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Access the best talent
Great creative strategists are hard to find and even harder to hire. Reach people already trusted by strong brands who know what performance creative requires.
Get access to the best creative strategists
You can’t hire the creative strategist from Ridge — but you can work with them on the side.
Work with proven talent from the best brands. Find a fractional creative strategist who works best for you without a long hiring process, gambling on freelancers, or adding another agency to manage.
Our strategists have worked with the best brands
Why brands work with us
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Stay flexible
Scale up for a launch, testing sprint, or creative rebuild. Scale down when you only need lighter advisory support.
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Find the right fit
Find the strategist whose experience, point of view, and expertise fit your brand.
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Skip the long hiring process
No job posts or months of interviews. Get to the right person faster, with help finding another match if it doesn’t work out.
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Work with your existing team
Bring fresh ideas, perspective, and learnings into the setup you already have. Your strategist can plug in alongside other strategists, media buyers, agencies, designers, editors, and more.
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Launch more winning ads
Turn performance signals into stronger concepts, clearer briefs, and smarter next tests so your team can put more high-potential creative into market.
Example services
Bring in senior thinking at the level your brand needs — from a focused audit to ongoing direction for your full creative system.
Creative strategy audit
Get a clear-eyed review of your creative process, outputs, testing rhythm, and biggest opportunities.
Performance creative strategy
Review your ad account, spot creative patterns, identify what’s working, and turn the findings into new concepts.
Consulting calls
Book a one-off working session or set a regular cadence for senior guidance and decision support.
Ad concepts and briefs
Turn customer insight into stronger concepts, scripts, creator briefs, and useful production direction.
Creator and UGC strategy
Find the right content angles, brief creators clearly, and shape footage into ads that feel native and credible.
Landing page and funnel messaging
Tighten the connection between your ads and landing pages so the message, offer, and buying journey stay consistent.
Creative team support
Give designers, editors, creators, media buyers, or an agency clearer inputs and a stronger strategic direction.
How it works
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Tell us what you need
Share your brand, team setup, creative challenges, and goals. We’ll help narrow down the right kind of strategist.
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Find your strategist
Browse vetted talent or let us guide the match based on your category, channel, stage, and working style.
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Book a session or retainer
Work together for a few hours, a focused creative sprint, weekly support, or an ongoing monthly partnership.
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Build a better creative system
Turn stronger insights and clearer direction into better briefs, tests, feedback loops, and ads.
Fractional creative strategy FAQs
What is a fractional creative strategist?
A fractional creative strategist is a senior creative partner who works with your brand part-time or on a flexible basis. They can guide team structure, creative testing, customer research, creator briefs, messaging, and landing page direction without joining full-time.
What does a fractional creative strategist do?
The exact role depends on your needs. Common projects include creative audits, ad account reviews, customer and competitor research, ad angles, hooks and scripts, creator briefs, UGC strategy, landing page messaging, testing roadmaps, creative reporting, and team direction.
Who should hire one?
Fractional support makes sense when creative is becoming a bottleneck: paid social has stalled, your team is producing without a clear strategy, your media buyer needs better inputs, or your founder is still coming up with every ad idea.
Why not just hire full-time?
A full-time strategist can be a great hire once you have the creative volume, budget, and internal structure to support the role. Fractional support gives you senior expertise sooner, with less risk and more flexibility — including access to people who may not be looking for another full-time role.
Why not just use an agency?
You can. Many agencies focus on production, editing, creators, or campaign management. A fractional strategist focuses on the thinking behind the work: what to make, why it matters, how to test it, and what to learn. They can also work alongside your agency.
How much does it cost?
Cost depends on the strategist, scope, experience level, and time commitment. Some brands need a few hours of guidance each month; others need weekly support, sprint planning, or deeper team involvement.
How do we get started?
Tell us about your brand, current creative process, and what you want to improve. We’ll help define the strategist you need and connect you with someone who fits.
You’re one step away from launching better ads
Tell us what’s slowing your creative team down. We’ll help you find the right senior strategist to move it forward.