Lead Creative Strategist - Donut Studios

New Engen, Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401k match

HSA employer contributions

Flexible vacation

Paid maternity/paternity

Paid holidays

Remote/flex schedule

Laid back office environment

Cool team

Team events

Job summary

New Engen, Inc. seeks an experienced Creative Strategy Lead for Donut Studios to craft performance-driven creative across major social platforms and display media. You’ll translate audience insights into compelling concepts, guiding internal teams and client discussions with strong strategic thinking.

You’ll collaborate with media, ensure brand alignment, and manage end-to-end creative launches. The role requires a hands-on, detail-oriented leader comfortable in a fast-paced, cross-functional

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in paid social creative strategy.
• Strong instincts for direct response creative and platform-specific storytelling.
• Proven track record of leading client strategy and improving creative performance.
• Deep understanding of Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and other digital channels.
• Excellent communicator and collaborator who thrives in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.
• Confident briefing partner and creative reviewer with high attention to detail.
• Familiarity with Asana, Notion, Slack, and Google Suite is expected; Figma or Adobe is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop Performance-Driven Creative Strategy across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and display.
• Serve as the Creative Strategy Lead for Clients and provide guidance on direction and opportunities.
• Turn Audience Insights into actionable creative direction for internal teams.
• Partner with Media to review campaign performance and refine strategies.
• Manage Creative Launch Pipelines with timely deliverables and dependencies.
• Lead Creative Briefing and Project Management using Asana and Slack.
• Ensure quality and brand alignment across scripts, concepts, and deliverables.
• Strengthen cross-functional collaboration between creative, media, and client teams.

Skills

Paid social strategy

Direct response creative

Client strategy leadership

Digital channel expertise

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Tools

Asana

Notion

Slack

Google Sheets

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

WHY DONUT STUDIOS?

At New Engen, we help brands grow, not just bigger, but smarter. We're a digital marketing agency that drives meaningful impact across the entire customer journey by integrating media, creative, analytics, influencer, and retail strategies into performance-driven campaigns.

Donut Studios is our in-house creative studio, purpose-built to craft high-performing, platform-native, and digital content for the world's most ambitious brands. As a key part of New Engen's suite of specialized solutions, alongside offerings like the Acorn Creator Suite - Donut Studios helps unlock breakthrough creative that drives results, fast.

We're a collaborative group of strategists, content creators, copywriters, editors, designers, account managers, and more who are all in on helping brands, and each other, thrive. We work hard, stay humble, and build with purpose.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Develop Performance-Driven Creative Strategy: Build creative and messaging strategies that help brands grow across digital channels, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and display. Develop clear frameworks that guide concept development, ensuring creative work is grounded in performance insights and designed to resonate with target audiences.
• Serve as the Creative Strategy Lead for Clients: Participate in client meetings as Donut Studios' in-house creative strategist for assigned accounts. Provide thoughtful guidance on creative direction, campaign opportunities, and platform-specific best practices while helping clients understand the strategic thinking behind recommendations.
• Turn Audience Insights into Creative Direction: Analyze consumer mindsets, attitudes, and behaviors to inform compelling creative concepts. Translate these insights into actionable direction for internal teams, ensuring creative work connects with audiences and supports campaign objectives across the customer journey.
• Partner with Media to Drive Creative Performance: Work closely with media counterparts to review campaign performance and identify opportunities to improve results. Use performance data, KPIs, and client feedback to refine creative strategies, optimize messaging, and guide future concept development.
• Manage Creative Launch Pipelines: Coordinate closely with media partners to manage launch pipelines for assigned clients, ensuring deliverables are completed, reviewed, and shared on schedule. Maintain visibility into timelines and dependencies to keep campaigns moving forward efficiently.
• Lead Creative Briefing and Project Management: Develop clear creative briefs and manage assignments for internal teams using tools like Asana and Slack. Ensure projects are well-scoped, expectations are clear, and teams have the context they need to produce high-quality creative work.
• Ensure Quality and Brand Alignment: Review scripts, concepts, and final deliverables to ensure creative output meets client expectations, brand guidelines, and campaign goals. Maintain strong quality control across all deliverables before launch.
• Strengthen Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build processes and workflows that support collaboration between creative, media, and client teams. Help ensure ideas, feedback, and performance insights move smoothly across teams so campaigns are executed efficiently and effectively.

WHAT YOU BRING

• 6+ years of experience in paid social creative strategy, ideally at a digital marketing agency or in-house at a DTC brand
• Strong instincts for direct response creative and platform-specific storytelling
• Proven track record of leading client strategy and improving creative performance
• Deep understanding of Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and other digital channels
• Excellent communicator and collaborator who thrives in fast-paced, cross-functional environments
• Confident briefing partner and creative reviewer with high attention to detail
• Tools and nice to haves: Proficiency with Asana, Notion, Slack, and Google Suite (especially Sheets)
• Familiarity with Figma or Adobe Creative Suite is a plus
• Bonus points for experience with creative testing frameworks or building UGC programs

PERKS & BENEFITS

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Short/Long-Term Disability, Life/AD&D
• 401k - Employer match
• HSA - Employer contributes
• Flexible Vacation & PTO plan
• Paid Maternity / Paternity
• Paid Holidays
• Remote/Flex day schedule
• Laid back office environment
• The coolest team ;)*
• Fun company events & off-sites

Salary Range: $80,000 - $90,000 USD annually

Compensation for each opportunity is determined based on the applicable labor market, the scope and structure of the role or engagement, and the individual's qualifications and experience.

New Engen is proud to have offices in Seattle, New York, and Northwest Arkansas, each one anchoring teams that drive creativity, collaboration, and culture. But great work isn't limited to those zip codes. We also support a distributed team of remote employees across the country, giving people the flexibility to do their best work wherever they are.

We currently hire full-time employees in the following states: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Let's Build What's Next Together — If you're passionate about media and eager to make a meaningful impact with a team that's all in, we'd love to hear from you.