Senior Creative Strategist - Paid Social (Meta Ads)
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Apply to this jobSenior Creative Strategist (Paid Social | Meta Ads) – Remote | EST Hours
Position Type: Full-Time, Remote
Working Hours: EST Business Hours
About the Role
We’re hiring a highly creative and performance-driven Senior Creative Strategist – Paid Social to lead Meta advertising campaigns across multiple brands and accounts.
This is not a traditional media buyer role focused only on dashboards and bid adjustments.
Your biggest strength should be your ability to:
- Create winning ad concepts
- Develop strong hooks and messaging
- Direct UGC and storytelling
- Turn creative ideas into profitable ad campaigns
You will own campaigns from:
Idea → Creative Strategy → Launch → Optimization → Scale
while being fully accountable for:
- CPL
- CPA
- ROAS
- Creative performance
- Growth outcomes
If you thrive at the intersection of:
- Performance marketing
- Consumer psychology
- Storytelling
- Paid social creative strategy
This role is a strong fit.
What You’ll Own
Meta Ads Campaign Ownership
- Build, launch, manage, and scale:
- Facebook Ads
- Instagram Ads
- Manage multiple client accounts simultaneously
- Handle monthly ad budgets ranging from:
- $10K
- $50K
- $250K+
- Optimize campaigns for:
- Lead generation
- E-commerce
- Customer acquisition
- ROAS
- CPA
- Conversion growth
Creative Strategy (Primary Focus)
This is a creative-first role.
You will:
- Develop original ad angles and campaign concepts
- Create:
- Hooks
- Messaging frameworks
- Positioning strategies
- Offer narratives
- Write detailed creative briefs for:
- Video editors
- Graphic designers
- UGC creators
- Lead UGC direction including:
- Scripting
- Storytelling
- Creator guidance
- Emotional framing
- Shape high-converting paid social narratives from scratch
- Continuously test fresh creative concepts and iterations
Performance Optimization
- Monitor campaign performance daily
- Analyze:
- CPL
- CPA
- CTR
- ROAS
- Hook rates
- Watch time
- Conversion metrics
- Identify winning creatives and scale them aggressively
- Optimize:
- Audiences
- Creatives
- Offers
- Funnels
- Landing page alignment
- Improve performance primarily through creative iteration — not just media buying
Creative + Data Feedback Loop
- Use performance data to improve:
- Messaging
- Storytelling
- Offers
- Emotional triggers
- Understand:
- Why ads convert
- Why creatives fail
- What psychological angles drive performance
- Iterate quickly using data-backed creative insights
Collaboration & Leadership
- Work closely with:
- Designers
- Editors
- Creators
- Marketing leadership
- Align campaigns with revenue and growth goals
- Operate independently with high ownership
- Drive a strong creative testing culture across accounts
What Makes You a Strong Fit
- You think creatively first and analytically second
- You understand emotional drivers behind conversions
- You proactively bring new ideas and testing angles
- You move fast without sacrificing quality
- You are highly accountable for outcomes
- You thrive in fast-paced growth environments
Required Experience & Skills
- 3+ years running high-level Facebook and Instagram ad campaigns
- Proven experience managing:
- $10K+/month ad spend
- Preferably $50K–$250K+ budgets
- Experience managing multiple client accounts simultaneously
- Strong hands-on creative strategy experience including:
- Ad concepts
- Creative briefs
- Storytelling
- UGC direction
- Messaging frameworks
- Strong copywriting and hook-writing ability
- Deep understanding of:
- Meta Ads Manager
- Facebook Business Suite
- Pixel tracking
- Attribution
- Conversion optimization
Important
Candidates focused only on media buying without strong creative strategy involvement will not be a fit.
What Separates Top Candidates
- Portfolio of winning Meta ad creatives
- Experience scaling successful creatives quickly
- Strong understanding of:
- Direct-response psychology
- UGC performance
- Creative psychology
- Conversion flows
- Hands-on experience directing:
- Creators
- Video concepts
- Ad scripting
- Experience with:
- E-commerce brands
- Lead generation funnels
- Info products
- SaaS
- DTC brands
- AI-assisted creative workflow experience using:
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- AI scripting tools
- AI concept generation
What a Typical Day Looks Like
- Review ad performance and creative metrics
- Brainstorm and develop new ad angles
- Write creative briefs and hook variations
- Coordinate with editors and designers on ad production
- Launch and optimize Meta campaigns
- Analyze creative winners and losers
- Iterate campaigns based on conversion data
- Test new messaging frameworks and offers
In short:
You drive growth by creating and scaling high-performing paid social creatives that consistently convert.
Key Metrics for Success (KPIs)
- Improved CPL, CPA, and ROAS
- Speed of creative testing and iteration
- Performance of ad creatives across accounts
- Scalable campaign growth
- Creative hit rate and winning ad identification
- Consistent account growth and profitability
Why This Role Stands Out
- Creative-first paid social role
- High ownership across strategy and execution
- Opportunity to work on large-budget Meta campaigns
- Strong influence on revenue and growth outcomes
- Fast-paced performance marketing environment
- Freedom to aggressively test creative ideas
- Exposure to scaling brands and multi-account growth
Interview Process
- Initial Phone Screen
- Video Interview with Recruiter
- Client Interview
- Offer & Background Verification
Apply Now
If you:
- Know how to create Meta ads that actually convert
- Understand storytelling and direct-response psychology
- Love testing creative angles
- Thrive owning performance outcomes
This role is a strong fit for creative strategists who combine performance marketing, consumer psychology, and paid social execution to drive measurable growth.
Summary
Lead Meta ad campaigns, develop creative strategies, optimize performance, and collaborate cross-functionally.
Job title
Senior Creative Strategist - Paid Social (Meta Ads)
Experience level
3+ years
Minimum experience
3+ years exp
Industry
software
Location requirements
Remote in Kenya, EST hours allowed
Salary
Not specified
Visa sponsorship
H-1B sponsor history
Management role
No
Required skills
Preferred skills
Specializations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Kenya