Hire a Performance Ad Creative Designer.
Ad creative made, tested and refreshed.
Also called: Ad Creative Designer, Static Ad Designer, Paid Social Creative Designer
From US$6 an hourUS$6-27.50/hr
- E-commerce
- SaaS & tech
- Amazon
- Works your hours
- Colombia hub, on New York time or an hour behind
- Month to month
- Reviews account performance with the media buyerInsight & ideation
- Designs Meta and TikTok statics in 1:1, 4:5 and 9:16 using proven formatsCreative production
- Builds variant matrices that isolate one variable per testTesting & iteration
- Checks creative against platform policies before hand-offCompliance & deliveryDoing
- Figma
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Canva
- Adobe After Effects
- Google Web Designer
Pick the level. See the price.
US$6an hour
Level 1 of 4, also called junior.Produces iterations, resizes of existing winners from a test plan and exports display sets.
- 20-40 variants per week from a test matrix
- Display banner resizes
- Resize packs for 1:1, 4:5 and 9:16
US$10.50an hour
Level 2 of 4, also called mid-level.Owns the weekly static creative pipeline for an account with light review.
- Weekly net-new concept batches
- Iteration packs
- Display banner sets
US$16.50an hour
Level 3 of 4, also called senior.Owns creative performance outcomes: runs creative audits and designs test roadmaps.
- Monthly creative audits and test roadmaps
- Launch creative kits
- A+ Content and marketplace creative suites
US$27.50an hour
Level 4 of 4, also called lead or specialist.Leads a creative pod and designs the creative testing framework and briefing system.
- Creative testing frameworks
- Briefing templates and processes
- Team QA and naming standards
Per hour, all-in: recruiting, testing and management.
What you hand to your Performance Ad Creative Designer
Tasks
Insight & ideation
- Reviews account performance with the media buyer
- Breaks winning ads down into angle, hook, format, visual and offer
- Researches competitor and category ads
Creative production
- Designs Meta and TikTok statics in 1:1, 4:5 and 9:16 using proven formats
- Produces display banner sets in standard IAB sizes as static images
- Creates Amazon and marketplace creative
Testing & iteration
- Builds variant matrices that isolate one variable per test
- Refreshes fatiguing winners with new iterations
Compliance & delivery
- Checks creative against platform policies before hand-off
- Exports to spec, uploads or hands off with correct naming
Audits & reporting
- Runs monthly creative audits
- Writes short test readouts after each batch
Week one
- Read-only or analyst access to Meta Ads Manager, TikTok Ads Manager and Google Ads
- Access to the creative analytics tool and Foreplay swipe boards
- Brand kit, product photo library, customer review bank
- Creative tracker set up, with the naming convention agreed with the media buyer
Tools
Work tools
Figma
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Canva
Adobe After Effects
Google Web Designer
Meta Ads Manager
Meta Ad Library
TikTok Ads Manager
TikTok Creative Center
Google Ads
- Amazon Seller Central
- Foreplay
- Motion
- Triple Whale
Airtable / Notion
Google Sheets
- Photoroom
Tested live in the tools on your job description.
AI tools
Adobe Firefly
Adobe Photoshop
Canva AI
- Midjourney
Figma
ChatGPT
Claude
Gemini
Tested in the AI features of the tools you use, including catching the AI's mistakes.
Works inside your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, under your admin settings.
- Microsoft 365Copilot
- Google WorkspaceGemini
AI
AI speeds up the exploring, extending and resizing. Your Performance Ad Creative Designer owns the idea, the craft and the final file, and checks the rights.
Faster concepts
Early explorations in Adobe Firefly, Canva AI or Midjourney, then the real design built in Figma, Illustrator or Photoshop.
Image extension and clean-up
Photoshop Generative Fill and Expand for backgrounds, crops and clean-ups, with the product kept exactly as it is.
Sizes and variants
AI resizing for each channel, with every size checked by eye for cropping, text and logo placement.
Alt text and placeholder copy
AI drafts alt text and layout copy. Your Performance Ad Creative Designer checks it before hand-over.
Brand checks
An AI pre-check for spelling, colors and logo use before a person does the final review.
Our rule: business-grade AI only, never free or personal accounts.
Prefer no AI on a task? Tell your Performance Ad Creative Designer and they won't use it.See AI & automation roles
Tested before you meet them
- Hooks & creative rationaleAll levels25 min
- Figma multi-size build tool testAll levels45 min
- Variant matrix speed testAll levels60 min
- Net-new concept work sampleAll levels3 hrs
- Ad account creative auditExpert and Specialist1.5 hrs
- Performance portfolio reviewAll levels30 min
Sample shown
87%
- Skills tested: A skills test for the role, marked by a senior
- English and comms: written English tested, spoken English checked on a call
- ID, work history and references: photo ID, past roles and two referees
Work by our Studio makers
From booked call to day one
Step 1: Book a demo
Tell us the role, your hours and your tools.
Step 2: Meet your shortlist
Their level and hourly price, tested before you meet.
Step 3: Pick your person
Month to month. We handle the contract, the equipment and the onboarding, and make sure it all runs.
Step 4: They start work
In your tools, within 12 to 48 hours of a successful interview.
Questions answered
An Intern Performance Ad Creative Designer is US$6 an hour, Intermediate US$10.50, Expert US$16.50 and Specialist US$27.50, full time (38 hours a week). That is all-in: recruiting, testing and management, month to month.
Insight & ideation, creative production, testing & iteration and compliance & delivery, run to your priorities. You choose what they own first.
Six practical tests, marked by a senior, including hooks & creative rationale, figma multi-size build tool test and variant matrix speed test. You see the score before you meet.
Tell us and we replace them free, with a new shortlist of tested people to meet. Seats are month to month with 30 days' notice.
Meet the people who fit your work.
A 15‑minute call on Teams. You leave knowing the level you need and its hourly price.















