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Marketing Creative Strategist (US Market)

Somewhere

Fully Remote
📍 Remote
🇿🇦 SA Friendly: 1.0/1.0

🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants

This fully remote full time position at Somewhere is open to applicants from South Africa. The estimated monthly salary is R27,750 – R37,000 ZAR. This role is suited for mid-level professionals. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.

Job Description

Full-Time, RemoteMonday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CSTSalary: $1800-$2500

About Us

We operate a portfolio of performance-led DTC brands across the US and Southeast Asian markets. Our brands are in the 7–8 figure range, and our growth is built entirely on creative research, testing, iteration, and the discipline to do all three at volume. We run a structured, data-driven creative system. Testing velocity and iteration discipline are what determine how fast we grow. If you want to work somewhere that treats creative strategy as a real performance function, not a vibes-based exercise, this is it. As a US Creative Strategist, you'll be dedicated to our US market brands, developing and testing concepts for American audiences with the specific buyer psychology, market awareness stages, and offer positioning that move cold traffic in that market.

What You'll Be Doing

Research & Concept Development

● Developing 15–20 net-new concepts per week across video and image formats. Typically, video concepts

make up 70–80% of your weekly output, with image concepts making up the balance; this ratio shifts based on

what's scaling and where the priorities are

● Conducting deep research into high-impact angles, unique mechanisms, and market awareness stages to

develop breakthrough concepts for US audiences

● Studying competitive intelligence (ad spying), consumer psychology, mass desire, and internal winners to

identify untapped opportunities specific to the US market

● Building concepts that are rooted in how American buyers think, what they respond to, and what's already

saturated in the market

Scriptwriting & Creative Execution

● Writing compelling, high-converting direct-response scripts designed to hook cold US audiences and drive

them to purchase (and potentially work in tandem with a dedicated copywriter)

● Producing clear, detailed briefs for editors and designers — tight enough that the execution team can move

fast without ambiguity

● Owning the creative pipeline for your assigned brands: research → ideation → scripting → post-launch

performance analysis and iteration

● Writing across formats: UGC-style scripts, direct-address video ads, static ad copy, and image concept briefs

with the same conversion logic applied to each

Collaboration & Iteration

● Working closely with the Lead Strategist at the strategic level and with editors and designers at the execution

level

● Leveraging proven copy structures, frameworks, and past winners to accelerate testing velocity

● Feeding insights back to the wider team to continuously improve our creative playbook

Performance Analysis & Scaling

● Analyzing winners and losers weekly — documenting what worked, why it worked, and what to test next

● Rapidly iterating winning concepts into multiple variations to validate and scale

What We're Looking For

Must-Haves

● Proven direct-response experience — you've written scripts, hooks, or ad concepts that have run on Meta or

TikTok (paid socials)

● Strong copywriting skills across video and static formats — your writing pulls people in and keeps them

moving toward a purchase

● Deep understanding of consumer psychology, awareness stages, and what makes cold traffic convert in the

target market

● Obsessive researcher — you go beyond surface-level competitive intel and find angles other people miss

● High output capacity, averaging 15–20 concepts a week, is the expectation, not the ceiling, and you can

sustain it without the quality slipping

Instant No's

● You don't have real experience in ad creative strategy or direct-response copywriting

● You want to spend weeks polishing one campaign — this role requires speed, iteration, and high-quality

output simultaneously

● You struggle with volume, operational workflows, or fast feedback cycles

● You're uncomfortable with the reality that most ads fail before one wins — failure is data, not a problem

● You're balancing multiple jobs or clients — this requires full-time, dedicated ownership

What Success Looks Like

● Consistently producing 15–20 net-new concepts per week across video and image formats

● Achieving a 10%+ creative hit rate — concepts that validate, scale, and drive real spend

● Operating as a reliable creative partner to the editors, designers, and lead strategists around you

Why Join Us

● Hands-on experience working on 7–8 figure brands with real paid media budgets behind them

● Performance-based upside — base + commissions tied directly to winners and scaling impact

● High ownership — your concepts directly influence spend, revenue, and growth

● Rapid learning environment with proven frameworks, strong feedback loops, and high iteration cadence

● Clear growth path to Lead Strategist or larger brand scope as you prove your output

📌 If you don't have real experience in ad creative strategy or direct-response copywriting, please do not apply. If you

do and you're ready to operate at volume in one of the most competitive DTC mark

Tips for South African Applicants

Timezone Advantage

South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.

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Salary in Context

At R27,750/month, this role is on par with the average South African remote salary. The USD equivalent ($1,500/mo) benefits from the favourable exchange rate.

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Application Tips

Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.

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Load Shedding Preparedness

If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.

About Somewhere

Somewhere is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 748 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →