Creative strategy that turns insight into performance.

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Creative Strategy Performance Marketing Content Systems Brand Strategy Paid Social Organic Growth Creative Strategy Performance Marketing Content Systems Brand Strategy Paid Social Organic Growth

Hi, I'm Stella.

A Melbourne-based creative strategist with experience across paid social, content, creative, and brand. I build the strategy behind the work: the hooks, formats, testing rhythm, brand feeling, and repeatable system.

My strongest work sits where creative strategy and performance data meet. I care about the small human signals: the line in a review, the comment that keeps repeating, the visual format people stop on, the trust cue that makes a brand feel safer to choose.

My work sits between creative direction and commercial outcome. I want the idea to feel sharp, the content to feel native, and the performance story to be clear enough that the next move is obvious.

What I'm looking for

My next chapter at a brand I genuinely love, with people I can collaborate with and grow alongside.

Results that moved.

Across paid, organic, and brand — built by developing the strategy, the systems, and the creative.

WEEKLY AD SPEND MANAGED
$60-100K

Meta + Google spend, optimised down from $120K while increasing lead volume.

COST PER LEAD
$30

Down from $60–$100. Achieved through the in-house creative system, not media optimisation alone.

LEADS PER WEEK
1.5-2K

300%+ increase on the previous weekly baseline.

META CONVERSION
6.91%

From 0.89% — a 7x improvement on link-click conversion.

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CONSULT RATE
60%+

From ~40% after a sharper funnel and creative-to-landing alignment.

SINGLE-AD LEAD VOLUME
500+

Leads generated from a single high-performing ad in a week — repeatable proof of the content system.

ORGANIC LEADS PER WEEK
100+

Up from ~20 — a 5x increase driven by content volume and consistency.

ENGAGEMENT RATE
5-7%+

Sustained organic social engagement — well above the 1–3% industry benchmark.

COMMUNITY LEADS PER WEEK
50

Up from 5 — 10x growth through organic content and community strategy.

POLYROK LAUNCH · 7 DAYS
2M

2M impressions in seven days.

Generated through paid media, with earned features in The Age and the Australian Financial Review — plus partnership conversations including Melbourne Airport, from a standing-start launch.

Four campaigns,end to end.

A short list, picked for range — a DTC creative system, an acquisition pivot, an internal experience overhaul, and a seven-day go-to-market. Different problems, same pattern: the breakthrough came from the system behind the work.

Situation

easykind was running creative through an agency. Performance had plateaued and the work wasn't connecting — the brand and the ads didn't feel like the same company.

Thinking

I identified that the creative wasn't working hard enough and ran a controlled test: in-house creative vs agency output. In-house outperformed. I took the findings to the CMO and CEO, made the case for building an internal function, and got the green light. From there I built the creative and paid social team from scratch, alongside a content strategy system designed to produce high-quality creative at volume — consistently, not in bursts.

Outcome

CPL dropped from ~$100 to $30 within a month. As costs came down, lead volume grew from 1,000 to between 1,500 and 2,000 per week — the creative system became the infrastructure everything else ran on.

$30 CPL
Down from $100
6.91%
Meta conversion · from 0.89%
2K
Leads per week
2nd
became the second market leader in Australia

Creative built to perform.

Operating under some of Australia's strictest advertising restrictions — we couldn't name the product, claim a benefit, or reference an outcome — every piece of paid and organic creative had to work harder. The work below shows how we turned constraints into repeatable creative formats.

Organic social

Culture-first content designed to build trust, create familiarity, and keep the brand moving between campaigns.

Culture
content.
01

The Runna Reel

From two founders to a full team — culture and growth told in under 60 seconds.

Relatable Culture
Company
value.
02

Company Value x Skit

Brand values made playful, platform-native, and completely restriction-safe.

Community Authentic
Squad
games.
Squad
games.
03

Squad Games (Content Series)

A Squid Game-inspired content series designed to give back within strict advertising limits. Staff competed on behalf of patients going through a difficult time — connecting patient care, internal culture, and community engagement.

Content series Community
Behind
the brand.
04

Women's Health Week

A tonal shift that showed range, credibility, and commitment beyond the product.

Community Authentic
Internal
culture.
05

Partner Gifting x Internal Culture

One gifting moment turned into staff culture, brand partnership, and content — all at once.

Relatable Culture
Series
format.
06

Tech Tuck Shop

$29: The price of a consult. A recurring series that combined culture and a brand pillar.

Series Engagement

What I bring.

A capability system across strategy, creative, performance, content, and brand. The strength is how those pieces work together.

01 — Core practice

Creative strategy.

I develop the creative thinking behind campaigns — the concepts, the angles, the formats, and the frameworks that make content perform. I think about what a brand needs to say, and find the most compelling way to say it.

Campaign ideation Content frameworks Creative testing Audience insight Hook development
02

Performance marketing.

Partnering with performance teams across $60-100K weekly spend, with creative built to improve acquisition efficiency.

Campaign reporting Creative briefing Dashboards
03

Content strategy.

Content systems that work across channels — connecting paid, organic, and brand into one cohesive story. From shoot briefs to publishing calendars, I think about content as a machine, not a series of one-offs.

Content systems Content pillars Channel strategy Paid to organic
04

Brand strategy.

How a brand shows up, what it stands for, and how every piece of content ladders back to that. I've worked across brand refreshes, positioning, and making sure the creative always feels like one consistent brand.

Positioning Voice & tone Campaign alignment
05

Paid social & organic.

Paid social across Meta, Google, LinkedIn, and TikTok — and organic strategies that pull their weight too. At easykind, organic grew to over 10% of total weekly leads with a 7%+ engagement rate.

Meta Google TikTok LinkedIn

The stack behind the strategy.

Monday.com
Buffer
GA4
CapCut
Confluence
Canva
ChatGPT
Claude
Facebook
Figma
Google Ads
Drive
Sheets
GTM
HubSpot
Instagram
Jira
LinkedIn
Meta
Office
Business
Notion
Salesforce
Shopify
Slack
TikTok
WordPress
Klaviyo
Later
Loom

Principles & frameworks.

The operating principles behind the work: audience truth, creative judgement, performance signals, and systems that keep improving.

01/

Lead with the audience, not assumptions.

I start with what people are actually saying: in reviews, communities, comments, support tickets, and sales conversations. That tension is where the strongest creative territories usually begin.

02/

Creative thinking, backed by data.

My strongest work sits where creative strategy and performance data meet. I use results to sharpen the next idea, not flatten it.

03/

Build systems, not one-off moments.

I build repeatable structures for content, campaigns, testing, and team rhythms, so good work is easier to produce again and easier to improve over time.

04/

Take initiative across the whole business.

I look for the business problem underneath the marketing problem, then bring the right people, evidence, and decision-makers into the room.

Senior Creative Marketer. Melbourne-based. Available now.

Senior creative marketer open to full-time roles across creative strategy, content, brand, and performance-led growth. Based in Melbourne, looking for a team where creative thinking and performance sit at the same table.