Creative Strategist

Chief Detective

84d • $75,000 - $85,000

About The Position

Chief Detective is a performance marketing agency helping fast-growing startups and established retail brands scale revenue and acquisition through paid digital channels. Recognized as a top agency on Meta, we’re expanding rapidly across platforms including TikTok, Google, and CTV. We specialize in e-commerce and partner with leading direct-to-consumer brands in apparel, beauty, and lifestyle. Our clients include Rag & Bone, Ursa Major, Buck Mason, Frank & Eileen, and TWP. We’re looking for a Creative Strategist to join our growing team. This role is built for someone who is equal parts data-driven and creatively curious—someone who loves uncovering patterns in performance data, documenting winning themes, and translating them into actionable insights for creative and client teams. You’ll be at the center of creative strategy, testing, and execution across paid social (Meta, TikTok, YouTube), Google, CTV, and beyond. You understand the importance of content and can clearly map out content needs to craft winning ads.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in performance marketing, creative strategy, public relations, marketing or a related role.
• Impeccable attention to detail with strong follow through and execution; flawless grammar and spelling.
• Positive attitude, collaborative and hard working.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into insights and recommendations.
• A curious, performance-driven mindset—hungry for wins, driven by growth.
• An eye for design and storytelling, with a pulse on creative trends in fashion and beauty. Graphic design background a plus.
• Strong written communication and briefing skills—able to clearly state test objectives and give direction to creative partners.
• Organized and proactive, with experience managing trackers and ensuring deliverables move on schedule.
• Eager to learn channel best practices across Meta, TikTok, YouTube, Google, and CTV.

Nice To Haves

• Graphic design background.

Responsibilities

• Create a roadmap of content needs to feed your creative strategy, and partner with your client contacts to get buy in and timely delivery.
• Dig into paid media data to analyze creative performance, identifying commonalities between winning and losing ads, and translating results into clear, actionable learnings and next steps.
• Partner with Growth Marketers to structure creative tests—defining objectives, hypotheses, and success metrics while building on insights to guide future concepts.
• Stay up-to-date with trends in the space, constantly identifying formats, messages, content types and more that will help drive successful creative strategies for your clients.
• Support your clients with identifying and casting the right UGC talent and then writing briefs outlining key messaging beats, content delivery needs, and hooks; remote direct shoots as needed.
• Manage follow through on creative strategies, ensuring clients are aware of the ‘return on content’ and the subsequent learnings, performance, and iterative next steps.
• Work cross-functionally with Growth, Production, and Client teams—acting as the bridge between data-driven insights and creative execution.
• Leverage your creative learnings to apply across Meta, TikTok, Google, and CTV—developing expertise in platform best practices and emerging trends.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Comprehensive benefits package that includes group medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Short and long-term disability.
• Life insurance.
• 401(k) eligibility after one year of service with matching contributions.
• Paid time off.
• Sick leave.
• Employee Assistance Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees