Senior Creative Strategist

About the Role We’re hiring a Creative Strategist Lead to own the strategic thinking across our client portfolio. You’ll be the person setting strategic direction on our most important accounts, mentoring junior strategists, and elevating the quality of strategy at Faceplant overall. This is a senior role with real authority. Strategy is core to what we sell, the quality of your thinking will directly shape how clients perceive the value we deliver. You’ll be empowered to set the strategic bar, develop our team, and define our point of view on social.
Responsibilities Strategic blueprints and onboarding
Leading strategic immersion and blueprint development for every new client
Diagnosing client business goals, audience interests, and category dynamics
Defining creative pillars and messaging architecture per account
Building the KPI framework that measures success
Presenting strategy to clients in a way that earns trust and buy-in
Ongoing strategic stewardship
Leading quarterly strategic reviews and pivots
Spotting when strategy needs to evolve based on performance or market changes
Proactively bringing ideas to clients (not just executing on requests)
Running QBRs and strategic check-ins with senior client stakeholders
Creative briefs
Writing briefs for new concepts, campaigns, and complex creative challenges
Reviewing briefs the junior strategist writes for recurring content
Translating strategy into clear creative direction the team can execute on
Team leadership and craft elevation
Mentoring and developing our junior strategists
Setting the quality bar for strategic output across the agency
Reviewing strategic work+ content before it leaves the agency
Developing reusable frameworks and templates so our strategy work compounds over time
Contributing to agency POV on what works in social strategy right now
Staying current on platform changes, format trends, and category shifts
Spotting patterns across accounts that inform how we work
Sharing strategic insights proactively with clients and the team
Qualifications 5+ years in social media strategy, with meaningful experience across multiple client types (agency or in-house)
Demonstrated success owning strategy end-to-end, from research to blueprint to presentation to performance reporting
Strong analytical chops, comfortable with native platform analytics, third-party tools, and translating data into narrative
A point of view on what makes social strategy work in 2026, and the ability to articulate it
Experience mentoring more junior strategists, or genuine interest in doing so
Comfort presenting to and pushing back on senior client stakeholders
Strong written and verbal communication; you can write a deck that lands
Experience juggling multiple accounts simultaneously without dropping quality
Familiarity with Monday.com, Dropbox, Google Workspace, Sprout Social and the major social analytics tools
Versatility across client types: we work with B2B, corporate, and consumer clients
Pay range and compensation package $90–110k base salary depending on experience
Annual company performance bonus
Medical, dental, and retirement plan with employer contribution
To Apply Send your resume, your portfolio or relevant work examples, and a short note about why this role caught your eye to chloe@faceplantcreative.com.

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