Brand Strategy & Creative Direction for the Modern Consumer
Beauty, fashion & lifestyle brands shaped by consumer psychology & storytelling
I work at the intersection of beauty, behavior, and brand worlds. Rooted in consumer psychology and cultural fluency, I build products, campaigns, and stories that feel specific to the customer and perform.
Time on the floor at Bluemercury and Ulta showed me what makes a routine, display, or tester actually pull people in. At Abundant Connections, I learned how narrative, pacing, and art direction shape what people stop for, save, and buy in the feed. I bring that lens to social, email, product pages, packaging, and launches.
About
Jane Strauss
I’m a beauty and fashion brand strategist, born and raised in New York City with a MetroCard in one hand and lip gloss in the other. I spent weekends watching brands turn corner storefronts in Soho into immersive brand worlds. Studying psychology and advertising in Dallas trained me to dissect how people discover, choose, and stick with products, and how brands earn a place in their routines. I deepened that foundation on the floor at Bluemercury and Ulta, seeing what actually makes someone stop, ask, and buy. I carried it into content work at Abundant Connections, where I learned how narrative and pacing translate into results online. I’m based in New York and open to roles in the city.

Skills
Brand
Positioning, messaging, brand worlds, and launch architecture for modern beauty and fashion.
Content
Social and email concepts, campaign narratives, briefs, PDP and packaging copy, plus light visual execution.
Insight
Consumer research, retail floor reads, content performance analysis, and trend spotting that ties behavior to ideas.
Tools
Canva Pro, Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Google Analytics, Klaviyo, Descript
How I add value
Strategy with taste. Creativity with intent.
I help modern beauty brands turn consumer insight into positioning, concepts, and launch ecosystems.
Positioning & Voice
promise, pillars, tone
Concepts & Campaigns
tensions, rituals, concepts
Creative Direction & Visual Identity
look, feel, codes
Go to Market & Launch Plans
timing, reach, rollout
Social Strategy & Content Systems
calendars, concepts, briefs
Customer Journeys & Storytelling
welcome, educate, retain