Creative Strategist

True Classic; Calabasas (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Health insurance

Workspace stipend

Merchandise allowance

EAP

401(k) match

Job summary

True Classic is hiring a Creative Strategist to own persona‑driven creative strategy and messaging across paid media. You will lead performance‑informed messaging, develop testing roadmaps, and ensure concepts drive measurable impact.

The role spans DTC, retail, wholesale, marketplaces, and emerging channels, with hybrid in‑office work in Calabasas, CA. Strong strategic, analytical, and copywriting skills are essential to translate insights into scalable campaigns.

Qualifications

• Experience in creative strategy and performance marketing.
• Ability to translate performance data into actionable testing frameworks.
• Strong copywriting and consumer psychology skills.
• Ability to work cross‑functionally and manage fast‑paced creative workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own creative strategy and performance insights for assigned products and verticals.
• Translate customer insights and performance trends into actionable testing roadmaps.
• Collaborate with Creative Director to evolve concepts into scalable systems.
• Develop platform-native strategies across Meta, TikTok, YouTube/Shorts, and CTV.
• Partner with Creative, Media Buying, and Analytics teams to align strategy with objectives.

Skills

Creative strategy

Performance Marketing

Copywriting

Direct‑response advertising

Tools

Meta Ads Manager

TikTok Ads

YouTube Shorts

Looker

Creative analytics tools

Job description

True Classic is hiring a Creative Strategist to take ownership of developing high-performing, persona-driven creative strategy and messaging across paid media channels. This role will lead creative strategy and performance-informed messaging development, ensuring creative concepts, copy, and testing frameworks drive measurable business impact across the funnel. This role is ideal for someone who is strategic, analytical, hands‑on, and deeply consumer‑minded and can translate customer insights and performance data into scalable creative systems, testable hypotheses, and high‑converting campaigns in a fast‑paced, evolving environment.

All of True Classic’s roles are global and omni‑channel, leading designated areas of accountability across all product categories, countries, and sales and marketing channels. This role will have impact across DTC, retail, wholesale, marketplaces, and emerging channels, ensuring strategic alignment and executional rigor across the enterprise.

Areas of Accountability

Creative Strategy & Performance Insights

• Own creative reporting and learning recaps across assigned products and verticals
• Analyze creative performance patterns across hooks, messaging, structure, tone, offers, and claims to inform next steps
• Translate customer insights, CX feedback, and performance trends into actionable creative testing roadmaps
• Connect media performance insights to creative strategy opportunities that improve CPA and scale winning concepts

Messaging Architecture & Copy Development

• Build persona‑based messaging frameworks across funnel stages, including value propositions, objections, RTBs, social proof, offers, and CTAs
• Write high‑converting direct‑response copy across hooks, VO scripts, captions, headlines, and landing page concepts
• Develop messaging systems and playbooks that improve consistency, speed, and creative quality
• Apply consumer psychology, JTBD thinking, and persuasion frameworks to strengthen campaign effectiveness

Creative Briefing & Execution Support

• Author performance‑informed creative briefs rooted in hypotheses, success metrics, and strategic insights
• Collaborate with the Creative Director to reverse‑engineer top‑performing concepts and evolve them into scalable creative systems
• Provide clear direction and feedback to creators, editors, and production partners throughout execution
• Prototype and communicate creative direction through lightweight edits, annotated boards, and visual references when needed

Platform Strategy & Operational Excellence

• Develop platform‑native creative strategies across Meta, TikTok, YouTube/Shorts, and CTV
• Maintain awareness of emerging platform trends, creative formats, and audience behaviors
• Utilize AI tools to accelerate research, ideation, copy development, and workflow efficiency
• Ensure messaging and claims remain compliant with approved legal and brand guidelines

Cross Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Creative, Media Buying, and Analytics teams to align creative strategy with performance objectives
• Work with Customer Insights and CX teams to integrate consumer feedback and behavioral trends into messaging development
• Collaborate across creative production teams, creators, legal, and brand stakeholders to ensure high‑quality, compliant, and performance‑driven execution

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in creative strategy, performance marketing, copywriting, or direct‑response advertising
• Experience with Meta, TikTok, YouTube/Shorts, CTV, Looker, Ads Managers, and creative analytics tools
• Strong strategic thinking, copywriting, creative analysis, and consumer psychology skills
• Ability to translate performance data into scalable creative concepts and actionable testing frameworks
• Demonstrated ability to work cross‑functionally, manage fast‑paced creative workflows, and drive measurable business outcomes

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with AIDA, PASDA, and other direct‑response copy frameworks
• Nice to have: experience with CapCut, Premiere, Figma, Photoshop, or Canva for lightweight creative prototyping

Workplace Arrangement

This role is hybrid (3x per week in office) based in Calabasas, CA.

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive salary + bonus

Time Off

• Unlimited PTO and sick time

Health & Wellness

• Company‑paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
• $100/month Health & Wellness stipend
• Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Work & Growth Support

• $100/month Personal Workspace/Office stipend

Perks

• $1,000/year True Classic merchandise allowance
• 401(k) plan with 3% company match

True Classic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate and support differences in race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, and abilities. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact Human Resources.