Senior Creative Strategist

Greenlight; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HSA match

Unlimited PTO

401(k) match

Remote & in‑office

Professional development

Job summary

Greenlight is seeking a Senior Creative Strategist to lead the thinking behind our creative, turning data and cultural signals into a clear direction for editors and creators. You’ll ask why this, why now, why it matters to our audience and own the briefs from insight to output.

This strategy‑focused role requires translating performance data, platform trends, and audience behaviour into sharp, actionable briefs while collaborating with editors, creators, and the brand team to keep work aligned

Qualifications

• 5+ years in creative strategy or content strategy.
• Track record of writing briefs that guide creative output.
• Strong analytical skills; comfortable with data/tools.
• Sharp eye for visual strategy and editorial direction.
• Experience sourcing or managing creator relationships.
• Excellent cross‑functional collaboration and alignment.
• Strong written communication; persuasive briefs.

Responsibilities

• Write creative briefs grounded in performance data and trends.
• Develop a clear strategic rationale for each brief: what, who, why, how to measure.
• Assess and analyse performance data to identify what works and why.
• Translate analysis into forward‑looking recommendations.
• Partner with editors to ensure feedback aligns with strategy and brand voice.
• Ensure the 'why' behind a creative choice is understood by teams.
• Collaborate with creators to ensure outputs match briefs and voice.
• Coordinate with the brand team on asset alignment and consistency.
• Act as a bridge between data, brand, editorial, and creator relationships.

Skills

Creative strategy

Written briefs

Data analysis

Visual strategy

Creator relationships

Cross‑functional collaboration

Clear communication

Autonomous mindset

Job description

Greenlight is the leading family fintech company on a mission to help parents raise financially smart kids. We proudly serve more than 6 million parents and kids with our award‑winning banking app for families. With Greenlight, parents can automate allowance, manage chores, set flexible spend controls, and invest for their family’s future. Kids and teens learn to earn, save, spend wisely, and invest.

At Greenlight, we believe every child should have the opportunity to become financially healthy and happy. It’s no small task, and that’s why we leap out of bed every morning to come to work. Because creating a better, brighter future for the next generation depends on it.

Senior Creative Strategist

Greenlight is looking for a Senior Creative Strategist to lead the thinking behind our creative. This person will own the strategic point of view that shapes every brief, turning internal data and cultural signal into a clear creative direction our editors and creators can run with. You’ll be the person in the room asking "why this, why now, why does it matter to our audience."

This is a strategy focused role. We need someone who can look at performance data, platform trends, and audience behaviour and translate that into sharp, actionable briefs.

Responsibilities

• Write creative briefs autonomously, grounding every recommendation in internal performance data and emerging online/cultural trends.
• Develop a clear strategic rationale for each brief: what we’re making, who it’s for, why it will work, and how we’ll know.
• Accurately assess and analyse performance data (content, campaign, and platform level) to identify what’s working, what’s not, and why.
• Translate analysis into forward‑looking recommendations.
• Partner closely with editors to prioritise and champion strong visual strategy, giving clear feedback rooted in strategic intent.
• Help ensure the "why" behind a creative choice is understood, not just the "what".
• Identify and help source content from creators, evaluating fit against brand and campaign strategy.
• Work directly with creators to ensure output aligns with the brief and Greenlight’s voice.
• Partner with the internal brand team on asset exchange and alignment, ensuring creative stays consistent with broader brand strategy.
• Act as a strategic connective tissue between data, brand, editorial, and creator relationships.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in creative strategy, content strategy, or a related role, ideally with exposure to both data analysis and creative production.
• A track record of writing briefs that lead to creative work, not just documentation of requests.
• Strong analytical skills; comfortable with data/analytics tools and confident drawing conclusions from them.
• A sharp eye for visual strategy and the ability to give editors direction that improves the work.
• Experience sourcing or managing creator relationships/content.
• Excellent collaboration skills, able to work across brand, editorial, and creative teams and keep everyone aligned to the same strategy.
• Strong written communication; briefs need to be clear, persuasive, and easy to act on.
• Self‑starter who can work autonomously and drive briefs from insight to output with minimal oversight.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in fintech, family finance, or consumer subscription products.
• Familiarity with short‑form/social content trends and platform‑specific creative strategy.
• Experience working with creator/influencer networks at scale.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and HSA match.
• Paid life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits.
• Traditional 401(k) with company match.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Paid company holidays and pop‑up bonus holidays.
• Professional development stipends.
• Mental health resources.
• 1:1 financial planning.
• Fertility healthcare.
• 100% paid parental and caregiving leave, plus cleaning service and meals during your leave.
• Flexible WFH, both remote and in‑office opportunities.
• Fully stocked kitchen, catered lunches, and occasional in‑office happy hours.
• Employee resource groups.

Compensation

Greenlight provides a competitive compensation package with a market‑based approach to pay and will vary depending on your location, experience and skill set. The total compensation package for this position will also include a discretionary performance bonus, equity rewards, medical benefits, 401(k) match, and more. Greenlight conducts continuous compensation evaluations across departments and geographies to ensure we are keeping our pay current and competitive.

The estimated base pay range for this position in NY, CA, WA: $85,000 – 115,000.

The estimated base pay range for this position in CO: $85,000 – 100,000.

About Us

It takes a special team to aim for a never‑been‑done‑before mission like ours. We’re looking for people who love working together because they know it makes us stronger, people who look to others and ask, "How can I help?" and then "How can we make this even better?" If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and help create a world where every child grows up to be happy and healthy in money and life, apply to join our team.

Greenlight is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on age, race, colour, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including pregnancy, childbirth, or a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth), genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Greenlight is committed to an inclusive work environment and interview experience. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in our hiring process, please reach out to your recruiter directly or email [e-mail].