# Creative Strategy Lead at Ello

- Company: Ello
- What the company does: Ello is a AI-powered reading and math app. Built for ages 4–9, and shaped entirely around your child. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.ello.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $135K to $170K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-27
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ello/5c9bf02b-36cb-4ab0-bab8-ef98b3e8ee9b
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/ello-creative-strategy-lead/

## About the role

This is a role for someone who wants to build things and put them out in the world, not just execute someone else’s plan. You’ll originate ideas, shape the strongest ones into something real, and see them through to a live test with customers. Few early-stage marketing roles offer this much ownership across the full arc.

## What they're looking for

- 4–7 years of full-time experience across a marketing, creative, agency, or founder/operator background — or a non-marketing path with clear evidence of trajectory
- Evidence you've taken something from idea to shipped reality - ideally something you started yourself and drove to a real outcome, not just contributed to
- Real, demonstrable taste for short-form social: you can point to a specific hook, ad, or piece of content and explain why it works (or doesn't)
- Structured communicator: ask “how would you approach X” and you give a clear, honest framework, including what you'd want to know before deciding
- Comfortable sourcing, briefing, and managing external contractors, freelancers, or agencies
- Actively use AI tools in your own creative or research workflow today - not occasionally - and can point to something specific it's changed about how you work

Tags: Growth