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Direct-Response Creative Strategist

NO MAKEUP MAKEUP
Los Angeles, CA Contractor
POSTED ON 5/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/20/2026

Direct Response Creative Strategist


No Makeup Makeup | Los Angeles (Hybrid) | Full-Time


About Us


No Makeup Makeup® is a fast-growing DTC clean beauty brand built for women who believe Less is Best. We're looking for a Direct Response Creative Strategist who understands that creative is the biggest lever for profitable growth, not just content production.


What This Role Is


You will own the ad creative strategy, testing infrastructure, and performance analysis for paid social across Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and emerging channels. You'll work directly with performance, social media, and creative teams to build ads that drive purchases at scale.

This is a revenue-driving role evaluated on hard metrics: CPA, ROAS, CVR, hook rate, hold rate, and spend efficiency. If those words make you uncomfortable, this role is not for you.


What You'll Own


Creative Strategy & Testing

Build a weekly testing roadmap across hooks, angles, formats, offers, and messaging

Develop concepts for video, static, UGC, founder-led, testimonial, problem-solution, comparison, and advertorial-style ads

Identify winning creative patterns and systematize them into repeatable frameworks

Maintain a creative angle bank and naming taxonomy that makes testing learnings transferable


Performance Analysis


Diagnose why ads win or fail across the full funnel: hook rate, hold rate, CTR, CVR, CPA, ROAS, AOV, and fatigue signals

Translate performance data into clear next actions: scale, pause, iterate, or rebuild

Partner closely with performance team so creative strategy is anchored in what the data is actually saying


Creative Briefing & Production


Write detailed briefs for creators, editors, and influencers with clear hooks, scripts, visual structure, claims, and CTAs

Every brief has a measurable hypothesis, not just a concept

Create multiple variations from winning creative to extend performance and fight fatigue

Ensure creative-to-landing-page alignment on every asset

Customer & Market Research


Mine reviews, comments, Meta Ad Library, TikTok, Amazon reviews, and competitor creative for customer language and buying triggers

Turn real customer objections and motivations into ad messaging

Stay current on DR creative trends in beauty, skincare, wellness, and DTC


Requirements


3 years in direct response creative strategy, growth creative, or paid social

Proven track record working against CPA, ROAS, CVR, and CAC targets

Strong writing skills: hooks, scripts, headlines, creator briefs

Deep understanding of conversion psychology, objection handling, social proof, and offer structure

Analytical enough to interpret paid media data and translate it into creative decisions

Experience with Meta Ads and TikTok Ads at meaningful spend levels


Preferred Qualifications


Experience with beauty brands, beauty products, skincare, cosmetics, or luxury/DTC beauty strongly preferred

Familiarity with Triple Whale, Motion, Foreplay, Replo, or similar tools

Experience with VSLs, advertorials, quiz funnels, and offer testing

Experience managing or directing creators and editors

Hourly Wage Estimation for Direct-Response Creative Strategist in Los Angeles, CA
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