Nest Commerce
Paid Media Creative Strategist
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Paid Media Creative Strategist
Paid Media Creative Strategist – Nest Commerce
Location: London (Hybrid)
About Nest
Nest Commerce is one of the UK’s fastest-growing performance marketing agencies, built for ecommerce and retail brands. We partner with category-leading names such as Urban Outfitters, Reiss, Damson Madder, Crew Clothing and Hims, helping them scale sustainably through cutting-edge performance strategy and proprietary technology. Our in-house AI platform, Hummingbird, gives us an unmatched competitive edge by automating optimisation, generating creative at scale, and empowering our teams to deliver market-leading results. We’re founder-led, independent, and fiercely ambitious, with a culture that blends commercial impact with genuine care for our people.
The Role
We’re now looking for an ambitious Paid Media Creative Strategist to join Nest Studio, our in-house creative function. In this role, you will play a central part in shaping best-in-class paid media creative for some of the UK’s most exciting digital brands.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and lead strategic workshops with senior client stakeholders to uncover insights and set the creative direction.
- Partner with clients to implement best-in-class creative processes across paid social and broader digital channels.
- Develop high-performing, platform-native ad concepts for Meta, TikTok, Google, and Snap.
- Write clear, compelling briefs for content creators and internal teams, and build scalable testing frameworks to continually refine creative output.
- Analyse performance data, heatmaps, and platform insights to optimise creative strategies. Work closely with media managers to translate data into effective creative solutions.
- Act as the main creative contact for client communication, relationship management, and presentations.
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Candidate Requirements & Expectations
We’re looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced performance environment and brings experience in:
- Paid media creative, with a digital-native mindset.
- A portfolio showcasing Meta and TikTok-led work, demonstrating an understanding of paid-media best practice, trends, formats, and platform nuances.
- Comfort using both on- and off-platform metrics to guide creative decisions.
- Confidence in communicating, presenting, and collaborating with a positive, solutions-focused mindset.
- A track record of developing performance-driven creative ideas native to Meta, TikTok, and paid social channels.
- Experience turning data, analytics, and testing insights into clear and actionable creative direction.
- Ability to run workshops, facilitate discussions, influence senior stakeholders, and manage multiple briefs across different clients while maintaining clarity, pace, and organisation.
- Combining strategic thinking with hands-on execution—from persona development and audits to briefing, testing, and optimisation.
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Company Benefits
Nest offers one of the strongest benefits packages in the performance marketing industry.
Work & Flexibility:
- Hybrid working (3 days in Nest’s Kentish Town office, which is dog-friendly).
- After four years, eligible for a six-week paid sabbatical (plus option for an additional unpaid six weeks).
Lifestyle & Support:
- £50/month wellness allowance.
- §10/lunch allowance (twice per month).
- £100 desk and chair allowance.
- £20/month internet allowance.
- Opportunity to work abroad for up to ten consecutive days per year.
Family & Wellbeing:
- 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays.
- Enhanced parental leave and fertility support.
- Access to Techscheme and Cyclescheme.
- Annual volunteering day.
Our Culture:
- £1,000/month charity donation (from Nest).
- Transparent, founder-led leadership, built on:
- Ownership
- Innovation
- Resilience
- Swift problem-solving
Note: Due to high application volume, responses to all candidates may not be individual. All selected candidates will proceed through our recruitment partner.
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