Senior Strategist Freelance (Creative), US East Coast Based, Immediate Start Preferred

Kyra
United States
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Candidates with creator marketing experience and data fluency will find this strategic, cross-functional role ideal for driving brand impact across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. The freelance arrangement and preference for immediate start suggest a need for flexibility and readiness to contribute quickly.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 4–6 years in creator strategy and AI tool implementation experience
    — “4–6 years in strategy, planning, insights, or branded content”
  • Individuals with a strong grasp of TikTok culture and platform-native storytelling
    — “Deep understanding of TikTok culture, trend cycles, and platform-native audience behavior”
  • Those who can bridge creative vision with measurable outcomes and client-commercial alignment
    — “turning insights into bold creative concepts that resonate across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and beyond”

Things to consider

  • Freelance role with a 1-month duration and possible extension may require short-term commitment
    — “Duration - 1 month, possible extension”
  • Preference for immediate start may limit availability for candidates needing transition time
    — “Immediate Start Preferred”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your ability to translate brand goals into actionable creator content strategies
    — “Work cross-functionally with internal teams to craft compelling platform-native campaign concepts”
  • Highlight your experience in using AI tools to enhance creative and strategic workflows
    — “Experience implementing / using AI tools into your workflows”
  • Showcase your track record in delivering data-driven measurement frameworks for campaigns
    — “Define and refine measurement frameworks for success across CPV, ER, and platform-specific KPIs”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Develop and execute platform-native campaign strategies
  • Translate insights into creative concepts
  • Support new business efforts with trend insights
Typical background
Experience in strategy or planningBackground in influencer marketingProven track record in campaign development

Skills & requirements

Required

Campaign Strategy DevelopmentData AnalysisTrend ForecastingClient EngagementStrategic Advisory

Preferred

AI ToolsCreator Economy

Stack & domain

Strategy Experience In The Creator SpaceAI ToolsPlatform Behaviors, Content Formats, And The Creator EconomyTiktok Culture, Trend Cycles, And Platform-native Audience BehaviorData-driven ThinkingPerformance Metrics, Audience Data, And Platform Insights

About the role

Original posting from Kyra via Ashby

ABOUT KYRA

Kyra is an enterprise influencer marketing platform working with brands like SharkNinja, Coach, H&M, Ray-Ban, and Converse. Our platform manages the full lifecycle — creator discovery, campaign management, content review, payments, analytics, and AI-powered intelligence across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.

As a Senior Strategist at Kyra, you’ll lead the development of platform-native campaign strategies that combine creative storytelling with measurable brand impact.. You’ll own the strategic direction from pitch through to post-campaign, turning insights into bold creative concepts that resonate across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and beyond.

You’ll collaborate closely with Client Solutions, Campaign Management, Paid Media, and Business Development to deliver campaigns for fashion, beauty, cpg, sports accounts that are not only beautiful—but effective. This role is ideal for a savvy senior strategist who’s confident turning data into narrative, client goals into creative, and trends into opportunities.

Immediate Start Preferred.

Duration - 1 month, possible extension.

Reporting to: Strategy Director

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

💡 Strategic Campaign Development

  • Handle the end-to-end development of campaign strategies—from audience profiling and creator casting logic to content formats, messaging, and performance KPIs
  • Work cross-functionally with internal teams to craft compelling platform-native campaign concepts that align with brand tone and commercial goals
  • Write high-quality briefs and strategic decks that inspire both clients and creators

📊 Insights, Data & Measurement Strategy

  • Define and refine measurement frameworks for success across CPV, ER, and platform-specific KPIs
  • Use first-party, platform, and audience data to inform targeting, creative direction, and optimisation
  • Partner with Paid Media and Client Solutions to interpret results and make strategic recommendations

🔍 Trend Forecasting & Cultural Analysis

  • Handle cultural listening, market research, and platform trend tracking within the fashion, beauty, cpg, sports categories
  • Translate emerging insights into actionable campaign ideas and brand opportunities
  • Support new business efforts by contributing trend insights and POVs for decks, pitches, and proposals

📞 Client Engagement & Strategic Advisory

  • Join client calls to present strategic recommendations and explain the “why” behind campaign decisions
  • Collaborate with Account and Campaign Leads to respond to briefs and evolve campaign strategy based on feedback
  • Act as the strategic lead across your client portfolio—building relationships rooted in value and clarity

WHAT YOU BRING

🔑 Strategy Experience in the Creator Space

  • 4–6 years in strategy, planning, insights, or branded content—ideally in a creator, fashion, beauty, cpg or sports etc, or social-first brand
  • Experience implementing / using AI tools into your workflows.
  • Deep knowledge of platform behaviours, content formats, and the creator economy across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube

💄 TikTok Fluency

  • Deep understanding of TikTok culture, trend cycles, and platform-native audience behavior.
  • Able to translate brand identities into authentic, scroll-stopping creator content

📈 Data-Driven Thinking

  • Comfortable working with performance metrics, audience data, and platform insights
  • Ability to structure frameworks, make data actionable, and present performance narratives clearly

✍️ Creative & Commercial Acumen

  • Exceptional brief-writing, storytelling, and presentation skills
  • Strong client presence with the ability to articulate ideas confidently and drive strategy forward.

What Makes You Stand Out

  • A hybrid thinker who blends logic with creativity, intuition with structure
  • Experience owning strategy across multiple live campaigns and strategic touch-points
  • Passion for beauty, social culture, and pushing the boundaries of what creator content can do

AI is core to how we operate. Use it to elevate your work. But everything in your application should reflect your own judgement and experience.

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Source: Kyra careers (Ashby)

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