Leon Adilbaev
I became the creative partner I wish I'd had when I was building my own brands.
Specialized in DTC creative strategy for lifestyle, grooming and wellness brands.
2
Brands Founded
& Sold
3
Languages
DE / EN / RU
Ideas in
My Head
2.6M€
Ad Spend
Managed
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Top Performer Videos

Dick Johnson — Best Performing Video Creatives — 2025

SE139 — Order Packing
€158.459 2,82x ROAS
SE226 — Customer visits Warehouse
€64.052 2,25x ROAS
SE45 — Podcast Flirt
€57.752 3,04x ROAS
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Static Ad Creatives

Dick Johnson
DIPDRIP
bestfuture.de
250+
Not just ideas. The whole thing.

From concept to copy to final asset. I don't hand off a brief and disappear. I see it through until the creative is ready to run.

Static ads produced across Dick Johnson, DIPDRIP and bestfuture.

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How I Think

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I'm not a fan of copying what competitors are doing. I want to make things that don't feel interchangeable.

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My philosophy is to create work I'm genuinely proud of. To me, that's one of the highest forms of professional integrity.

AD BLINDNESS

Creative ad blindness is real. Traditional ad formats get scrolled past, you can see it clearly across multiple 7 to 8-figure accounts like bestfuture, Dick Johnson, and DIPDRIP.

Less like advertising.
More like content people
actually want to watch.

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The Numbers

€941.947
Dick Johnson, Top Performing Video Creatives, 2025 30 of 34 video concepts I developed reached over €5.000 in ad spend. These are the ones that actually scaled.
Creative Ad Spend ROAS Peak ROAS Weeks Running
SE139 €158.459 2,82x 8,49x 34 wks
SE59 €111.526 2,65x 5,95x 50 wks
SE41 €107.459 3,63x 6,97x 49 wks
SE13 €83.352 2,59x 4,44x 30 wks
SE03 €69.049 3,22x 8,37x 59 wks
SE45 €57.752 3,04x 5,03x 23 wks
SE26 €26.703 3,00x 56,51x ★ 20 wks
SE108 €18.396 3,13x 6,34x 17 wks

Weeks Running = weeks with ROAS above 2.0  ·  Dick Johnson, 2024

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What People Say

"We've been working together across different projects for 4 years now. Leon brings this energy to every project that just makes you want to get things done. That's not something I plan on changing."

David Sauer
David Sauer
CEO, DIPDRIP

"Leon was my first real introduction to creative strategy at scale. What I appreciate most is his ability to break down complex ideas into a few clear sentences and make them actually land."

Cleo Körver
Cleo Körver
Co-Owner, bestfuture

"Leon was our Creative Strategist at Dick Johnson when we scaled from 300k to over 1.5M per month in Q4 within a single year. A big part of the concepts behind that growth came from him. What I appreciate most: he overflows with creative ideas, but his background as a content creator and editor gives him a precise understanding of how an ad actually gets made."

Noah Fichtner
Noah Fichtner
Managing Director, Dick Johnson GmbH

"I love editing Leon's videos. The concepts are genuinely fresh and bringing his ideas to life is always a good time."

Moutaz Mahani
Moutaz Mahani
Professional Video Editor
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Why Work With Me

01
I've Sold Before
I built and sold two ecom brands myself. I know what it's like to have your own money on the line. I don't theorize, I've been the founder stress-checking ROAS at midnight.
02
Strategy + Execution
Most strategists hand you a deck. I hand you ready-to-shoot scripts, briefs and creative direction, plus the thinking behind every decision.
03
I Speak Your Customer
I build detailed persona profiles before I write a single word. Your messaging is only as good as your understanding of who you're talking to.
04
Bold & Fast
No endless revisions, no corporate committees. I move fast, have a clear point of view, and I'm not afraid to kill a concept that isn't working.
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The Human

STRAPIEZ.DE
Where it all started. I was 16.

I built Strapiez.de from scratch, an Apple Watch accessories brand that grew entirely through TikTok. No agency, no budget, no playbook. Just a teenager figuring out what makes people stop scrolling.

Over 1.000 organic TikToks later, I had my first real proof of concept: content that doesn't feel like content converts better than anything else.

That insight never left me.

@strapiez.de on TikTok
1.000+
Organic TikToks
Leon Adilbaev
Creative by default, engineer by education.

I studied Industrial Engineering at CAU Kiel, which basically means I know how to think in systems and break problems down. Then I decided making things people actually want to buy was more interesting than materials science.

I founded bestfuture.de (plastic-free dishwasher tablets, sold 2024) and Strapiez.de (Apple Watch accessories). Running your own DTC brand teaches you more about ad creative than any agency ever could.

When I'm not building creative strategies, I'm kitesurfing, keeping my plants alive, or networking with people who are building something real.

Meta Ads TikTok Creative UGC Strategy Hook Writing Persona Dev DTC Ecom Script Writing Notion ClickUp Kitesurfing DE / EN / RU Founder Mindset
Ready to get to know each other?

Available for project-based work, retainers, and creative audits.