Ideation Strategist and Coordinator

Role Overview

We make short animated films that millions of people watch billions of times every month. It all starts with ideas and we’re looking for someone to own the ideation process end-to-end. You’ll handle idea generation, streamline selection, and build a data-informed strategy that keeps our content fresh, watchable, and ahead of the curve.

This isn’t just brainstorming; it’s structured creativity. You’ll balance systems and data with the spark of imagination, guiding our team of idea generators, including the founder, and ensuring the writing team always has a steady flow of high-quality ideas to take forward.

🎯 Purpose

You’ll design and deliver an ideation system that:

• Generates > 40 high-quality ideas weekly for the writing team.

• Streamlines idea allocation and scheduling.

• Produces bi-weekly ideation strategy reports to guide channel direction.

• Builds and implements a three-year content strategy informed by internal metrics and external trends.

• Ensures Zack D. Films stays relevant, watchable, and true to its brand identity while experimenting with new ideas.

✍️  Responsibilities

• Manage the ideation team, including recruiting and reviewing idea generators.

• Prepare weekly idea schedules and pass them to the writing team.

• Collaborate with the research team to ensure ideas are pre-researched before scripting.

• Analyse video performance daily, tracking success back to ideas, categories, and generators.

• Monitor cultural trends and the “zeitgeist” to keep content timely and engaging.

• Deliver clear reports, action plans, and strategy updates based on data.

• Build and implement systems that support ideation operations, including coding project management tools if needed.

Ultimate Responsibility: Ensure the channel’s ideation pipeline is efficient, data-driven, and consistently delivering content that fuels growth.

❤️ You’ll Love This Job If…

• You love being the connective tissue between creativity and execution, part strategist, part systems thinker, part creative collaborator. 

• You think in systems and data but understand how they interface with creative processes and people.

• You’re exceptional at supporting creative talent, building structures that don’t stifle imagination but amplify it. 

• You get energized by conversations that leap from refining YouTube API workflows to dreaming up skyscraper‑sized laundry‑detergent concepts and you can play comfortably in both worlds.

🙅 You’ll Hate This Job If…

• You prefer being purely creative and dislike operational responsibilities.

• You struggle with deadlines or find project management draining.

• You’re not interested in data, metrics, or building systems to support creative work.

• You want a role that’s purely about generating ideas yourself rather than managing and coordinating a team.

💰Compensation

• Salary starting at $80,000 

• Permanent, full-time role. 

  • W2 for US based candidates

🛠 Core Skills

Essential Skills:

• Excellent project management and organizational skills.

• Strong ability to manage and inspire creative talent.

• Deep understanding of online content, memes, YouTube, and social media performance.

• Ability to design and implement systems, including coding project management tools.

You’re a top performer if you have:

• Experience as a project manager in a creative agency or similar.

• Strategic thinking with the ability to balance structure and creativity.

• A deep understanding of Zack D. Films’ brand identity and how to evolve it.

• Comfort with rapid iteration and building systems while “flying the plane.”

🚀 Hiring Process

1. CV Submission

2. Screening Call

3. Simulated Work Task: Review last week’s Zack D. Films content (using open-source data) and make 3 concrete recommendations – 1 hour.

4. WHO Interview

5. Founder Interview