Senior Creative Strategist

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About On Board Experiential (OBE)

OBE is a global marketing agency that brings brands to life through culture-shaping experiences. For more than 30 years, we've partnered with iconic brands — including Nike, the NFL, JPMorganChase, Meta, Sephora, Starbucks, and Converse — to build community, create cultural relevance, and drive measurable business impact. With offices in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and London, we activate globally. OBE is also a founding member of The ADD Collective, extending our reach and resources while staying true to our core capabilities.

We've been recognized by Event Marketer as one of the best places to work in events — and we couldn't agree more.

The most important part of our business is our people. They are hardworking, imaginative, and make genuinely remarkable things happen. But behind every great activation is a human who deserves rest, connection, and a life outside of work. That's why we invest in recovery days, company offsites, happy hours, and the kind of friendly-but-competitive fitness challenges that bond teams for life.

We show up for each other — in open conversations that heal, inspire, and bring us closer. We want to hear about your lived experiences, your unconventional ideas, and the perspectives only you can bring. Being unapologetically yourself isn't just welcome here. It's part of the job.

SUMMARY OF POSITION

The Senior Creative Strategist is a critical member of the Creative team, driving the insight-based foundation of all our Creative work and demonstrating our success in meeting client objectives. The Senior Creative Strategist is an expert in developing cut-through insights from targeted research and deftly navigates client conversations to the heart of each brief. They love to dig into the details of diverse brands, audiences, and industries to uncover nuggets of insight that are both surprising and simple.

The Senior Creative Strategist heroes experience-led thinking as they guide strategy development through upstream parts of the Creative process, then serve as the anchor to that strategy throughout execution. They take a channel-agnostic approach to solving client challenges while understanding the unique value experiential marketing offers as part of the client’s marketing mix. They excel at guiding a project through periods of ambiguity by using smart strategic planning, including leaning on various research methods, collaborative exercises, and other tools to find the right path forward. As a natural storyteller, the Sr. Creative Strategist uses a variety of techniques and formats to spark creativity, ideate, curate, and deliver compelling strategies and ideas. They know when to pull in various resources to craft holistic concepts and have great intuition on how to approach each deliverable, interweaving expertise from cross-functional contributors when and where they’re needed.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

BRIEF CREATION & DISSECTION

• Review client briefs and part

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ng research and developing compelling insights.

• Strong copywriting and presentation skills.
• Deep understanding of brands and omnichannel marketing strategies.
• Adept at selecting, utilizing and/or building relevant strategy tools, techniques, and frameworks to convey information easily and effectively.
• Comprehensive understanding of Creative process, with an ability to drive progress across all Creative functions.
• Stays up-to-date on current media, industry and consumer trends.

OTHER QUALITIES AND SKILLS

• Inclusive work ethos that brings people in and along.
• Hunger to learn and teach.
• Strong work ethic and ability to thrive in and enjoy a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
• Excellent organizational, time and project management skills.
• Entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to work as part of a team as well as independently.
• Ability to travel and work non-traditional hours (nights and weekends) as needed.

Compensation Range: $95,304 - $125,304 annually. This is the pay range OBE believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be d etermined based on the level of experience, relevant skills, professional certifications, market pay, and demand for the role. OBE reserves the right to m odify this pay range at any time. For this role, Benefits include medical/dental/vision insurance, employer-paid basic l ife and personal accident insurance. Also included: Annual Profit Sharing/Bonus Plan based on the company’s performance and your individual performance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, PTO, STD/LTD insurance benefits.

On Board Experiential is An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other federally protected class.