Growth Strategist

Function: Growth Strategy | Performance Marketing | Paid Media

Reports to: Head of Growth

Location: Hybrid (UK-based), with optional access to our London office

Seniority Level: Mid-Senior

Compensation: £50,000 – £60,000 + Benefits Scheme + 28 Days Paid Holiday + Private Health

The Soar Group is a UK performance agency group comprising three specialist agencies. With over £100M+ in yearly ad spend under management and a team of 130+, we work with 7-9 figure DTC and e-commerce brands across Meta, Tik Tok, and Google.

We were nominated for Meta's Creative Diversity Award 2025 and were named the UK's #1 independent Meta agency group by Meta. Our creative department is the group's biggest growth lever - and this role is central to where it goes next.

Our values:
Extreme Ownership. Radical Curiosity. Kind Candour. Outcome Obsessed.

We’re hiring a Growth Strategist to lead strategic growth initiatives for a portfolio of ambitious e-commerce brands. This role is focused on owning client growth strategy, shaping commercial direction, and driving high-performance execution across paid media and creative. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to clients - helping them identify opportunities, solve growth challenges, and scale profitably through clear strategic thinking and data-backed decision-making.

You deeply understand the core levers that drive e-commerce growth: offer, conversion, creative, customer acquisition, and budget deployment. You know how to diagnose issues quickly using data, uncover opportunities others miss, and confidently present solutions that clients immediately buy into.

You’ll work closely alongside Media Buyers and Growth Executives to ensure strategic plans are executed effectively, campaigns move quickly, and performance continues to improve. You’re a strong communicator who can delegate clearly, align teams around priorities, and create momentum across accounts.

This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives at the intersection of strategy, execution, commercial thinking, and client leadership.

• Own strategic growth direction for a portfolio of e-commerce brands.
• Build and lead growth roadmaps tied to revenue, acquisition, and profitability targets.
• Diagnose growth opportunities and bottlenecks across offer, conversion, creative, landing pages, and budget allocation.
• Turn performance data into commercially-focused recommendations clients trust and act on.
• Drive campaign execution alongside Media Buyers and Growth Executives to maximise quality and throughput.
• Lead strategic client conversations with confidence and clarity.
• Deliver measurable business outcomes through testing, iteration, and strategic thinking.
• Use AI tools daily to improve efficiency, accelerate insight discovery, and increase execution speed.
• Help clients connect day-to-day marketing activity to long-term commercial growth.

• Develop and own comprehensive growth roadmaps aligned to client commercial goals.
• Build accurate forecasts and growth models grounded in performance data.
• Identify opportunities across acquisition, conversion optimisation, retention, creative strategy, and offer positioning.
• Analyse account performance to diagnose issues and uncover scalable growth opportunities.
• Adapt strategy proactively based on performance trends, platform shifts, and client priorities.
• Recommend strategic solutions with confidence and commercial clarity.

• Work closely with Media Buyers and Growth Executives to ensure strategic plans are executed effectively.
• Clearly communicate strategic priorities, testing roadmaps, and performance objectives.
• Delegate effectively and create alignment between strategy, creative, and execution.
• Improve operational throughput by increasing clarity, efficiency, and accountability across accounts.
• Ensure campaigns, creative, and media buying efforts remain aligned to client growth goals.

• Build strong, trust-based relationships with clients as a true strategic growth partner.
• Lead strategic conversations and confidently guide clients through performance decisions.
• Present…