Senior Performance Creative Strategist Job at inBeat

Job role overview

  • Date posted

    October 2, 2026

  • Closing date

    November 2, 2026

  • Hiring location

    South Africa

  • Qualification

    None

  • Experience

    None

Description

About the role

  • We’re looking for a Senior Creative Strategist with performance creative experience to own the creative direction and performance strategy across client accounts.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead the creative strategy and messaging across multiple paid social accounts: from brief through execution.
  • Conduct performance-driven research, and continuously optimize messaging and briefing based on data from the ad platforms & competitor monitoring
  • Develop high-converting creative concepts grounded in consumer insight and platform behavior.
  • Write (and guide) strong copy and frameworks that influence perception and drive performance.
  • Collaborate across design, editing, and media buying to ensure end-to-end creative alignment.
  • Mentor and support junior creatives, helping them elevate execution and develop strategic thinking.
  • Present creative ideas and directions to clients and internal teams with clarity and conviction.
  • Translate performance data and qualitative feedback into actionable creative improvements.
  • Stay ahead of emerging trends, cultural shifts, and creative formats that move the needle.

What we’re ideally looking for

  • Exceptional writing ability, ideally in short-form, digital-first content with a portfolio that shows the same.
  • A strategic and creative mindset: equal parts intuitive and data-informed.
  • Deep understanding of consumer behaviour, platform algorithms, and brand storytelling.
  • A track record of developing performance-first creative that drives real business results and a knack for interpreting performance data to inform creative pivots.
  • Confident leadership and communication skills, with the ability to inspire creative teams.
  • Passion for mentoring and uplifting others and making the work better together.
  • Curiosity, initiative, and a genuine love for shaping ideas that make people stop and feel something.
  • You're not an asshole...

Nice if you have

  • Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
  • A strong portfolio that showcases your thinking, copywriting, and performance creativity across short-form and visual-first content.
  • Comfort with interpreting performance data to inform creative pivots.
  • Experience collaborating across teams and disciplines in a fast-paced environment.

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