D2C Creative Strategist

Valarr.io; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 50,778,000 - 60,822,000; Full time

Job summary

Valarr.io Bengaluru is seeking a Creative Performance Strategist who can bridge data and creativity to build a revenue-driving engine.

You’ll own ad angles, translate insights into briefs, and collaborate with founders and in-house teams to scale winning creative. You’ll rely on dashboards, test hypotheses, and push fast iteration in a high-ownership setting.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years in D2C, performance marketing, or growth marketing.
• Experience working with ad accounts with real spend is a strong plus.
• Experience with in-house D2C teams or performance-focused agencies.
• Exposure to kids, parenting, or lifestyle brands is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Build and iterate ad angles rooted in performance data, not gut feel.
• Own the brief — translate insights into clear, actionable creative direction.
• Move the brand beyond discount-led ads into storytelling that actually converts.
• Ensure every creative aligns with brand voice while hitting performance targets.
• Analyse Meta and Google performance daily: CTR, CAC, hook rates, thumb-stop, retention curves.
• Identify patterns in what's winning — and scale them fast.
• Kill what isn't working before it bleeds budget.
• Collaborate with founders and performance marketers on campaign strategy.

Skills

Meta Ads Manager

Campaign analysis

Funnel analysis

Excel/Google Sheets

Dashboard reading

Performance metrics

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

THE ROLE IN ONE LINE

Bridge data and creativity to build a performance engine — not just ads that look good, but creative that drives revenue.

THIS ROLE IS NOT FOR YOU IF You think in terms of "good-looking ads." If you can't read a performance dashboard, spot what's working, and turn that into a brief — this isn't the right fit.

THIS ROLE IS FOR YOU IF You treat creative as a hypothesis, not an opinion. You've sat with Meta data at midnight trying to understand why one hook outperformed another, and you came back the next morning with a test.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

Creative Strategy for Revenue

• Build and iterate ad angles rooted in performance data, not gut feel
• Own the brief — translate insights into clear, actionable creative direction
• Move the brand beyond discount-led ads into storytelling that actually converts
• Ensure every creative aligns with brand voice while hitting performance targets

Data → Insight → Creative Loop

• Analyse Meta and Google performance daily: CTR, CAC, hook rates, thumb-stop, retention curves
• Identify patterns in what's winning — and scale them fast
• Kill what isn't working before it bleeds budget

Experimentation Engine

• Build a structured learning log: what was tested, what was learned, what's next
• Design and run structured creative tests across hooks, formats, messaging, and audiences
• Build a repeatable system for creative learning — not one-off experiments
• Develop hypotheses before spending; validate with data before scaling

Collaboration & Creative Direction

• Work directly with founders and performance marketers on campaign strategy
• Brief and guide internal designers or external agencies with precision
• Translate business goals into creative priorities the team can execute against

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Experience

• 2–5 years in D2C, performance marketing, creative strategy, or growth marketing
• Has worked on ad accounts with real spend — ₹50L+/month is a strong plus
• Experience working with in-house D2C teams or performance-focused agencies
• Exposure to kids, parenting, or lifestyle brands is a bonus

Skills

• Strong working knowledge of Meta Ads Manager: campaign structure, creative testing, funnel analysis
• Fluent with performance metrics: CAC, CTR, AOV, LTV, ROAS — you use these to make decisions, not write reports
• Comfortable building and reading dashboards in Excel or Google Sheets
• Familiarity with ad libraries, competitor research, and creative benchmarking
• Understanding of content formats: UGC, reels, storytelling ads, static vs video performance

Mindset

• Thinks in hypotheses, not opinions — you want to know why something works
• Equal parts analytical and creative; neither intimidates you
• Moves fast, tests faster, learns fastest
• Comfortable working directly with founders in a high-ownership environment
• Has taste and judgment — you can call what will work before spending ₹10L finding out

WHAT A TYPICAL WEEK LOOKS LIKE WHEN WHAT

• Monday Performance review; flag what's winning, what's bleeding, what to kill
• Mid-week New briefs out to designers or agency based on last week's learnings
• Thursday Creative test results reviewed; next round of hypotheses built
• Friday Weekly learning log updated; next week's test plan locked

Always Be the person who knows why the creative is or isn't working

WHY THIS ROLE IS DIFFERENT

You won't support performance marketing — you'll shape it

You'll work directly with founders, not through layers

You'll build a creative engine that compounds over time, not just campaigns that run and die

Your work will have a direct, measurable impact on revenue

WHAT YOU'LL GET

• Direct founder access and genuine creative ownership
• A fast-moving brand where good ideas get executed quickly
• Competitive compensation benchmarked to the scope
• The chance to build something replicable and scalable — not just execute a playbook

THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS ROLE

You've spent enough time in performance marketing to know that great creative isn't about what looks nice it's about what makes someone stop scrolling, feel something, and buy. You've built that kind of creative. You've measured it. You've learned from it. And you're ready to own it end to end.