Creative Strategist

Jivaro; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Model

Central Office Location

Job summary

Jivaro in Melbourne is seeking a Creative Strategist to lead the performance content team and own the ad creative strategy for paid social campaigns. You’ll craft messaging and concepts that drive measurable results while balancing brand strength with commercial impact.

You will mentor a small, high-performing team and collaborate across functions to ensure outputs align with business objectives and consumer insights across channels.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in paid social media advertising.
• Ability to translate consumer insights into creative concepts.
• Proven leadership of small, high-performing teams.
• ability to balance brand integrity with performance targets.

Responsibilities

• Lead and build performance content department, managing a growing team.
• Own the ad creative strategy for paid social campaigns that convert.
• Utilise copywriting, tone of voice, and messaging across campaigns.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align outputs with business objectives.
• Translate consumer insights into high-performing, multi-channel concepts.

Skills

Paid social advertising

Creative strategy

Copywriting

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

The Opportunity
Join a high-performing, rapidly growing brand as our their next Creative Strategist, leading and shaping the performance content team. You’ll be at the forefront of paid social media advertising, crafting creative strategies that drive results while building a department that balances creativity with commercial impact. This is your chance to influence both brand and performance campaigns, embedding your expertise into a business that values strategic thinking and measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and build performance content department, managing a small but growing team
• Own the ad creative strategy for paid social campaigns, shaping campaigns that convert.
• Utilise your skills copywriting, tone of voice, and creative messaging across campaigns.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align creative outputs with business objectives.
• Translate consumer insights into high-performing creative concepts that deliver results across channels.

You Will Bring

• Strong experience in paid social media advertising, with a proven track record of driving performance results.
• A balance of creative thinking and commercial acumen, able to bridge brand and performance.
• Experience in agency or brand-side roles, with the ability to thrive in-house.
• Deep understanding of audience behavior and the psychology behind engagement and conversion.
• Leadership capability to mentor, guide, and scale a small, high-performing creative team.
• Ability to think beyond execution, embedding into the brand to influence business outcomes.

Additional information

• Work in a high-performing, fast-growing brand
• Central Office Location
• Hybrid Work Model