Creative Strategist
You own the strategy and the design behind the ads, find the market gaps competitors are missing, and scale client brands profitably on paid social.
Freelance2-3 days/weekRemoteCompensation by arrangement
Original posting on NotionWhy this role exists.
Most people who call themselves creative strategists are script writers. They write and design ads, some of them hit, but they cannot see the full picture and they cannot push a brand past its performance ceiling. They default to copying competitor ads because they have no framework for generating angles that are new to the market.
We are hiring the opposite: a strategist who works one level up, directs the strategy and designs creatives that win and stand out. You own the creative system end to end, for client work and for our own portfolio projects.
What you do.
- You own creative strategy and creative design across our clients' paid social, primarily Meta ads on Facebook and Instagram
- You map each client's awareness levels, desires and personas, then build the testing roadmap across the full funnel from that map
- You own outcomes independently. You set the hypothesis and you execute the creative design yourself
- You run full-funnel data audits: find the gap (creative, offer, funnel or page), then fill it with creatives that convert
- You report on tangible revenue impact (hook rate, CTR, conversion rate, AOV, ROAS) and tie every test back to a data-driven hypothesis
What you bring.
The four skills we screen for:
- Market awareness levels: the non-negotiable baseline. You place any market on the spectrum (unaware, problem-aware, solution-aware, product-aware, brand-aware), tailor the message to each level, read which levels competitors are saturating, and name the blind spots nobody is leveraging yet. Most brands only speak to the product-aware market, and paid scaling often happens in the gaps above it.
- Testing hierarchy: you test top down: product, desires, personas, angles, then visuals and copy. A new desire or a new audience moves the needle far more than a new hook. You know which desire to attack first, when to open a new awareness level, and when a dedicated persona ad is worth building.
- Ad analysis, full funnel: you read the psychological trigger behind an ad and then prove it in the numbers. Not only CPA, but hook rate, click-through, conversion rate, AOV and ROAS. Every ad you brief is a test with a clear hypothesis, so every dollar of spend returns data.
- Full-funnel ownership: the best creative still fails if the AOV is low, the conversion rate is weak, the offer is off, or the ad does not match the landing page. You advise on ad-to-page congruency, on which ads can run straight to a product page and which need a dedicated landing page, and you find the bottlenecks.
In addition:
- Confident running client calls in English
- Comfortable working backwards from high-growth goals
- Async-first and self-directed independent working style
- Data-driven reporting and an AI-native work approach
What we offer.
- Direct ownership of the creative system and of the client relationship, not execution against someone else's brief
- Exposure to several clients and product categories at once, which builds growth pattern recognition faster than a single in-house role
- An AI-assisted operating stack that we build and maintain internally, and that you are welcome to shape
- Feedback from operators who have run these channels at multi-million dollar scale
- Predictable workload at 2-3 days per week, fully remote
- Scope that expands with performance, including toward a permanent position
Engagement and terms.
The role starts as a freelance engagement with a defined scope and an agreed number of days per week. Freelancers who deliver consistently take on additional clients and wider scope, and where it makes sense for both sides the arrangement can become permanent.
We work remotely and asynchronously, and we assess output rather than hours. We expect you to take a goal, translate it into a tactical plan with measurable targets, run it independently, and raise issues early when something is not working.
How we hire.
Our screening is built around the four skills above. Expect to:
- Place a sample market on the awareness spectrum and pitch the gap a competitor is missing
- Structure a testing roadmap for a product that serves multiple desires
- Audit one of our live funnels and tell us where it drops off and why
How to apply.
Email hello@enlix.ai with subject Creative Strategist Application:
- 01One brand you scaled on paid social, with the angle that unlocked it and why it worked (one paragraph)
- 02Two or three measurable results, with the context around them
- 03Your portfolio or LinkedIn
- 04Your availability and start date