Inkitt

entertainment

CreativeStrategist

$110–130k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Creative Strategist at Inkitt. Skills: creative strategy, copywriting, paid performance, content marketing. Read books and watch series to extract key USPs and pivotal story. synthesize them into punchy hooks and creative briefs that drive paid performance”

What You'll Achieve.

drive paid performance; stops the scroll; iterate based on UA feedback and performance data; translating that into new angles and formats to test; identify trending formats, seasonal tropes, and emerging story hooks before they peak

Industry & Context.

entertainment
Problems you'll solve

analytical instincts; able to connect creative decisions to business outcomes

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years of experience in creative strategy, content marketing, or a related role, Exceptional copywriting skills, Active presence on BookTok, Bookstagram, or romance reading communities, analytical instincts, Experience working alongside a paid/UA team with a solid understanding of full funnel marketing, A bias toward action

Nice to Have

ideally within a fast moving startup environment, You can write a hook that makes someone stop mid scroll and a two sentence synopsis that sells a 400 page book, You're the person who actually wants to read this content all day, You know what's trending, what tropes are having a moment, and what's coming next, comfortable in Google Sheets/Excel, fluent in performance metrics, able to connect creative decisions to business outcomes, You move fast, learn fast, and don't wait for a perfect brief to get started

What You'll Do.

Read books and watch series to extract key USPs and pivotal story

synthesize them into punchy hooks and creative briefs that drive paid performance

Write compelling ad copy and hooks

distilling a full story into a two sentence liner that stops the scroll

Own the creative production lifecycle: conceive angles

manage tickets end to end

and iterate based on UA feedback and performance data

Stay deeply plugged into BookTok

and Reddit to identify trending formats

and emerging story hooks before they peak

Experiment with AI video tools and image editing to build and iterate on assets independently when needed

Develop and manage a pipeline of creatives aligned to key marketing beats and evergreen initiatives

Manage external production partners for more intricate creative needs

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner closely with the UA team to align creative with funnel signals, understanding what's working, what isn't, and why, then translating that into new angles and formats to test

Process & Methodology

Own the creative production lifecycle: conceive angles, brief designers, manage tickets end to end, and iterate based on UA feedback and performance data

Full Job Description

## Description Inkitt is building the Disney of the 21st Century, standing at the forefront of technology and entertainment. Leveraging AI and predictive algorithms, Inkitt discovers unknown stories and turns them into blockbuster hits, producing a new $1M ebook every 4 weeks and selling directly to consumers through its Galatea app. Inkitt has become the 11th most bestseller-generating publisher in the world, boasting a 40x higher hit-rate than traditional publishers. Recently raising a Series C and backed by some of the top VC’s such as: Khosla, Kleiner Perkins, and NEA Ventures, our recent expansion into CandyJar TV is only the beginning of our journey to becoming the next-gen entertainment powerhouse. ## What You’ll Do Read books and watch series to extract key USPs and pivotal story elements; synthesize them into punchy hooks and creative briefs that drive paid performance. Write compelling ad copy and hooks, distilling a full story into a two sentence liner that stops the scroll. Own the creative production lifecycle: conceive angles, brief designers, manage tickets end to end, and iterate based on UA feedback and performance data. Partner closely with the UA team to align creative with funnel signals, understanding what's working, what isn't, and why, then translating that into new angles and formats to test. Stay deeply plugged into BookTok, Bookstagram, and Reddit to identify trending formats, seasonal tropes, and emerging story hooks before they peak. Experiment with AI video tools and image editing to build and iterate on assets independently when needed. Develop and manage a pipeline of creatives aligned to key marketing beats and evergreen initiatives. Manage external production partners for more intricate creative needs. ## What You'll Bring 3+ years of experience in creative strategy, content marketing, or a related role, ideally within a fast moving startup environment. Exceptional copywriting skills. You can write a hook that makes someone stop mid

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