Creative Strategist

Acceler8labs • Oakville, ON

18d • $80,000 - $110,000 • Remote

About The Position

We’re looking for a full-time Creative Strategist who can bridge the gap between creative delivery and performance-driven strategy.

This isn’t a pure design role, and it’s not a purely strategic one either. You’ll sit in the middle, owning the process from idea through to delivery.

You’ll lead creative strategy across a portfolio of ecommerce clients, digging into competitor landscapes, identifying what’s working, and translating those insights into clear, actionable briefs for paid social and paid search campaigns, spanning static and video formats. At the same time, you’ll stay close to the work by managing timelines, guiding creative direction, and maintaining a high bar for what gets produced.

AI will be a core part of how you work. You’ll use it to move faster, explore more ideas, and sharpen your thinking, from early research and concept development through to refining briefs and iterating on creative. This role is about knowing when to zoom out and think strategically, and when to get into the details to make sure the work lands.

The brands you’ll support are growing ecommerce and DTC businesses that rely on strong creative to drive performance across paid channels. You’ll partner with our paid media team to keep creative and channel strategy aligned, using performance data as a feedback loop to continuously refine what we put into the market.

Your success will be measured by the impact your creative has on performance, and your ability to move ideas from early concept through to final output with speed and clarity.

Requirements

• Have 3+ years of experience in a creative, performance marketing, or digital agency environment, ideally working with ecommerce or DTC brands
• Are comfortable operating across both strategy and delivery, able to think through creative direction while staying close to the work itself
• Have a strong understanding of paid social and paid search, and how creative influences performance across the funnel
• Know how to turn insights into action, whether that’s shaping a new concept, refining a brief, or improving existing creative
• Have experience working with multiple clients or workstreams at once, and can manage competing priorities without losing quality
• Are confident project managing creative, keeping timelines moving and stakeholders aligned
• Have a strong creative eye and can give clear, constructive feedback that improves performance, not just aesthetics
• Are data-driven, able to interpret performance and use it to inform what comes next
• Communicate clearly and confidently, whether you’re writing a brief, presenting an idea, or aligning with internal teams
• Are proactive and take ownership, you don’t wait to be told what to do, you identify gaps and move things forward
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment where priorities can shift, and are comfortable adapting without losing momentum
• Live in Canada (we’re a remote-first team)

Responsibilities

• Lead creative strategy across a portfolio of ecommerce clients, developing concepts that are grounded in performance, not just aesthetics
• Translate insights from competitor research, platform trends, and performance data into clear, actionable briefs for paid social and paid search campaigns
• Own the creative process end to end, from initial idea through to final delivery, keeping projects on track and moving forward
• Project manage creative output across internal and external resources, ensuring timelines are met, and quality remains high
• Guide creative direction across formats, including static and video, providing feedback that improves performance, not just polish
• Partner closely with paid media specialists to align creative with campaign structure, targeting, and optimization strategy
• Analyze creative performance across accounts, identifying patterns, extracting insights, and applying learnings to future concepts
• Continuously iterate on creative based on results, building a feedback loop that improves output over time
• Contribute to building and refining creative workflows, making it easier to move from concept to launch efficiently
• Collaborate with internal production resources, including our in-house creative team, while leveraging tools like Motion, Foreplay, and other creative libraries to support development, iteration, and delivery
• Stay current on platform trends, creative formats, and what’s working across Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and emerging channels

Benefits

• Remote workdays so you can design a schedule that works for your rhythm
• Flexible hours because great work can happen anywhere (and we trust you to know where that is)
• Comprehensive benefits to make sure you and your family are supported, healthy, and cared for
• Learning and certification opportunities to help you grow your craft, not just your title
• Real autonomy because we believe in hiring smart people and giving them the space to do great work
• The chance to build something that scales for our clients, and for you

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed