
Creative Strategist Lead
Marchon
2 days ago
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About
- Reports to: Matt Pate, Head of Growth
- Location: Hybrid – Harpenden HQ (2 days p/w) + remote; occasional site visits to gyms for research
- About MARCHON
- MARCHON is the UK’s premium performance-lifestyle ecosystem, one brand that helps driven people train, fuel and dress for a life without limits. World-class coaching sits at the centre, backed by certified performance nutrition and movement-ready apparel, all amplified by our beacon gyms.
- Founded by ex-England rugby player and CEO Ollie Marchon, the company has grown from a single HQ club to a true omni-channel offering: the Train app, a fast-scaling supplement line, and physical hubs that bring the experience to life.
- We’re still small enough that every new teammate leaves fingerprints on the product, yet the momentum is real. Our 2026 plans are ambitious to say the least, as we make a step-change in evolving our ecosystem between training, supplements and apparel.
- If you care about high standards, straight talk and making a visible impact, you’ll feel at home here. Join us while there’s still room to shape the journey.
- Mission
- Drive Marchon Training’s growth by creating scroll-stopping, high-converting creatives to accelerate Marchon’s journey to become a global fitness brand.
- Key Responsibilities
- Lead creative ad production end-to-end, from strategy, ideation, and scripting to shooting, editing, and iteration.
- Write high-converting scripts, hooks, and CTAs rooted in user insights and consumer psychology
- Establish systems to scale content by using freelancers, creators, and AI tools
- Source, manage, and brief UGC creators, Marchon athletes and ambassadors
- Build and maintain a system to test multiple creative angles, hooks, and formats each week
- Collaborate with the Head of Growth to run a high-tempo testing process: launch variations weekly, analyze data, and iterate
- Collaborate with the marketing and creative teams to understand objectives, campaigns, product, and feature launches
- Conduct user and competitor research to inform new creative angles and formats
- Creative performance chops: You have a track record of producing high-performing ad creatives on TikTok or Meta that drive real results, with the metrics to back it up.
- Strong storytelling: You can craft scroll-stopping hooks and emotional narratives that make people feel something.
- Data-literate: You’re confident in interpreting performance data (Hook, Hold, CTR, etc.) to figure out what’s working and where to double down.
- Organized and scrappy: You can manage multiple creative pipelines at once, set up repeatable systems, and move quickly.
- Founder mindset: You take initiative, move fast, solve problems independently, and own your outcomes.
- UGC and creator fluency: You’ve sourced, briefed, and managed UGC creators or freelance video talent and understand how to get great content from them.
- AI-comfortable: You’ve explored or actively use AI tools to enhance speed, ideation, or production in your creative workflow.
- 22 days holiday + 8 bank holidays + your birthday off
- Pension contributions
- “Starter Pack” of all things MARCHON
- £400 gift card each year for MARCHON Supplements & Apparel
- Year-round staff discount on Supplements & Apparel
- Free membership to all MARCHON gyms
- Full access to MARCHON Online training & nutrition platform
- Choice of PC or Mac laptop