Creative Specialist

Aquent Studio's is seeking a creative tech enthusiast to join the Consumer Marketing Social team at our clients. AsCreative Specialist, you will elevate creative thinking for our brands, with an emphasis on Surface. You will be responsible for ideating and shaping Surface's social content presence, driving breakthrough storytelling, and leveraging strategic insights. The ideal candidate will work across multiple projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams and championing creative excellence at the senior leadership level. In this role, you will also pioneer our social content storytelling and represent our client in the social media industry, ensuring we stay ahead of trends.

Ideally looking for someone in the WA, Oregon, or Vancouver BC markets as you will be needed on site occassionally.

Key Responsibilities:

Creative Direction & Storytelling

Drive the creative direction of social campaigns, collaborating with in-house creative and production teams, as well as social creators and leveraging emerging platforms.

Translate insights, trends, and cultural moments into breakthrough visual and editorial concepts.

Lead ideation and development of social-first campaigns, content series, and real-time activations.

Conceptualize quick-turn assets across formats, including video, animation, and motion graphics.

Drive the creation of compelling design systems, motion assets, photography, and content that tells a cohesive consumer journey.

Ensure visual consistency and creative excellence across all deliverables.

Creative Collaboration:

Present creative ideas and concepts to internal stakeholders and senior leadership.

Stay updated on trends in internet culture and audience behaviors to inspire and inform creative work.

Partner with product, brand marketers, strategists, and production teams to meet campaign objectives and audience needs.

Exhibit design innovation by integrating AI tools and workflows to scale and enhance creative production quality

Collaborate with creative and production partners to ensure world-class execution.

Use insights and strategic thinking to approach marketing challenges and deliver breakthrough solutions in a complex social landscape.

Ideate, develop, and execute creative strategies focused on Owned & Creator channels

AI & Workflow Optimization:

Guide team members in the effective use of AI tools and creative workflows, implementing cutting-edge solutions to improve speed to market.

Inspire product storytelling efforts by leveraging audience and cultural insights.

Foster relationships with agency and production partners to optimize for best-in-class creative work.

Manage multiple projects and timelines, maintaining a high standard of craft and creative leadership.

Qualifications

3+ yearsleading social-first creative across concepting, and multi-format production (consumer tech experience preferred).

Demonstrated ability totranslate complex data into clear insights and creative actions, informing briefs, concepts, and optimizations that move brand and business metrics.

Deep platform fluency(Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, LinkedIn) and native content formats, with a track record of breakthrough storytelling, real-time activations, and creator collaborations.

Analytical rigorand hands-on experience withsocial measurement and reporting tools(e.g., Sprinklr, native platform insights) to evaluate performance, diagnose underperformance, and iterate.

Excellence in creative direction & craft guiding design systems, motion, photography, and editorial to maintain visual consistency and raise the creative bar across deliverables.

Executive communication and stakeholder influence confident presenting to senior leadership and building consensus across product, brand, strategy, and production partners.

AI-forward creative workflows experience integrating AI tools to scale ideation, accelerate production, and elevate craft quality.

Brand, accessibility, and compliance stewardship work that aligns with our client's brand voice and accessibility standards.

Preferred:

Familiarity with our client's brand voice, governance, and compliance standards.

Experience in consumer marketing or the tech industry.

Advanced degree (MBA or relevant Master's) is a plus.

Strong thought leadership in social media (e.g., speaking at industry events, publishing insights) and a passion for staying ahead of trends and emerging platforms.

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to changing market dynamics.

The target hiring compensation for this role is $45-50/hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

Additional benefits offered may include: medical health insurance and dental insurance, life insurance, and eligibility to participate in 401k plan with company match (if applicable).

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.