Supervisor, Creative Strategy (Temp)

Horizon Media•New York, NY

3d•Remote

About The Position

Blue Hour is looking for a Freelance Supervisor, Social Creative Strategist to support our New Business team with smart ideas, sharp insights, and social-first thinking. This role blends creativity, research, and strategic writing to help us pitch better, move faster, and show up as a culturally fluent agency. Formed in 2019, Blue Hour Studios is a social-first content agency and affiliate of Horizon Media. We build community and fandom by playing at the intersection of creators, culture, content and commerce. The company is headquartered in New York and Los Angeles. At Horizon and Blue Hour Studios, we understand the value that different perspectives can bring to our clients and culture, so we strive for an environment where our employees feel welcomed, safe and empowered. We value you and believe that your authentic voice and unique perspective allows us to create a more rewarding culture, and experience, together. We hire talented people, challenge them and give them every opportunity to grow.

Requirements

Strong experience in social media, creative strategy, influencer marketing, and/or content creation
A sharp sense of culture, trends, platform behavior, and what makes ideas shareable
Ability to turn loose thoughts into structured decks, stories, and sellable creative concepts
Great writing skills — from insights to POVs to scripts to newsletter-style storytelling
Comfortable working quickly, independently, and iterating as briefs evolve

Nice To Haves

experience presenting ideas or building pitch decks for agencies
5+ years of experience in a creative role at a social advertising agency, brand or publisher
Strong portfolio featuring a social-first approach to branded content creative inclusive of paid and influencer content
Confident client presenter and storyteller with the ability to translate multi-format, social-first work to clients with ease and intelligibility
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects)
Superior knowledge in presentation and slide design in Google Slides, PowerPoint and Keynote
Fluency in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel are preferred)
Possess a superior attention to detail, multitasking capabilities and an incredibly collaborative nature
Adaptable and proactive, able to pivot quickly and stay ahead of trends and social media shifts

Responsibilities

Develop social-first creative concepts and campaign ideas for new business proposals and pitch decks
Identify relevant creators and influencers for campaigns, partnerships, and pitch examples
Conduct social media research across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, and emerging platforms
Run social listening to surface audience insights, cultural shifts, and brand opportunities
Analyze trends and spot moments we can turn into ideas, POVs, or content
Produce social content for Blue Hour’s marketing channels (video, short-form concepts, scripts, captions)
Write POVs, LinkedIn posts, and thought leadership pieces
Build clear, compelling decks that turn strategy and ideas into tight, persuasive narratives
Collaborate with new business leadership to elevate our pitches and sharpen our agency’s voice
Leverage robust knowledge of cultural insights and social trends to ideate and develop campaigns from a social-first perspective for the production of content, influencer content, media partnerships and beyond for organic and paid social.
Lead development of engaging concept decks to sell through ideas to clients that translate brand objectives into culturally relevant creative concepts that fit brand tone and ensure alignment with client KPIs.
Lead campaign creative from idea, to pitch and through delivery , ensuring the creative is in-line with the vision for the campaign, the client’s brand guidelines, and social media strategy
Demonstrate the ability to independently lead and manage creative direction for multiple client accounts while collaborating effectively with the Creative Director and other leadership.
Manage multiple client briefs and deliverables simultaneously to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Lead and actively contribute to brainstorms across clients and new business opportunities.
Oversee creator and influencer briefing sessions that serve as detailed guidelines for other creators & influencers, then provide creative, actionable feedback on creator and influencer concepts and content.
Production of social assets, inclusive of short-form and long-form videos, statics and photography with the willingness to feature yourself and others in content for platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and more.
Possess a robust comprehension of social platforms (like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X, Twitch, Snapchat, etc.) , their constantly changing algorithms, the ways in which audiences are using or hacking them and creating online communities.
Cultivate broad understanding of the ecosystem of brand marketing strategies beyond social and digital.
Foster collaborative relationships with clients and internal teams while remaining empathetic and open to feedback, finding smart solutions to support your creative vision
Comfortability completing and assigning basic administrative tasks with equal balance to creative executions
Ditch the ego and lead with curiosity . Ask questions, demonstrate a constant desire to learn, remain open to new ways of thinking and unpopular opinions.