and grow within a scaling team
- Be part of building a high-performing creative engine from the ground up
If you would like a confidential chat about this role or your next career move, then please get in contact with: [contact hidden]