Creative Strategist

Marketing Pros

Creative Strategist managing creative briefs and performance metrics for South African clients. Collaborates with media buyers and oversees ad performance in a remote working environment.

Posted 5/4/2026full-timeRemote • 🇿🇦 South AfricaJuniorMid-Level💰 ZAR 40,000 - ZAR 45,000 per monthWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Translate the founders direction into clear creative briefs
Work with the creative coordinator and freelancers to ensure output matches requirements
Review and QA all creative before it goes live
Provide feedback and iterate quickly
Ensure creative aligns with performance goals, competitor benchmarks, and proven ad formats
Monitor account performance across Meta Ad, landing page, and key funnel metrics
Understand what is working, what is not working, and where issues may exist
Surface insights clearly to the founder what’s off, why it might be off, and what has been tried
Support a simple operating rhythm if performance is good → explain why, and if performance is off → identify issue and next steps
Work closely with the media buyer
Ensure campaigns are being set up and managed correctly
Review outputs and flag issues
Ensure creative is being tested properly
Own execution across 3–5 client accounts
Ensure all tasks are clearly defined, assigned, and completed on time
Manage workflows in tools such as Trello / Slack
Follow up on blockers and missed actions
Provide structured weekly updates to the founder
Prepare inputs for client calls
Maintain clear visibility on account status, performance, and next steps
Support ad copy creation on writing hooks, generating variations, and iterating based on performance
Use AI tools to accelerate output
Refine outputs to ensure they are usable and high quality

Requirements

What you’ll need

2–4 years experience in a digital agency
Exposure to ecommerce / DTC accounts
Hands-on experience with Meta campaigns, creative testing, and performance reporting
Strong operator mindset (gets things done)
Comfortable working in the weeds
Able to recognise what good vs bad looks like
Able to spot issues early
Able to follow through on execution
Strong attention to detail
Proactive and accountable

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote-First, Flexible Work Model
Global Visibility
Your Own South African Talent Partner
Full-time South African Employment Contract
HR, Payroll & Taxes are taken care of!

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Hard Skills & Tools

creative brief writingquality assuranceperformance reportingad copy creationcreative testingMeta campaignsdata analysisecommerceDTC

Soft Skills

strong operator mindsetattention to detailproactiveaccountableproblem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationfeedback provisioniterationtime management