Aquent is hiring: Creative Brand Strategist in San Antonio

Overview

Placement Type:

Temporary

Salary:

$35-38 Hourly

$35-38 hr W2 + benefits + matching 401K

Start Date:

10.08.2025

We are seeking a creative minded, critical thinking Creative Brand Strategist with a proven ability to engage teams and drive results independently in an advertising agency or in-house agency environment. A highly experienced thought leader with a deep understanding of people, culture, and the world, and most importantly, a desire to dig into what makes them tick. Leverages logic and excels at distilling facts and insights to create a highly impactful understanding of the target audience.

Important to Note: We don't just want Brand Managers, but Creative Strategists - the group of people who studied and do this discipline in creative development.

Our client is a leading provider of insurance, banking, and investment and retirement solutions to more than 13 million members of the U.S. military, veterans who have honorably served and their families.

In this critical role, this will lead creative strategy development through the ownership of creative briefs and the provision of creative guidance for the in-house agency copy writer, graphic designer, and video teams. Must have experience converting marketing strategy, business and channel goals into creative strategy and messaging and communication ecosystems for 360 advertising campaigns, while guiding and maintaining the existing brand standards/guidelines. This role requires a strategist that tells compelling brand stories that excite, inspire, and help partners see opportunities in new ways. The Creative Brand Strategist independently champions large-scale strategic efforts as assigned with little oversight, supports other strategists as needed, and conducts other strategy-related duties as assigned. Must have experience independently developing creative briefs and message/communication matrices.

Our client offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position will be based in the San Antonio, TX office. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

What You'll Do:

• Independently develops creative strategy for large-scale integrated projects and programs via clear yet powerful brand/enterprise creative briefs, including but not limited to message/communication matrices, and journey mapping
• Develop inspiring and timely audience profiles, insights and understanding - a critical part of creative briefs targeting suspects, new members, existing members for initiatives within Marketing/In-house creative agency as assigned
• Communicate effectively while collaborating across creative, brand management and project management teams in support of marketing efforts and advertising campaigns
• Trusted partner to creative teams supporting them throughout creative development, including but not limited to brainstorming, creative concepting and executional development, strategic guidance
• Excellent at conveying ideas, highly skilled in writing, and adept at presenting and leading meetings to senior level partners and colleagues
• Champion and bring to life unique military "understanding" in such a way that insights is a critical deliverable of the Brand and Creative Strategy team, and an inspiring focal point for creative teams with little supervision
• Support and uphold alignment to Branding principles via creative briefs and verbal/written guidance during development
• Identify and leverage key military and cultural/societal trends that could impact creative briefs, as well as industry trends for the broader Brand & Creative Strategy team
• Exhibits strategic thought leadership by staying ahead of trends and offering practical inspiration and recommendations
• Expert or Experience in leading social media strategy planning, full digital upper to mid funnel campaign cadence resulting in well integrated and successful executions
• Proficient in independently managing and coordinating multiple work streams and deadlines efficiently
• Leads brainstorming sessions to generate breakthrough ideas, as needed
• Develops more tactical project creative briefs, as needed

What You'll Bring:

• Ability to harness intuition to guide development and creative work, and interpret data to develop creative insights
• Ability to build relationships and influence the creative process
• Solid presentation and communication skills
• Engaging storyteller
• Curious personality
• Proficient knowledge of the account planning and creative function/discipline and demonstrated application of knowledge, skills, and abilities towards work products required
• Knowledgeable in qualitative and quantitative research and how to leverage it in strategy development
• A bonus if you have experience with syndicated studies like Experian Simmons
• Knowledgeable in the creative development process and marketing principles
• Bachelor's Degree required, specifically in advertising or communications or marketing
• 7+ years of related account planning or brand/creative strategy experience required, including developing creative briefs or creative strategies
• Experience working with/partnering with creative teams required
• Experience working in an advertising agency or in-house agency required
• Military background/Veteran (self or family) is a plus

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $28.00 to $38.00 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

In Summary: The Creative Brand Strategist will lead creative strategy development through the ownership of creative briefs and the provision of creative guidance for the in-house agency copy writer, graphic designer, and video teams . Must have experience converting marketing strategy, business and channel goals into creative strategy and messaging and communication ecosystems for 360 advertising campaigns . En Español: Descripción general Tipo de ubicación: Salario temporal: $35-38 por hora $ 35-38 horas W2 + beneficios + coincidiendo con 401K Fecha de inicio: 10.08.2025 Buscamos un estratega de marca creativa de pensamiento crítico con una habilidad comprobada para involucrar equipos e impulsar resultados independientemente en una agencia publicitaria o entorno de la agencia interna. Un líder de opinión altamente experimentado con una profunda comprensión de las personas, la cultura y el mundo, y lo más importante, un deseo de profundizar en lo que los hace tick. Aprovecha lógica y se destaca en destilar hechos e ideas para crear una comprensión muy impactante del público objetivo. Este papel requiere un estratega que cuenta historias de marca convincentes que emocionan, inspiran y ayudan a los socios a ver las oportunidades de nuevas maneras. El Estrategista de Marca Creativa defiende independientemente esfuerzos estratégicos a gran escala como asignado con poca supervisión, apoya a otros estrategas según sea necesario y lleva a cabo otras tareas relacionadas con la estrategia conforme a su asignación. Debe tener experiencia en el desarrollo independiente de breves creativos y matrices de mensajes / comunicación. Nuestro cliente ofrece un entorno de trabajo flexible que exige que una persona esté en la oficina 4 días por semana. Lo que harás: Desarrollará de forma independiente una estrategia creativa para proyectos y programas integrados a gran escala mediante equipos creativos claros pero poderosos de marca/empresa en apoyo de los esfuerzos de marketing y campañas publicitarias, incluidas entre otras las matrices de mensajes/comunicaciones, y el mapeo del viaje desarrollará perfiles de audiencia inspiradores y oportunos, conocimientos y comprensión - una parte crítica de briefs creativos dirigidos hacia sospechosos, nuevos miembros, miembros existentes para iniciativas dentro de la agencia creativa interna como asignada Estrategia Experta se comunicará con eficacia mientras colabora a través de equipos creativo, gestión de marcas y administración de proyectos en soporte de esfuerzos comerciales y campaña publicitaria Sociosamente asociado a equipos que les apoyan durante todo el desarrollo creativo. La compensación se basa en varios factores que incluyen, pero no se limitan a la educación, experiencia laboral relevante, certificaciones relevantes y ubicación. Sobre Aquent Talent: Acuent Talent conecta al mejor talento de marketing, creatividad y diseño con las marcas más grandes del mundo. Nuestros talentos elegibles tienen acceso a beneficios asombrosos como salud subsidiada, visión y planes dentales, licencia por enfermedad pagada y planes de jubilación con una coincidencia. Más información sobre nuestros increíbles beneficios!