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Sarah B.

Creative Strategist

South Africa6+ years experience$10,000/mo

Notable Highlight

She was leading the Loop Earplugs creative repositioning from a functional product to a lifestyle brand, driving 4.7% CTR, 8.6% CVR, 4.3x ROAS, and 1.4M views.

Experience Summary

is a Creative Strategist with nearly six years of experience at Wie.+Kennedy, one of the world's most respected creative agencies, where she developed insight-led campaigns for global DTC and lifestyle brands including Loop Earplugs and Oura Ring. She specialises in turning human behaviour and cultural tension into high-converting paid social and brand creative across Meta and TikTok, working at the intersection of storytelling and performance marketing. Sarah owns the full creative strategy process — from audience research and briefing through to hook writing, UGC scripting, and performance iteration — and is known for building ideas that are both culturally resonant and measurably effective.

Key Achievements

For Loop Earplugs, Sarah reframed the product from a functional item to a lifestyle identity tool, delivering a 4.7% CTR, 8.6% CVR, 4.3 ROAS, 39% 3-second hook rate, and 1.4M+ views on the top-performing creative. For Oura Ring, her emotionally resonant simplification of complex health data yielded a 4.3% CTR, 7.9% CVR, and 3.9 ROAS, materially improving conversion from consideration to purchase. Both campaigns were developed during her nearly six-year tenure at Wie.+Kennedy, a globally renowned creative agency.

Skills

Creative StrategyBrand StorytellingUGC ScriptingDirect Response CreativeCampaign ConceptingAudience PsychologyCreative BriefingPaid SocialMeta AdsTikTok AdsPerformance AnalysisCTR OptimisationCVR OptimisationROAS AnalysisHook Rate AnalysisMeta Ads ManagerTikTok Ads ManagerGoogle SuiteNotionFigmaCampaign Narrative DevelopmentCreative Platform BuildingScript WritingCross-functional CollaborationPerformance Data Iteration

Work Experience

Creative Strategist

WK · Remote USA · April 2020 – Present

  • Developed insight-led creative strategy and campaign narratives for global DTC and lifestyle brands, translating audience behaviour into high-performing, culturally relevant work.
  • Built creative platforms from insight → angle → execution across paid social, digital, and brand campaigns.
  • Developed high-converting hooks, scripts, and campaign territories grounded in real audience tension.
  • Led briefing process for creatives and production teams, ensuring clarity, direction, and strategic depth.
  • Partnered with cross-functional teams to align creative output with performance metrics and brand positioning.
  • Iterated on winning concepts using performance data to scale results across multiple formats and audiences.
  • Reframed Loop Earplugs product from "earplugs" to a lifestyle control tool through UGC-style storytelling, achieving 4.7% CTR, 8.6% CVR, 4.3 ROAS, 39% 3-second hook rate, and 1.4M+ views on top-performing creative.
  • Simplified complex health data into emotionally resonant storytelling for Oura Ring, achieving 4.3% CTR, 7.9% CVR, 3.9 ROAS, and 35% hook rate.

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