Creative Strategist

There are DTC brands that talk about performance marketing, and then there are ones that actually live by it. This is the second kind. A family games brand that went all-in on paid social in a category everyone else still runs through wholesale, and built something real off the back of it.
They're growing fast, the targets are ambitious. Right now creative direction sits with the founder and media buyer, supplemented by an agency and a video editor. The goal with this hire is to bring that function in-house, build a proper creative engine, and push monthly output to 1,000+ net new creatives.
The timing matters. A major retail partnership is launching in weeks with multiple SKUs, and the brand is at a stage where creative execution directly determines how well new games scale on DTC before feeding into retail. This role sits at the center of that.
If you've built creative systems for DTC brands at real spend levels, you know Meta and TikTok Shop inside and out, and you've been a creator yourself, this is the most important hire this company is making right now.
This is a fully remote, full-time role.US-based candidates will be hired as employees; international candidates will be brought on as contractors.
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOUOwn the entire creative function: Full autonomy to lead strategy, build systems, and set the direction. This isn't a support role or an agency-adjacent seat.Work across a genuinely unique brand category: Board games on paid social at this spend level is rare. The creative problems are interesting and the growth potential is real.Tap into a built-in creator ecosystem: A TikTok Shop creator network and a 1,300-member Discord community are yours to activate as part of the creative flywheel.Be part of a major retail expansion: A significant retail partnership is launching in weeks. The creative work you do directly shapes how new games scale on DTC and feed into retail.A clear growth path to Creative Director: As the team under you grows, the role grows with it. You're already at the top of the creative function on day one.Compensation that reflects the importance of the seat: Strong base plus a performance bonus structure that rewards finding winners.
WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTOThis role is focused on building and running the creative flywheel that takes the brand from 10 to 20 test concepts a week today to 1,000+ net new creatives a month, across Meta and TikTok Shop.
You will:Lead creative strategy across the full brand portfolio, both existing games and new launches, with full ownership over direction, testing priorities, and outputBuild the creative flywheel that merges Meta performance data, TikTok Shop creator content, and the Discord community into a repeatable system for finding and scaling winnersWrite and brief creative yourself, coming from a copywriting-first mindset, and direct the video editor and creator network to execute on your conceptsOwn the launch playbook for new games, making sure every release gets structured creative focus rather than getting buried under competing prioritiesCollaborate daily with the media buyer and Head of Growth, using Meta performance data and Northbeam to inform creative decisions and feed learnings back into the next round of testingDevelop repeatable templates for hooks, angles, and formats that work by game type, so the creative output compounds instead of starting from scratch every timeUse AI tools to accelerate research, ideation, and production across UGC, statics, and mashups
WHO YOU AREYou have direct response paid social experience at real spend levels, with Meta as your primary channel and a track record of finding creative winners, not just producing volumeYou know TikTok Shop and understand how creator content on that platform can be repurposed and scaled on MetaYou're a copywriter at heart, able to write hooks, scripts, and angles yourself rather than relying entirely on others to bring your ideas to lifeYou've been a content creator yourself, which gives you real instincts for what captures attention and whyYou're genuinely organized, able to manage multiple game launches, creative calendars, and testing cadences without things slippingYou're CPA-driven, meaning you measure creative performance the same way the business does: by how much it costs to acquire a customer, not by how the ad looksYou're AI-fluent and use tools to move faster without using them as a substitute for strategic thinkingYou work full-time and fully committed to this role, with meaningful EST availability for collaboration with the team
Bonus points if you have:Experience launching new products or SKUs on DTC with a structured creative strategy behind the launchA background working with community-driven brands where the audience itself is part of the content engineFamiliarity with Northbeam or similar attribution tools