Senior Strategist, Creative Strategy
The Independents
Posted: 10/20/2026
Creative Lead
Aperture
Posted: 9/19/2026Senior Strategist, Creative Strategy
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Demonstrates expertise in creative strategy and direction, with a strong focus on social and digital channels. Proven ability to lead teams, develop integrated proposals, and maintain a robust network within the creative industries.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Creative Strategy DevelopmentCampaign ManagementArt DirectionCreative Problem-SolvingCultural Insights
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead creative strategy and concept development on assigned Italian client briefs, from identifying opportunities through campaigns, content, experiences and programming
- Translate cultural and creative shifts into original thinking for client work and new business
- Develop the creative and strategic direction and quality of assigned work, aligning with the Senior Director and CBO
- Identify and shape experience-led and insights-led opportunities
- Identify and recommend talent, creators, partners and collaborators
- Support client conversations by presenting strategic and creative recommendations
- Build creative responses on assigned Italian and relevant global pitches
- Build integrated proposals with Insights, Communications, Talent, Beauty, Strategy, Special Projects and other divisions
- Guide colleagues and external collaborators and provide clear creative feedback
- Support the development of junior team members
- Maintain and grow the external creative network required to deliver work to the right standard
Requirements
What you’ll need- 6–8 years’ experience in creative strategy, creative direction or an equivalent agency role
- Focus on social and digital channels, programming and experiential work
- Strong portfolio spanning campaigns, content, experiences, programming and brand platforms
- Strong creative problem-solving and conceptual thinking
- Highly developed visual eye and excellent art direction judgement
- Deep reference knowledge across fashion, art, design, music, film and photography
- Active network across talent, creators and the wider creative industries
- Strong understanding of who and what is shaping culture now and next
- Positive charisma, enthusiasm, self-motivation and a keen sense of aesthetics
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Hard Skills
Creative DirectionConcept DevelopmentExperience DesignContent CreationBrand StrategyVisual AestheticsDigital ProgrammingPortfolio DevelopmentIntegrated Proposal BuildingTalent Collaboration
Soft Skills
Positive CharismaSelf-MotivationEnthusiasmTeam LeadershipCreative Feedback
Industry Keywords
FashionArtDesignMusicFilmPhotographyCreative IndustriesCultural TrendsSocial ChannelsExperiential Work