Creative Strategist

AppLovin

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Work type
On-site
Location
Palo Alto, CA
Salary
$71,000–$107,000 / yr
Posted
11 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

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About AppLovin

AppLovin enables businesses to advertise profitably with marketing technologies that attract customers, increase revenue, and track ad performance.

AppLovin currently has 7 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $105,030–$156,465 across 7 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Creative Strategist

As a Creative Strategist for Gist, a new consumer social app, you will join the team to build the creative engine from the ground up during a critical zero-to-one growth phase. You will own the creative strategy for paid social advertising by conceptualizing, briefing, and iterating on ads that balance storytelling with performance data. Your daily responsibilities include identifying and managing relationships with creators, writing scripts, directing editors to produce over ten ad variants weekly, and building a structured testing framework for hooks and formats. To succeed, you must possess expertise in Meta Ads, creator-led campaigns, and analyzing metrics like CVR, CPI, CPA, and ROAS. You should be proficient in creating authentic content across platforms like TikTok and Google while utilizing tools such as Claude Code or Cursor to drive acquisition outcomes.

What you'll do

  • Identify, recruit, and manage relationships with creators whose content aligns with the brand's voice.
  • Brief creators to produce authentic, platform-native content for paid social advertising.
  • Develop creative concepts, write scripts, and direct editors to produce over 10 ad variants weekly.
  • Build and manage a structured testing framework for hooks, formats, CTAs, and audience angles.
  • Analyze performance metrics like CVR, CPI, CPA, and ROAS to inform future creative iterations.
  • Partner with the performance marketing manager to align creative decisions with acquisition outcomes.
  • Monitor content trends and platform behaviors to ensure advertising remains fresh and competitive.

What we're looking for

  • You must have 3–5 years of experience in paid social creative strategy with Meta Ads as the primary channel.
  • You must have a proven track record of identifying, recruiting, and managing relationships with top creators.
  • You must possess a deep understanding of how to translate authentic creator content into high-performing paid social ads.
  • You must be able to analyze performance metrics such as CVR, CPI, CPA, and ROAS to inform creative strategy.
  • You must have the ability to write scripts, direct shoots, and perform basic video editing.
  • A portfolio of successful, creator-led campaigns is required.
  • Experience with consumer apps or DTC brands is strongly preferred.
  • Proficiency with AI tools like Claude Code or Cursor is strongly preferred.

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