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About the Role

We're hiring a Strategic Lead to join the Creative Strategy leadership team at the UK's largest performance creative department. You will be the bridge between our Growth Strategy function and our Creative Strategy function, coaching Senior Creative Strategists, leading departmental training focused on growth strategy and performance, and working with the Growth Strategy team to build seamless systems. You will also leverage our data warehouse to surface macro creative insights and trends.

Responsibilities

Provide embedded coaching and management for Senior Creative Strategists on their biggest accounts.
Help Senior Creative Strategists evolve into complete strategists who connect creative to offer, distribution, performance, and the wider growth ecosystem.
Coach the constraint mindset by identifying performance bottlenecks and reverse-engineering solutions.
Coach individuals intentionally based on their specific learning needs.
Serve as the primary voice in Creative Strategy for data, growth strategy, performance, and media buying.
Build the bridge between Creative Strategy and Growth Strategy teams.
Help strategists develop fluency in offer, distribution, scaling logic, attribution, funnel, persona development, and commercial strategy.
Conduct cross-departmental audits on priority accounts to identify and resolve performance constraints.
Run regular creative audits to identify performance trends and insights.
Collaborate with Creative Leads to map out and deliver departmental training focused on growth strategy and performance.
Translate insights from the data warehouse and Growth Strategy team into team-wide upskilling.
Produce regular macro creative reports from the data warehouse, surfacing trends, insights, and tactical plays.
Work with the Head of Creative Strategy to design systems for seamless Growth Strategy and Creative Strategy integration.
Uphold standards, ownership, curiosity, and happiness within the Creative Strategy team.
Shape the interaction between Creative Strategy and Growth Strategy functions at scale.

Requirements

5+ years in a strategic role in performance creative, growth strategy, media buying, or paid social.
Deep performance fluency, including understanding of testing structures, scaling logic, attribution, funnels, and CRO.
Ability to audit a Meta ad account and identify/fix constraints.
Strong understanding of creative strategy within a growth ecosystem.
Coaching experience with strategists or junior team members.
Constraint-based thinking to identify root causes of performance bottlenecks.
Continuous research and data mindset.
Outcome-obsessed approach, tying all work to measurable outcomes.
Kind Candour: confident in giving direct, honest feedback.
Extreme Ownership: strong accountability in all actions.
AI-literate and tech-enabled, comfortable using AI tools and leading AI-augmented workflows.
DTC/e-commerce business model literacy at 7-9 figure scale.

Skills

Strategic Coaching
Performance Marketing
Growth Strategy
Media Buying
Creative Strategy
Data Analysis
Trend Identification
System Design
Training Delivery
AI Tools
DTC/E-commerce

Location

Hybrid, Central London (Camden Roundhouse)

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

5+ years

Salary/Compensations

Competitive Base + Benefits Scheme

Benefits

28 Days Paid Holiday
Private Health Insurance
Long-service reward scheme (additional annual leave)
Company pension scheme
One-month annual work-abroad allowance

About the Company

Hambi Media is the creative engine of the Soar Group, the UK's #1 independent Meta agency group.
We have processed over £300M+ in Meta spend through our data warehouse.
Our Creative Strategy department is the group's biggest revenue driver, producing performance creative for 7-9 figure DTC and e-commerce brands.
We manage over £100M in ad spend yearly and operate 13 creative pods.