Day One Agency

Senior Creative Strategist

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Portland, OR, USA

Hybrid

75K-85K Annually

Senior level

Agency

The Role

Direct and deliver creative strategy across multiple accounts. Develop creative briefs, communications plans, messaging frameworks, go-to-market models, social channel approaches, campaign ideas, and insights-driven strategies. Collaborate with brand, strategy, story, narrative, digital, and communications teams to connect brands with culture and consumers. Present concepts to clients, guide creative execution, and evolve ideas through feedback while managing multiple projects and deadlines.

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Looking for something fresh?

Day One Agency is hiring.

Day One is a creative agency committed to bringing fresh thinking to our work. Every. Single. Day. For us, every day is day one, a new opportunity to start from the beginning, find a new angle, and let our creativity and curiosity lead us to earn the unexpected.

We’ve built a reputation as a creative partner tuned for navigating culture today; helping brands build legacy through relevance. We’re looking to expand our team with a new Senior Creative Strategist. You’ll become part of an award-winning collective of cultural insiders* and industry outsiders**, all of whom are storytellers at heart.

Below you’ll find some specifics about the role. At Day One, the job description is truly just the start. Our best team members are enthusiasts who opt-in and bring something to the party.

Ready to join a team that's been on Fast Company's Most Innovative list for three years running, made the Ad-Age A-List and been named Agency to Watch 2025, and took home Campaign AOY in 2025 and PR Week Midsize AOY 4 years in row (2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026)?

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This role is full-time, requires a hybrid work schedule, and is available only in Portland.

* TREND FORECASTERS, WRITERS, DESIGNERS, PRODUCERS, PEOPLE PERSONS, DIGITAL NATIVES, CULTURE HEADS, INTERNET ARCHAEOLOGISTS, MEME HISTORIANS

** ORGANIZERS, GLOBETROTTERS, DROPOUTS, SKATE SHOP ALUMNI, FORMER BARISTAS, SELF-TAUGHT DEVS, INDIE PUBLISHERS, FINE ARTISTS, SMALL-TOWN ESCAPEES

We are seeking a Senior Creative Strategist to direct and deliver strategic work across multiple accounts. A successful candidate will excel at making the complex simple, will have a good understanding of how creative ideas travel into today’s complex media, social and consumer worlds, and is a strong collaborator that can integrate across teams and workstreams.

As a Senior Creative Strategist, you’ll bring a balance of efficiency and inspiration to creative briefs, and work closely with other Strategy and Story leads to activate across different project levels, ranging from: go-to-market plans, comms frameworks, and wrap reports, to integrated campaign ideation, social platform brainstorms, proactive idea sessions.

About Creative Strategy & Insights (CSI)

Creative Strategy & Insights is fully integrated into our entire creative process and supports the development of culture-worthy creative from brief to impact. The CSI team sits within our Shape function, working in close collaboration with our Story and Narrative team to set the foundation for big creative ideas that breakthrough in today’s ever evolving media, social, digital, and consumer landscapes. The team is composed of strategists from a mix of backgrounds—stretching from brand strategists, to social media and platform expertise, to best in class support on insights, analytics and defining creative effectiveness.

Responsibilities

Obsessed with harnessing insights with new and varied channels to create opportunities for brands to connect with culture and make a consumer impact. We are looking for a team member with a solid foundation and proven track record of success for using stories to cultivate conversation.
Ideate and execute comms planning and messaging frameworks, helping to identify innovative ways in which messages can come to life today.
Uncover insights, shape ideas, and bridge stories from brands to consumers.
Collaborate with Brand and Strategy team members to build social philosophy, channel approaches, campaign GTM models, and innovation ideas that put our creative work into culture, media, and market in strategically aligned, and impactful, ways
Partner with leads across the agency to integrate storytelling into all of our initiatives
Provide input and perspective on content strategy, creative and execution alongside brand, communications and digital strategy leads
Support our team’s and our clients’ approach to creative executions
Bring fresh thinking and collaborative spirit to team when developing work

Qualifications

4+ years relevant experience contributing a diverse creative team
Ability to take consumer insights and turn into integrated strategies
Background working on digital campaigns
Energetic and collaborative with a great work ethic
Thrive in a diverse environment and contribute to the overall culture of Day One
Multi-task and prioritize workload with quick turnarounds
Experience taking projects from concept to design
Excellent problem-solving skills
Ability to present concepts and to work closely with clients, applying creative solutions to strategic business problems
Ability to iterate and evolve concepts with constructive feedback
Fluent in the digital and social story formats of today, and be curious for the ones to come tomorrow.
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or equivalent professional experience

Compensation + Benefits

We value all of our employees and are happy to provide comprehensive benefits to help support them holistically in the best way we can. We offer all our employees:

Health Care (Medical, Dental, Vision)
Paid Time Off and Company Paid Holidays
Summer Fridays
401K Retirement Plan with Company Match
Lifestyle Spending Account
Paid Parental Leave
Commuter Benefits
New Business Referral Bonus
Employee Referral Bonus

The Company is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base compensation range for this role is $75,000 - $85,000 and this position is eligible for benefits that include medical insurance (health, dental, and vision), retirement plan, paid time off, paid parental leave, new business and employee referral bonuses, etc. Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for New York City based hires only and is provided pursuant to the New York City Pay Transparency Law. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as candidates' relevant work experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

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Skills Required

4+ years of relevant experience contributing to a diverse creative team
Ability to translate consumer insights into integrated strategies
Experience working on digital campaigns
Energetic, collaborative, and hardworking
Ability to thrive in a diverse environment and contribute to company culture
Ability to multitask and prioritize workloads under quick turnarounds
Experience taking projects from concept through design
Excellent problem-solving skills
Ability to present concepts and collaborate with clients on strategic business problems
Ability to iterate and evolve concepts based on constructive feedback
Fluency in current digital and social storytelling formats
Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or equivalent professional experience