Medior Redacteur​/Creative

Social-first content, campaigns & impact investing

Freelance or temporary contract
· 3-6 months
· 30-40 hours per week
· Start date to be agreed (ideally October or latest early November)

MAKMENDE is an Amsterdam-based impact communications agency creating films, campaigns and content for organizations working towards social change.

Our clients include corporate foundations, NGOs, international organizations and impact investors, including the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, the Cartier Women’s Initiative, Rabo Foundation, Invest International, Stifel and the Netherlands Red Cross.

We increasingly work with organizations at the intersection of finance, entrepreneurship and social impact, helping organizations connect their business, brand and purpose to meaningful change. Through compelling storytelling, we make complex topics accessible, engaging and relevant to the audiences that matter.

Many of our stories take place internationally. We collaborate with local filmmakers, photographers, journalists and creatives who understand the language, culture and context.

From our Amsterdam office, we develop concepts, find stories, write scripts and oversee production. One day we might be making a character-driven documentary in Sudan; the next, interviewing bankers about market developments or creating a campaign for an impact investor.

Whatever the format, we tell stories that engage audiences, communicate complex ideas and contribute to our clients’ objectives.

We’re looking for a medior Creative / Storyteller (3+ years) who combines strong editorial skills with commercial thinking and a social-first mindset.

You understand how storytelling connects a brand, its audience and its wider purpose. You can turn briefs into creative concepts that capture attention and deliver on communication objectives.

You think beyond individual pieces of content, developing social-first concepts, recurring formats and platform-specific campaigns that feel native to each channel rather than simply repurposing existing material.

You can move between films, short-form video, branded content and campaigns, making subjects such as impact finance and social entrepreneurship accessible without losing their substance.

And you can take ideas from concept to execution: presenting them to clients, developing them collaboratively and translating them into scripts, treatments and clear briefs for filmmakers, photographers, editors and other creatives.

• Develop creative ideas for social content, campaigns, branded content and films.
• Bring a social-first perspective to our storytelling, thinking about how ideas can work across different platforms, formats and audiences.
• Find interesting human stories and creative angles within topics such as impact investing, entrepreneurship, climate and social change.
• Research subjects, speak to experts and contributors, and conduct or prepare interviews to uncover the stories behind a brief.
• Turn research, interviews and complex information into clear, engaging concepts, scripts and treatments.
• Think visually about how a story should be told; from people and situations to scenes, formats and short-form content.
• Develop creative presentations and pitch ideas internally and to clients.
• Work closely with filmmakers, photographers and editors to bring ideas to life.
• Help shape stories during production and editing, thinking about structure, pacing and what will keep an audience engaged.
• Experiment with new formats, social trends and ways of telling stories, and bring those ideas into the work we do for our clients.

• You have 3+ years of experience in a creative, strategic or…