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As a Performance Creative strategist, you will work collaboratively with designers and editors as you work alongside Acadia's internal paid media teams to ensure the creative is aligned with each ...

As a Manager, Performance Creative, you will help shape creative strategy through data-informed testing, iteration, and scalable concepts designed to drive measurable growth across the funnel. This ...

We're looking for a Performance Creative Strategist to lead the creative behind Stash's paid growth. You'll be part of our growing Growth team and report to the Sr. Director of Acquisition. You'll ...

Performance Creative * Analyze campaign performance to identify winning creative and opportunities for improvement. * Use customer behavior, advertising data, and testing results to guide creative ...

We're looking for a Performance Creative Strategist to lead the creative behind Stash's paid growth. You'll be part of our growing Growth team and report to the Sr. Director of Acquisition. You'll ...

Paid social lives or dies on ad creative. You'll own the ad creatives end to end: from the first customer insight, through concept, brief, and production, to delivery and the performance readout that ...

Paid social lives or dies on ad creative. You'll own the ad creatives end to end: from the first customer insight, through concept, brief, and production, to delivery and the performance readout that ...

Senior Performance Creative

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$96K - $130K/yr

Reviewing creative performance across metrics such as hook rate, hold rate, CTR and conversion, and turning those insights into clear hypotheses for the next round of work. * Remixing and repurposing ...

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How much do performance creative jobs pay per year?

As of Sep 10, 2026, the average yearly pay for performance creative in the United States is $68,249.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $51,000.00 and $83,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a Performance Creative?

A Performance Creative is a professional who designs and produces digital advertising content focused on driving measurable results, such as clicks, conversions, or sales. They combine creative skills with data-driven strategies to optimize ads for specific performance metrics. Performance Creatives often work closely with marketing and analytics teams to test, analyze, and refine ad creatives for maximum effectiveness. Their goal is to create visually compelling and persuasive content that achieves business objectives efficiently.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Performance Creative?

To thrive as a Performance Creative, you need expertise in digital marketing, creative design, and data-driven campaign development, often backed by experience in advertising or marketing roles. Familiarity with tools like Adobe Creative Suite, social media ad platforms (such as Meta Ads Manager), and analytics software is typically required. Strong storytelling ability, adaptability, and collaboration skills help set top performers apart. These skills ensure campaigns are visually compelling, strategically aligned, and optimized for measurable business outcomes.

How does a Performance Creative typically collaborate with marketing and analytics teams to optimize campaign results?

As a Performance Creative, you’ll work closely with marketing strategists and data analysts to design, iterate, and refine ad creative based on real-time performance metrics. This role requires frequent communication to quickly adapt visuals and messaging according to what’s resonating with target audiences, as reported by analytics teams. You’ll often participate in brainstorming sessions, campaign reviews, and A/B testing discussions to ensure creative assets are both visually appealing and conversion-focused. Collaboration is key—you’ll rely on feedback loops to turn data insights into actionable creative improvements and maximize ROI.

What is the difference between Performance Creative vs Performance Marketer?

AspectPerformance CreativePerformance Marketer
Primary FocusDesigning and developing creative assets for campaignsPlanning, executing, and optimizing marketing campaigns
SkillsGraphic design, copywriting, visual storytellingData analysis, campaign strategy, media buying
Work EnvironmentCreative teams, marketing agencies, in-house marketingMarketing departments, digital agencies, media platforms
CredentialsDesign or marketing background, portfolioMarketing degree, analytics certifications

Performance Creative focuses on creating compelling visual and ad assets to attract audiences, while Performance Marketer manages the overall campaign strategy and optimization. Both roles collaborate closely but differ mainly in their core responsibilities and skill sets.

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Performance Creative Strategist

Atlanta, GA

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 18 days ago


Key responsibilities

  • Own and develop innovative performance-centric integrated creative campaigns for clients.

  • Produce monthly or quarterly creative plans and generate buy-in on concepts and strategy.

  • Manage the client's monthly creative budget to optimize assets for performance.


Job description

Job Description:

Acadia is seeking an ambitious and self-motivated Performance Creative strategist to join our Performance Creative team. We are looking for a candidate who loves the fast-paced environment of an agency, has a passion for creating top-performing ads across a variety of digital channels, and can roll with the punches. As a Performance Creative strategist, you will work collaboratively with designers and editors as you work alongside Acadia's internal paid media teams to ensure the creative is aligned with each channel's testing needs and KPIs. This role will report to a senior performance creative team member.

Responsibilities:

  • Own and develop innovative performance-centric integrated creative campaigns for your clients, adapting their brand identity and guidelines into audience-specific messaging aligned with channel best practices

  • Produce monthly or quarterly creative plans alongside paid media team members and generate buy-in on concepts and strategy to develop static and video asset libraries that paid media buyers can use for testing and generating stronger channel performance

  • Manage the client's monthly creative budget to ensure their budget is being optimized toward assets that will drive performance for their business

  • Conceptualize creative strategy for new business prospects and articulate the value of the service offering to sell in new clients

  • Analyzing data and performance of creative campaigns and using the learnings to inform future campaign execution and provide clients with actionable takeaways

  • Create creative test roadmaps to ensure iterations are backed by data and logic

  • Overseeing creative production timelines to ensure we are meeting client deliverables

  • Keeping your finger on the pulse of emerging formats, channels, and growth opportunities to ensure brand-response campaigns are compelling and cutting-edge

  • Strategizing and servicing creative needs from Paid Social to Programmatic, Youtube, Display, Google, and Amazon services

  • Brief and provide feedback to designers and video editors on creative projects for your clients

  • Identifying opportunities to improve our Performance Creative service through in-house automation solutions or third-party platforms

  • At least 1+ year of owning and managing client relationships to meet creative deliverables

  • Sharp creative eye and experience developing and producing creative campaigns built around performance

  • Demonstrated understanding of the marketing funnel and its application to paid media platforms

  • Ability to analyze media testing and scaling structures within FB Ads Manager and have comfortability analyzing data from other platforms such as Tik Tok, Youtube, Google to ensure optimal conditions for performance

  • An understanding of the elements that make up a winning ad for clients across a wide range of industries

  • An informed perspective of what makes good copy and how to use text overlays to speak to different audiences and achieve different campaign objectives

  • Experience with design or editing is a plus

  • Graphic design and video editing skills are a plus

If you're passionate about digital marketing, creative content strategies, and delivering results for clients, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and join our team at Acadia.

What Success Looks Like During Day to Day Duties:

  • Ensure client satisfaction on creative services

  • Ensure ads are delivered to the media team according to the creative plan with proper lead times

  • Majority of ads delivered to client are approved on second round

  • You are proactively planning clients next quarterly creative plans a month before they are actually due

  • Completion of all asana tasks on time

  • Ability to professionally collaborate with other project stakeholders via slack and asana

  • Creative roadmaps are developed and client approved on time

  • Ability to step in when a designer or video editor is unable to meet an important deadline

What Success Looks Like In First Three to Six Months:

  • You are able to manage atleast 5-6 enterprise clients

  • Proven ability to present creative plans to clients and properly provide the strategy behind the decisions you've made

  • Build trust and strong relational foundation with your teammates

  • Foster an environment of creative collaboration and innovation

  • Build strong relational equity with clients as demonstrated by 75% client renewal of creative services

  • Your ads will be among the highest drivers of ROAS and efficiency in the account

  • You are looking for ways to train and help grow colleagues around you as well as searching for ways to improve our internal processes

What we offer - The Perks

  • A work environment that enthusiastically encourages creativity, risk-taking and growth.

  • 16 Paid Holidays

  • Paid vacation and sick time

  • We are closed Christmas Eve through New Year's Day

  • Solid Health Benefits (medical, dental, and vision insurance)

  • 401k and Equity Grants

  • Education Reimbursements

  • Opportunity for growth that is second to none in the industry

  • Flexible working hours

Acadia is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We believe that the more diverse we are, the more creative our work will be!