Creative, Content Development and Digital Media Strategy Partnership

Overview

Marketing, Advertising & Social Media

St. Louis, Missouri, United StatesPosted 15 days agoDeadline: May 12th, 2026

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SUMMARY

Seeking partners for creative, content development, and digital media strategy to enhance regional marketing and campaign execution in Missouri.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Must have relevant experience in destination marketing, travel, hospitality, or comparable sectors
Must have a clear track record of delivering measurable results tied to business outcomes
Must demonstrate strategic thinking and executional excellence
Must have experience working within multi-agency, integrated environments
Must demonstrate ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines
Must provide three relevant case studies demonstrating comparable work

BUDGET

Estimate

$250,000 – $750,000

TIMELINE

RFP Release: April 20th, 2026

Proposer Inquiry Period: April 20th-27th, 2026

Deadline for Questions: April 27th, 2026

Responses to Questions Issued: May 4th, 2026

Proposal Submission Deadline: May 12th, 2026

Proposal Evaluation Period: May 13th-22nd, 2026

Finalist Interviews/Presentations: May 26th-28th, 2026

Agency Selection Notification: June 2026

Contract Finalization: June 2026

Anticipated Project Kickoff: July 2026

QUESTION DEADLINE

April 27th, 2026

Issuing Agency

Explore St. Louis

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DESCRIPTION

The organization seeks partners to provide comprehensive creative, content development, and digital media strategy services. The selected partner will help establish a connected marketing ecosystem intended to increase regional visitation, elevate event promotion, and deliver measurable economic impact through annual, campaign-based, seasonal, and geographic strategies.

Responsibilities include developing and executing paid search, social media, programmatic, CTV/OTT, video, native, and audio campaigns across ESL-owned platforms. The scope also requires the integration of first-, third-party, and behavioral data, CRM and website behavior data, and utilization of AI-enabled tools for targeting and performance analysis.

The partner will collaborate with brand, creative, and website teams to translate brand positioning into a differentiated creative platform, produce digital and social assets, and create compelling video and visual storytelling. Strategic guidance and creative direction for ongoing photo and video production are expected, ensuring content is optimized for paid media, website, digital experience, social media, email, and partner channels.

Source attribution

This Settle analysis is based on the issuing organization’s public RFP listing.