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Rivac AI Labs
Paid Media & Advertising

Ad Creative Strategist

Automated formats like Performance Max and Advantage+ shift more of the performance burden onto creative than most teams realize, but most creative refreshes are still driven by opinion (someone's tired of an ad, so it gets swapped) instead of evidence. This service builds a structured, hypothesis-driven testing program across responsive search ads, Meta, and Performance Max so creative decisions are backed by data on what actually moves results. It's for accounts where creative feels stale, performance has plateaued, or testing has been happening ad hoc without a real system behind it. You end up with a repeatable process for finding and scaling winning creative instead of guessing.

This is a capability we deliver for you as a service, not a role we’re hiring for.

How We’d Approach This

A clear, staged plan, not a black box

These are the service-specific steps inside our six-step process.

  1. 1

    Review current ad creative and performance data to find which angles, formats, and assets are actually driving results versus just running.

  2. 2

    Launch a structured test of two to three new creative concepts against one campaign with a defined win metric.

  3. 3

    Score the test results together and agree on which concepts earn a bigger share of budget.

  4. 4

    Build out winning concepts across formats (RSA, Meta, Performance Max asset groups) and run a standing testing calendar to keep creative fresh.

What You Get

Deliverables from this engagement

  • A creative-testing framework with defined hypotheses and win metrics
  • A set of new ad assets (copy variations, Meta creative, Performance Max asset groups) ready to launch
  • A test-results report showing which concepts won and why
  • An ongoing creative-testing calendar and backlog

Six Ways We Could Architect This

Different engagement, different build, pick the shape that fits

There’s more than one way to deliver on this service. Browse a few of the ways we’d structure the work, depending on your speed, budget, and integration needs.

Read all 6 architectures as text

Lean Fast-Start Architecture

Creative Brief

  • Client Brand Assets
  • Manual Creative Brief Doc
  • Past Performance Notes

Manual Build

  • Two to Three New Concepts
  • Manual Upload to Ad Platform

Test Tracking

  • Spreadsheet Test Tracker
  • Win Metric Review

Scale Winner

  • Winning Concept Scaled
  • Losing Concept Retired

Lightweight Operations Notes

  • Process Owner Assigned
  • Manual Backup Notes
  • Simple Escalation Contact

Cloud-Native / Managed Services Architecture

Managed Asset Layer

  • Cloud Digital Asset Manager
  • Brand Guideline Repository

Managed Testing Platform

  • Creative Testing Platform
  • Hypothesis and Win Metric Config

Ad Platform Upload

  • RSA Asset Upload API
  • Meta Creative Upload API
  • Performance Max Asset Groups

Reporting

  • Test Results Dashboard
  • Winning Asset Notification

Platform Operations

  • Access and Permissions Setup
  • Automated Backup Job
  • Uptime Monitoring Service

Event-Driven & Automation-First Architecture

Performance Monitoring

  • Live Performance Signal
  • Threshold Breach Detector

Automated Actions

  • Underperformer Swap Alert
  • Significance Check Engine
  • Auto Budget Scale Rule

Automated Execution

  • Creative Rotation Trigger
  • Winning Asset Group Scale Up

Notification

  • Slack Alert to Strategist
  • Testing Calendar Auto Update

Automation Operations

  • Retry and Dead Letter Queue
  • Automation Health Check
  • Rule Version Log

Enterprise-Grade & Compliance-Ready Architecture

Brand Governance

  • Brand Guideline Compliance Check
  • Legal and Claims Review

Version Controlled Library

  • Creative Version Control
  • Approved Asset Registry

Approval Workflow

  • Draft Creative Submission
  • Multi Stakeholder Approval Gate

Governed Launch

  • Approved Launch to Ad Platform
  • Launch Audit Log
  • Quarterly Brand Review

Risk and Vendor Oversight

  • Vendor Risk Assessment
  • Annual Policy Review
  • Incident Response Drill

AI-Augmented, Human-in-the-Loop Architecture

Signal Layer

  • Historical Creative Performance
  • Brand Voice and Asset Library

AI Generation Layer

  • AI Copy and Variant Generator
  • Predicted Performance Score

Human Approval Gate

  • Creative Strategist Review
  • Edits and Brand Adjustments

Launch and Learn

  • Approved Test Launched
  • Real Performance Result
  • Feedback Into Generator
  • Rejected Variant Returned
  • Testing Calendar Update

Quality Assurance Layer

  • Confidence Score Threshold Check

Integration-Heavy / Ecosystem-Connected Architecture

Client Systems

  • Digital Asset Manager
  • Brand Guideline System
  • Project Management Tool

Ad Platform Layer

  • Google RSA and Performance Max
  • Meta Ads Manager

Creative Strategy Core

  • Testing Calendar and Backlog
  • Performance Analysis Engine

Reporting Outputs

  • BI Dashboard
  • CRM Audience Insights

Sync and Data Quality Operations

  • Error and Sync Monitoring
  • Data Quality Check
  • API Rate Limit Handling

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Ready to get started?

Tell us what you’re trying to get done and we’ll help you find the highest-leverage place to start, scoped small enough to prove itself before you commit to anything bigger.

Talk to us about Ad Creative Strategist

Most engagements like this start as a $500–$2,500 pilot, see full pricing.

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