Senior Digital Media Strategist

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

This role is part of our Creative & Media team based in Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Our team is a vibrant mix of talents, ranging from Creatives, Influencer Marketers, Brand & Content Strategists to Account Managers, Programmatic and Marketing Automation Consultants. Together, we blend imaginative storytelling and performance-driven strategies with cutting-edge technology to create engaging digital experiences that build lasting relationships with our clients like Netflix, Canva, Foot Locker, Philips & Biscoff.

JOB PURPOSE

As a Senior Digital Media Strategist at DEPT®, you will be the connecting link between our client's business objectives and our agency's comprehensive service portfolio. You will work closely with our Client Service team to create and implement strategic plans for well-known brands in our client portfolio and help them navigate through the ever-evolving digital landscape. 

You will be the main driver for developing long-term digital marketing strategies including communication, performance, and media tactics in collaboration with our channel & tech experts. Together with our client service team, you present your team's work & ideas eloquently in workshops, QBRs, or other formats to our clients and partners.

You will also help us win new clients by participating and/or leading in new business pitches; locally and globally. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create influential and powerful strategies for our clients, ensuring that we continue to be push them to be the most advanced, efficient and effective brands in the fields they operate within
• Collaborate with clients to understand their business goals, target audience, and industry landscape
• Translate insights derived from data into a clear story to convince the client
• Develop innovative and data-driven digital marketing strategies that align with client objectives
• Work closely together with our specialists (like SEA, SEO, CRM, Data and Social Advertising Consultants)
• Leverage a deep understanding of marketing, technology, and innovation to create comprehensive plans that drive measurable results
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure optimal execution of campaigns and projects
• Be the driving force of projects, starting and finishing them
• Drive our internal knowledge and be on the forefront of creating new propositions and best practices
• Analyze campaign performance, providing insights and recommendations for optimization
• Stay ahead of industry trends and best practices to ensure our strategies remain cutting-edge

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Fluency in Dutch and English is a must;
• A seasoned Digital Marketing Strategist, having gained extensive experience, preferably at an agency
• Deep understanding of Digital Media Planning and Execution as a background
• Broader digital marketing knowledge (SEO, SEA, Social, CRM, Content Marketing, Data etc.)
• See yourself as a digital generalist, linking the strategic needs of clients to Dept's service portfolio
• Can help our clients to go from business strategy to marketing strategy and implement this by giving advice, creating roadmaps and propose concepts
• Pro-active, energetic, curious and inspiring
• A driver of innovation
• A networker and because of this you are able to bring together our different disciplines and specialists
• Can explain complex data and information in an easy and understandable manner to Internal & external stakeholders
• Approach new tasks proactively and pragmatically

WE OFFER

• The choice to work where you are most productive: whether that is in one of our offices, or abroad for 13 weeks a year. Rather work from home? No problem! We’ll provide you with the best of class materials, such as a high-quality laptop, monitor, work phone and the necessary furniture.
• Everything to focus on your health: from free bootcamp to yoga lessons, mindfulness sessions, mental health services, serious discounts on sport memberships, healthy lunches at the office, and above all: a safe work environment.
• Great fringe benefits; use of OV-bikes, an NS Business Card and many other goodies.
• You can discover even more employee benefits here.
• A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been named a Great Place To Work in 2023 - in the Netherlands and has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
• Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
• The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.
• Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities.

WHY DEPT®?

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION 

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.