Overview
Junior Creative Strategist Jobs in European Union at thetalo.co
🎨 Junior Creative Strategist SLDJCS001
We spend over $1M/month on Meta testing direct response creative — and we’re looking for someone hungry enough to learn how winning ads are actually made.
This role is designed for someone early in their creative strategy career who wants to become elite fast.
You’ll work directly inside a high-performance creative team, learn proven research and ideation systems, collaborate with experienced strategists and editors, and develop the skills needed to become a senior-level operator.
We care far more about hunger, curiosity, and obsession with improvement than polished resumes.
If you constantly analyze ads, save hooks, study customer psychology, and genuinely want to become dangerous at direct response marketing — keep reading.
About Us
We operate a high-volume DTC advertising machine focused on scaling winning creative.
Right now, we spend over $1M/month on Meta, testing aggressively across multiple creative angles, hooks, formats, and messaging strategies.
Our current focus is helping women experiencing hair loss — particularly menopausal women and women using GLP-1 medications.
This is not a slow corporate marketing team.
We move fast.
We test constantly.
We care about performance.
The people who grow fastest here are the ones obsessed with figuring out why ads win.
What You’ll Actually Do
You’ll help create ads that scale spend profitably.
Inside our pod structure, each Creative Strategist works closely with editors and creators to develop, test, and iterate on direct response concepts.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Researching audiences, reviews, forums, comments, and competitors
- Finding new hooks, angles, and messaging opportunities
- Developing ad concepts and hypotheses
- Writing scripts and creative briefs
- Collaborating with editors on execution
- Learning how to analyze Meta creative performance data
- Iterating on winners based on real spend and feedback loops
- Participating in weekly creative brainstorming sessions
You’ll be surrounded by people who understand high-level direct response marketing and creative strategy deeply.
If you’re coachable and hungry, you will improve very quickly here.
Why This Is A Huge Opportunity
Most junior creative roles give you low-level execution work.
This role gives you:
- access to real spend,
- real testing velocity,
- real creative systems,
- and direct exposure to experienced operators.
You’ll learn:
- how winning ads are actually developed,
- how to interpret creative data,
- how to identify scalable creative patterns,
- and how elite DTC creative teams operate.
The goal is not to keep you junior forever.
The goal is to help you become a killer Creative Strategist.
What Winning Looks Like
You’re succeeding when:
- You consistently contribute strong concepts
- Your research improves creative quality
- Editors can execute your briefs clearly
- Your concepts contribute to winning ads
- Your understanding of creative strategy compounds rapidly
Core KPIs
- 10 net-new concepts shipped per week
- Contributing to concepts that hit target ROAS
- Increasing creative quality and iteration speed
30 / 60 / 90 Day Expectations
First 30 Days
- Understand our creative systems and workflows
- Learn the customer deeply
- Start contributing concepts consistently
By 60 Days
- Contribute to winning ads
- Analyze performance more independently
- Improve briefing clarity and concept quality
By 90 Days
- Operate confidently within the pod structure
- Produce stronger, more scalable concepts
- Take increasing ownership over creative output
You’ll Probably Love This Role If…
- You obsess over ads and consumer psychology
- You constantly study what’s working in the market
- You’re naturally curious
- You move fast
- You love improving
- You’re competitive
- You care about measurable outcomes
- You want to become elite at direct response marketing
This Will Be Painful If…
- You need constant hand-holding
- You dislike direct feedback
- You get emotionally attached to ideas
- You prefer “brand vibes” over performance
- You avoid data and analytics
- You struggle in fast-moving environments
Requirements
You should already have:
- Foundational direct response copywriting skills
- Some exposure to DTC advertising or creative strategy
- Strong research instincts
- Ability to explain WHY an ad worked
You do NOT need:
- Media buying experience
- CRO experience
- Google Ads experience
We can teach systems.
We cannot teach hunger.
Compensation & Performance Bonuses
- $30,000–$42,000/year base
- Performance bonuses available
- Remote work environment
- Non-US working hours preferred
Top performers inside the company have earned substantial bonuses tied directly to creative performance and impact.
Performance Bonus Structure
Bonuses are based on how much spend your winning creatives generate inside the ad account.
Example structure:
- $5K spend → +$200
- $10K spend → +$400 total
- $20K spend → +$650 total
- $30K spend → +$900 total
- $50K spend → +$1,500 total
- $75K spend → +$2,200 total
- $100K spend → +$2,900 total
- $150K+ spend → +$4,900 total
Each tier stacks.
The better your creatives perform, the more upside you have.
Top performers inside the company have earned substantial monthly bonuses tied directly to creative impact and account performance.
This role has serious upside for the right person.
Hiring Process
- Application Review
- Initial Interview
- Creative Strategy Assessment Task
- Final Interview
- Offer
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If you want to learn direct response creative strategy at a very high level — inside a company spending millions on ads — we’d love to hear from you.
Application Form: 👉https://forms.gle/c3cdCDzKg2JN2D26A
We’re not looking for perfection.
We’re looking for someone with a relentless pursuit of excellence and exceptionally high standards.
Please note: due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Title: Junior Creative Strategist
Company: thetalo.co
Location: European Union
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