DraftKings

Creative Strategy Manager, Paid Social

DraftKings$102K — $128K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Creative Strategy, Social Strategy, Performance Marketing, or Brand Strategy.
  • Experience developing creative strategy for paid social campaigns based on performance insights.
  • In-depth knowledge of social platforms and consumer behaviors.
  • Skilled in collaboration with various teams (Creative, Media, Analytics, etc.) for integrated campaigns.
  • Excellent skills in creative brief writing and communication.
  • Strong project management abilities in a fast-paced context.
  • Familiarity with creative testing methods and performance marketing principles.

Responsibilities

  • Lead creative strategy for paid social campaigns rooted in audience insights.
  • Create strategic creative briefs tailored to each social platform.
  • Translate campaign performance into actionable creative recommendations.
  • Identify cultural trends and consumer behaviors to guide creative evolution.
  • Collaborate with multiple teams to shape integrated marketing strategies.
  • Establish creative testing frameworks and manage a centralized learning library.
  • Facilitate creative strategy sessions to unify stakeholders in campaign objectives.
  • Explore emerging technologies to enhance creative ideation and efficiency.

Benefits

  • Guidance through the gaming license application process if required.
  • Participation in bonus and equity programs based on performance.
  • Comprehensive benefits package, details provided during the hiring process.
Full Job Description
The Crown Is Yours

As a Creative Strategy Manager, Paid Social, you'll lead the creative strategy behind paid social campaigns, transforming consumer insights, cultural trends, and campaign performance into creative that drives business results. You'll partner across Marketing, Creative, Media, Analytics, Influencer, and external creative partners to shape creative direction from ideation through execution and optimization. In this role, you'll oversee the development of a creative learning strategy that transforms campaign insights into stronger creative direction, champion social-first thinking, and continuously evolve our paid social approach through experimentation and emerging technologies.

What you'll do as a Creative Strategy Manager, Paid Social
  • Lead creative strategy across paid social campaigns, ensuring every creative concept is grounded in audience insights, business priorities, and performance learnings.
  • Develop strategic creative briefs that inspire high-performing creative tailored to each social platform.
  • Translate campaign performance, experimentation, and consumer behavior into actionable creative recommendations that strengthen future campaigns.
  • Identify emerging consumer behaviors, cultural trends, and platform opportunities to continuously evolve creative strategy.
  • Partner closely with Marketing, Creative, Media, Analytics, Influencer, Production, and external agencies to develop integrated paid social campaigns.
  • Build repeatable creative testing frameworks and maintain a centralized library of learnings, best practices, and creative recommendations.
  • Lead recurring creative strategy sessions that align stakeholders around campaign priorities, performance insights, and future creative opportunities.
  • Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, to improve creative ideation, strategy development, and team efficiency.
What you'll bring
  • At least 5 years of experience in Creative Strategy, Social Strategy, Performance Marketing, Brand Strategy, or a related field.
  • Proven experience developing creative strategy for paid social campaigns and translating performance insights into creative direction.
  • A deep understanding of social platforms, consumer behavior, cultural trends, and emerging digital experiences.
  • Experience partnering with Creative, Media, Analytics, Influencer, Production, and agency teams to deliver integrated marketing campaigns.
  • Outstanding creative brief writing, communication, and presentation skills.
  • Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Experience with creative testing methodologies and performance marketing principles.
  • Experience leveraging artificial intelligence or emerging technologies to improve creative strategy, ideation, or workflows.


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We're a publicly traded (NASDAQ: DKNG) technology company headquartered in Boston. As a regulated gaming company, you may be required to obtain a gaming license issued by the appropriate state agency as a condition of employment. Don't worry, we'll guide you through the process if this is relevant to your role.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is 102,400.00 USD - 128,000.00 USD, plus bonus, equity, and benefits as applicable. Our ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The compensation information displayed on each job posting reflects the range for new hire pay rates for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range and how that was determined during the hiring process.

About DraftKings

DraftKings is an American daily fantasy sports contest and sports betting operator. The company allows users to enter daily and weekly fantasy sports–related contests and win money based on individual player performances in five major American sports, Premier League and UEFA Champions League soccer, NASCAR auto racing, Canadian Football League, the XFL, mixed martial arts and Tennis. In August 2018, DraftKings launched DraftKings Sportsbook in New Jersey becoming the first legal mobile sports betting operator in the state. Since launching in New Jersey, DraftKings has opened mobile sports betting operations in Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and opened in New Hampshire December 30, 2019 after reaching contract with the New Hampshire Lottery. Retail sports betting is available in Iowa, Mississippi and New York. DraftKings Sportsbook mobile and retail sports betting products allow bettors in each state engage in betting for most major U.S. and international sports. As of April 2016, the majority of U.S. states consider fantasy sports a game of skill and not gambling. In November 2016, FanDuel and DraftKings, the two largest companies in the daily fantasy sports industry, reached an agreement to merge. However the merger was terminated in July 2017 due to it being blocked by the Federal Trade Commission as the combined company would have controlled a 90 percent of the market for daily fantasy sports. As of July 2017, DraftKings had eight million users.
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3,400 employees
Market Cap
$4.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$577.9 million
Revenue
$292.3 million
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