Umaez

5 jobs near Columbus, OH

DTC Creative Strategist (US Market Experience Needed)

UMAEZ LLC

Remote

Full-time

Posted 20 days ago


Job description

About UMAEZ
We build brands.
UMAEZ is a marketing incubator and brand operator - we develop real products people actually want, then build the entire machine that sells them: creative, media, retention, fulfillment, everything it takes to reach our customers' doorstep. Our brands are in the 7-8 figure range across the US and Southeast Asian markets, and growth is built entirely on creative research, testing, and iteration - at volume.
We move fast, ship often, and put customer desire first - a small, high-standards, low-ego team that owns outcomes, not just tasks. Testing velocity and iteration discipline are what determine how fast we grow: creative strategy here is a real performance function, not a vibes-based exercise.
The Role
As our US Creative Strategist, you'll own the creative pipeline for our US-market brands: research → concept → script → brief → post-launch analysis → iteration. You'll be writing for cold US traffic - American buyer psychology, awareness stages, and offer positioning - and working closely with our Lead Strategist, editors, and designers to keep testing velocity high.
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
Requirements
  • Real direct-response experience - scripts, hooks, or ad concepts that have actually run on Meta or TikTok, with real numbers you can walk us through
  • Strong copywriting across video and static formats
  • Solid grasp of consumer psychology and what moves cold traffic in the US market
  • A researcher who goes past surface-level competitive intel
  • Comfort with a fast, iterative workflow where most concepts don't win - and that's expected, not a failure

Benefits
Compensation & Structure
• Competitive base salary (range shared during the process) plus performance commission tied to concepts that validate and scale
• Full-time preferred; we're open to a structured part-time or per-project arrangement for the right person who can't commit full-time but consistently delivers
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
This role moves fast and tests at volume - it's built for someone who already has real experience in ad creative strategy or direct-response copywriting and wants to put it to work in one of the most competitive DTC markets in the world. If that's you, we'd love to hear from you.