Senior Strategist Freelance (Creative), US East Coast Based, Immediate Start Preferred

kyra.com; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kyra is seeking a Senior Strategist to lead platform-native campaign strategies spanning TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. You will craft audience profiles, creator casting logic, and messaging while aligning with brand goals and client expectations.

You will translate data into compelling narrative and drive strategic direction from pitch to post-campaign. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, develop briefs, and contribute trend insights for new business, with an emphasis on

Qualifications

• 4–6 years in strategy, planning, insights, or branded content—ideally in creator, fashion, beauty, cpg or sports
• Experience implementing / using AI tools into workflows
• Deep knowledge of platform behaviours and creator economy across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube

Responsibilities

• Handle end-to-end development of campaign strategies—from audience profiling and creator casting logic to content formats, messaging, and performance KPIs
• Work cross-functionally with internal teams to craft platform-native campaign concepts that align with brand tone and commercial goals
• Write high-quality briefs and strategic decks that inspire clients and creators
• Define and refine measurement frameworks for success across CPV, ER, and platform-specific KPIs
• Use first-party, platform, and audience data to inform targeting, creative direction, and optimisation
• Partner with Paid Media and Client Solutions to interpret results and make strategic recommendations
• Handle cultural listening, market research, and platform trend tracking within relevant categories
• Translate emerging insights into actionable campaign ideas and brand opportunities
• Support new business efforts by contributing trend insights and POVs for decks, pitches, and proposals
• Join client calls to present strategic recommendations and explain the 'why' behind campaign decisions
• Collaborate with Account and Campaign Leads to respond to briefs and evolve strategy based on feedback
• Act as the strategic lead across your client portfolio-building relationships rooted in value and clarity

Skills

Strategy experience

TikTok fluency

Data-driven thinking

Creative thinking

Tools

AI tools

Job description

ABOUT KYRA

Kyra is an enterprise influencer marketing platform working with brands like SharkNinja, Coach, H&M, Ray-Ban, and Converse. Our platform manages the full lifecycle - creator discovery, campaign management, content review, payments, analytics, and AI-powered intelligence across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.

As a Senior Strategist at Kyra, you’ll lead the development of platform-native campaign strategies that combine creative storytelling with measurable brand impact.. You’ll own the strategic direction from pitch through to post-campaign, turning insights into bold creative concepts that resonate across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and beyond.

You’ll collaborate closely with Client Solutions, Campaign Management, Paid Media, and Business Development to deliver campaigns for fashion, beauty, cpg, sports accounts that are not only beautiful-but effective. This role is ideal for a savvy senior strategist who’s confident turning data into narrative, client goals into creative, and trends into opportunities.

Immediate Start Preferred.

Duration - 1 month, possible extension.

Reporting to: Strategy Director

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

Strategic Campaign Development

• - Handle the end-to-end development of campaign strategies—from audience profiling and creator casting logic to content formats, messaging, and performance KPIs
• - Work cross-functionally with internal teams to craft compelling platform-native campaign concepts that align with brand tone and commercial goals
• - Write high-quality briefs and strategic decks that inspire both clients and creators

Insights, Data & Measurement Strategy

• - Define and refine measurement frameworks for success across CPV, ER, and platform-specific KPIs
• - Use first-party, platform, and audience data to inform targeting, creative direction, and optimisation
• - Partner with Paid Media and Client Solutions to interpret results and make strategic recommendations

Trend Forecasting & Cultural Analysis

• - Handle cultural listening, market research, and platform trend tracking within the fashion, beauty, cpg, sports categories
• - Translate emerging insights into actionable campaign ideas and brand opportunities
• - Support new business efforts by contributing trend insights and POVs for decks, pitches, and proposals

Client Engagement & Strategic Advisory

• - Join client calls to present strategic recommendations and explain the "why" behind campaign decisions
• - Collaborate with Account and Campaign Leads to respond to briefs and evolve campaign strategy based on feedback
• - Act as the strategic lead across your client portfolio-building relationships rooted in value and clarity

WHAT YOU BRING

Strategy Experience in the Creator Space

• - 4-6 years in strategy, planning, insights, or branded content—ideally in a creator, fashion, beauty, cpg or sports etc, or social-first brand
• - Experience implementing / using AI tools into your workflows.
• - Deep knowledge of platform behaviours, content formats, and the creator economy across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube

TikTok Fluency

• - Deep understanding of TikTok culture, trend cycles, and platform-native audience behavior.
• - Able to translate brand identities into authentic, scroll-stopping creator content

Data-Driven Thinking

• - Comfortable working with performance metrics, audience data, and platform insights
• - Ability to structure frameworks, make data actionable, and present performance narratives clearly

  Creative & Commercial Acumen

  • - Exceptional brief-writing, storytelling, and presentation skills
  • - Strong client presence with the ability to articulate ideas confidently and drive strategy forward.

  What Makes You Stand Out

  • - A hybrid thinker who blends logic with creativity, intuition with structure
  • - Experience owning strategy across multiple live campaigns and strategic touch-points
  • - Passion for beauty, social culture, and pushing the boundaries of what creator content can do

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